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Republicans Sweep Like An MR. BRYAN MEETS DEFAT More Complete Returns Show ThAt the Democratic Candidate Did Not Make as Good a Run as He Did Twelve Years Ago. New York, Special.-Practically omplete returns received up to a late hour Wednesday night indicate that William 11. Taft, of Ohio, as President-elect, will have a vote of 309 in the electoral college. This is within 16 votes of the forecast made by National Chairman Frank H. Hitchcock and 67 more than a ma jority out of the total electoral vote of 483. The most important news of the late returns indicates that Maryland, after vacillating during the day and apparently being safe for the Democracy, has been swung into the Taft column. The unofficial figures give Mr. Taft the State by 136 votes. Maryland was the last of the doubt ful States to be heard from. Indiana and West Virginia as well as Mon tana, turned out to be safely Repub lican. Colorado went for Bryan. Mr. Bryan has a total of 174 votes, two less thani he received in 1896. In 1904 Mr. Parker received unly 140 votes, in 1900 Mr. Bryan receiv ed 155 votes and in 1896 the Nebras kan received 176 votes. Mr. Taft's :309 electoral votes com pared with 336 received by Roose velt in 1904, 292 receive& by McKin ley in 1900 and 271 received by Me Kiuley in 1896. Republicans Retain Control. No changes of material interest have been reported in the congres sional returns. The Republicans will have about the same working ma.or ity in the Sixty-first Congress as at present, and Joseph 0. Cannon, of Ilinois, undobtedly will succeed him self as Speaker. Representatives Jesse Overstreet, of Indiana, and Hepburn, of Iowa, are the most con spicuous among those who have failed of re-election. The Senate retains its Republican complexion, although there 'will be a material change in the personnel of the upper body of the national leg'.s lature. NAional Chairman Norman E, Mack, of the Democratic party insued a statement in which he declared that he did not believe Mr. Bryan would again be a candidate for the presideni cy. He said he believed that the Ne lraskan might be a candidate for the United States Senate in 1911, pro vided the L.egislature of his State is Democratic in that year, when the first vaneancy will occur. The latest returns indicate that in the national House of Representa tives the Republicans will have 208 tnembers and the Democrats 172, with eleven districts missing. The Rmunlt in New York. Judge Taft's plurality in the State of New York, according to corrected returns is 203,495, more than 28,000 in excess of President Roosevelt's plurality of four years ago. Gov. Charles E. Hughes was re-elected in New York State by 71,159. The re turns as between President and Gov *rnor indicate a heavy splitting of tickets. The heavy vote in Ohio made fig ores extraordinarily late owing to the immense. size of the ballot. Mr. Taft carried his own State, however, by 50,000 plurality, a reduction of more than 200,000 from the Roosevelt vote of four years ago. The Democratic State ticket in Ohio, headed by Jud son Harmon for tlovernor, appears to be safely elected. The State Legisla ture, which is to choose a successpr to Senator .Joseph B. Foraker, appears to be in doubt as between the Re public'ans and D)emocrats. In Indiana Mr. Traft was successful in carrying the State by about 8,000, bnt the entire D)emocratic State tick et headed by Mr. Marshall for Gover aor, was elected. The congressional delegation from the State shows tain of sevent Democrats. The returns from West Virginia, *wing to the mountainous character of the country, are slow in coming in. A annleient number of counties and districts have been hoard from, how ever, to show that Mfr. Taft has a safe plurality. colorado early in tbse day shifted Bry'an ,list. The" I 3tr, wbieh 1n to Aboose {/a ge~t S* p9 er, *Lo is 4.1 the Entire. Natiod' Avalanche one. Five of Nebraska's six con gressmen -will-be Democratid,-*hile in the Legislature only 18 Republicans seem to be elected out of a total of 133 Senators and Representatives. Mr. Taft Talks. Cincinnati, 0., Special.