Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-11-06

ton returns snow Lne following results:
William H Taft is elected President
with approximately 311 votes in the cleo
toral college.
Practically no change is indicated in the
complexion of the national House of
Representatives
The United States Senate will retain
it's present Republican majority.
Gov. Charles e. Hughes has been re-
elected in New York state by about a.
600 plurality.
Indiana has gone for Taft.
Bryan has apparently carried Ne
braska.
Ohio returns are very slow, owing to
the immense ballot, but Taft has ear
ried 1t by large plurality.
Judge Taft got majority in tn city
of New York. the first time the big city
has given it's vote to a Republican presi-
Dental candidate.
Mr.. Taft probably will receive a
greater plurality in New York state
than President Roosevelt did four years
ago. He has exceeded Mr.. Roosevelt's
plurality in New Jersey and had a sur
prisingly big vote in Massachusetts:
Vote in the Middle West.
The Republican plurality fell off heavi-
" in the middle west in q manner thor
oughly surprising to the Republican
managers.
Speaker Cannon has been reelected by
his usual majority.
Representative Payne of New York
and Dalzell of Pennsylvania have been
reelected and the House of Representa-
tives probably will continue under It's old
regime Mr.. Payne will have charge Of
the new tariff bill in the extra session
which Mr. Taft will call Immediately
after March next.
Missouri has returned to the 'solid
south on the presidential ticket and
elected Cowherd as its governor.
Surprising Changes.
Some figures relating to the Republican
slump in certain states, regarded as GER
tainly Republican, are little short of
amazing. Pennsylvania immense plu-
rality of over 100000 four years ago has
been cut in two. Illinois, which gave
Roosevelt 10000 in 1904, has gone for
Taft by about 10000. The highest
claims of the Republicans for Indiana is
$4,000 as against plurality of $4,000.
Iowa's Plurality Startling.
Iowa. which gave Roosevelt $4,000
about 10000 for Taft. The return of
Missouri to the Democracy on the presi-
Dental ticket wiped out a Republican
plurality of $4,000 four years ago.
Maryland and Virginia are confidently
claimed by the Republicans, but the re-
turns are too meager to justify a classi-
fcation of either state. Massachusetts,
New York and New Jersey were striking
exceptions to the generally reduced Re-
publican pluralities.
There has been a shrinkage of the
Democratic vote in several of the south
ern states, notably in Virginia and
North Carolina.
Bryan Keeps Kentucky.
Mr.. Taft has carried Wisconsin by a
plurality estimated at $4,000, a falling
off from the Roosevelt plurality of 1885,
600 in 1904.
Kentucky has gone safely for Mr.
Bryan by about $4,000.
Wisconsin's Big Run.
Taft carried Wisconsin by 100000 and
Gov. Davidson was close behind with
lead of $4,000. Gov. Davidson was Sc.
verely cut in Milwaukee county, but all
indications are that he held his own in
the state and that he will not be far
behind the head of the national ticket
The balance of the state ticket was
elected by about the same figure as
Gov Davidson.
The next Legislature will again be Re-
publican. In the Senate there will be
twenty-seven Republicans, five Demo
Gratis, and one Social Democrat In the
Assembly there will be seventy-fve Re-
publicans, twenty-five Democrats and
three Social Democrats.
The Republicans will control the
speakership of the Assembly and the
contest will be between Levi H. Ban
croft and NJ. J. Cleary.
Two years ago the Republicans had
twenty-seven members in the Senate, the
Democrats had five, and the Social Dem
ocrats one. In the Assembly the Repub-
hcans had seventy-six members, the
Democrats nineteen, and the Social Dem
ocrats five.
Hot Fight in Trempealeau.
The feature of the legislative contests
was the Ekern-Twesme fight in Trem-
pealeau county, where the question was
whether or not the primary election law
should be sustained. Gov. Davidson ia
vored the election Of the regular candi-
date A. I. Twesme, and he won. Sena-
tor La Toilette wanted the result Of the