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It I 111 ri a III III Ifl S I 1 I J I I 'Mo Cl9 Yer, In Adraac. , FOR QOD, FOR COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH." Siato C$y 0 CMt ' VOL. XIX? ; . PLYMOUTH, N; C. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1908. - NO24. i M Ill III Republicans Sweep the Entire Nation Like An Avalanche MR. BRYAN MEETS DEFEAT 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 - complete -returns received up to a latehour Wednesday night indicate that William H. 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 II. Hitchcock and 67 "more than a ma jority out of the total electoral vote of 4S3. 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 'Men-, 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 1896. In 1904 Mr. Parker received only 140 votes, in 1900 Mr. Bryan receiv ed 155 votes and in 1896 the Nebras kan received 176 votes. Mr.1 Taft's 309 electoral votes com pared with 336 received by Roose velt in 1904, 292 received by McKin ley in 1900 and 271 received by Mc Kinley 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 major ity in the iity-first Congress as at . presentjariuV .Joseph G. Cannon, of u "-llrraiffdqDtedly 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 1 Senate retains its Republican complexion, although there will be a material change in the personnel of the upper body of the national legis ' lature. National Chairman Norman E. Mack, of the Democratic party issued a statement in which he declared that, he did not believe Mr; Bryan would again be a candidate for the presiden cy. He said he believed that the Ne hraskan might be a candidate for the United States Senate in 1911, pro vided the Legislature of his State is Democratic in that year, when the first vancancy will occur. The latest returns indicate that in the national House of Representa tives the Republicans will have 20S members and the Democrats 172, with eleyen districts missing. The Result in New York. Judge Taft's plurality in the State of New York, according to corrected ; -tr returns is 203,495, more than 28,000 lt , in excess of President Roosevelt's ,.. 'V'yviuraiity 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 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 plurality, a reduction of. more than 200,000 from the Roosevelt vote of four years ago. The Democratic State ticket in Ohio, headed by .Tud sonf Harmon for 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 Mr. 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 gain 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 qounties and districts have been heard from, how ever,' to show that Mr. Taft has a safe plurality. Colorado early in the , day shifted from the doubtful column to the Bryan Hst. The fefjKistlature, which is to ciH'ose a successor to Senator Teller, alo is apparent l-fsTatic. Mr. Brian's vir rHn his home i 111 one. Five of .Nebraska's six con gressmen will be Democratic, while in the Legislature only 18 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 Prssid'cntiElect, WILLIAM HAWARD 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 Comercial Club Thursday night constitute the public functions which will occupy Judge Taft before he leaves for not Springs, Va.. Friday. "I am going away for a complete rest of at least two 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 Bom in Cincinnati, Septem ber 15th. 1874 Graduated from the Cincin nati High School. 1876 Graduated from Yale Col lege, second in the class and class orator. 18S0Admitted to the Ohio bar. 1S81 Assistant prosecuting attor ney of Hamilton county, Ohio. 1852 Collector of Internal revenue of the first district of Ohio. 1853 Resigned public office to re sume law practice. 1885 Assistant countv solicitor of Hamilton county. 18S6 Married Miss Helen Ilerron, of Cincinnati. 1887 Judge of the Superior Court of Ohio. 1 1890 Solicitor General of the United States. 1892; United States 4reuit 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. 1878--Graduated from Hamilton College. 1880 Admitted to the bar and be gan the practice of law. 1882 Appointed secretary ' o the Republican committee of his county. 1884 Elected mayor of Utica by a record-breaking majority. 18S6 Elected, to Congress from the twenty-fifth New York district. 