Taft Sherman Victory and Cannon Reelected Big Win
The Republican ticket led by William Howard Taft and James Sherman won the presidential and vice presidential race by a large margin of about 150 electoral votes. Speaker Cannon was re elected in Illinois with a substantial plurality, and the GOP retained control of both Senate and House. New York Ohio Indiana Maryland and Kentucky supported Taft with majorities, while Hughes carried New York for governor along with several other key states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Indiana
New York
Hughes
Cannon
William Howard Taft
James Schoolcraft Sherman
Solid South
Nebraska
Maryland
Kentucky
Taft
Senate
House of Representatives
Joseph G. Cannon
House of
Serena E. Payne
Ways and Means
House
Joh Daizell
Pennsylvania
Charles E. Hughes
Glasscock
West Virginia
Deneen
Stevenson
Ayiness
Cummins
Iowa
Lincoln
Neb
Bryan
Maine and Utah vote results shape taft plurality
In Maine Taft led by about 1500 with Swasey and Guernsey elected in Second and Fourth districts to fill short term vacancies. A constitutional amendment was defeated while good roads amendment passed. In Utah Taft carried the state by about 20000, Roosevelt had carried Utah in 1904 by 29000.
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Maine
Portland
Taft
John P. Swasey
Frank I. Guernsey
Hill
Utah
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake County
Roosevelt
Delaware Returns Big Gubernatorial Victory in Wilkington
In Wilkington Delaware voters give Fair a 3600 plurality. Pennewell Republican wins governor by 2000 and the statewide Republican ticket follows the same margin except Davis for attorney general who receives a 1500 margin.
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Delaware
Wilkington
Fair
Pennewell
Teket
Davis
Governor Hughes Wins Big in High Bridge Ballot Battle
New York voters backed Governor Hughes by over 40 000 and a city lead of about 21 000 while Chanler carried rural areas but lost heavily in Greater New York. Legislature remains 124 Republicans to 72 Democrats, ensuring a Republican replacement for Thomas C. Plate.
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New York
Hughes
High Bridge
Chanler
Greater
Thomas C. Plate
Taft wins West Virginia by about twenty eight thousand
Huntington reports Judge Taft will carry West Virginia by 28 000 to 30 000 with Glasscock 8 000 to 10 000 short of this. All five Republican Congressmen rejected. Wheeling Intel ligencer disputes totals and notes Kanawha County supports Taft by about 2 000 with Charleston as state capital in the margin.
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Huntington
Taft
Glasscock
Wheeling
Scott
West Virginia
Wheeling Intelligencer
Rep
Kanawha County
Charleston
Harmon Elected Ohio Governor By 20000 Vote Margin
Ohio Democrats choose Judson Harmon as governor by about 20000 votes. In Ross County home county Douglass loses to Sears by a decisive margin, and Fairfield County also swings to Sears by around 1600 votes.
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Judson Harmon
Columbus
Ohio
Douglass
Ross
M. A. Sears
Fairfield County
Bryan cheerful in defeat feels no dismay in public
Jaimein Nebraska reports William Jennings Bryan with a calm demeanor after polls closed. Despite sensing career setbacks, Bryan greeted friends and neighbors with a cheerful exterior and later studied election returns at home with his wife.
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Mr. Bryan
Jaimeoin
William Jennings Bryan
Righy
Republican Sweep Delivers Big Victory in Massachusetts
Massachusetts returns show Republicans winning national and state races with all IL congressmen re-elected. Both legislative chambers appear Republican by wide margins. Tate leads by about 120000. Draper aka Lieutenant Governor expected to lead by about 60000. Bryan wins Toston narrowly by 387 votes. Bryan totals 40227 vs Taft 84860. In 2004 Parker carried the city by 19042 with 42 percent for Roosevelt.
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Massachusetts
Boston
Tate
Ken
Draper
Bryan
Toston
Taft
Parker
City
Stoosevelt
Rhode Island Votes Give Republicans Narrow Statewide Win
Rhode Island Providence reports a Republican statewide victory with Plurality around 1,000. Aram J. Potier leads the ticket as governor hopeful, signaling a Republican legislature and a Roosevelt aligned result in the VM context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island
Providence
Roosevelt
Aram J. Pothir
Fovernor
Fatal Political Quarrel in Oklahoma Hardware Store
In Poraker, Oklahoma a political quarrel led to the shooting of farmer Joh Millam of Pahawska inside Seward's hardware store. Millam, long active in Osage Indian affairs, was killed instantly. James Kerr, a Democratic National Committee member from Pennsylvania, died at his summer home in New Rochelle, New York after several weeks of illness.
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Poraker
Okla
Seward
Laiil
Teeman
Joh Millam
Pahawska
Millam
New Rochelle
N. Y
James Kerr
May
Pennsylvania
Bryan Nearly Clinches Majority Across Many States
The sweeping results show Bryan leading in South Carolina with about 54,000, and Democratic dominance in Georgia Louisiana Florida Mississippi North Carolina Texas Tennessee Arkansas and Wisconsin with Taft narrowly ahead in Wisconsin. The report notes Republican gains in Virginia and North Dakota style data, assorted local wins, and a near tie in Montana with Norris for governor and Long for Congress.
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South Carolina
Columbia
Bryan
Socialists and
Independence League
North Carolina
Charlotte
Government Finances October 1908 Deficit and Debt Rise
The October 1908 comparative statement shows receipts up by 1 million and expenditures up by 7 million from September. Total receipts reached 49,517,724 while expenditures were 60,038,762, yielding a deficit of 10,721,038 for the bonds. The public debt, net of cash in the treasury, increased by 8,511,973.