-Early Wednesday William. H. Taft gave, hearty expression'to the gratification he felt on his- election as Presidont of the United States. Business, labor and agriculture, he declared, had sup ported him. .His success, he said, should be also the success of the country if his ability and endeavor could make it so. "Please say that I am perfectly healthy but tired," was the message Judge Taft wished uttered for him. With Mrs. Taft he 'has enjoyed the pleasant household of the C. P. Taft family mansion, going forth only once, and then to receive the plaudits of thousands of his fellow townsmen as they lined the streets and filled. PRESIDENT. President-Elect, WILLIAM HAWARD lAFL. the wvindows for blocks in the line of march of the parade of the Wood ward High School pupils, faculty and trustees. Mr. Taft made the princi pal address at the corner stone lay mng of the new building of this school,' from which he graduated when a boy. The function gave the city an opporunity to pay its first daylight tribute to the President elect. Judge Taft did not refer to the election or politics in his address, but confined himself to the history of the school, which held for him mnany fond memories. To Make Speech. A speech to the Women's Foreign Mission Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in annual session here, Thursday morning, and a ban quet of..'the Cincinnati Comeroial Club Thursday night constitute the public functions which will occnpy Judge Taft before he leaves for Hot Springs, Va.. 'Friday"' rest-of at 'e a tw' bV ke Judge Taft. ''No, I am not groing to hold political coniferenees; neither am I' going to consider Cabinet construe tion nor political 'appointments dur ing'this time. It is to be a period of as near absolute rest' and quiet as I can make it." Wiliia Koward Taft. 1857-Born in Cincinnati,.Septem her 15thb 1874-Graduated from the Cincin nati High School. 1876--Graduated from Yale Col lege, seconsd in the class and elass orator. 1880--Admiitted to the Ohio-bar. 1881--Assistant, prosecuting attor ney of Hamilton county, Ohio. 1882--Collector of Internal' evenue of the first district of' Ohio. "5 188S-Resig,ied public omls to ,re sume law pracetiee. 1885-Assistant dounty sotIeitapr of H iplton countga \ 4 )awie4ss t~e ron, ent ary of' WAr of I nite Stat :.-e , , e. -sited Philip congressional party. 1906-Restored order in 'Cuba as Provisional Governor. 107-Candidate for tie ltepibli. can presidential nomination. 1908-Electe,-President of th United States. Jamea a Sherman. S1855'-orn in Utica,vN. Y., .Octo ber 24th. -1878-Gradupted from Hamilton College. 1880-Admitted to the bar and je gan the practice of law. 1882-Appointed. secretary of the Republican committea of his county. 1884-Elected mayor of Utica by a record-breaking majority. 1886-Elected to Congress from the twenty-fifth New York district. 1888-Defeated for re-election to Conwress. 1890-Again an unsuccessful can didate for Congress. 1892-Elected to Congress from the twenty-fifth New Yor kdistrict. TAME 2HOO0 RifE"A 1894-Re-elected to Congress. 1895 - Chairman of Repubhecan State convention.. 1896-Re-elected to Congress. 1898-Re-eleeted to Congress. 19000-Chairman of Republican State convention. 1902-Elected to Congress from twenty-seventh New York district. 