A Great Victory

In a landslide Republican election, William H. Taft is elected President and James. S. Sherman Vice President; The Planet reports the voting results for each state.

The Republicans have swept the country, electing Hon. William H. Taft of Ohio and Hon. James S. Sherman of New York, President and Vice-President of the United States. At this writing the Republican nominees appear to have 309 votes in the electoral college and the Democratic nominees, 174. The Republican majority in COngress will in all probability be greater than it is at present. The returns show that it will have 211 Republicans and 169 Democrats. There are 11 districts not yet reported. The Republicans have carried the Fifth and Ninth Virginia Districts. New York City, the Democratic stronghold, yet the plurality there was so small that when combined with the borough of Brooklyn, Greater New York gave Mr. Taft a plurality of 202,000. Gov. Hughes, the Republican candidate for Governor carried the state by a plurality of 69, 819, running 132,181 votes behind the national ticket. This was on account of the antagonism aroused against him on account of opposition to race-tracks in the Empire State. New York has a colored vote of 39,908. The legislature is overwhelmingly Republican. The Republicans elected 26 out of 37 Congressmen. Pennsylvania went Republican by 300,000. The loss of the Democrats was even greater than ever before. The Republicans elected 27 out of 32 Congressmen. There is great rejoicing in this state. The colored vote in this state numbers 53,757. The Republicans at this writing claim Maryland, in spite of the disenfranchising laws enacted by the Democrats in order to keep it out of the Republican column. The Republicans elected 2 out of 6 Congressmen. The vote on the national ticket is so close that the official count will be required to decide it. The colored vote in Maryland is 60,924, but this has been cut down by the disenfranchising legislation. West Virginia elects a Republican Governor and legislature and the state is for Taft. The Democrats in this state put up a platform in favor of disfranchising colored men and “Jim Crow” cars in the commonwealth. There is great rejoicing among the colored folks of West Virginia. The colored vote in the state numbers 14,841. The Republicans have elected 4 Congressmen. All of the Negro Democrats in the state rallied under the Taft banner, or slept the sleep of the unjust on election day. Missouri elected a Republican Governor and the indications are that Taft carried the state. The Republicans elected 5 out of 13 Congressmen. The legislature is in doubt with chances in favor of the Democrats. Ohio gave Taft a plurality of 50,000 and at the same time defeated Gov. Harris, Republican and elected Harmon Governor. The legislature is in doubt with indications that it will be slightly Republican on joint ballot and thus assuring a Republican successor to Senator J.B. Foraker. If the legislature is close the friends of Senator Foraker will control the situation as no Republican can be named without their votes. The Republican elected 11 out of 18 Congressmen. The colored vote is 31, 624. Illinois went Republican by 75,000 electing both the state and national tickets. The Republicans elected 19 out of 25 Congressmen. The colored vote is 31,247. The Republicans are claiming Idaho on the state and national tickets. The legislature is Republican. All of the Congressmen elected are Republicans. Montana went Republican by 3000 plurality. The Republicans claim everything, but the Democrats say the Governorship is in doubt. The Republicans elected the Congressman. The latest returns show Colorado to be Democratic. The Democrats are also claiming the legislature. The Republicans elected one Congressman. The colored vote is 4,092. Wyoming went Republican by 5,000. The Republicans elected on Congressman. Minnesota went Republican by 80,000 but strange to say re-elected Gov. Johnson, Democrat by 20,000 plurality. The legislature is Republican and the Republicans elected 8 out of 9 Congressmen. Gov. Johnson was Mr. Bryan’s antagonist for the presidential nomination at Denver. The colored vote is 4,410. Washington went Republican by a plurality of more than 40,000 and elected the Republican Governor by over 25,000. Three Republican Congressmen were elected. California went Republican by 75,000. The Republicans claim the legislature. 8 Republican Congressmen were elected. Michigan went Republican by 120,000. The Republicans claim this Governorship. The Republicans elected 12 Congressmen. Delaware went Republican by 3,600. The Republicans elected 1 Congressman...

“A Great Victory,” Black Virginia: The Richmond Planet, 1894-1909, accessed April 24, 2025, https://blackvirginia.richmond.edu/items/show/737.