The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1916-11-09

ueF, hepuDlcdn, mas Deen reelected
United States senator. New Yorl
York county's plurality for the presi
dent was one of the smallest in Tam
many's history. 1t was $4,000. The
same majority was given to Samue
Seafury, nominee for governor on the
Democratic ticket.
Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin
were looked upon as states likely to
be found wandering from tnelr habit.
ual places, but the three states will
give their electoral vote to the Repub-
licans.
Wisconsin, because of the La Fol
lette campaign for senator-he had
praised the Wilson administration and
ignored Mr.. Hughes-was counted on
almost confidently by the Democrats to
line up for the president The Bad
ger state will give its thirteen votes to
Mr.. Hughes.
The Republicans made a clean
sweep of New York state, with Gov
ernor Whitman running ahead of
Hughes and William Calder, United
States senatorial candidate, far ahead
of his running mates.
In New York City President Will
son fell far behind the expectations of
his campaign managers and other
Democratic leaders.
President Wilson made big gains in
the Republican districts of New York,
but his votes in the Democratic dis
tricts slumped.
Albany county, the domain Of Boss
Barnes, the foe of Hughes since the
days when Hughes as governor made
his fight against race track gamblers,
rolled up splendid plurality for the
Republican candidates.
Every political prediction made by
Republican or Democratic state cen
trail committeeman of Wisconsin was
overturned in the election. Hughes
carried the state by something ap.
preaching old-time Republican MAORI
ties.
Louisiana gave its usual Democratic
plurality of $4,000, while Texas, as
usual, went Democratic.
Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho,
Nevada and Montana all lined up for
President Wilson.
Utah, one of the two states to de-
clare for Taft four years ago, is in
the Democratic column this year. Pres
ident Wilson carried the state Simon
Bamberger was elected governor
Judge William H. King will succeed
Senator George Sutherland in the SEN
ate. Two Democrats were elected to
the national congress. The entire state
Democratic ticket was elected.
Governor Hiram w. Johnson was
elected to the senate from California
by a comfortable majority
The suffrage vote in Illinois was
heavy. However, one of the features
of the election was the fact that wom-
en- voted fewer straight tickets than
the men, indicating a feminine politi-
cal discrimination that took the har-
dened politicians unawares.
Minnesota's delegation in the lower
house of congress will consist of eight
Republicans, one Democrat and one
Progressive.
South Dakota gave its five electoral
votes to Charles E. Hughes, adopted
statewide prohibition, gave women the
franchise, elected three Republican
congressman and a full Republican
state ticket.
Pennsylvania, which cast its elector-
al vote for Theodore Roosevelt four
years ago, swung back into the Repub. |
lican presidential column by giving /
Charles E. Hughes a plurality of 300 /
600 Virtually all counties that were |
normally in the Republican column |
prior to 1912 returned Republican plu- /
ralities.
In West Virginia the suffrage
was defeated.
President Wilson and the Demo
cratic state ticket Won in Missouri.
The Democrats elected fourteen con-
gressmen.
Michigan has not only elected prac-
tically an entire Republican state gov
by handsome pluralities, but
has entered the lists of prohibition
states.
Peter Goelet Gerry, a Democrat, was
elected to the United States senate
rom Rhode Island, defeating Henry
>. Lippitt, Rhode Islands present SEN
or senator, by nearly 1000. The cleo
ion of Gerry is generally attributed
o the efforts of the labor interests.