Republicans Likely Control House With Broader Majority
Chicago reports returns showing 185 Republicans to 138 Democrats, signaling a Republican majority in the next House and possible gains. Key winners include Henry W. Palmer in Pennsylvania, John R. Farr in the Tenth, James W. Murphy in Wisconsin, and Arthur J. Kopp’s retaliation, with familiar faces like Cannon and Payne returning. Delegates from Nebraska and several states suggest shifts, while several Democrats and Republicans swap seats in Georgia Delaware Illinois Michigan and New York. South Dakota and North Carolina add new Republican members.
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Chicago
Congress
Pennsylvania
Henry W. Palmer
John Bigelow
John R. Farr
Nicholl
Wisconsin
Joseph W. Babcock
Babcock
James W. Murphy
Murphy
Arthur J. Kopp
Nebraska
Hitchcock
Cannon
Leutenants
Messrs. Payne
Dalzell
Tawney
Burton
Ohio
McCall
Massachusetts
Bartholdi
Missouri
Champ Clark
DeArmond
Clayton
Alabama
Rainey
Illinois
Ollie James
Kentucky
Ransdell
Louisiana
Francis Burton Harrison
Fitzgerald
New York
Delaware
Heald
Georgia
John Wesley Gaines
Tennessee
Joseph W. Brynes
South Dakota
North Carolina
Taft Leads New Jersey With Large Plurality
New Jersey results show Taft ahead by over 65,000 votes, with county variances outside Essex and Hudson close to Roosevelt's 1904 plurality of 81,000. In Kentucky Bryan posts a 13,000 plurality, with expectations of nine Democratic congressmen and a Republican seat loss.
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New Jersey
Trenton
Taft
New New Jersey
Essex
Hudson
Roosevelt
Louisville
Bryan
Kentucky
Debs Strong in Whitaker Borough Vote
Socialists carried Whitaker in Allegheny county as Debs won 89 votes, Taft 64 and Bryan 27, with Debs 25 votes ahead of Taft and 2 ahead of Bryan. Inheritance Tax Upheld in Kentucky. Court of Appeals sustains new tax penalizing amounts over $500.
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Whitaker
Keystone State
Allegheny County
Debs
Taft
Bryan
Frankfort
Kentucky
Court of Appeals
Settle
Americans Find Gold in Congo Manumea District
Reports from R. D. Mohun, leader of the American expedition, say rich deposits of gold tin and copper were found in the Manumea District of the Congo.
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Brussels
R. D. Mohun
Congo
Manumea
Nations and States Electors Result in 1968 Balloting
Elections across Arizona New Mexico Oregon Maine Vermont and other states named next Congress and state offices. Senate totals 61 Republicans 31 Democrats with changes in Alabama Arkansas Louisiana Maryland Kentucky and Vermont. House currently 223 Republicans 166 Democrats with 891 members total. two vacancies. Prohibition Socialist Independent and Labor parties ran tickets in multiple states. Amends proposed in 22 states totaling 90 measures including South Dakota one year residence divorce trigger and Illinois lakes to gulf bonds. Income tax proposed in four states South Dakota North Dakota Minnesota Wisconsin.
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Arizona
New Mexico
Oregon
Maine
Vermont
Arkansas
Georgia
Supreme Court
United States
Alabama
Louisiana
Maryland
Kentucky
Senate
House of Representatives
South Carolina
Prohibition Party
Socialist
Independence Party
Socialist Labor
People's Or Populist Party
Nebraska
Democrats
Michigan
South Dakota
Illinois
North Dakota
Minneota
Wisconsin
National tickets listed for 1908 election era
A reading shows multiple national ticket lines with presidential and vice presidential candidates from Republican Willan Taft to Socialist Labor and Independent parties. Notable entries include Debs Indiana President, Hanford New York Vice, Watson Georgia President, Williams Indiana Vice, and Preston President for Socialist Labor with August Gills of New York named as proxy due to Preston's jail confinement on murder charges in Nevada.
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Eugene V. Debs
Indiana
Benjamin Hanford
New York
Preston
Socialist Party
Nevada
August Gills
Cadet G. Cook Ferebee Dies From Football Injury
Telegraphic briefs note the death of Cadet G. Cook Ferebee son of G. B. Ferebee of Norfolk Virginia from a brain concussion after an injury in a football game between Virginia Military Institute and Roanoke College Canton QA. H Morgan J F Wade and H Rendell of Cleveland conducted a balloon ascent in the Sky Pilot in Canton, Ohio and landed safely at Coal Center Pennsylvania.
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Lexington
G. Cook Ferebee
G. B. Ferebee
Norfolk
Virginia Military Institute
Roanoke College
Canton, QA
H. Morgan
J. F. Wade
H. Rendell
Cleveland
Cou! Center
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Joe
Danville
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James
Sade Uat
Cathourin Iriver
Dalaware
Kansas
Multan
Lear
Waahington
Florida
Ehesey Missouri
North Corolla
Cope
William H. Taft
Dixie
Savannah
Geogia
Aft
Watson
New Orleans
Jacksonville
Virginia
Republican State Committee
Richmond
Mississippi
Jackson
Texas
Dallas
Nashville
Little Rock
Milwaukee
Sheridan
Davidson
Montana
Butle
Norris
Scinton
Long
Pray
Willan
William J. Bryan
John W. Kern
Indianna
Prohibition
Eugene W. Chafin
Witois
Aaron
Watkins
Thomas J. Hisgen
John Jenniie Graves
Marlin R. Preston
Houald Munro
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