1904-Elected to Congress. 1906-Re-elected to Corigress. 1908-Elected vice President of the United States. Mr. Bryan Takes It Easy. Lincoln, Neb., Special.-Col. Bryan accepted defeat with the ai ref a phil osopher. He expressed t'o his friends his entire willingness to accept the verdict of the people, saying that as a private citizen he could still advo cate the reforms he had hoped to car ry out as president. Speaker Cannon Re-elected. Danville, Ill., Special.-Joseph 0. ha b9en. re-eleetedI to Con ~and -,fO retuns Anis wnom ~le but, enough of them have- been received 'to show that he will receive his normal' vote throughout thre dis triot. Some est ails. Some of the figures relating to the Republican slump in States regarded as certainly Rlepublican are little short of amazing. Pennsylvania's immense plurality of over 500,000 to about 40,000 for Mr. Taft. The return in Missouri to the Democracy on the presidential ticket wiped out a Republican plurality of 25,000 four Meayn and West Virginia are confidently elaimed by the Republi cans, but the returns are too meagre to justify a classification of either State. Massachusetts, N~ew York and New Jersey was striking exceptions to th~e generally reduced Republican pluralities. There has been a,shrinkage of the Delpaeratie vote in sqeral of the Southeqrn States, noa in Virgia an~ edth Caro3in a # es t 75 S t vett to tbv!-slih.6 tat * j U01*t44.,he Stat has: Oeen dtionally oy d WetKbrnl5ing IOUt04 Count 0 0r i1 fn rorce Mr. 'tait,arried practi6iily every so-alled oubtful State exeept \Ne brasgq ~en the Judicat-is poin toaD ~ocrjtje victory. Mr. Bryan has carrie4 Nevada and Montana, is ,adtion., t 4tle. solid -Southo whieh Inudes Missouri. Returns from Colorado and. from Maryland .are too meagre to l.brM a definite coicrusion s to, their ulti mate alignment. How the states Voted. The pluralities for Taft and Bryan in Tuesday's election, as indicated by the latest returns available Wed nesday night, follow: States Bryan Taft Alabama .. .. .. 40,000 Arkansas.. .. ...40,000 Caliornia . 75,000 Colorado ....... 5,000 Connecticut .. .. 20,000 Dolaware, . 2,500 Florida... .... 20,000 Ge-orgia ...... 20,000 Idaho., 1,000 Illinois 174000 Indiana -800 Towa -. - . 67,000 Kansas......- - 25,000 Kentucky.. ......11,000 Louisiaria.. ......40,000 Maine- . 25,000 Afaryland, .149 Massachusetts . Michigan .. .. . 120,000 Minnesota. .80,000 Mississippi 50.000 Missouri . ..... 30,000 Montana. . 3,000 Nebraska.. ....10,000 Nevada ...... 1,500 North Carolina 40,000 ' North Dakota 15,000 New Hampshire. 19,000 New Jersey. . 65.000 New York .. 202,000 Ohio. -.. .. ... - 50,000 Oklahoma .. .. 25,000 ' Oregon.. .. ... 10,000 Pennsylvania ... 300,000 Rhode Island .. Routh Carolina .. 55,000 mnth Dakota .. 23,000 Ine .. 20.000 ........... 165,000 - - 15.000 rnont.. ...27,873 Virginia.. .. ..30,000 Washington 40,000 West Virginia 53,000 Wisconsilt 75,000 Wyoming.. .. .. 5.000 Totals .. .... 590,500 1,438.22 Taft's plurality.. ......... 848,322 Roosevelt Very Happy. Washington, Special-President Roosevelt was greatly elated when he saw by the election bulletins which reached him at the White House that the man who will succeed him to the presidency is William Howard Taft, for whos. election he had striven so hard, and that the Republican party had achieved a sweeping victory. North Qarolina. Charlotte, N. C., Special.