18SS Defeated for re-election to Consrress. 1S90 Again an unsuccessful can didate for Congress. 1S92 Elected to . Congress from the twenty-fifth New Yor kdistriet. Vice-President Elect, JAMES SCHOOLCEAFT SHEHMAN 1894 Re-elected to Congress. 1895 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. 1908 Elected ' vice President of the United States. Mr. Bryan Takes It Easy. Lincoln, Neb., Special. Col. Bryan accepted defeat with the ai rof a phil osopher. He expressedjo 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. j Some of the figures relating to the Republican slump in States regarded as certainly Republican are little I short of amazing. Pennsylvania's immense plurality of over 500,000 o 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. 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 o 156.000 in 1D04. Kentucky hem 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 by the latest returns available Wed nesday night, follow: States Bryan Taft Alabama .. . . .. 40,000 Arkansas. 40,000 5,000 Caliomia Colorado , Connecticut ... Delaware Florida... . . . Georgia , Idaho . , Illinois . . . . Indiana ...... Iowa . . Kansas 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 . . South Dakota . . Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont. . . . . . Virginia ,. Washington ... . . Wst Virginia . . Wisconsin . . Wyoming. ... Totals .. .... Taft's plurality. 75,000 20,000 2,500 20,000 20,000 1,000 175,000 S00 57,000 25,000 11,000 40,000 25,000 149 120,000 0,000 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 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 tke 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 ddubt. No reports were received on the remaining number, mostly moun tain and extreme eastern counties. Two congressional districts ,the Sth and 10th we 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 Ilemans, 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. Kentucky. Louisville, Ky., Special.- Bryan' plurality in Kentucky is .13.000, eigh 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 day which was marked by the polling of the largest 'ote in the history of the State. Electoral Vote 1904-1908. 9W i OQ4 1008 . - 1 a 5 Qai ! X ? u a a q O 1 H Cm 11 .. 11 .. 11 .... 10 .. 10 10 5 5 5 7 .. 7 7 .. 3 .. 3 3 5 .. 5 .. 5 13 .. 13 .. 13 3 .. 3 3 27 .. 27 27 15 .. 15 15 13 .. 13 13 .. 10 .. 10 10 13 .. 13 , .. 13 9 9 .. 9 ft .. 6 6 8 7 18 16 .. 16 16 14 . ... 14 .14 11 .. 11 11 10 : .. 10 10 18 .. .. 18 18 3 .. 3 3 8 .... -8 8 3 .. .. 3 3 4 .. 4 4 12 .. 12 12 39 89 39 12 .. 12 .. 12 4 4 4 23 .. 23 23 7 .. .. 4 4 .. 4 4 .34 .. 34 34 4 .. 4 4 9 .. 9 .. 9 4 4.4 12 .. 12 .. 12 18 .. 18 , .. 18 3 .. 3 3 4 4 4 12 .. 12 .. 12 5 5 5 7 .. 1 7 7 13 .. 13 13 3 .. 3 3 174 309 140 XJG 1483 STATES Alabama Arkansas California Color ad a Connecticut Delaware ,. Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana ,.. Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Malno Maryland Massachusetts... Michigan Mirnasota Mississippi,; Missouri Montana , Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire. New Jersey New York North Carolina. . North Dakota ... Ohio Oklahoma ....... Oregon...! Pennsylvania ... Rhode Island South Carolina.. Houth Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia... Wisconsin Wyoming i Totals. Total Vote in Electoral College. Necessary to Elect a President.. Taft's Plurality .483 .243 .135 The Vote in Former Elections. In 1896. Popular Vote WTilliam McKinley, 7,104,79; 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. Roosevelt, 077,971. Electoral Parker, 140 In 1904. 7,623,4S6; Parker, 5,- vote Roosevelt, 336; ' In 1884, Grover Cleveland Popular vote. 4,- 911,017; Blaine, 4,848,334. -Electoral vote, 219 and 1S2. In 1883. Cleveland Popular vote, 5,538,' 233; Harrison, 5,440,216. Electoral vote Cleveland, Harrison, 233. . 168; In 1S92. Cleveland Popular vote, 5,556, 918 ; Harrison,- 5,176,108. Weaver Popular vote, 1,041,028 Electoral vote Cleveland, 277; Harrison, 14o; 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. Alabama .. . . 9 Arkansas. . '. .... 7 Rep. California. . Colorado Cannecticut. . Delaware.. Florida. . Georgia.. Idaho. . 3 11 1 19 2 10 8 3 4 3 11 12 8 Illinois 6 Indiana. ... . . 11 Iowa. 1 Kansas. . . . Kentucky. 8 Louisiana. , 7 Maine Maryland 3 Massachusetts 3 Michigan. . . . Minnesota. . . . . 