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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1906
Page
2
The Orange County Observer reports a lengthy absence due to a painful operation and asks advertisers and subscribers to send owed payments promptly to cover higher expenses. The item mixes a political aside about voting and a scatter of distant clippings on railroads, slaughterhouses, juvenile crime, brain surgery for criminals, and war notice rules.
Returns from 42 states show broad Republican gains in governors and Congress. Massachusetts re-elects Curtis Guild Jr. as governor with large plurality. Pennsylvania picks Edwin S. Stuart as governor. Indiana Iowa New Hampshire North Dakota Connecticut Minnesota and Wisconsin approve GOP majorities. Oklahoma and New Mexico Arizona lean Democratic. Longworth Wadsworth lose in New York and Missouri margins shift as Utah Wyoming and Washington vote GOP.
In Jacksonville a special report notes all Democratic candidates in Florida are elected and the legislature is likely Democratic. The governor’s Everglades drainage proposal appears defeated, signaling strong party control statewide.
South Carolina reports show a light ballot but all Democratic candidates for Congress have been chosen. The result highlights a streamlined election with party cohesion and clear delegation prospects for Columbia precincts.
Incomplete returns show a sweeping victory for the Democratic state ticket and congressional nominees. Turnout was light as results from the Montgomery area pointed to a strong showing for party candidates.
Raleigh reports special returns showing the state voting Democratic by about 40000. Every congressional district favored Democrats and the legislature will hold a larger Democratic majority in both houses. The New York Herald notes Democratic state headquarters concede the election by a small margin.
News notes report W. H. Stoneburner sentenced to Manchester jail for eloping with a young woman, leaving a wife and children in Ohio. A Black employee of the Department of Commerce and Labor is in Richmond posing as a Special representative of President Roosevelt.
Would not speak in detail at his home on Tuesday night. Mr Hughes said he was gratified if elected and would not discuss uncertain matters. He believed his election was likely but stated his feeling was responsible, not elated, and that is all he wished to say at present.
Special Dispatches report Republican gains with 114 Congress seats declared and Democrats tallying 71, including Alabama nine, Arkansas seven, Louisiana seven, Georgia eleven, Mississippi nine, Texas sixteen, Florida three, with one district each in Illinois and New Jersey and disputes in Kentucky.
Charlotte dispatch reports W T Crawford leading Buncombe by 600 and Haywood by 3800, with Rutherford and Transylvania also favoring Democrats. Hackett leads Blackburn in the 8th by about 1000, while Wilkes, Ashe, Caldwell, and Surry show Democratic margins. Buncombe county backs Crawford by 500 to 700, with overall state returns incomplete but trending Democratic across ten seats. Revelations credit Roosevelt-era politics and oppose Republican Marion Butler influence as key factors.
The Globe reports that the Democratic candidate Guild concedes the election in Boston. Officials confirmed the concession as final, signaling a closed race and confirming Guild's loss in the city contest.
Reporting from Loudoun County Virginia indicates President Roosevelt making limited progress near his Virginia home as W A McBride explains the shootout with his father in law stemmed from a crowded funeral for Col R H Dulany.
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