November 07, 2006
Midterm elections c. 1906
A sample of articles from the Nov. 7, 1906 NYT: The Sixtieth Congress will be Republican. The majority in the House will be about 84, a falling off of 30...The result is something of a surprise, for even the Republicans expected more of a cut in their majority. The Democrats did not make noticeable gains in any section of the country, but picked up a Congressman here and there.
CONCORD, N.H. - The indications point to a failure of Floyd to secure a majority [in the gubernatorial election], and the settlement of the contest by the Legislature under the law.
Nearly 500 women cast their "votes" in a private polling booth at 2,034 Fifth Avenue yesterday. They admitted that they had no legal right to vote, but they "voted" all the same, and went through the whole procedure of "electing" one of the candidates with solemn reverence for election laws. They had a board of election, election inspectors, polling clerks, and ballot clerks.
PATERSON, N.J. - For the greater part of the day there was plenty of liquor to be had in a polling place in the Fourth Ward. A rear room was used as a storage place for liquor and beer, and all voters could pass through to this room and get free drinks. The stuff is said to have been the gift of a local worker.
MONTGOMERY, Ala - Incomplete returns indicate an overwhelming victory for the entire Democratic State ticket and nominees for Congress. The vote was light.
Innumerable thousands in Times Square last night saw the successive bulletins that told of Mr. Hughes's election and Mr. Hearst's defeat, and then made a colossal noise about it.
Last night in Times Square duplicated the election scenes there last election da y and last New Year's. The crowd, as a rule, was good-natured all night logn, the returns from both up-state and Greater New York tending to give both Hughes and Hearst partisans plenty of news to make them glad at least temporarily...
No small proportion of the crowds in Times Square last night were out to have a good time, regardless of who was elected...
This last story suggests that in 1906 there was a sense of celebration about the voting process, warts and all, that seems to have been lost today.
Some other headlines:
CALIFORNIA.; Republicans Elect Gillette Governor -- Hearst's Man Badly Beaten
COLORADO.; Buchtel Carries the State by at Least 15,000
CONNECTICUT.; Sweeping Victory for Republican Candidates.
DELAWARE.; Burton Elected Governor -- Republicans Control Legislature.
FLORIDA.; State Goes Democratic -- Drainage Amendment Defeated.
INDIANA.; Republicans Claim Election of State Ticket by 50,000 Majority
IOWA; Election of Porter (Dem.), over Cummings by 10,000 Indicated.
Jersey Republican; Dryden may Lose
KANSAS.; Hoch May Be Beaten -- Republican Loss in Congress Districts.
KENTUCKY.; Primary Results Doubtful -- Each Faction Claims Victory
MASSACHUSETTS REPUBLICAN; Gov. Guild Re-elected by Plurality of 34,000.
MICHIGAN.; Republicans Elect Warner Governor by About 100,000 Majority.
MISSOURI.; Both Parties Claim State, but Looks Like Democratic Victory.
NEW MEXICO.; Early Returns Favor Joint Statehood by Small Majority
NORTH CAROLINA.; All Districts Go Democratic -- Plurality Over 40,000.
NORTH DAKOTA.; Democratic Gains Throughout State and Sarles Will Have Close Call.
PENNSYLVANIA.; Republican Ticket Elected in State and in Philadelphia.
REPUBLICANS WIN IN ILLINOIS AGAIN; Claim a Plurality of 125,000 in the State.
RHODE ISLAND.; Higgins, Democrat, Elected Governor -- Republicans Control Assembly
SOUTH DAKOTA.; Republican Plurality of 35,000 Expected for State Ticket
WEST VIRGINIA.; Returns Indicate Election of Five Republican Congressmen.
WISCONSIN.; Claim Election of Davidson [a Republican] for Governor by 60,000 Plurality.
Posted by Craig Depken at 11:56 AM in Politics
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