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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1908
Page
4
Republican gains push Taft to broad electoral lead with New York Ohio Indiana as key states. New York results show Taft carrying Greater New York by 15 000 amid Brooklyn gains for Taft while Manhattan and the Bronx favor Bryan. Ohio and Indiana deliver large Taft tallies. Maryland vote splits with both parties claiming potential electors.
In Baltimore on November 6 with a third of city and 21 of 23 counties counted Taft held a lead with an apparent plurality of 1767. Indications showed one Taft and seven Bryan electors selected. If confirmed by the official tally this mirrors 1904 due to ballot law banning party emblems causing illiterate voters to vote for the first elector, inflating Republican totals compared to others.
Early returns show Taft leading Missouri with 317,124 votes to Bryan's 312,889 a 4,235 edge. Hadley holds a 16,993 governor lead. Stone leads Folk for Democratic senator by 18,829 and is set for re election if party discipline holds. Lieutenant Governor MacKinley likely wins Republican Senate nomination over Kerens by about 15,000. State ticket uncertainties remain beyond governor.
Revised returns show Taft leading by about 70,000 in New Jersey. Republicans win seven of ten congressmen, Democrats two, with Sixth in doubt and Ninth and Tenth districts flipping to Democrats. Incumbents Loudenslager, Ardher, Lowell, Woodly, Fowler, Parker hold, Wylie wins in Eighth. Pratt loses. Current split becomes six Republicans to four Democrats, a net gain for GOP.
Oklahoma with four Democrats and one Republican in Congress, Gore re elected in Senate, Bryan leading by about 25,000. Georgia and North Carolina stay solidly Democratic, Florida selects Gilchrist governor, Kentucky and Mississippi stay Democratic with sizable margins, Nevada flips to Bryan, Idaho and Montana favor Taft.
Ohio voters gave Taft a lead of about fifty thousand for the Republican presidential nomination while choosing Fudson Harmon to head the Democratic state ticket by about twenty thousand. Half the precincts reported, with differences only in margin size, and slow tallying clouded the final results on legislature and U S senatorship.
Early returns show Taft with large pluralities across Connecticut Illinois Wisconsin and Indiana while Democrats gain in Colorado and Minnesota. Taft carries West Virginia South Dakota and Utah. Bryan loses Utah and boosts Taft margins in several states as party leaders note rising Socialist votes.
Nebraska results show Bryan leading Taft by about 2000 with 121,080 to 118,699 as more counties report. Governor and statewide races tilt Democratic with large legislature gains. Nebraska senators and representatives increasingly Democrat while Republicans concede potential losses. In Pennsylvania Taft wins state by about 200,000, with labor strong in cities, and state offices largely Republican though some urban areas swing Democrat. House delegation remains Republican 24 to 8.
Partial returns from two thirds of Iowa counties show Taft with a 70 000 plurality, far above McKinley 1896. Cummins wins US Senate, Jamieson defeats Hepburn in Eighth, and Kendall leads Kendall by 57 votes in the statewide tally. In Kansas Bristow elected to Senate as Taft leads nationwide.
Massachusetts reports Taft wins state and all eleven Republican congressmen reelected. Draper leads for governor by about 60,500. Taft gains statewide with 250,221 votes to Bryan 165,860. New Hampshire gives Taft a 20,000 margin. Vermont Taft ahead by about 27,000. Maine Taft plurality near 31,500. Rhode Island and other states show Taft leads. Districts in Maine fill short-term vacancies with Swasey and Guernesey elected.
Reports from San Francisco Seattle and Portland show Taft with large leads and Republican gains. California Oregon Washington Delaware and Wyoming project Taft victories with sizable popular majorities and GOP control of state legislatures and governors. Cannon reelected in Kentucky amid anti church and labor opposition.
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