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Newspaper Page Text310 REPUBLICAN ELECTORS Returns Show Greater Republican Victory Than Was Looked for by Most Sanguine. HUGHES ELECTED Returns Also Give New York State and City to Taft. MISSOURI IS REPUBLICAN Maryland Still in Doubt, but Vote Probably Be Split Bryan Will Have 156 Votes. New York, Nov. 5. The member ship of the electoral college which will choose the next president of the United States was still in doubt when the official counters in Maryland aban doned their task for the night. According to the best information obtainable, the proportionate number of Republican and Democratic elec tors was determined by a division of Maryland's eight votes. Half of the city of Baltimore and two of the 23 counties outside that city are still to be counted, but there is a strong indi cation that the state's vote will be split. In any event, the margin of victory will be so small that the state was claimed tonight by the leaders of both parties. Though the splitting of a state's electoral college vote is un usual, it will be recalled that in 1904 Maryland chose one Republican and seven Democratic electors. Missouri appears to be safely for Taft, to whom the latest returns give a plurality of 300, with the prospects that the few final districts will double or treble the figures. Conceding Missouri to Taft and leav ing Maryland out of consideration to be split between him and Bryan, the figures show 310 Republican electors assured and 156 Democratic. Latest congressional returns indicate that the next congress will be com posed of 216 Republicans and 175 DemJ ocrats, a majority for the Republicans of 41. The returns for the Socialist and Prohibition parties are still far from complete, but indicate that the hopes of the Socialists have not been real ized, and those of the Prohibitionists, in certain sections where gains had been expected, have been disappoint ing. The figures for the Independence party vote are also insufficient to give an accurate idea of what that party accomplished. The states certainly carried by Mr. Bryan are as follows: Alabama, 11, Arkansas 9, Colorado 5, Florida 5, Georgia 13, Kentucky 13, Louisiana 9, Mississippi 10, Nevada 3, Nebraska 8, North Carolina 12, Oklahoma 7, South Carolina 9, Tennessee 12, Texas 18, Virginia 12. Total 156. Taft's plurality in the state of New York, according to corrected figures late tonight is 203,495, more than 28, 000 in excess of President Roosevelt's plurality of four years ago. Governor Charles E. Hughes was re elected governor of New York by 71, 150. The returns as between presi dent and governor indicate a heavy splitting of tickets. The proportion of scratched ballots was about the same in the up-state districts as in Greater New York. Outside of the returns, political in terest was engaged today in the ex change of messages of congratulation and thanks between Mr. Bryan and Mr. Taft; a statement by Mr. Bryan in which he sets forth his determination to continue his work for the good of all, in the capacity of a private citi zen ; and the announcement by Mr. Sherman that it cost him just $2,800 j to be elected vice president. ML IMS '. '' '.' jj i TtimLa :AIHiBI ffl n SI! if I llillilllMMI llllllilllillTi1v,-JM'c" i ;, t HP! jjji mm m h.taft Illinois. Chicago, Nov. 3., 10 p. m. -The Re publican national and state tickets have gained a complete victory in Illi nois, although the pluralities will prob ably fall short of those obtained by the party in the Roosevelt campaign of 1904. Taft has carried the state by approximately 170,000 votes. Charles S. Deneen, Republican can didate for governor, ran far behind the national ticket, but has been elected by a plurality of about 100,000 over Adlai E. Stevenson, his Democratic opponent. Chicago and Cook county gave a plurality to Taft of 50,000 against 12b, 000 for Roosevelt four years ago. Outside of Cook county the plurality for Taft is not far from 120,000. The plurality of Roosevelt in 1904 wa3 304,939 for the state. Stevenson, Democratic candidate for governor, carried Chicago by about 8,000 and the county of Cook by about 6,000. He lost heavily, however, in the state outside of Cook. The state legislature, which is to select a suc cessor to Senator Hopkins, will be strongly Republican. The