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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1906
Page
6
Election results released Tuesday show Republicans winning key contests across numerous states with significant gains in the House. The party captures control of Congress, while Democratic candidates retain strength in certain districts, including major cities like New York and Philadelphia, and results reflect shifts in Oklahoma and New Mexico.
In a fractured statewide vote Charles Evans Tingles defeats Wil tpl Standolph Tlenvst for New York governor, securing a tight plurality amid chaotic returns. Benign gains for Hughes and local factions appear muted by Republican strength in Albany and labor pockets, while Iowa and Michigan show Republican wins and looming legislative majorities.
The list shows governors elected and estimated vote margins for multiple states. Notable figures include Texas J M Campbell Democrat 200,000. New York G B Hughes Republican 60,000. Minnesota J A Johnson Democrat 10,001. Pennsylvania Binar Republican 68,000. Wisconsin J O Davidson Republican 50,000. Missouri Gull Republican 81,462.
Missouri election returns indicate Democrats have regained the state, with a likely majority near 26,000. The party won twelve of sixteen Congress seats, reclaiming seven districts lost in the landslide two years ago. St Louis remains narrowly Republican. Republicans secured two seats from St Louis and fifteen of nineteen legislative districts. Richard Buarthokl won reelection. Carry MM. Coudrey will retain his seat over James J. Butler. St Joseph remains Democratic with William Tf. Wallace defeating C lis, a Republican incumbent from Kansas City district.
Republicans carried South Dakota by a large plurality, varying from 23,000 to 85,000 more votes than two years ago. Chilo Hal and William TH Parker were chosen as congressmen at large. Republicans will hold at least eighty five of the legislature monitors.
Colorado voters elected LW A Luehtel of Denver University as governor with an estimated plurality near 4000. The rest of the ticket mostly followed, with possible exception of Supreme Court Justice William V Gahbert. The legislature rumored to remain Republican.
Reported preliminary results show Dulaward Delayware shifting to the Republican column by an estimated 2,000 votes, signaling Republicans will control the next legislature.
The Illinois Republican slate led by John J. Smulski won a large plurality with about 825,000 votes statewide, the biggest off year tally in four years. Republicans also dominate the legislature with eighty-nine members and twenty-three of twenty-seven seats in the Senate and party gains in U.S. Senate race.
The article notes a deteriorating Republican lead across Indiana from two years earlier when Roosevelt won by 92,000. It highlights district by district shifts, with Democrats gaining in Eleventh and Miami counties, a Democratic majority in the Eleventh, and a still-Republican legislature on joint ballot though slimmer. The race centers on temperance issues and saloon brewery interests backing Democratic candidates.
Gov Davidson with the Republican State ticket wins in Wisconsin. The governor’s plurality surpasses 60,000, with the rest of the ticket lagging amid light turnout. Legislative districts favor Republicans, predicting a solid majority in both houses. Ohio results show Carmi A Thompson as Secretary of State. Republican gains offset losses elsewhere, with twenty Republicans elected to Congress while Democrats win some seats. Cincinnati judicial ticket turnout weaker.
Minnesota voters re-elected Gov. John A. Johnsen, a Democrat, by more than 50,000 votes. Republican A. T. Cole trailed the ticket, with a gap estimated between 25,000 and 60,000. Legislature results show the Republican majority shrinking.
Early Nebraska returns show Sheldon leading for governor and the Republican ticket dominant, with possible exceptions only for one or two minor offices. The report highlights a strong GOP outlook in the state as results trickle in.
In Pennsylvania the Republican candidate Hawing Bluart Repnvileru was elected governor with a large plurality over Democratic opponent Lewis Emery, Dr. The election result reflects a sweeping party win for the GOP.
In Regt 4 at Vermont state election the Republican ticket led by Uleteher D Proctor son of Spnator Red field Procte won handily by a landslide margin of 16 000 votes marking a new off year GOP majority in the state.
