Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-09
THE ELECTION.

RONeTnOTS III New lOtNi A'S" 1880
Massachusetts, Connecticut. and Ohio
has upset the republican majority IN
the House, and has insured greatly
reduced majority in the Senate.
Cooper, republican, aud fusion can
didate for governor, defeats r. l.. lay
Tor, the democratic candidate in Ten
nfssee.
Incomplete returns from Montana
iudicatea close fight in the legislature
which will elect successor to U. ).
Senator Carter. Pray, republican, is
reelected to Congress.
In New York the democratic candi-
date for governor. John A. Dix, is
elected by a plurality OF approximately
60, 900.
Col. Roosevelt lost his own election
district by so, his own county Of
Nassau by 300, and probably his own
congressional district.
Senator Beyeridge, according to re-
turns now at hand, was defeated in
Indiana by John w. Kern, and IL out
OF the Is congressional districts in
Indiana went democratic.
Massachusetts elected Foss, demo
crat, governor by plurality estimated
in excess OF 10000.
Connecticut has elected Judge
Simeon E. Baldwin, democrat, by a
small plurality.
In Ohio, Gov Judson E. Harmon was
easily reelected
The democrats also carried New
Jersey, electing Woodrow Wilson,
former president Of Princeton Uniyer-
sity, by q handsome plurality.
In Nebraska, where, as in Indiana,
election of senators is practically by
popular vote. Hitchcock, anti-Bryan
democrat, is elected over Senator Bur
kett, republican, by 10000.
Mayor Dahlrnan, Of Omaha, who lcd
the democratic revolt against Bryan il
Nebraska, carried the city OF Omaha
in his campaign for governor by 5000
but Aldrich, republican, is leading il
the interior OF the state, and the indi
cations are that his rlnralities in thC
other counties will more than Offset The
plurality OF Mayor Dahman in Douglas
county, which includes the city O
Omaha.
The democrats will control the mex
House of Representatives by a majority
of about 80. The present House is re
publican by forty-seyen.
There will be two socialists from Wis
consin. They will probably Affiliate
with the insurgent republicans.
The republican majority in the Sen
ate will be reduced from twenty-five t.
about II. The losses are sustained il
Maine, Indiana, New York, Ohio, New
Jersey, Nebraska, and possibly in Mon
tara.
The solid delegation from Connect
cut is broken, one democrat coming
from the Second district.
Delaware remains in the republican
column.
Illinois makes big change. Accord
ing to late reports, the delegation vii
stand 16 to 9 in favor OF the democrats
Conditions in Iowa are somewha
chaotic. II is likely that another dem
ocrat may b. added to the delegation.
The republicans lost one in Kentucky
The Maryland delegation will consist
Of five democrats and one republican.
The democrats gained two congressman
KONG and Lewis-in districts which
were formerly represented by republi
cans.
Democracy also may have gained twt
in Massachusetts,.
Nebraska is so close that the standing
OF the delegation is in doubt.
New Jersey is likely to show turn
over with the democrats in control o
the delegation.
The democrats made decided gains
in New York. In Manhattan and the
Bronx they elected all their congress
men.
In Ohio and Pennsylvania the partie'
broke even.
Virginia will likely have a solid dele
CATION. The late returns show Bascon
Slemp to have gone down in defeat.
Democracy in West Virginia also
turned a trick. Control Of the delega'
ton hangs in the balance. The G. o.
P. claims three out OF the five.
North Carolina election returns indi-
cate O. democratic majority Of about
90, 900, with all ten congressman demo
cratic.
In Pennsylvania the election Of John
H. Tener, republican candidate for
governor, is concluded by a large pl0'
rality.
In Rhode Island, Governor Pothier,
republican candidate for governor, was
reelected over Lewis A. Waterman,
democratic candidate, with a plurality
much reduced from that Of 1909.
In Wisconsin the election OF the re-
publican candidate for governor, Fran
els E. McGoyern, is claimed by re-
duced majority, and the return Of Sen
ator La Toilette to the United States
Senate is assured.
The senators who loose their togas
are: Hale, Maine; Depew, New York;
Kean, New Jersey; Dick, Ohio; Bever-
idge, Indiana; Burkett, Nebraska;
Nixon, Nevada.
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