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The most important news of the late it t uns 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 am! AVe.-t A'irginia 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 than he received in 1S06. In 1004 Mr. Parker received only 140 votes, in 100!) Mr. Bryan receiv ed 155 votes and in 1S9G the Nebras kan received 176 votes. Mr. Taft's 300 electoral votes com pared with 336 received by Roose velt in 1004. 202 received by MeKin lev in 1000 and 271 received by Mc Kinley in 1836. Republicans Hetain Control. No changes of material interest have been reported hi the congres sional returns. The Republicans wii1 have about the same working major ity in the Sixtv-first Congress as at present, and Joseph G. Cannon, of Illinois, undobteclly 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. Thf Senate retains its RepMIenn complexion, although there Vil! be a material change in the person"! of the upper body of the national legis lature. Xrvtienr.l Chairman Norman 1" Mack, of the Democratic party iss-i' a statement in which he declared thr he did not believe Mr. Bryan vould neain be a candidate for the presiden cy. He said he believed that the Ne hraskan mieht be a candidate for the United States Senate in 1911, pro vided the Legislature of his State is Democratic in that 3"ear, when the first vanrancy will occur. The b.test returns indicate that in the national Hose of Representa tives the Republicans will have 20S members and the Democrats 172, with eleven districts missing. The E,esult in New York. Judge Taft's plurality in the State of New York, according to corrected returns is 203.495, more than 23,000 in excess of President Roosevelt's plurality of four years ago. Gov. Charles E. Husrhes was re-elected in New York State by 71,159. The re turns as between President and Gov ernor indicate a heavy splitting of tickets. The heavy vote in Ohio made fig ures extraordinarily late owing to the immense size of the ballot. Mr. Taft carried his own State, however, by 50,000 pluralitv, 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 fcr Governor, appears to be safely elected. The State Legisla ture, which is to choose a successor to Senator Joseph B. Foraker, appears to be in doubt as between the Re publicans and Democrats. In Indiana Mi. Taft was successful in carrying the State by about 8,000, but the entire Democratic State tick et headed by Mr. Marshall for Gover nor, was elected. The congressional delegation . from the State shows a fsin of seven Democrats. The returns from West Virginia, owing to the mountainous character of the country, are slow in coming in. A sufficient number of counties and districts have been heard from, how ever, to show that Mr. Taft has a safe plurality. Color.-.do farlv in the day shifted from the doubtful column to the Bryan list. Th? Legislature, which Jf t choose a successor to Senator leller. also is apparently Democratic. Kt Ryan's victory in his home ate 01? Nebraska Avas a sweeping Indiana. tf'irlianapcilis, Did., Special. If the Present ratio is maintained Taft will have carried Indiana by 1S,000. Missouri. St. Louis, Mo., Special. Missouri Save its electoral vote to William J. Jryan by a pluralitv estimated at :'-MH0 to 35,000. The jrovernorship js m doubt, though William S. Cow ard. Democrat, is leading Hadley, iifpuchean, on the early returns. one. Five of Nebraska's six con gressmen will be Democratic, while in the Legislature only 13 Republicans seem to be elected out of a total of 133 Senators and Representatives. Mr. Taft Talks. Cincinnati, O., Special. Early Wednesday William H. Taft gave hearty expression to the gratification he felt on his election as President 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 Tr assent-Elect, Y :ZZ1A&: II AWARD TAFT. the windows 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 