The daily tribune., 1908-11-05
COLORADO
DEMOCRATIC

upon which the Republicans can hope
to secure any great majorities. The
early report yesterday morning indi-
Gated that the Republicans would
come to Denver with at least 10, 900.
During the day as the scratched bal
lots were reported upon county chair
men began to phone Chairman Vivian
that the msjorities were dwindling
until late last evening he admitted
that il the party came to Denver with
majority of 900 over the $500 in
that city they would be lucky. MI.
Vivian states that he still has hopes
of pulling through the Taft presiden-
tial electors. and all of the state Off.
GERS except Gov. Mcdonald. He
states that the hardest fight WAS made
against Gov. Mcdonald. and that
Sha froth is leading all of the Demo.
cratic candidates for the state pos IL.
tions
However, the returns from the pre-
cincts 80 far received do not show that
the difference is enough to warrant
the claim that any of the state candi-
dates will pull through.
II Denver goes $500 Democratic,
Congressman Bonynge is defeated for
a recollection and Ed. Taylor of Glen.
wood will be the congressman at
large, For the most part the loss to
the Republicans occurred in the first
congressional district. The second
district is holding its own, and is in
some places gaining with the excep.
tion of Mesa county where q loss of
nearly 800 was experienced. Con-
gressman Haggott appears to have
majority in the district of about
4, 500.
Never in the history Of the state
has there been such proportion of
scratched ballots Seventy out OF
every 100 ballots put in the box we're
scratched or total Of about l45, 900
out of 100000 cast. The ballots
we're not merely marked in one place
for Il particular friend. but they were
scratched all over. At 6 O'Clock last
night not one-half of the precincts
/ in the state had completed their
count, but enough we're completed
to indicate that unless something
phenomenal occurred which is not ex.
pected the state has lined up in the
Democratic column.
AS to the legislature the Demo-
Gratis will perhaps have 66 and posi-
bly, II on joint ballots.
In this there we're a number Of sur
prises. Senator Clayton WAS sure
that he was elected by 200. How
ever. when the outlying precincts had
got in he was defeated by 100. The
same was true In Garfield county.
The Republicans thought they had
the county for the senator. but the
outlying districts brought it in for
B. T. Napier.
The greatest surprise on the legisla-
tive ticket come when the returns
from Ell Paso were received and show.
ed that the Democrats had elected
thier entire ticket In that city. The
rest Of the story of Colorado's cleo
tion IS soon told.
With a complete change, the leg
islature, the congressional delegation,
the officials at the state house, the
supreme court, all are turned over to
Democracy. and the Republican party
which has be en- the dominant factor
in this state for six years retires to
private citizenship The defeat com.
ing AS 1t does at the third hard pat.
tlo between the party and Democracy
IL all the more bitter because OF the
fact that four years ago and two yenrs
ago when there were real issues at
stake the party nrose to the occasion
and solved the issues right.
The defeat can only be accredited
to one particular act which extended
over the entire campaign. 1t started
with the Republican state central
committee arbitrarily throwing ont
the best organized working committee
in the CITY of Denver that anv marty