Wilson Marshall victory reshapes party fronts nationwide
The Wilson Marshall ticket swept to victory across multiple states, overturning longtime Republican majorities and winning state offices and congressional seats. Roosevelt gained strength in key Midwestern states while Taft's votes dispersed, signaling a major realignment with Democrats poised to gain Senate leverage and governorships in several states.
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New York
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Senate
Wilson
Marshall
Indiana
Roosevelt
Chnoig
Pennsylvania
Taft
Idaho
Vermont
Utah
Iowa
Minnesota
New Hampshire
South Dakota
Wyoming
Ariier
Spencee
Bing Santee
Penn
Council of Jewish Women Holds Executive Session
The executive board of the Council of Jewish Women met in Charleston to review reports on the council’s enterprises. Of special interest was Miss Sadie Ameri.
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Charleston
D. C
Council of Jewish Women
Sadie Ameri
Alabama fee system defeated frames county official salaries
Alabama voters approved a constitutional amendment striking the fee system for paying county officials. Returns show every county supported the amendment which directs legislation to place Jefferson County officials on salaries. Several offices currently pay up to 50 000 dollars yearly under the old system.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Jefferson County
Grove Johnson Defies Son in California Polls
Sacramento report says Grove L. Johnson father of progressive vice presidential candidate Hiram Johnson did not vote for his son. He backed Wilson and Marshall instead and failed to win the Republican nomination for the assembly in his own primary. He stated his son was wrong and on the wrong side of the political fence.
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Grove L. Johnson
Hiram Johnson
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Roosevelt Leads In South Dakota Vote Result
Sioux Falls dispatch reports slow returns with Roosevelt leading by about 5000 votes as half the precincts tally. Burke and Martin Republicans and C H Dillon Progressive appear victorious. Pyrne Republican seems to have defeated Johnson Democrat.
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S. D
South Dakota
Roosevelt
Burke
Martin
C.H. Dillon
Pyrne
Johnson
Demorat
Kentucky Returns Put Wilson Above Taft By Large Margin
Almost complete returns from Kentucky’s election show Governor Wilson leading Taft by more than 100000 votes with Roosevelt in third. Eighteen of 120 counties are not yet reported and could shift the Democratic lead and place Roosevelt second.
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Louisville
Exy
Kentucky
Wilson
Taft
Roosevelt
House membership shows Democrats gain majority in new Congress
At 9 a.m. in the sixty-third congress the House stood with 435 members evenly divided among Democrats Republicans and Progressives. Democrats totaled 255, 37 more than the 218 needed for a majority and 22 more than the party held in the prior congress.
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House of Representatives
Was Captain O Brien Poisoned in Atlanta
The body of Captain J Red O'Brien president of the National Bar Pilots Association was laid to rest in St Michael's cemetery Pensacola after he died suddenly on a train en route to cast his vote. He believed he had been poisoned at Atlanta terminal by Pluto water and asked to see the bottle after drinking it.
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Wilson
Marshall
Suge Ian
New Item
Cincinnati
Norman Staples
James T. Staples
Robertsdale
Baldwin County
Whistler
Theodore
Spring Hilana
Wilmer
Pensacola
J. REd. _ O'Brien
National Bar Pilots’ Association
St. Michael's Cemetery
Atlanta
Pullman
Rebels Hit Mexican Rail Lines Near Juarez
Rebels in El Paso report renewed attacks on the Mexico Northwestern Railway below Juarez dynamiting two large trestles over a canyon west of the city of Chihuahua.
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Tex
Juarez
Canon
Chihuahua
Louisiana Stands Fast to the Cause
Early reports from Louisiana parishes indicate incomplete tallies from yesterday’s election. Wilson appears to exceed Bryan’s 1908 Democratic majority with about 20,006 votes in New Orleans out of roughly 27,600. Roosevelt leads Taft. eight Democratic congressmen and municipal officials were elected without opposition. Mayor Martin Lehrman reelected to head the new city commission government.
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New Orleans
Wilson
Bryan
Roosevelt
Taft
Martin Lehrman
Wyoming Returns Show Wilson Kendrick Leading In Early Votes
In Cheyenne and statewide, early Wyoming returns from 13 of 472 precincts list Wilson at 2 501 and Taft 2 650 while Roosevelt has 1 30. U S senator results show J B Kendrick Democrat leading with 4 365 to Warren Republican incumbent 3 63. At large congressman Frank Stand dell Republican incumbent 2 434 and T P Fahey Democrat 1 953.
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Cheyenne
Wyol
Wilson
Taft
Roosevelt
United States
J. B. Kendrick
F. F. Warren
Frank Standell
T. P
Fahey
Tennessee Returns Hint Hooper Victory In Senate Race
Early returns from about half of Tennessee’s 96 counties show Hooper the Republican ahead of McMillin the Democrat by 5 000 to 10 000 votes with the legislature expected to oppose Patterson for United States senate though counts in large counties are incomplete.
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Hooper
Tennessee
Nashville
McMillin
Patterson
United States
Sena
First district reelects publicans and selects Democrat
Publicans hold the first district seat with one Democrat chosen to succeed Senator-Elect Ollie W. James. Vote totals show Wilson 194,924 Taft 91,450 Roosevelt 89,576. No Socialistic or Prohibitionist tally has been released. Progressives in the fifth district consider contest over Wilson’s narrow plurality of 455.
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Ollie W. James
Wilson
Taft
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Leads in Washington Returns
Seattle Nov 6 Roosevelt leads statewide with 24 136 votes to Wilson 18 3855 and Taft 14 704 from 423 precincts reported in Washington state election tallies.
