Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-07
Republican Leaders Profess to
Find Consolation because
Taft Ran Second.
STILL MINORITY PARTY
Will Control One.Half of Elec.
tion Machinery and Have
Second Place on the
Ballots.

New York. Nov. GA Wilson plurality
Of practically an even 100000 votes ovel
Taft. TAFT lead of ca. 900 over Roosevelt
and similar alignment OF parties II
the gubernatorial vote IS the result OF
yesterdays election in New York Sta to
so far as confirmed by nearly complet,
returns at nine o'clock tonight
The democratic presidential plurality 4.
the largest New York State has eve,
given to that party. and It Is the frs,
time In the history OF the State that the
voters outside OF the metropolitan distric,
have given democratic presidential
candidate plurality.
The totals tonight are as follows:
For president: Wilson. 64s.O6S: Taft
A7.@14 Roosevelt Isl. 800: Wilson's plural.
ity, 20O,792
For governor: Congress sman William
Sulzer. democrat $40, SOC: Job +. Hedges
republican iH.Gs2: Oscar S. Straus pro-
iressive. S9l, $50; Suffers plurality. D5,l24
New York city's Wilson plurality over
Roosevelt. who was second in the city
was loi,6SS
DEMOCRATS GREATEST WIN
On the general wave of democratic sue
cess the party appears to have won the
most substantial control it ever had OF
the State Legislature and the state dele
cation in the national House of Rep
resentatives. The State Senate will. ac-
cording to latest figures. have % demo-
cratic members and IS republican. and
the new assembly ~ democrats. 80 re-
publicans and four progressives. OF the
Nay. Nnrl. &c
and l2 republicans appear TO be elected.
The only republican congressman elect
ID In the four counties of New York city
s as WAS the case at the last election,
VIM. NJ Calder of brooklyn. Former
city Comptroller Herman Metz is one
# the prominent men among the new
line Of local congressman.
The presidential and guberrlatorial vote
carried with it tho success of the rest
Of the democratic ticket Martin II
ilynn for NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Mitchell
May for secretary of state and the re-
election Of Attorney-G General Carmody
Comptroller Schiner, Treasurer Kennedy
and State Engineer Bensel.
Democratic justices of the supreme
court We're also carried along on the
wave. and it will probably develop tc
he equally true Of the judges Of the
court of appeals. although no figures
on this vote are available.
SECOND TIME IN IS YEARS
Although the democrats will contro
the Legislature for the second time ir
IS years, the result does not involv,
the election of a democrat to United
states Senator Elihu Roots seat a.
he terms of all those in the Legisla
ture elected yesterday will have ex
pired before the end of Senator Roots
term in 1915.
Republican leaders profess to FIND
considerable consolation in the New
York state situation from the fact that
they have not lost their position as
minority party, as they have in man,
states through yesterdays vote. Theil
maintaining of second place among
the three parties carries with II her,
control of one-half of the election ma
| chinery and second place on the bal
lots.
Among many interesting local votes UP
| state is that of the socialist stronghold
| In Schenectady county where the part
| lost It's seat in the assembly to the demo
Gratis. The socialists will now be withou
| representation in the State Legislature.
a long night local to New York city !.
ended by success OF residents OF tn
Bronx district In breaking away fror
| New York county, and winning 4 count
government of their own.