Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-05

DO Nnown Ontil After the Ontcial
 count-coIorado For Bryan.
 New York. Nov. 5.-Eleventh hour developments in the election situation surprised the political leaders of both big parties, and the result may be a vindication of the judgment of Ma tional Chairman Hitchcock. who de- clared that Taft would receive 325 votes in the electoral college. The lat est returns indicate that he is prac- tically assured of 300 votes and has a big fighting chance for Missouri's eighteen, which would give him total of two more than Hitchcock claimed.
 Another surprise was the close vote in Maryland. which is claimed for Taft by the margin of 136 votes only. The Democrats do not concede the loss of the state and will be satisfied with nothing short of the official count. Conceding Maryland to Taft and figur. ing Missouri as the one still doubtful state, Bryan has 156 members of the electoral college assured him.
 No changes of material interest have been reported in the congressional re- turns. The Republicans will have about the same working majority in the Six ty-first congress as at present, and Joseph c. Cannon of Illinois undoubt- edly will succeed himself as speaker. Representatives Jesse Overstreet of Indiana and Hepburn of Iowa are the most conspicuous among those who have failed of reelection.
 Brysn's States.
 The senate retains its Republican complexion, although there will be a material change in the personnel of the upper body of the national legislature.
 The states carried by Mr. Bryan are as follows: .--
 Alabama, Il; Arkansas. ,: Colorado, 5; Florida, 5; Georgia. 13; Kentucky, 13; Louisiana, g.; Mississippi, 10; Mis- souri. IS; Nevada, 3; Nebraska, s; North Carolina. 12; Oklahoma, :; South Carolina 9: Tennessee. 12; Texas, IS, and Virginia, 12-total. 174.
 All the rest of the states are safe for Taft, with the exception of Maryland. where the issue is so close that an off, cial count may be necessary to finally determine the result.
 National Chairman Norman F. Mack of the Democratic party issued state ment in which he declared that he did not believe Mir. Bryan would again be candidate for the presidency. He said he believed that the Nebraskan might be candidate for the United States senate in 1911, provided the leg islature of his state is Democratic in that year. when the first vacancy oc- CUTS.
 Taft's Now York Vote.
 The latest returns indicate that in the national house of representatives the Republicans will have POS mem- bers and the Democrats 172, with II districts missing.
 Judge Taft's plurality in the state of New York. according to corrected returns, is 203. .495. more than 2S,000 in excess of President Roosevelt's plu- rality of four years ago.
 Governor Charles E. Hughes was re- elected in New York state by 11,159 majority. #-.
 Mir. Taft carried his own state by 50.000 plurality. reduction of more than 100000 from the Roosevelt vote of four years ago. The Democratic state ticket in Ohio. headed by Jud- son Harmon for governor appears to be safely elected. The state legisla- ture, which is to choose successor to Senator Foraker. appears to be in doubt as between the Republicans and Democrats.
 In Indiana Mir. Taft was successful in carrying the state by about 5000, but the entire Democratic state ticket. headed by Mir. Marshall for governor, was elected. The congressional dele gation from the state shows gain of seven Democrats,
 The returns from West Virginia, ow- ing to the mountainous character of the country, are slow in coming in. A sufficient number of counties and dis tricts have been heard from. however, to show that Mir. Taft has safe plu- rality.
 Colorado Democratic.
 Colorado shifted from the doubtful column to the Bryan list. The legis- lature. which is to choose successor to Senator Teller. also is apparently Democratic.
 Mfr. Taft's phenomenally large vote in New York state continues to attract attention. It is taken by the Repub- lican managers of state and country as indicating that the Empire State. with its thirty-nine electoral votes, can no longer be regarded as debatable ground in presidential contest. but is safely Republican. The fact that Mir. Taft carried Greater New York by 15,OO0 votes has amazed many of the local leaders. He gained this advan- tage largely fin Brooklyn.
 Mir. Bryan's victory in his home state of Nebraska was a sweeping one. Five of Nebraska's six congressman will be Democrats. while in the legis- lature only eighteen Republicans seem to be elected out of total of 133 sen ators and representatives.
 One Exception.