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Show ILLINOIS. CHICAGO, Nov. 8. In IllinolB there-wore there-wore seven tickets in the field. Tho Continental Con-tinental (labor) presented a State ticket. tick-et. The voters elected the Republican ticket as follows: Governor Charles S. Dcneen. LleuL-Gov. Lavrcnco T. Sherman. Secretary of State James A. Rose. Auditor James S. McCullough. Treasurer Dan Small. Attorney-General William IT. Stead. University Trustees Charles W. Davison, Davi-son, William L. Abbott. Mary E. Busey. Roy O. West, chairman of the Illinois Illi-nois State Republican committee, at 11 o'clock, made the following statement: state-ment: "Illinojy has given Roosevelt an unparalleled plurality. The returns indicate that he will carry the State by 200,000. Mr. Deneen is elected Governor Gov-ernor by the greatest plurality in the history of the State. The Republicans have elected nineteen Congressmen, a gain of two." According to the returns received at midnight Illinois will glvo President Roosevelt Roose-velt tho largest plurality ever glvon to nny Presidential candldato. He has by tho unofficial returns carried Chicago by 97,000 and the county of Cook outside of the city by about 9000 additional, making his plurality In the county not far from 1U7.000, The Republican State central committee) claims tho plurality for President Presi-dent Roosevelt will total 2U.0O0, though some of the committee clnlm 230,000. Tho Democratic committee refuses to glvo any figures. The Republican Stato ticket has been overwhelmingly elected. The Republicans, Re-publicans, by carrying tho first, Fifth and Eighth districts, heretofore Democratic, have Increased their Congressional delegation dele-gation from seventeen to twentv. |