ing 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 many 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 Comereial Club Thursday night constitute the public functions which will occupy 1 Judge Taft before he leaves for Hot Springs, Va., Friday. "I am going away for a complete rest of at least tvo weeks," said Judge Taft. "No, I am not going to hold political conferences; neither am I going to consider Cabinet construc 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." William Howard Taft. 1857 Born in Cincinnati, Septem ber 15th. , 1874 Graduated from the Cincin nati High School. . , 1876 Graduated f nm Yale r .Col lege, second in the class' and ' class orator. 1880 Admitted to the Ohio bar. 1881 Assistant prosecuting attor ney of Hamilton county, Ohio. 1882 Collector of Internal revenue of the first district of Ohio. 1883 Resigned public office to re sume law practice. 1885 Assistant county solicitor of Hamilton county. 1886 Married Miss Helen Herron, of Cincinnati. 1887 Judge of the Superior Court of Ohio. 1890 Solicitor General of the United States. Florida. Jacksonville, Fla., Special. The election in Florida resulted in the usual Democratic majorities of from 18,000 to 20,000. Owing to the slow count of the long ballot, however, ac tual figures cannot be given now. Montana. Helena, Mont., Snecial Returns in Montana outside of Silver Bow point to a victory for the Democratic State ticket and Democratic presidential electors. mMS:::M I wmSm 1892 United States circuit judge of the sixth circuit. 1896 Became dean of the law de partment of the University of Cin cinnati. 1900 President of the United States Philippine commission. 1901 First civil Governor of the Philippines islands. 1904 Became Secretary of War of the United States. 1905 Visited the Philippines with congressional party. 1906 Restored order in Cuba as Provisional Governor. 1907 Candidate for the Republi can presidential nomination. ' 1908 Elected President -of the United ' States. James S. Sherman. 1855 Born in Utica, N. Y., Octo ber 24th. 1S78 Graduated from Hamilton College. 18S0 Admitted to the bar and be gan the practice of law. 1882 Appointed secretary of the Republican committee of his county. 1SS4 Elected mayor of Utica by a record-breaking majority. 1SS6 Elected to Congress from the twenty-fifth New York district. 18S8 Defeated for re-election to Confrress. 1890 Again an unsuccessful can didate for Congress. 1S92 Elected to Congress from the twentv-fifth New Yor kdistrict. Vice-President Elect, JAMES SCHOOLCRAFT SHERMAN 1S94 Re-elected to Congress. 1S95 Chairman of Republican State convention. 1896 Re-elected to Congress. 1898 Re-elected to Congress. 1900 Chairman of Republican State convention. 1902 Elected to Congress from twenty-seventh New York district. 1904 Elected to Congress. 1906 Re-elected to Congress. 1905 Elected vice President of the United States. Mr. Bryan Tafcss It Easy. Lincoln, Neb., Special. Col. Bryan accepted defeat with the ai rof a phil osopher. He expressed to 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, 111., Special. Joseph G. Cannon has been re-elected to Con gress by a majority of between 6,000 and 7,000. The returns are incom plete, but enough of them have been received to show that he will receive his normal vote throughout the dis trict. Some Details. Some of the figures relating to the Republican slump in States regarded as certainly Republican are little short of amazing. Pennsylvania's immense pluralitv 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 years ago. N Maryland and West Virginia are confidently claimed by the Republi cans, but the returns are too meagre to justify a classification of either State. Massachusetts, New York and New Jersey was striking exceptions to the generally reduced Republican pluralities. There has been a shrinkage of the