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Seattle
Wash
State of
Washington
Roosevelt
Wilson
Taft
Weather Forecast for Mobile and Vicinity and Southern States
The forecast calls for fair and colder conditions tonight with temperatures around 54 degrees. Thursday remains fair but cooler with light to moderate northwest and north winds. Alabama and Mississippi share similar trends, with colder tonight and Thursday, winds turning northwest and north, and southeastern areas in Mississippi turning colder.
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Mobile
Alabama
Mississippi
Shippers Forecast Protest and Temperature Report
A protest against a 2 percent degree charge disrupts plans for 36 hour shipments north. The forecast notes 38 degrees west and moderate temperatures to the east affecting transport conditions.
Dixon Prepares for Next Progressive Fight
United States Senator Dixon, head of the Progressive national committee, reports over 4,000,000 voters joined the Progressive banner. He says the party is the dominant opponent of the Democrats and the old Republicans become a third party. A national committee meeting is planned for Chicago on December 10.
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United States
Dixon
Progressive National Committee
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Progressive Party
Democratic Party
Republican Party
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Chicago
Tve
Wilson Leading In California In Early Vote Count
Wilson led Roosevelt by 5097 votes as counting paused in California with 1250 of 4372 precincts reported. Indications point to California gaining two congressional seats as results continue to come in. Democratic congressman status noted in early figures.
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California
San Francisco
Roosevelt
Democratic
Dem ElectorTicket Sweeps Mobile in Quiet General Election
All Democratic candidates win with Judge Chamberlain securing a large majority. Clemmons, a independent candidate, carried Ward 5 and performed in Wards 6 and 3. Roosevelt and Taft electors lagged in the city while Debs drew 191 votes. Socialist support fell short of expectations. Several precincts elected justices of the peace. a late box from the sixth ward was still locked at the sheriff’s office.
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Inferior Criminal Court
J J. Clemmons
Clemmons
Judge Henry Chamberlain
Judge Chamberlain
Wittner
Roosevelt
Taft
Bull WM. Dose
Yier
Wilson
Debs
Sixth Ward
Sheriffs’ Office
Severan
Whistler
Thomas B. Allman
Nathan Seabury
Wheelerville
James McMahon
Fifth Ward Fame
John ‘Fincher
McMahon
Thomas’ Store
Frank Frazier
Crichton
Gerald H. Krumpel
William M. Rasmus
T. W Trawick
Chunchula
H. J. Turner
Johnson
California
Socialist Party
Hampshire Hills Sing for Wilson Taft leads by 1329 votes
Concord New Hampshire Governor Wilson leads Taft by 1329 votes in statewide returns from 260 of 290 districts with 29,039 for Wilson 27,710 for Taft and 14,695 for Roosevelt. Gov race results show Worcester Felker and Church figures. returns suggest no popular election of governor.
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Taft
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Felker
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Oklahoma Returns Show Morgan Narrowly Ahead in Second District
Returns are incomplete but Morgan leads in Oklahoma with a strong showing in Oklahoma county and Woodward, though Carney remains in a close race. The contest for Congress in the Second District remains undecided as night ends.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Wilson
Congress
Carney
Morgan
Oklahoma County
Woodward
Democrats Land the Governorship in Illinois
Early returns show Colonel Roosevelt leading in Illinois with 238 393 votes to Wilson 230 489 and Taft 141 421 from 2 493 of 4 286 precincts. Governor-elect Dunne appears to have won by about 60 000 as the Democratic ticket sweeps the state amid strong socialist vote and Cannon’s defeat.
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Roosevelt
Iowa
New Hampshire
Taft
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Chicago
Cook County
Roooseveltt
New York
Colorado
New Jersey
Delaware
Montana
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Progressive Party
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Eratic
Joseph G. Cannon
Ce County Cannon
Boston Returns Show Roosevelt and Taft Split in Victory
Complete Boston results list Roosevelt 21 548 Taft 22 177 Wilson 42 706 with Foss close despite strong showing. Governor Foss receded from last year as Charles Bird led the Progressive and Republican totals.
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Foss
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Taft
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Governor Foss
Charles Bird
Uame
Congressional gains in Keystone state Philadelphia
Nov 6 report shows Theodore Roosevelt leading in Pennsylvania with about 23,090 more votes than expected as results come in. Philadelphia gives Taft a 12,000 plurality with Roosevelt second and Wilson behind them. Republicans win several statewide posts while Democrats gain two or three congress seats outside Philadelphia. Inside the city Democrats elect two congressional candidates.
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Sta Philadelfhia
Theodore Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Taft
Rosevelt
Wilson
Bull Moose Leading in Wolverine State
Detroit November 5 The Michigan vote counting was slow with 368 precincts of 1 872 reported in Wayne county and the state outside. Roosevelt led with 62 331 while Wilson had 46 913 and 43 783 for another candidate. Ferris the Democratic governor candidate led by about 3 304. In the Twelfth District Progressive W J MacDonald defeated Congressman H Olin Young. Legislative returns incomplete to predict US senator race.
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Detroit
Mich
Michigan
Wayne County
Roosevelt
Wilson
Ferris
W. J. MacDonauld
Progressive
H. Olin Young
United
Taft Carries Idaho State With Gop Senate Wins
Boise Nov 6 Returns at 3 am show Taft carried Idaho by 3000 votes and the legislature will be a straight Republican joint ballot ensuring two Republican U S senators.
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Boise
Idaho
Taft
United States
Palmetto State Solidly Democratic in 1924 Result Snippet
In Columbia on November 6, Wilson’s statewide vote margin is estimated at 60 000 to 69 000 with Democratic nominees leading. The Democratic congressional candidate was re elected as the state leans heavily Democratic.
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