1 Mississippi 8 Missouri. . . . 8 Montana 5 1 1 "2 7 26 1 2 11 3 2 27 1 Nebraska.. . .' 5 Nevada 1 New Hampshire.... .. .... New Jersey 3 New York 11 North Carolina 9 North Dakota.. .. .. .' Ohio 7 Oklahoma 2 Oregon Pennsylvania .... 5 Rhode Island South Carolina 7 South Dakota Tennessee 8 Texas 16 Utah 1 2 1 3 4 10 1 Vermont Virginia 9 u ashmston West Virginia Wisconsin 1 Wyoming Totals. ......1G0 211 POSTMASTER SHO Edward M. Morgan, of Kzvr York, Murderously Attacked ASSAILANT COMMITS SUICIDE Man Who Had Been Befnced a Po sition by Postmaster Morgan. Lies in Wait for Him on the Street asl - Shoots Him, Immediately Ihcxe after Committing Suicide Mn. Morgan Carried to His Home Seri ously Wounded. New York, Special. Postmaster Edward M. Morgan was shot Mon day while on his way to his ofBee, by a disappointed office-seeker named! Maekey. He is in a serious condit ion. His assailant committed suicicla immediately after the shooting'. Mr. Morgan, were hurried home and hia wound is regarded as serious."' He was accompanied by his daughter when shot. ', v The man who shot him had impor tuned Morgan for a position in the postoffice, but had, been refused. He tried to see the postmaster at his home several times, but did not saie ceed. He lay in wait for him oa tha street and spoke a few words to him: before shooting. , Mr. Morgan was appointed post master last year. He had-been ad vanced from a letter -carrier to tha position of head of the office. , There are indications that Macfcajr? had for a long time planned tha death of the postmaster. Before be coming postmaster of New- York Mr Morgan had had charge of an inves-' tigation of dishonesty in connection with the work of postal elerks in the city, and the police theory is that Maekay at some . time suffered through Mr. Morgan's vigilance. To Christen Big Battleship. ; Washington, Special. Representa tives of the Navy Department left Monday for Quincy, Mass., to super intend the launching Tuesday of tha monster 20,000-ton battleship North Dakota. The great vessel was built at the yards of the Fore River Ship building Company and is now ready for its christening. Miss Mary Ben ton, of Fargo, N. D., will break the bottle of wine. The North Dakota, is the first semi-Dreadnanght of tha American navy and in her construe tioh all records for speed have beent broken. Her keel was laid on Decem ber 1G last. Her sister ship, tha Delaware, is beings bulit at Newport News, Va., and will probably be launched this winter. There has. been a fierce rivalry between the Massachusetts - and Virginia ' com- ' panics, but the. victory will eo to th former by a narrow margin. New Issue of Postage Stamps. Washington. Special. The new sue of postage stamps will be put oit sale in postoffices on November 16th Ihe denominations are 1. 2. 3. 4. 5- 6, 8, 10, 13, 15, and 50 cents and $1- J. he 1'ostoflice Department says thai: the $2 and $5 stamps will be discon tinued after the present. sumhr is exhausted. On the one-cent stamp is the head of Benjamin. Franklin ia profile from Houdon's bust. All th Other denominations bear the heaI of George Washington in profile frora. Houdon's bust. The border designs of all the denominations are identical,, the head being an eclipse on end with. laurel leaves on either side. Above the head are the words, "IL S. Postage," below it the denomina tion. The size of the stamp is the same as thai of the stamps now oa sale. Salary Increase in Navy Yards. Washinston. Special. A rvnrral increase of about 10 per cent, in the salaries of all civil service emplovest at navy yards will be recommenJeI in the report of the committee ors grades and salaries of the Keep Com mission. The report is about com pleted and is expected to reach the department the latter part of this, week or the first of next week. Working on the Tariff. Washington, Special. Manufae hirers, importers and prodneers of chemicals will be heard by the ways and means committee of the House C Representatives for the pnrpose of assisting that committee in arriving at a decision how tariffs should ba revised along these lines. This m the first of a series of hearings that have been arranged for all the Tnrious schedules that make the tariff bill and will continue until a few days, before the meeting of Congrrss on our uu&t.' ,