Socialist vote showed a consid erable falling off from that of four years ago. Debs in 1904 received 69, 225 votes. From the returns so far obtained it seems probable he will not receive much over 40,000. Indiana. Indianapolis, Nov. 4. Complete re turns on the legislature show that the Democrats will have a majority of eight on joint ballot. Eleven out of the 13 congressmen will be Demo cratic, a gain of seven. Taft carries the state by about 10,000 and Marshall, Dem., for governor, is elected by about 15,000. Montana. Butte. Mont., Nov. 4. Advices from throughout Montana tonight indicate that Taft has carried the state by a majority close to 3,000. C. N. Pray, of Fort Benton, is re-elected to con gress by about 4,000. The governor ship is still in doubt, with Donlan, Rep., running about 1,600 behind Nor- ris, Dem. West Virginia. Cincinnati, Nov. 4. The total vote has been received from many counties of West Virginia, and these serve to confirm the Taft victory by several thousand, and because of this the Re publicans continue to claim the state ticket. EXCEEDS TAFT VOTE. Maryland, Baltimore, 'Nov. 6. Calculations of the official returns from Tuesday's election, not finished until well after midnight, show that the electoral vote Plurality ot Cosgrove Over Pattison Estimated at 47,166. Seattle, Nov. 5. Returns from every county in the state place Taft's plurality over Bryan at 46,558. The presidential vote on the Socialist, Pro hibition and Independence party tick ets was inconsiderable and fell far be hind the predictions made by their leading supporters. Cosgrove's plural ity over John Pattison is figured at 47,166, The Republicans have 37 state sena tors and 51 state representatives, giv ing them a majority of 77 on joint bal lot, which insures the election of con gressman Wesley L. Jones to the United States senate to succeed Levi Ankeny. Returns indicate that both the two proposed constitutional amendments have failed of passage, the tax amend ment being overwhelmingly defeated and the eminent domain amendment being defeated by a smaller majority. The Hisgen vote in the state was practically negligible, but Chafin, the Prohibitionist, polled a respectable vote. As indicated, the Socialist vote approximates 12,000. Only one "stick er" candidate, or candidate running on a nonpartisan platform, in the entire state got in. He was on the county ticket in Skamania county. of Maryland will be split, Bryan get ting six of the electors and Taft two. Goldendale, Nov. 5. The full vote On the popular vote the vote cast for Klickitat county is now in. Taft for the elector receiving the highest got 893, Bryan 344., Cosgrove 940, number Taft carries the state by 561 Pattison 374 votes. His elector polling the highest vote received, 116,471, and the highest Bryan elector 115,910. Iowa. Des Moines, la., Nov. 3. The in complete returns received at 10 o'clock indicate that Taft has carried Iowa by a plurality of from 40,000 to 50,000. This is a tremendous falling off from the Roosevelt plurality of 158,000 of four years ago, but it represents only a slight falling off from the normal plu rality. The entire Republican state ticket is electd. probably by about the same plurality. Kansas. Topeka, Kan., Nov. 3. Kansas elec tion returns are still very incomplete, owing to the long ballot and the late hour of closing the polls. The returns seem to substantiate the claim of the Republican state committee that the entire Republican state ticket, headed by Walter R. Stubbs, for governor, has been elected by about 25,000 plurality, and that Taft's plurality is a few thousand votes larger. California. San Francisco, Nov. 4. California not only gives a plurality for Taft that will reach 75,000, but sends a solid Kepubiican delegation to con gress and elects a Republican state legislature that will probably return Perkins to the United States senate. The capital removal amendment was carried by a majority of 9,714. The direct primary amendment was carried by 30,000. Nebraska. Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 6. William Jennings Bryan has carried Nebraska by a plurality of 4,500, according to unofficial returns from all of the coun ties. Shallenberger is elected governor by 7,500. Oklahoma. Oklahoma City, Nov. 4. Complete returns from 40 counties in the central and northern sections or the state give Bryan a plurality of 13,000. The Aberdeen, Nov. 4. Indications are that the entire Republican ticket in Chehallis county has been elected by good majorities and that the Demo crats, Socialists and Prohibitionists did not make anywhere near the show ing that was anticipated. Chehalis, Nov. 4. Complete unoffi cial returns from 49 Lewis county pre cincts give Taft 2.792. Brvan 1.276. Debs 396, Chafin 47. Cosgrove for governor has 282 plurality. Yakima, Nov. 4. Yakima county polled 5,400 votes, of which the Re publican ticket got a straight vote of about 3,400 and the Democrats 1,500. Minnesota. St. Paul, Nov. 3. The indications are that Johnson carries Ramsey coun ty ( St. Paul) by 6,500 and the state ticket by at least 25,000. The re turns indicate that Taft will carry Min nesota by 80,000 and the final figures may Bhow that he has 100,000. Louisiana. New Orleans, Nov. 3. Bryan swept Louisiana today and the returns indi cate a majority of 40,000. All seven Democratic nominees for congress were elected. Texas. Dallas, Tex., Nov. 4. Returns in dicate the election of the entire Demo cratic ticket by the usual majorities. Rhode Island. Providence, R. I., Nov. 4. With about two-thirds of the 161 precincts heard from, the figures indicate a prob able plurality of 16,000 for Taft in the state. The Republican state ticket headed by A. J. Pothier, candidate for governor, has undoubtedly been successful. counties yet to be heard from are lne entire Kepubiican ticket is elected principally those bordering on Arkan sas and Texas, which have large Dem ocratic votes. These probably will raise Bryan's plurality to 18,000. Returns indicate that the legislature ...HI Un .... lift rn n r. A ,. , . Will uc t-uiwpwotru ui iiu 1ciiiuLiato auu QQateS a 43 Republicans. This is a gain of 25 t0 031 ior tne itepuDiicans, dui tne aeieai oi United States Senator Gore is not threatened. Kalama, Nov. 4. The entire Repub lican ticket in Cowlitz county was elected yesterday without any excep tion. All the precincts were heard from today, giving the Republican can- majonty ranging from 302 Massachusetts. Boston, Nov. 4. Complete vote of Massachusetts for presidency: Taft, 250,221; Bryan, 165,860; Taft's plu- m$MI- James S.Sherman liFIlifl Nevada. Reno, Nev., Nov. 4. While the re turns are not complete from this state, it i3 safe to say Bryan carries it by les3 than 1,000. United States Sena tor Newlands, Dem., will be returned by a small majority; Bartless, Dem., for congress, will win by a heavy plu rality over Maxson, Rep., and Fitz gerald, Ind. Mississippi. Jackson, Miss., Nov. 3. Bryan car ried Mississippi by a majority of over 50,000. The vote for Taft showed slight increase over the Republican vote in the last presidential election. North Carolina. Charlotte, N. C, Nov. 3. The com plete Democratic ticket will carry by a majority of at leas t3'i,000. The Re publican ticket made gain3 throughout the satte. Georgia. Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 4. Although Georgia gave Bryan a substantial plu rality of about 20,000, Republican gains were shown throughout the state. Taft received a small majority in two counties, and Watson, the Pop ulist candidate, carried three counties. Taft carried two wards in this city. All the Democratic congressmen were re-elected, and the re-election of Sen ator Clay, Dem., is assured. Missouri. St. Louis, Nov. 6. Returns com piled by the Republic (Democratic) tonight give Taft the electoral vote of Missouri by a plurality of 3,172. These returns are complete from all but three of the 114 counties of the state and in clude estimates based on partial re turns from the missing counties. The Globe-Democrat (Republican) places the Taft plurality in excess of 3,700. The plurality of Hadley (Republican) for governor is placed at 17,651. T-he legislature is Democratic on joint ballot by four votes. Tennessee. Knoxville, Tenn., Nov. 4. The re turns indicate that Bryan will have about 22,000 plurality in the state. Wyoming Cheyenne, Wyo., Nov. 3. Complete returns have not yet been received from any part of the state; incomplete returns show large Democratic gains. Both state chairmen claim the state by small majority. Florida. Jacksonville, Fla., Nov. 3. The election in Florida resulted in the usual