Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1910-11-18
Party's Tickets Win in States That Have
Been Considered Either in Repub-
lican or Doubtful Columns.
Have Secured Control of Lower House Of Ma
tional Congress, and Democratic Legisla-
lures Will Make Senate Changes.

her splendid people"
1t Is Dix In New York.
New York-The Democrats elected
John A. Dix governor of New York
by a plurality of about $4,000 votes.
New York city gave Dix 299,07S; Slim
son, 1868, and Hopper, $3.50.
Stimson's upstate plurality was
only 1896. Early in the evening he
sent a telegram of congratulation to
his victorious rival.
T. F. Conway, for lieutenant COVER
nor, was swept into Office only slight
ly behind Dix. The entire Democratic
state ticket was elected, and the leg
islature will be Democratic on Joint
ballot This means that Democrat
will be the successor of Chauncey M.
Depew in the United States senate.
The Democrats have made gain OF
ten members in the congressional del
egation from this state.
According to the latest figures OBJ
tainable the legislature will stand
thus:
Senare-Republican. %; Democrats,
20.
Observation-Disclosures, 70; Demo
Gratis, 80.
Among the notable defeats Of rep
resentatives in congress were Her
bert Parsons in the Thirteenth, J..
Sloat Fassett in the Thirty-third, and
w. w. Cocks in the First. All are
particular friends of Roosevelt, and
Cocks represents the coloneps home
district. Martin w. Littleton, who de-
feated Cocks, had to overcome nor
NAL Republican plurality of about
5000. Mr.. Littleton's wife assisted
him in the campaign. Henry George,
Jr., defeated w. S. Bennett, the Re-
publican incumbent in the Seven
teenth district Representative Ham
ilton Fish gave ground to Richard E.
Cornell, a Democrat.
Carroll Ahead in Iowa Contest.
Des Moines, Ia-Returns from 1852
precincts out of 1900 indicate the re-
election of Governor Carroll. The pre-
cincts wipe out the Porter gains in the
cities and give the incumbent a lead
of 2,775 votes.
Returns from Cedar Rapids, Des
Moines. Iowa City, Davenport, Sioux
City and other large river towns in
dictate that the Republican candidate
was cut numerically there. The same
loss seemed to be suffered in other
centers of population throughout the
state.
Iowa has eleven congressional dis
tricts. I. S. Pepper, the young Demo
cratic candidate in the Second dis
trict, walked away with the election,
carrying every county over his oppo-
nent, Charles Grilk. 1t was in behalf
Of the latter that Colonel Roosevelt
recently made an address at Daven.
port.
S. F. Prouty, the progressive Re-
publican candidate of the Seventh dis
trict, who wrested the nomination
from the veteran "standpatter," Cap
tain Hull, seems to have landed the
position SO often sought unsuccess-
fully before.
Walter I. Smith, a member of the
Cannon rules committee, and who is
credited with speakership aspirations.
was elected in the Ninth district, but
his majority was cut to 500 from the
2 500 he expected.
Other Republicans who were elect
ed were Pickett, Third district; Good,
Fifth district; Towner, Eighth dis.
trict; Woods, Tenth district.
The legislature will be strongly Re-
publican, although the liquor inter
ests worked hard to carry twenty.
four doubtful counties.
The control of the general assembly
is Of especial interest in view of tho
fact that a successor of the late Sen.
ator Dolliver will be chosen this win.
ter. The progressives will have TWEEN.
ty or twenty-five majority in the Re.
publican caucus.
Harmon in Ohio.
Columbus, O.-Gov. Judson uor
mon, Democrat, has been reelected
with a plurality of about 6O.OOo ovor
Harding, his Republican Opponent
Governor Harmon made phenomen.
gains in Cincinnati, where eighty mo
cincts that in 1908 gave him on,v
1924 votes to his opponents 1896
this year gave him 9,947 to 997e for
Harding. Harmon also gained On
votes in Twenty-Five rural precinots
near Cleveland. He also more tbon
doubled his former vote in Cuvaboga
county.
A noticeable feature of the election
was the gain made by the Socialists
In many precincts the Socialist can.
didates polled twice as large votes as
ever had been given the party before
The Socialist gain seemed to be made
up by OBJECTIONS from the old parties
in about equal numbers.
In the First congressional district
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