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Show IDAHO REPUBLICANS IKE CLEAN SWEEP LoHN M. HAINES ELECTED GOVERNOR GOV-ERNOR AND ENTIRE STATE TICKET VICTORIOUS. State Rsmalns Loyal to President Taft and the Next Legislature Will B Overwhelmingly Republican Repub-lican In Both Branches. Boise, Idaho. The Gem state la In the Republican column this year, having hav-ing elected presidential electors who will cast their votes for President Taft, while the entire state ticket, headed by John M. Haines for governor, gover-nor, has been elected. Governor James H. Hawley, Democrat, Demo-crat, on Wednesday conceded his defeat de-feat by John M. Haines, Republican, after the late returns had eliminated O. 11. Martin, Progressive, from the race. Haines will have a plurality of 4.000. His election was given to blm by the southeastern counties, for he failed to carry any other county in the atate f -t - y- I '; -l'i v - X V ""Si " 4 i . . ,:v. -rsjli i ... r-- l r-V Ji h . -& -i John M. Haines. outside of that territory. Fremont, Bonneville, Bingham, Bear Iake, Bannock, Ban-nock, Cassia and Oneida counties rolled up big majorities for hi in. Governor Hawley Issued the following follow-ing statement Wednesday night: "I am satisfied from the record of the votes counted in the southeastern part of the state that I, as well as the other candidates on the Democratic ticket, are defeated. Some of my friends are loath to admit tbla, but I quit chasing rainbows, even political rainbows, very many years ago, and can aee no reasonable grounds for believing be-lieving that either myself or any other candidate on our ticket has received a plurality of votea. So far as I am concerned personally, I have no particular parti-cular disappointment except the fact that defeat always leaves a certain sting, but our glorious national victory cures all the pains from that source. I regret more the defeat of other as-Doclated as-Doclated with me on the s'.ate ticket than I do my own." The election of Chief Justice Stewart remains in doubt 111 opponent, Bowen, Democrat, la pressing him closely. Burton I French and AddUon T. Smith are elected congressmen by pluralities of over 5.00O. The Republicans 'made their cleanest clean-est sev In the legislature. Every county except Custer, Owyhee and Ienihl, entitled to six member combined, com-bined, three senators and three representatives, rep-resentatives, was carried by the Republican Re-publican legislative tlcke's. On joint ballot the Republicans will have "9 out of 13. They will have IS to 3 members mem-bers In the liojse and 21 to 3 Democratic Demo-cratic sinaiors. Thlj result was due to th fact that the re election of Senator Sen-ator Borah waa made a paramount issue. is-sue. The legislature will choose a successor suc-cessor to the late Senator W. B. Hey-burn. Hey-burn. The man trout talked of for the vscancy is JujiI v Jamea F. AH-able AH-able of the state supreme court. Returns from 34 preclnc's In Kootenai Koo-tenai county give Hawley 2. 184 and Haines L00, Wilson 2.3:9 and Taft I.C00. Seventeen precincts In Bonner county coun-ty give Wilson 571. Tart 603, Roosevelt Roose-velt 7.r)0 and Deba SI 3. Incomplete returns from Bannock. Rear Lake, Bonneville. Blnrham and Oneida counties Indicate Idaho will give Taft a plurality of 2.000. Halne 3.000 over IU ley. and a still greater majorl'y for the Republican congressmen. congress-men. Nine precinct i In Ronner county give riNon ,4:..1, Taft 398. Mitchell 202. Martin '674. Haines 247. French 70!. Smock 343. Pugmlre 34C. Smith 40. The rame precincts also give Roosevelt Roose-velt 632 and Debs 393. |