In Mason City two cases involve Father J Clune and Daniel Cahlan, a church finance chair, alleged from Rockwell Sacred Heart parish. Plaintiffs claim slander and assault over a dispute about a new church building and funding, citing a visit by Rockwell leaders to Father Ryan in Dubuque and a heated confrontation after a Sunday service.
L M Berry, cashier at Express company Burling ton, is discharged after claims of slugging and theft. Police say Berry staged the hold up to cover his own embezzlement, aided by a facial bruise alleged to be from acid. Investigators note Berry’s lavish spending and possible family ties to company figures.
Ned West was arrested in Elkader Wednesday for the murder of farmer John Boland whose body was found buried in a ditch with corn stalks spread over the grave. Investigators tie West to Boland after noting they had spent the evening at Boland's home and West aided in harvest chores earlier days. West is jailed as Sheriff Dittmer investigates at the county jail.
Hr Lafayette Young, editor of the Des Moines Capital, was taken to Mercy hospital Wednesday morning with a severe rheumatism attack. Doctors fear it may be several weeks before he can leave home again.
A motor car on the Leke Mahawo Ung was struck by a switch engine at the Wabseh crossing Sunday evening, demolishing the car and injuring passengers. Miss Grow was cut on the forehead, Mehlhigin's injuries feared dangerous, the engine damaged, and responsibility assigned to the engine. The wheels were set and weeds made rails slippery. Mehlihgin was found dazed in the street two days later.
A Saturday wreck on Rock Island road near Taverne Minn injures multiple Iowans. Charles Bowers of Rock Rapids is internally injured and may die. Mrs W H Bowers suffers head injuries. Charles Shade president of First National Bank of Rock Rapids is badly injured. Arthur Cage from Des Moines and John Whitney of Rock Rapids are hurt. Helen Savage of Rock Rapids aged 74 likely totally hurt. W S Smith of Rock Rapids has a facial laceration.
Farmer John Facht near Sandelph fought for his life as a mad boar charged him in a field. His collie bore down the enraged animal, distracting it and allowing Facht to escape serious injury. He was shaken and bruised but alive.
A stereotyper and an assistant press man were hurt in a fall and machinery accident at the Sioux City Tribune office on Wednesday afternoon. Roy Parker sustained severe cuts to arms and body but was not believed to be seriously injured internally. Leland Webster lost a toe when his foot caught in the press cog.
A. A. Duba, owner of a Waterloo horse shon ting establishment, located his brother Peter Laforce who had been separated in childhood and adopted by the Duba family. Laforce, formerly Laforce, now resides at Puebin, Cota, after nearly two score years without contact. Sheriff Caldwell aided the successful reunion.
Story County Watchman ceases publication in Nevada after more than a third of a century. The plant once used by Humphrey Bros. is sold to H B Craddick of the Peoples Sayings Bank to settle debts, while Benjamin Bros buys the subscription list and goodwill for the Nevada Evening Journal. Also notes a Cedar Falls wedding and local social items. The Sioux City Academy of Science and Letters fossil and stone collection is praised by Prof. H C Powers, awaiting space to be showcased.
A Dubuque child named John Thor Mann suffered severe cuts from a broken glass while moving between rooms with a glass in hand after stumbling on a globlat, causing facial injuries from mouth to ear. Bishop Henry Cosgrove of Davenport is reported very weak but alive, as prayers go up. Also mentioned is Parker Maines, an attorney, in an unrelated note.
The article surveys wage levels for Nailmakers in England and Shoemakers in Austria, alongside U S union activity. It notes the Scranton central union planning a $50,000 labor temple, a New York convention, and global remittance trends to China. It cites 1904 Denmark union membership, British union unemployment, and state briefs on child labor, wages, and industrial stats. It mentions John Mitchell on AFL politics, and introduces a Massachusetts blind magazine project funded by Mrs. William Ziegler, detailing Braille and New York point systems, editing by Walter Holmes, and a $100,000 annual cost.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions authority to buy and extensive tenants. No clear names, dates, or roles are readable to establish a coherent event or entity.
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