-At 3 o'clock Wednesday morning The Ob server had received reports from seventy-four of the ninety-eight coun ties of the State, and the Democratic State ticket, headed by Hon. W. W. Kitchin, is elected by an approximate majority of 30,000. Democratic Chair man Eller at 1 o'clock claimed that the majority would be from 40,000 to 45,000, basing his estimates on re turns from fifty-two counties. Fifty six counties are safely Democratic, twelve are Republican and six are in doubt. No reports were received on the remaiuning zuimber, mostly moun tain and eitremne easterni counties. Two coungressional ' districts ,the 8th and 10th are conceded to the Re publicans. Micbigan. Detroit, Mich., 'Sp%eial.-While Taft has carried Michigan by-a ma jority estimated at about 10(0,000 at 11.o 'clock the election for Governor is in doubt, with Hemnans, Democrat, leadirg Warner, Republican, by 7,000. Illinois. Chicago, Special.-The Republican national and State tickets gained a complete victory in Illinois, although the pluralities will probably fall short of those obtained by thie party in the campaign of 1904. Taft has carried ~the State by approximately 170,000 votes. Kentucky. Louisville, Ky., Special.--Bt n's plurality in Kentucky 4 58QQ ight and possibly nine D.i eta on-. gressmen elected a 3d 61 eubuati loss of h~o seats,~~j ths Prob able -tryof t w'ifton i Ken tuck4 he el *4~rich was *at~E ytbq ,ihe largest vote4te b t1%Ste. STATES, barns ......... ......... 0A .......... 1 is is. e a .. ....... .. 1 *a Ne m r 1. N r 1a . 33 . 6 7 ....... 14 *. 14 1% - NorthDa...... New .. ...... .. 4 T a s .. .... . ...... 3 Uta ....m........ ..4 V w Jersey....... V rgii ........ NWash Dkt......... .. Ii Oesthnma... .. ...~ a I.. 134.. 40 .. 3 Fouth Dao. .. 4 4 Tennessme...: .. 1 .. S........... .. 1 .. Uta................ 3 Virginia.... .. 1 Wsalng~a......... .. 13 S 107.. - 7 7 Wisconsin.............M.. 3 W.. 9 a. Totals.. 174 U 140 1S Total Vote in Electorsl Coll1e ........ Necenuy to Elect a President. ......... S Taft's Plurality...................... The Vote in rormer Wlectionm In 1896. Popular Vote-William McKinley, 7104,779;' Bryan, 6,502,925. The electoral vote-McKinley, Biryan, as Democrat, 149 7 as Pop, 27. ' In 1900. McKinley-Popular vote, 7,207,023;; Bn,6,358,133. Eectoral vote-McKinley, 292;. Bryan) 155. In 1904. Roosevelt, 7,623,486; Parker, G,, 077,971. Electoral vote-Roosevelt, 336;-. Parker, 140. In 1884. Grover Cleveland-Popular vote, 4 - 911,017; Blaine, 4,4,334. Electoral vote, 219 and 182. Ir. 1888. Cleveland - Popular vote, 5,538,, 233; Harrison, 5,440,216. Electoral vote-Cleveland, 16ft I-arrison, 233. In 1892. Cleveland-Popular vote, 5,5561, 918; Harrison, 5,176,108. Weaver-Popular vote, 1,041,028. Electoral vote-Cleveland, 27 Harrison, 145; Weaver, 122. The Next Congresw. Chicago, Speoial.-Three hundred and seventy-six Congressional dix tricts have been heard from, and the political. co.pex*on of the. 7ixV rstongress,*ccordin to prese Deoc -i l -71 OA hude --An'Ad niney-si vots wll cntro .th Hous. Th Houe o. Reresets tive in he Sxtieh Cogres co sist of186 emorats 22 Repbfi cansand hreeare wohrluabdl1f cansandther ar twovacncis h table ollows CongreshnalTabl StateDern.Rep.. Alabma............9 .- -8 Arkass........... g14 gg ToalfotninE.ectoa...o...........4 CnecatoEet.aPresiden...........5.a DeaaPr...- .--.-.................I5 Tlleno ote.in. Former.E.ec.ions - Indiana In.189......1 2 Louisiana.Bran,.6,02,9..I - Thie.electora..vote-M.Kin.ey,.41 Bryan sDemocat. 49;-as. Pp.. Massach Ietts 90... ..3 11 Michian.,38,..... ....2 Minesta...vot.--.cKi..ey,.292. Missssip In194..... MRsoosevelt,..7,623,486 Pakr 5. Nectoraevote-Roosevelt, 337. Parkerk 4........1 NorthCaroin 184. ... 911,017;olaine,..4,848,334.. lectoalvote...219..and 182. Choeveland.-Pplrvoe ,3, 233;h aroin,a5,40,2..7 . Eletorakote-C.eve.and,..16.2 Tears.n,2........ Virgni In...1892. . 918;Harrion.51761.......' WeavirgPoparvote,...1,0412. aison,15;Weaer .......1. Wyo engN.... Ioges trets.ave.beenheard.fr8m an h political. c;nplexion o th. xy