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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1908
Page
15
Republicans nationwide secure a decisive win with Judge Taft elected as the twenty seventh president. The ticket also includes Silver Bow Dave Norris Cood lift Governor Ray Well and Ad, sweeping counties in a dominant victory across the state.
Reported returns show Demos winning all county and state tickets with Norris leading governor by 2168 and O Rourke narrowly ahead for sheriff by 200. Voters packed East Broadway as results streamed in, with Taft favored nationally yet Dems dominating local races. final county margins estimated 800 to 2500, strongest for Norris.
Early returns show Taft carrying New York City by about 11 000 and New York state with a larger Taft plurality than Roosevelt. Indiana goes for Taft by 15 000 to 18 000. Nebraska possibly carried by Bryan. Roosevelt’s nationwide margin around 195 000 to 202 000 in Taft’s favor. Hughes wins in New York and Ohio. Results indicate little change in the U.S. House. Senate likely to stay with the current majority. Independence Party candidate Hisgen receives about 25 000 votes in Greater New York.
A Great Falls dispatch reports early returns across Montana indicating Governor Norris leading Silver Bow by 2168 and Cascade by 200 with Donlan losing in Lewis and Clark. Other state officers show mixed fortunes with Republicans likely to win narrow pluralities and Taft possibly carrying the state. Demographic shifts appear in Madison Fergus Jefferson Broadwater Powell and Janite counties with Democratic gains. County offices show Harner likely clerk of the court, Wood for clerk and recorder Nalbach for treasurer and Johnson for county commissioner among strongest Democratic shows.
Broadwater County dispatch lists precinct vote tallies for Taft Bryan Pray Long Donlan Norris Holloway Johnston Cunningham Sherlock and others. Totals show Bryan Pray Norris leading in several local spots with varied figures, indicating election activity and ticket support in Townsend Glenwood Big Pork areas.
Decial Disputch lists Miles City and ward splits for Taft Bryan Pray Long Donlian Norris and Sykes Re for senator with 21 representatives. Includes names like Hunter Kelsey Terret McKinley and district allocations across four precincts including Miles City and Second ward.
Danville November 3 Joseph G Cannon has been reelected to Congress by a large plurality, likely at least 10300. The result surprised many as anti Cannon groups and organized labor had predicted a smaller margin. Cannon carried heavy union labor districts with gains, and expressed gratitude for the vote of confidence from his constituents.
Special dispatch reports Basin Republican electors in Jefferson County with Democratic sector figures. names Pray Long Donlan Allen Swindlehurst Holloway Johnston Yoder Romney Galen Tolan and others cited amid election tallies. Cont. on page SiR.
Cincinnati telegrams report William H Taft and wife May Taft surrounded by relatives at the Taft residence. Taft sends congratulations to Hitchcock and praises Yale Connecticut victory and Hartman results. Messages of support arrive from Sherman, Cortelyou, and Governor Guild as supporters celebrate a Republican national campaign surge.
Early returns show indie governors winning several middle western states and Taft maintaining advantages in New Jersey Massachusetts and New York. Republicans report dwindling pluralities as Erie County and Greater New York swing vote trends influence the national outcome. The piece notes declines in Democratic support in the South and hints at a forthcoming tariff bill under Payne.
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