Hughes Plurality Over Hearst Tops 50,000 statewide
Revised returns indicate Hughes leads Hearst by about 60,000 in New York State with upstate counties showing erratic counts. Early results show Hearst carrying only Chemung and Schoharie counties outside Greater New York, while Brooklyn’s McCarren effort helped Hughes in Kings County.
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Hearst
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William Barnes , Jr
Albany
Greater
Aecide
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Independent League
Democrat
Upstate
Whalen
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Chemung
Schoharie
Kings County
Patrick H. McCarren
McCarren
Chanler
Independence League
Kansas
Topeka
Harris
Hoch
Republican State Committee
Democratic State Committee
Supreme Court
Kansas City
Kans
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Illinois Goes Republican by Over 100000 in State Vote
Illinois voters backed the Republican ticket by about 120000 with Chicago contributing over 50000 to the tally for state officers led by Smulski for treasurer and Blair for superintendent. Democrats gain six seats in Congress, while Republicans retain a solid state legislature and anticipate Cullom’s reelection.
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John F. Smulski
Francis G. Blair
Chicago
James T. McDermott
Adolph J. Sabath
Ben Martin Urg
Ture
Collom
Chicf
Ilinois
Cook County
Republi
Smulski
Superintendent of Instruction
Deaeen
Congress
Roosevelt
Henry T. Rainey
Ben F. Caldwell
Zeno Rives
Litchfield
Rives
Foster
Dickson
Lican
Emery
Fu“Sion
Rojan
Gibbon
Missours Louis
Indianapolis
Indiana
Rhode Island
Providence
James AH. Higgins
Pawthickemocrat
George Ut Republican
General Assembly
Prohibition Vote Exceeds Normal Levels in State
Charles Evans Hughes stance on control cited as part of a broader political struggle. Drys gain noted as William P. Alli of McLean, the prohibition candidate for state treasurer, falls short of high expectations but shows a solid rise over the usual prohibition vote in the state.
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Drys
William P. Alli
McLean
Prohibition
Conferences Near Accord As Rail Unions Seek Higher Pay
Chicago union leaders and railroad officials pressed talks on wage rises amid a looming strike. Trainmen demand five cents an hour, switchmen reject three cents but hold off on a specific target. Sessions included joint meetings with union reps and managers, with arbitration discussed for schedules above the offered rate.
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Navy
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainment
Switchmen's Union
Ler Manieers
Switchmen's
Sinte
Sherman House
Ure Mangers
Crowd at Castellane Hearing Resumes in Paris
Paris on November 7 reports a crowded courtroom for the resumed hearing of the Duke Countess Castellane. Witnesses and attorneys filled the room as proceedings continued amid public interest and media attention.
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Castellane Hearing
Paris
Republicans win 219 seats as Democrats claim 164
Chicago reports based on Associated Press dispatches that Republicans have elected 219 members of Congress while Democrats secure 164. Three districts remain unreported.
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Chicago
Associated Press
NEW JeRstey
Trenton
N. J
Legistare
President dismayed by Hearst rise in New York vote
Washington reports reveal President's disappointment at Hughes loss to Hearst in New York. Officials fear Hearst's strength as a 1908 presidential candidate and note Root's remarks spurred talk. Hearst carried Allen, defeating Hughes by about 1,100 in Utica. Sherman lost the city.
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Washington
White House
Charles E. Hughes
New York
William Randolph Hearst
Hearst
Root
McKinley
Jenx
Allen
Ull
Hear
Hughes
Lia
Sherman
New York City
Roosevelt
Thearty
Election Returns Across States Indicate GOP Gains
Bulletin dispatches from Des Moines and scattered cities report early results showing Governor Cummins leading in Iowa with about 29,490 votes from 325 of 2,917 precincts and Porter trailing. Nationally, Roosevelt’s party claims, while Republicans gauge Senate and congressional wins, with Pennsylvania, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Indiana, Wisconsin tilting toward Republicans, and scattered gains for Democrats in some districts.
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Cook County
Fuller
Frank O. Lowden
McKinney
Prince
Sterling
Cannon
McKinley
Rodenberg
Chapman
Smith
House
Shelby M. Culloms
Senate
Iowa
Des Moines
Cummins
Porter
Sullivan
Woods
Hamilton
Congress
Dismissed in dishonor from United States Army
Roosevelt dismisses all members of companies B C and D of the 26th Infantry from the army and orders an inquiry that may lead to court martial for a slur on negro troops after the Brownsville incident. The act shows a harsh army lesson and stresses officer responsibility and loyalty to the public.
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Washington
Roosevelt
26Th United States Infantry
W. L. Pitcher
26Th Infantry
Brownsville
Tex
Yau
JL. HH. Garlington
Army
White House
1Lington
Wieket
Garlingtom
Theodore Roosevelt
Garlington
25Th Infantry
Fort Brown
Aue
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