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Newspaper
Monroe Weekly Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1906
Page
9
Election returns indicate a Republican majority in the Senate at 58 to 32 and a House around 227 to 68 over Democrats. Colorado gains a senate seat for Republicans, while Cummins shows a loss and Porter a gain in statewide tallies. Republicans remain hopeful Cummins may be reelected.
New York voters elect Charles E Hughes Republican across the ticket by a substantial margin of about 56 000. Hearst gains in most Republican strongholds but loses in Democratic counties with city scratching affecting results. Tammany slate for judiciary, senate and assembly is elected.
Detroit voters deliver a landslide for Governor Fred M. Warner and the Republican ticket. Warner surpasses 100000 in plurality as Republicans hold a solid congressional delegation and a nearly solid legislature. Major Senate contenders include McMillan Smith and Hill, with Townsend also seeking Alger's seat.
Des Moines reports show early returns from 245 precincts covering about an eighth of the state favor Claude R. Porter for governor, with Cummins at 30,123 and Porter at 25,850. The 1903 results from the same precincts had Cummins 33,581 and Sullivan 19,538.
Data from a Columbia University committee shows 581 applicants for summer posts. 313 earned $140,240 total, averaging $113.43. Law students averaged $334.59, medical students $202.19, and women at Barnard filled clerical and servant roles. Princeton reports 7,190 living alumni, with 6,522 categorized by occupation across fields such as business, law, ministry, medicine, and teaching. France’s last North American colony consists of three small offshore islands, governed by a French governor with a chamber deputy, centering on cod fisheries. Wonders of Nature notes natural fabrics from bark and leaves, glass-like lightning-made pipes, tropical vine ropes, and lace-like trees in the West Indies.
Illinois voters produced the smallest total in 14 years with 825,000 cast as Republicans swept state offices led by John F. Smulski with a 120,000 plurality. Francis G. Blair ran slightly ahead Smulski for superintendent by about 130,000. Democrats gained three of the 25 congressional districts, yielding a 21 to 3 Republican delegation. GOP control also strengthened in the legislature.
Partial returns from scattered counties in West Virginia indicate probable success for all five Republican congressional nominees. The legislature is expected to be Republican, ensuring the reelection of Senator S. B. Elkins.
Indianapolis report shows Republicans winning the statewide ticket by an estimated 40 000 to 50 000 with six Congress seats carried in the First Sixth Seventh Ninth Tenth and Thirteenth districts. Democrats win in the Third and Fourth districts and the Eleventh seat goes to J A M Adair. Cromer’s defeat is conceded and Watson’s Six in doubt. Cro mer trailed by about 3 000 in his county. Overall tally tight with Democratic strongholds flipping in places.
The full vote was polled with shrinkage largely in Republican wards. Democrats have elected the prosecuting attorney and probably the auditor in Marion county. Republican majorities have been reduced from two years ago.
California voters favored the Republican ticket, winning all statewide offices, eight Congressmen, and control of the state legislature. Governor candidate James N. Gillett leads with an estimated plurality around 25,000 votes.
Omaha reports returns showing Sheldon elected governor and the Republican ticket carrying the balance, with the possible exception of one or two minor offices.
Denver report quotes Chairman Vivian of the Republican state central committee asserting that the entire Republican state ticket except one candidate has won by majorities ranging from 15,000 to 30,000. The claim underscores broad party strength in Colorado.
Wilmington Delaware Republicans carry the state electing Burton over Marvel for Congress. They will also control the Delaware legislature charged with selecting a successor to United States Senator Allee.
The telegraphic analysis notes Charles Hughes winning narrowly over William R. Hearst and frames the result as a moral Republican defeat. It explains the margin, the role of Democratic defections, and the demand for reform against corporate influence, with wide coverage of party leaders and editorial opinions across multiple papers.
The article argues New York voters showed that the nation is radical, stating anyone unaware before or after yesterday’s election was blind to obvious political signs. It hints at broad societal implications from the result and frames the election as a watershed moment.
Milwaukee reports the entire Republican state ticket won by substantial margins with around ten Republicans likely to be elected to eleven districts. Gov Davidson led the ticket, Connor faced large scratches, and the next legislature is expected to be overwhelmingly Republican. In the Third district La Follette supporters pressed hard against Babcock, who likely lost, with Murphy ahead by about 300 to 400 votes.
Kentucky returns from the Democratic primary indicate Gov J C W Beckham gains while the only congressional change appears in the Third district where Republicans seem to have won a seat. The delegation would stand eight Democrats and three Republicans. The governor’s race tightens with Samuel W Hager slightly ahead of N B Hayes.
Returns show Democrats winning a clear majority in Missouri with 12 of 16 congressmen elected. They reclaim seven districts lost in the previous landslide, signaling a strong statewide turn toward the party.
In the Auvergne region of France a large amount of carbonic acid gas escapes from soils near fissures. The gas, a remnant of ancient volcanic activity, fills springs and causes asphyxiation of animals that drink from them. The Montpensier area has a noted poisoned spring.
Letter from L W Page of the Office of Good Roads states that W H Moore and Wellington Loucks have no government ties. The men recently toured Wisconsin for two weeks, then faced Vermont failures and mounting community complaints. Page emphasizes their lack of official government connection and notes their aim appears to solicit funds from communities.
Antigo resident Eugene Farrington was killed when struck by a northbound train at a crossing five miles north of his farm. He leaves a widow and four children visiting relatives in Greenleaf. A twist of fate tied the fatality to an inquest bound for Summit Lake, as the same train carried the coroner, sheriff, district attorney, and the accused murderer to investigate another death nearby.
New arguments will be heard by Judge J. W. Quarles on November 8 in Milwaukee federal court to decide if Oneida Indians may carry intoxicating liquor onto the Oneida reservation. Defendants are John Stevens and Walter Hill. The ruling may set a legal precedent.
Mrs Pauline Johnson fired warning shots and menaced Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light workers for three hours as they laid a curve near her Seventh and Mead streets home in Racine. Police arrived to find her at a front window aiming a double barrel shotgun at the track.
Racine city council adopts a waiting stance on vacating Water and First streets for the Milwaukee road freight house project. The company pledges to improve various viaducts and docks, but officials defer action until tangible proof of fulfillment.
Janesville police report a talking Indian woman calling herself Mary Blueing, deserted by a white man she says is her husband. She whispers of five papooses and Tomah, crying when her white companion left her after seeking shelter at the station.
Valentine Szuleski, a Milwaukee saloonkeeper, stands trial for giving a drink to laborer John Werner who died. City chemist Dr. George Ruhland found a large amount of mercury in Werner during the postmortem, enough to cause death, suggesting similar liquor was sold to others.
The Rev. Emil Seiter pastor of the German Catholic church in Marinette returned from a European tour visiting Rome and receiving an audience with the pope.
John Dolan, his wife, two daughters and a son were saved from a blaze in Chippewa Falls by the family dog. The animal barked repeatedly to rouse them and finally grabbed Dolan’s arm to pull him from danger.
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