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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1910
Page
1
The district returns show Democrats carrying New York 16 as statewide support for Dix grows while the legislature remains in doubt. Early tallies favor a Democratic state ticket though upstate districts suggest Republican gains and a possible balance in the Assembly. Stimson contends the realignment of parties influences results as Dix leads in key urban precincts.
Democratic state officers and all congressional nominees won by larger majorities than Gov. Campbell two years ago. Auction notice for Elegant Furnishings at The Carte sale continues at Roan Galleries with sessions at 11 am and 3 pm. First 100 lots sold yesterday as catalogues and rooms are available.
A Democratic majority in the next House of Representatives would reverse the current Republican margin of 45 seats. The Senate majority also shifts. Governors elected include Dix in New York by about 60,000, Wilson in New Jersey by about 10,000, Foss in Massachusetts by about 25,000, Baldwin in Connecticut by about 2,500, Kern expected in Indiana, Harmon in Ohio by about 50,000, and Porter in Iowa by about 10,000, with varying implications for legislatures and control.
New Jersey returns show Woodrow Wilson with a governor lead between 10000 and 40000 as Republicans place several key wins and Democrats gain a legislature on joint ballot. Gardiner and Loudenslager win for Republicans in early districts while Democrats sweep Essex Hudson Hunterdon Gloucester Middlesex Monmouth Sussex Warren and retain Mercer.
Scattered returns from across Indiana indicate the Democratic State ticket will be elected and the legislature may be Democratic. The News claims Democrats have carried the legislature, potentially ensuring John W. Kern’s election as United States senator to succeed Albert Beveridge.
Milwaukee Nov. 8 United States Senator La Follette Rep will be reelected by the Wisconsin legislature elected today. McGovern Rep candidate for governor is reported defeated. High Republicans and one Democrat elected to Congress with two districts in doubt. Bancroft Rep appears to defeat Crownhart Independent Republican for attorney general. Social Democrats gain in Milwaukee County and claim county ticket victory.
Chicago returns show Democrats leading city and Cook County by about 30 000 to 40 000 votes with only half the total counted. Sheriff race favors Democrat Zinnner over Wexler by about 15 000. Statewide, Democrats gain in counties. Republican hopes fade with most of Illinois represented by Democrats.
Detroit awaits final results as Chase Osborn is named Michigan governor by a wide margin. Republicans claim thirteen districts won with two in doubt Detroit district First and Fifth Holland seat remain unsettled. State ticket and legislature tilt Republican with Townsen d to succeed Burrows as U.S. senator.
Chicago reports indicate Democrats gain control of the next House with seats won across New York Maryland Massachusetts North Carolina Missouri Ohio and Pennsylvania. Victor Berger elected in Wisconsin joins a growing Democratic majority as Republicans suffer losses including Mann Tawney and Longtime leaders. Caleb Powers emerges as a noted figure in next Congress amid shifting power and pending legislation.
Danville Illinois voters returned Joseph G Cannon as congressman for the eighteenth district. He said I am elected by 6000 I am a Republican I have kept the faith and not apologized for the legislation of this Congress. He declined to comment on Democratic gains.
Democrat Eugene N. Foss defeated Gov. Draper for governor amid Republican gains in Congress and a likely Republican legislature in Massachusetts. Foss’s plurality exceeded 25,000 with about 184,068 votes to Draper’s 152,556 as Democrats gain in the house and Senate margins suggesting a shift toward Republican balance. Foss pledges to govern on anti cost of living themes and to unite the state, while Draper concedes defeat and jokes about being targeted.
Concord New Hampshire election returns from about half the towns indicate Robert P. Bass of Peterborough won the governor’s race on a progressive platform, with a projected 410 vote lead over Democrat Clarence F. Carr. Early results also point to Cyrus A. Sulloway and Frank J. Currier retaining their U S House seats with smaller margins than two years ago.
Emmett ONeal Democrat appears elected governor of Alabama by about 50 000 votes with Montgomery result near 50 000 majority. Burnett and Howard contest Seventh district Congress as a tight race. Prohibitionists largely scratched ONeal and Seed, the lieutenant governor nominee, while many supported Democratic nominees.
President Taft arrived in Cincinnati and voted at Walnut Hills precinct after touring his mother's home and precinct, with Secretary Knox and Norton joining the presidential party. Harmon voted at Walnut Hills, then left for Columbus. The dispatches noted late returns and a humorous line about a calf birth.
Ohio Governor Harmon, Democrat, appears to have won a landslide reelection based on partial returns from 4,526 precincts in the state. Democratic gains are noted in rural districts and among rural precincts, while Cleveland and Cincinnati show mixed shifts. Estimates place Harmon’s plurality around 12,000 to 75,000, with the legislature’s fate unsettled. socialist support is reported as substantial in Franklin County and statewide.
Enloe leads fusion and party fusionists claim anted majority in state house while Hewson Democrat Fusion wins governor vote. Nashvolle returns show Republican R W Austr defeats Hale, Sells beats Lyte in First District. Master elected to fill Brownlow's term. Democrats win eight other districts.
Judge Simeon Baldwin leads Democrats to a statewide victory in Connecticut historic election. With results pending, Baldwin trails Republican Charles A. Goodwin by about 2k votes in early tallies. Democrats win the Second congressional district while the Third and Fourth remain undecided.
In Little Rock Arkansas the Democrats won a clean sweep in the congressional election electing all nominees. A fair vote was polled.
Estimates from Pennsylvania counties show John K Tener Republican won the state by about 25 000 over Wilam H Berry Keystone party. Philadelphia delivered a 45.2 plurality for Tener, Alleghany county added about 5 000, Democrats gained two representatives and captured Fifth district in Philadelphia. Socialists win first legislature seat.
Caleb Powers is the sole Republican congressman elected from Kentucky in the eleventh district. He won by about 3000 votes, in a race covered by the Washington Post special report from Louisville in November.
Oklahoma City November 8 reports indicate Bird and McGuire Republican won Congress in the First district. Ell Fulton likely Democrat winner in the Second and J S Davenport Democrat in the Third. N E McNeill Democrat defeated in the First district.
Carey the Democratic candidate leads in Wyoming with 950 votes to 154 for Mullen the Republican out of 490 counted and 50 statewide totals. Browne is re elected to the state legislature after a bribery acquittal in the Lorimer election scandal.
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