Democratic vote in several of the Southern States, notably in Virginia and North Carolina. Mr. Taft has carried Wisconsin by a plurality estimated at 75,000, a falling from the Roosevelt plurality of 156,000 in 1904. Oklahoma. . Guthrie, Okla., Special. Oklahoma has continued loyal to the Democratic party, but the mapority has been re duced materially and Bryan's lead is estimated at 25.000. Washington. Seattle, Wash., Special. Scattered returns throughout Washington indi cate a plurality of at least 40,000 for Taft and the State Republican ticket. The Legislature will be almost wholly Republican. Kentucky has gone safely for Mr. Bryan by about 15,000. Governor John A. Johnson of Mis nesota, has probably been elected Governor of that State for a third term, although the State has gone safely for Mr. Taft. The voting throughout the country has been exceptionally heavy, ideal weather conditions bringing out the country voters in full force. Mr. Taft carried practically every so-called doubtful State except Ne braska, where the indications point to a Democratic victory. Mr. Bryan has carried Nevada and Montana, in addition to the solid South, which includes Missouri. ' Returns from Colorado and from Maryland are too meagre to form a definite conclusion as to -their ulti mate alignment. How the States Voted. The pluralities for Taft and Bryan in Tuesday's election, as indicated bv 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 Delaware 2,500 Florida 20,000 Georgia 20,000 Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas 1.000 17."000 800 57,000 25,000 Kentucky Louisiana. . . . ., Maine Maryland. .. .. Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota . . Mississippi . . Missouri . '. . . Montana Nebraska.. . , ., Nevada , North Carolina . , North Dakota . , New Hampshire . New Jersey. . . , New York . . Ohio Oklahoma . . Oregon . . . Pennsylvania .., Rhode Island . . South Carolina . . onh Dakota ., - r ""S , T"b. . . . . . . Vorr-ont , Virginia , Washington . . . Wpst Virginia . Wisconsin . . Wyoming. . Totals . . - Taft's plurality. 11.000 40,000 25,000 149 120.000 80,000 50.000 30,000 10.000 1,500 40,000 3,000 15.000 19,000 65.000 202,000 50,000 25,000 10.000 300.000 55,000 20.000 165,000 23,000 15.000 27,873 30,000 40.000 53,000 75,000 5.000 590,500 1,438.822 S4S.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 whose election he had striven so hard, and that the Republican party had achieved a sweeping victory. North Carolina. 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 remaining number, mostly moun tain and extreme eastern counties. Two congressional -districts ,the 8th and 10th are conceded to the Re publicans. Michigan. Detroit, Mich., Special. While Taft has carried Michigan by a ma jority estimated at about 100,000 at 11 o'clock the election for Governor is in doubt, with Hemans, Democrat, leading 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 the party in the campaign of 1904.. Taft "has carried the State by approximately 170,000 votes. x Kentucky. Louisville, Ky., Special. Bryan's plurality in Kentucky is 13.000, eight and possibly nine Democratic Con gressmen elected and a Republican loss of two seats. This is the prob able story of the election in Ken tucky at the close of a dav which was marked by the polling of the largest vote in the historv of the. State. New Jersey. Trenton, ; N. J., Special. Revised returns up. to midnight indicate that Mr. Taft's plurality in New Jersey will be between 65,000 and 75.000. The Republicans elect seven of the ten Congressmen and the Democrats two, the sixth district, which is now represented by a Democrat, William Hughes, being very dose and in doubt. Electoral Vote 1S04-1S08. Hi-H t4 1003 STATES . u fcj eS as n o C O . ; C3 I H PS Alabama 11 .. 11 .. 11 Arkansas 9 .. 9 .. 9 California 10 .. 