Democratic majority of from 18,000 to 20,000. Michigan. Detroit, Mich., Nov. 4. With' Taft and Sherman carrying the state bv a large majority, estimated at about 100,000, the successful candidate for governor is not known at 1 :30 o'clock. Returns from the state are slowly coming in. Republican candidates for 'congress have been elected in all but the First district, where the votes have not been counted and the result is j not known. rality, 84,361. For governor: Dra per, R., 233,874; Vahey, D., 173,355; Draper s plurality, 60, 539. Connecticut. New Haven, Nov. 3. Taft's plural ity in Connecticut will- exceed 25,000. Lilley, Republican, for governor will have over 1,500 plurality over Robert son Democratic. . Republicans carry complete state ticket and probably hold their usual majority in the legislature. All nve .Republican congressmen are re-elected. Wisconsin. Milwaukee, Wis., Nov. 3. The Re publican national and state tickets are victorious in Wisconsin today by a plurality estimated at 75,000. The congressional delegates with one dis trict to hear from probably will remain about the same as two years ago, nine Republicans and two Democrats. Utah. Salt Lake City, Utah, Nov. 4. Ad ditional returns from the state at large this morning do not change the esti mate made last night of 15,000 plural ity for Taft and from 10,000 to 12,000 for Spray, Republican, for governor. Utah will return Joseph Howell to con gress and Reed Smoot to the United States senate. Vancouver, Nov. 4. Complete re turns from 26 out of 27 precincts in Clarke county give Taft 2,684, Bryan 1,291, Chafin 34, Debs 53, Hisgen 9. For governor Cosgrove 2,706, Patti son l,2ob. for congressman Cush- man 2,617, Brown 1,133. Raymond, Nov. 4. Incomplete re turns in Pacific county insure the elec tion of the entire Republican county ticket, with the exception of commis sioner for the First district. Seattle, Nov. 4. Returns received here leave no doubt of the election of Humphreys, Poindexter and Cushman for congress, with the vote practically the same as that of Taft. Returns at 3 :30 p. m. show the fol lowing result of election for members of the legislature for the state: Senate Democrats, 5; Republicans, it. House Democrats, 4; Republicans, 53. CARRIES IDAHO BY 20,000. I Meagre Reports Indicate Election of Entire Republican Ticket. Boise, Nov. 4. Practically com plete returns give Taft 15,000 plural ity in Idaho. The Republican candi date for congress is elected and the legislature is overwhelmingly Republi can, iirady, Kep., tor governor, re ceived about 6,000 plurality. The en tire Republican state ticket is elected with him. Boise, Idaho, Nov. 5. The vote on Socialist, Prohibition and Independence candidates in Idaho will not be known until the vote is canvassed, but from reports made it is evident there was a light vote for Chafin. Hisgen did not get a single vote in this (Ada) county. A slight increase in the Socialist vote is indicated. Wallace, Nov. 4. In Shoshone coun ty Taft and Sherman have received a majority of nearly 1,200 and the coun ty has elected every Republican officer with the possible exception of sheriff, treasurer and one commissioner. South Carolina. Columbia, S. C, Nov. 3. South Carolina will give Bryan about 60,000 majority, while the satte and congres sional tickets are overwhelmingly Democratic. Ohio. Cincinnati, O., Nov. 4. Atl o'clock this morning it seems that Taft will have slightly more than a normal plu rality of close to 50,000, while Harris, Republican, for governor, is defeated. The indications at this hour are for the election of Harmon, Democrat, by over 15,000. Virginia. Norfolk, Va., Nov. 3. The Republi can state committee concedes Virginia to Bryan by 15,000, but claim a gain of one Republican congressman. North Dakota. Fargo, N. D., Nov. 4. With Taft leading by 15,000 in 300 precincts in the southern part of the state heard from, the race for governor is close, Burke, D., having 17,505 and John son, R., 17,630. The loss that John son suffered in the cities is more than made up in the rural districts. MORSE GOES TO FEDERAL PRISON Judge Sentences Bank Wrecker to Serve 15 Years. South Dakota. Sioux Falls, S. D., Nov. 4. Returns at midnight were sufficient to show that the Republicans had practically made a clean sweep of the state on the national and