PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3037, 6 November 1908, Page 5

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

MR TAFT'S PLURALITY. MR BRYAN CARRIES THE SOUTH.Received November 5, 9 a.m. NEW YORK, November 4. Mr Taft has been elected already bv 298 votes of the Electoral College, Thirteen votes are still doubtful. Mr Taft's plurality exceeded Mr Roosevelt's in New Jersey, New York, and Massachusetts, but there was a decrease in the middle West, where several Democratic Governors were elected. Mr W. J. Bryan, the Democratic candidate, carried the South solidly. Mr Taffs plurality for the whole of the country is estimated at 1,091,000. The complexion of Congress will be unchanged. Mr Roosevelt; telegraphed congratulations to Mr Taft, who replied : "This victory affirms your administration." American railroad securities on the Stock Exchange show a brisk advance. There is great excitement on 'Change, recalling the boom in the "Kaffir Circus." THE ASTONISHING FEATURES OF THE ELECTION. Received November 5, 8.55 p.m. NEW YORK, November 5. Mr Taft's great vote in the New York State and the Democrat's debacle in New York City are the most astonishing features of the election. Mr Taft. carried thirty States a id Mr Bryan sixteen States. The Republicans have secured a working majority in the House and a two-third Republican majority in the Senate. Mr Taft claims election b> the business men of the country. The Democratic and Republican farmers generally supported him. He also claims that he received his share of the Labour vote. President Roosevelt declares Mr Taft's nomination was a triumph over reactionary Conservatism, and his election a triumph over unwise and improper Radicalism. The American press display acute hostility to Mr Bryan. The Democrats throw upon him the whole responsibility of his own defeat.