10 10 Color ad a 5 5 5 Connecticut 7 7 7 Delaware 3 3 3 Florida 5 .. 5 .. 5 Georgia 13 .. 13 .. 13 Idaho 3 3 3 Illinois .. 27 .. 27 27 Indiana 15 .. ,15 15 Iovra 13 13 13 Kansas . 10 .. 10 10 Kentucky... 13 .. 13 .. 13 Louisiana 9 .. 9 .. 9 Maine. 6 G C Maryland 8 718 Massachusetts 16 .. 16 16 Michisran 14 .. H 14 Mirn-sota 11 11 11 Mississippi 10 .. 10 .. 10 Missouri 18 .. .. 18 18 Montana 3 .. 3 3 Nebraska 8 .. .. 8 8 Nevada 3 3 3 New Hampshire.. .. 4 4 4 New Jersey 12 .. 12 12 New York 39 39 39 North Carolina... 12 .. 12 .. 12 North Dakota 4 4 4 Ohio 23 23 23 Oklahoma 7 .. .. .. 4 Orejron 4 4 4 Pennsylvania 34 .. 34 34 Rhode Island 4 4 4 South Carolina.. . 9 .. 9 .. 9 outh Dakota 4 .. -4 4 Tennessee 12 .. 12 .. 12 Texas 18 .. 18 .. 18 Utah 3 3 3 Vermont 4 ' .. 4 4 Virginia 12 .. 12 .. . 12 Washing-ton 5 5 5 West Virginia 7 .. 7 7 Wisojnsin, 13 .. 13 13 .Wyoming 3 .. 3 3 Totals 174 309 140 333 483' Total Vote in Electoral Collegre 483 Necessary to Elect a President 242 Taft's Plurality 135 The Vote in Former Elections. In 1S96. Popular Vote William McKinley, 7,104,779; Bryan, 6,502,925. The electoral vote McKinley, 271; Bryan, as Democrat, 149; as Populist 27. In 1900. McKinley Popular vote, 7,207,923; Bryan, 6,353,133. Electoral vote McKinley, 292; Bryan, 155. In 1904. . ' Roosevelt, 7,623,486; Parker, 5.. 077,971. Electoral vote Roosevelt. 336; Parker, 140. In 1834. Grover Cleveland Popular vote. 4, 911,017; Blaine, 4,848,334. Electoral vote, 219 and 1S2. In 18S8. Cleveland Popular vote, 5,53S, 233; Harrison, 5,440,216. Electoral vote Cleveland, 163; Harrison, 233. In 1892. Cleveland Popular vote, 5,556, 918; Harrison, 5,176,10S. Weaver Popular vote, 1,041,028. Electoral vote Cleveland, 277; Harrison, 145; Weaver, 122. The Next Congress. Chicago, Special. Three hundred and seventy-six Congressional dis tricts have been heard from, and the political complexion of the Sixty first Congress, according to present indication with 14 districts yet to hear from, will be Republican 205; Democratic -71. One hundred and ninety-six votes will control the House. The House of Representa tives in the Sixtieth Congress con sists of 166 Democrats, 223 Republi cans and three are twohrdluahrdlua cans and there are two vacancies. The table follows: Congressional Table. State. Dem. Rep. Alabama . . 9 ... Arkansas 7 ... California.. .. 8 Colorado , 1 Cannecticut 5 Delaware.. . 1 Florida 3 ... Georgia 11 ... Idaho 1 Illinois , 6 19 Indiana 11 2 Iowa 1 10 Kansas 8 Kentucky 8 3 Louisiana 7 Maine 4 Maryland .. 3 3 Massachusetts 3 11 Michigan 12 Minnesota.. 1 8 Mississippi 8 ... Missouri.. .. .. ....... 8 5 Montana 1 Nebraska. ........... 5 -.1 Nevada..... .. 1 ... New Hampshire 2 New Jersey 3 7 New York... 11 26 North Carolina 9 1 North Dakota 2 Ohio. 7 .11 Oklahoma 2 3 Oregon 2 Pennsylvania.... .. .... 5 27 Rhode Island .. .. .. ...... 1 South Carolina ..7 ... South Dakota 2 Tennessee .8 . 2 Texas ...16 Utah 1 Vermont 2 Virginia 9 1 Washington 3 West Virginia 4 Wisconsin 1 10 Wyoming 1 . Totals 169 211 Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, Pa., Special. At 1 a. m. ' with 18 still to hear from the indications are that Taft has carried Pennsylvania bv a plurality that will be nearer 400.000 than 300,000. The returns received show a considerable falling off in every county with the exception of two. Telegraphic Briefs. Two thousand men from the Am erican warships were allowed shore. Heavy Voting and a Remarkably Quiet Ejection Day KITCHIN WINS OVER COX Republicans Elect Two Congressmen Legislature Will Be Democratic in Both Branches. Raleigh, Special. Returns up . to Wednesday morning indicate that the State has gone Democratic by an av erage of 40,000 to '50,000. The leg islature will be Democratic in both houses by substantial majorities about as the last session. Nine Congressmen Democratic. Raleigh, Special. With all the re turns available at