Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-11-06
REPUBLICAN
By TAFT AND
CARRY ALL STATES CONSID-
Erred DOUBTFUL BEFORE
ELECTION.
- Pacific Coast States Give Their
Votes to the Republican
Candidates.


President of the United States will be
William Howard Taft, Republican, of
Ohio. The next Vice President will
be James Schoolcraft Sherman, Re-
publican, of New York.
This is the verdict returned by the
majority of the 5000, 900 voters of
the United States. The Republican
candidate has repeated Mr.. Roose-
velt's feat of carrying every North
ern state. It is probable that Taft
will have 81 votes in the electoral
college, while William Jennings
Bryan, for the third time defeated in
his efforts to be elected to the high
est Office in the United States, will
have 172.
New York states 80 electoral votes
will be cast for Taft and Sherman.
Greater New York has gone Repub-
lican, undressing both Taft and
Hughes.
Reports from all parts of the state
indicate that the vote was heavy, the
efforts of both gubernatorial candi-
dates to bring out the ballots being
rewarded with success. Both the
old parties polled full votes, their
strength not being seriously affected
by the other minor parties.
Most of the great cities of the
country have gone Republican, in
Guiding New York and Chicago. st.
Louis has gone Republican, while the
rest of Missouri is heavily Demo-
cratic
Taft Carried Every Doubtful State.
Taft has carried every doubtful
state in the East and West, includ-
ing New York, Ohio, Indiana, Mary
land and some of the far Western
states, but not including Nebraska,
which seems to have gone for Bryan.
His majority in New York state may
reach 100000, he carried Ohio by
nearly 100000 and Illinois by 49,
600.
Indiana was extremely close, the
majority there for the head of the
ticket ranging from 5000 to $4,000. /
The returns Indicate that the far
Western mountain states of Colorado
and Idaho have also given Taft their
electoral votes.
Missouri has gone for Bryan, as
was expected. Hadley, the Republi-
can candidate for governor, made a
hard fight, but could not overcome
the normal Democratic majority The
indications are that Senator Stone
has succeeded in the primary cleo
ton, thus defeating the ambition of
Governor Folk to become United
States Senator.
Iowa has gone overwhelmingly for
Taft, but by a majority much re-
duced from that given to Roosevelt
four years ago, as was expected. The
returns from the primaries indicate
that Governor Cummins received
majority of the Republican vote and
will therefore be indicated as the
choice of the legislature for United
States Senator to succeed the late
William B. Allison.
Central States for Taft.
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, the
great central states, with an aggre-
gate of 65 electoral votes, have gone
Republican despite the fight made to
bring them into the Democratic col
INN. The success of Mr.. Taft in
hese states was considered vitality
to his election. Governor
Oeneen in Illinois was reelected, but
Governor Harris in Ohio was defeat
ID by Harmon, Democrat. and Con-
FRESHMAN Watson, Republican, was
defeated for governor by Marshall,
Democrat, in Indiana. Republic
an hopes of carrying Kentucky
roved vain in spite of the victory ]
f Wilson, Republican, in the guber- c
atorial contest last year The l
reater part of the states congress i
ional delegation will be Democrats. f
The Pacific Coast states, Cali L
ornia, Washington and Oregon have t
iven their votes to the Republican j
andidates, but Nevada, which voted {
gainst Parker in 1904, gave its
otes this year to Bryan. The Da-
otas and Minnesota are again Re
ublican. Governor Johnson's per-
,nal popularity has apparently suf- -
ced to seat him again in the guber- :,
atorial chair of the North Star =,
ate, although his reelection is not .
,rtain. Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa :,
I'd in fact the whole northwest are =
epublican. o.
The South Still Solid. m
The solid South" is still solidly
Mr.. Bryan polling the
ual large majorities. Maryland,
,out which some doubt was ex- H
essed before the election, is prob la
ly Democratic. Delaware is con- 70
ded to the Republicans. The r
Nv England states have gone for Or
lft and have elected Republican
vernors, but the vote in Rhode Is
nd, where the Democrats made
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= rs lise iHa=.ysA4vi sa- ne
late for governor made good W;