state tickets. They have elected both congressmen at large. Delaware. Wilmington, Del., Nov. 3. General T. Colman Dupont, Rep., utate chair man, claims Delaware for Taft by 3, 500 plurality.. He also claims the elec tion of Pennewell, Republican, for governor, by about 2,000, and the re mainder of the Republican state ticket by the same figures, with the possible exception of Davis for attorney gener al, whose election he claims by 1,500. New Hampshire. Concord, N. IL, Nov. 4. Two-fifths of the vote of New Hampshire, counted and returned, indicates that Taft has carried the state by about 20,000 plur ality. Henry B. Quimby, Rep., for governor, will probably have 4,000 plurality, but as a majority is required to elect, the vote of the minority par ties may cut an appreciable figure in determining the result. The two Re. publican congressmen were re-elected- Curtis, Ex-President of Defunct Insti tution, Gixen Liberty on Suspend ed Sentence Morse Asks Liberty on Bail and Instructs His Counsel to Fight to Highest Court. New York, Nov. 7. From a cell in the Tombs prison Charles W. Morse now directs the efforts of his counsel to procure his freedom, he having been sentenced yesterday to serve 15 year3 in the Federal prison at Atlanta, Ga., for misapplication of the funds of the National Bank of North America and making false entries in the books of the bank. Alfred H. Curtis, ex-presi dent of the defunct bank, who was tried jointly and convicted with Morse, was given his liberty on a suspended sentence. While Morse's lawyers immediately applied for and obtained a stay of exe cution for 10 days after sentence had been imposed, it is probable that Morse will remain a prisoner in the tombs until Monday, as Judge Hough has re fused to admit him to bail. The Morse lawyers applied late yes terday to the United States Court of Appeals for a writ to show cause why their client should not be admitted to bail, and the writ was granted, but it is not returnable until Monday. Whether a new trial will be granted Morse is problematical. Judge La combe granted a writ of error to his lawyers today. The writ is returnable December 3, and is based on the usual grounds exceptions taken by the de fense during the trial and exceptions to the indictment itself. This step had to be taken before application for bail could be made, and it also leads to the? argument for a new trial. Morse's lawyers say their client has instructed them to fight "to the last ditch.'"' MUST LIMIT HEIGHT. Vermont. White River Junction, Vt., Nov. 4. Complete returns from the state of Vermont give Taft 39,592, Bryan, 11, 6SH, Hisgen 719; Taft's plurality, 27, 904. Maine. Portland, Me., Nov. 4. Taft and Sherman were given a plurality of 32, 000 in Maine yesterday out of a total vote for the two leading parties of 103,000. New Jersey. Trenton, N. J., Nov. 3. Revised returns received up to midnight show that Mr. Taft's plurality in New Jer sey will be between 65,000 and 70,000. Republicans elect seven congressmen and the Democrats two, the Sixth dis trict, which is now represented by a Democrat, William Hughes, being very close and in doubt. Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, Nov. 3. Republican leaders claim Pennsylvania for Taft by more than 200,000 plurality. Senator Penrose claims a plurality of 250,000 for Taft in Pennsylvania. Colorado. Denver, Nov. 4. Chairman Vivian of the Republican state central com mittee admits that the trend of the count of Tuesday's vote in Colorado is toward a Democratic victory, but still hopes that complete returns will give the state to Taft and that some of the candidates for state officers will be successful. However, he concedes the election of ex-Congressman John F. Shaffroth, Democratic candidate for .governor and also concedes a good ma jority of both houses of the legislature to the Democrats. This insures the selection of Charles J. Hughes as United States senator, nenry M. Tel ler's successor, which will be made by the next general assembly. Vale, Nov. 3. Taft leads bv 111 votes in Malheur county from six pre cincts so far reported. St. Helens, Nov. 4. Complete re turns in Columbia county give Taft 1,188, Bryan 425, Chafin 37, Debs 182, Hisgen 16. Dallas, Nov. 3. Returns pnractical ly complete from 16 precincts give Taft a lead of 342 votes over