hand at 2 o'clock Thursday morning it is apparent that North Carolina will return nine Dem ocratic Congressmen and one Repub lican. While the fifth and tenth dis tricts are close, and are claimed by chairmen of both parties, Mr. A. L. Brooks, Democratic candidate in the fifth district, stated over the long distance telephone that his majority would be 250, and a late bulletin from Asheville places Mr. W. T. Craw ford's majority in the tenth district at 131. The eighth district is Republican by a considerable majority. Counties. Alamance Alexander. . . Allenghany . . Anson Ashe , Kitchin Cox ..1,897 1,852 ..825 975 ..1.472 259 Beaufort . . Bertie Bladen Brunswick . . Buncombe Burke Cabarrus . . Caldwell.. .. Camden.. .. .2,000 !lf075 900 425 1,666 1,625 1,468 75 625 300 1,650 .1,275 .1,425 .1,300 . 280 .1,025 . 750 .1,725 Carteret Caswell . . . Catawba .... Chatham.. .. Cherokee . . . Chowan . . Clay Cleveland. . . . Columbus Craven Cumberland . Currituck . . 3 11 6 Davidson .... Davie Duplin . . Durham .... Edgecombe . , Forsyth .... Franklin. . . . Gaston Gr SltcS Graham. . . . Granville. . . Greene Guilford . . Halifax. Harnett. Haywood . . Henderson . . . 313 .2,256 .1,600 . 598 .1,425 312 1,433 1,000 88 S25 375 1,975 'S50 1,250 391 . 425 .2,125 .1,450 .1,750 .1,764 .1,550 650 1,950 150 800 .2,950 .2,200 .1,300 Hertford Hyde.... Iredell. . Jackson Johnston Jones. . . Lee .... Lenoir. . .2,500 . 9S0 .2,450 ! '850 1,763 970 2,100 500 Beaufort. Washington, Election returns from this county to 9 o'clock follow: State Senator Frank P. Latham and Van B. Martin 1,900; Timothy E. Cutler and Robert Kohless 1,000. State Representative F. B. Hook er and J. F. Latham, 1,800; H. AUi good and M. D. Leggett, 1,100. The county goes Democratic by an approximate majority of 750. JfeW ?yv grafts ?M WILLIAM WmHo.m KITCHIN Lincoln 1,075 973 Orange 850 -55 Pamlico .... Pasquotank S33 tti Pender - Perquimans.. 525 1125 Person 925 S75 Pitt .. .. 636 102 Polk 5S4 45 Randolph:... 2,450 23 Richmond 675 25 Rutherford Robeson 2,500 781 Rockingham Rowan - Sampson Scotland.. 753 4 Stanly... .... Stokes.. - Surry.. Swain Transylvania 510 Tyrrell - Union 2,100 75 Vance Wake 3,250 Warren Washington.. .. Wayne.. 2,240 1 Wautauga .- McDowell Macon Madison 775 $t Martin 1.332 361 Mecklenburg 4,134 1,353; Mitchell 250 1,48 Montgomerv Moore 1,430 L2S Nash ....1.S00 3.1C New Hanover Northampton II II Illl MIIIlT Onslow. Wilkes. , Wilson. Yadkin. Yancey. 715 33 Alamance. Burlington, Special. Alamance county gives an average Democratic majority of 200 for the entire tlckeL The Republicans hold at the preseat a- majority of county offices. Alexander. Taylorsville, Special. Alexander county gives Cowles a majority 1 250. while the Republican county anuS legislative majority is about 150. Bladen. Elizabethtown, Special. KitchiaV majority in Bladen is about COO, ac cording to returns from eight towa ships out of fifteen. The congression al and legislative tickets have abort the same majority. Carteret. Morehead City, Special. Carter! county goes Democratic by an increas ed majority Catawba. Newton, Special. Returns up f midnight indicate that -this county may go Republican, the vote being very close so close in fact that it cannot be determined which party fcas won. . Killian, Republican, is elected! to the House, it is believed. Chatham. Pittsboro, Special. It will take tie official vote to decide the election im Chatham, except as to Hayes for tfc Legislature, who leads the ticket, aai Brooks, the Democratic candidate fw register, whose majority will be abovrfil 75- Anson. Wadesboro, Special. Election re tarns from this county to 7:30 o'clock follow: State Scnator Lofkhart, 1,475; Hankies, 1,522;; Wall, 3C9; Love, 3G9. State Representative T. C. Coxe, 1,395; E. W. Flake (Ind.). 113. The county -goes Demofrnfie by as approximate majority of 1.200.