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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1908
Page
9
An unreadable OCR dump lists numbers, place names, and scattered entries across many lines. The fragmentary items mention towns, routes, dates, and measurements with no clear single event or cohesive narrative.
Officials report partial results from West Virginia elections with counties like Pleasants and Mason showing sizable Republican planks while others such as Berkeley and Monongalia reflect mixed outcomes. Early tallies indicate Glasscock and a few GOP ticket members leading, with Brixton and Harrison areas reporting notable margins, and statewide totals still unsettled as observers await complete counts.
John W. Kern, Democratic candidate for vice president, received early returns at his Indianapolis home. A special wire was run to his residence and Kern read the dispatches with keen interest but declined to comment on his impressions. His gathering included several political friends.
Fragmented OCR lists state congressional districts with party affiliations and candidates. Mentions James A. Tawney in the First District as a Republican, Charles R. Davis in the Third, Fred C. Stevens as a Republican in the Seventh, Frank M. Nye as a Republican in the Eleventh, and Clarence for the Eighth with Volstead speculation. overall a snapshot of district contests in Minnesota.
A lively crowd gathered in Telegram Square to view election return bulletins flashed from Oak Hall on a private telegraph line. Photographs and war-cartoon drawings accompanied the bulletins and moving pictures as results from county and state poured in, sparking loud cheers when Clarkeburgere won.
A Philadelphia dateline lists numerous Pennsylvania congressmen re elected in a wave. Names include Bingham Cook Moore Moon Foulkrodt McCreary Butler Wagner Griest Palmer Rothermel Reynolde Langham and others with broad party alignment and large 4 000 majority noted.
The table shows entite in Harrison County and Hikucks with Tetrick as the only Democrat elected Francia reportedly 510 to 30 Turfick. Morrison school house returns show a majority by 6 o'clock. Charles G. Coffman leading state senate by about 600. Hubbard claims victory by around 3000 to 5000 votes.
The teletext indicates Joseph G. Cannon won re election as Speaker by a large margin over Democrat Henry C. Bell. Early returns in Danville show Cannon leading the party ticket and maintaining a statewide edge as votes from precincts continue to be counted.
A report from Par go North Dakota states Loula Ry Hennanuk of the Republican party received a vote tally to serve in Congress at large from North Dakota. Felpsted
Texas voters face a scramble as reapportionment lines are drawn in the 14th and 10th districts. Democratic A. W. Gren and others are mentioned in a discussion of district changes and party alignment amid the 1900s political landscape.
In the fourth Songrestinnk district voters chose Basgots Slemp and Edward W. Saunders to state offices. Saunders, a Democrat, was reelected while Slemp, a Republican, secured a new term. The results reflect a split ticket across the district with explicit incumbency in Saunders noted.
Taft sends a telegram from Cincinnati noting a favorable national response, especially in New York, and thanks Hitchcock for accurate work and the evident political intuition guiding the campaign. The message expresses gratitude for the accuracy of predictions and the broad national attention to the efforts.
The first returns show Taft carrying several western and midwestern states by plurality, with Harmon and Bryan in the mix. Republicans appear set to retain control of key offices as the tally unfolds, though early figures from California Indiana and Ohio hint at mixed results for statewide races and possible party shifts in Congress.
A fragmentary report lists elected representatives by district across New York with party labels mostly R or D. Re-elected members include W W Cooks, J H Lindsay, C B Lat, Richard Youns, J B Fitzgerald, D J Riordan, H Goldfogle, Sulzer, C B Fornes, Michael F Conrl, H Parsons, F B Harrison, J G Gouiden, G R Mailey, Charley Millington, L Knepp, J W Dwight, Sereno E Payne, James B Perking, B J land, D A Drisgoll, O George H Lindsay, Otto G Fopikers, Richard Youns, and others. Brooklyn districts mentioned with Sutan Witlent noted as re-elected. overall tone notes a Republican gain.
In New Haven Connecticut a partial update shows the Whrnt district shifting in favor of Republican candidates. Eighth district Henry leads third H W Higgins trailing Ebenczer Hil as results trickle in. Local returns reflect a tense political landscape as figures settle.
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