Bryan. Condon, Nov. 4. Complete returns in Gilliam county give Taft 501, Bryan 253, Chafin 10, Debs 41, Hisgen 2. Tillamook, Nov. 4. Tillamook coun ty complete gives Taft 626, Bryan 252. Enterprise, Nov. 4. Thirteen out of 20 precincts in Wallowa county give Taft 801, Bryan 424, Debs, 83, Chafin 10, Hisgen 1. Hood River, Nov. 4. Complete re turns from Hood River county give Ta't, Rep., 768; Bryan. Dem.. 3(10: Chafin, Pro., 47; Debs, Soc, 55; His gen, Ind., 30. Canyon City, Nov. 3. This precinct shows impartial returns. Taft 63; Bryan 35; Chafin 1; Debs, 3; Hisgen 2. Taft's estimated plurality in Grant county is 350. Baker City, Nov. 3. Returns from 20 precincts in Baker county give Taft 1,406; Bryan 1,296. Baker county in 1904 gave Roosevelt 1,990; Parker 940. New York Architect Protests Against 300-Foot Buildings. New York, Nov. 7. Dangers of con gestion in downtown New York, should the proposed new building code fail to restrict more radically than now pro posed the height of buildings hereafter constructed, were dwelt upon by prom inent architects and engineers before the building committee of the board of aldermen today. Speaking for the American Institute of Architects and Society of Beau Arts, Ernest Flagg, an architect, opposed the recommendation of the commission because it fixed the limit of height so high "that scarcely anyone would care to build higher." Mr. Flagg pointed out the danger from congestion in times of sudden panic, if the people in all the 300-foot buildings which the new regulations would allow to be constructed were to attempt to get out at once. "The street.?," concluded Mr. Flagg, "could not hold them. To continue this policy is to invite a disaster the like of which has never been known." The committee on congestion of pop ulation submitted figures to show that in London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna and every large center of population in Europe the maximum height permitted is considerably less than 100 feet. The New York Board of fire under writers and the Municipal Art commis sion also voiced opposition to the 300 and 350-foot limitation. No action was taken by the aldermen. Detain Wives for Tax. Victoria, B. C, Nov. 9. A question as to whether Chinese wives of white men are liable to the $5(10 head tax on landing in Canada has been raised by Keeps Divorce Industry. Sioux Falls, S. P., Nov. 7. Oppo nents of the proposed new divorce law raising the period of residence from six months to one year and requiring that hearings be held at regular terms of court instead of in chambers are confi dently claiming tonight that the meas ure was defeated Tuesday. While those favoring the new law will not concede this, leading politicians who are in close touch with the conditions throughout the state and have been neutral in the divorce law fight are of the opinion that the law was defeated Steamer and Cargo Lost. New York, Nov. 7. The steamer II. M. Whitnev. of the M..I steamship line, was sunk today in the Fast river while on her wav to Boston. the arrival on board the steamer Em- I The vessel, valued at Sr.fift (Kin iu nress rif Tnrlia trirlav nf tvin Prifiuh .n ! nl 1,...,. 1 ... i ,. ..',. . V 7 - " it is not neneved mat any gineers who have been working on the of her cargo, valued at $3(10 000 can Canton Kowl.n railroad, bringing I he recovered. The steamer in trying Chinese wives. They hold that their j to avoid collision with a tow collided wives should be considered as taking i with Steep rock. A big hole was made me iiu.sdkiiu s nationality, and conse- D -low the water line. The quently not be amenable to the tax. e I in the lifeboats. lhe question has been referred to Ot- rie crew escap- tawa. No More Japs Will Come. Victoria, B. C, Nov. 9. Advices were received by the Empress of India today that Count Komura, minister of foreign affairs, has given instructions to local governors of Japanese prefec tures to prohibit emigration of Japan ese laborers to America and Hawaii. Great Thread Mills Resume. Pawtucket, R. I., Nov. 7. The thread mills of the J. & p. Coates com pany, in this city, employing 2,500 hands, will resume on a full time working schedule at once, according to an announcement posted in the mills today. The mills have been running on short time since the financial de pression last fall.