Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 266, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 November 1912 — lOWA FOR ROOSEVELT [ARTICLE]

lOWA FOR ROOSEVELT

Vote Is Heavy and Coloners Lead Is Strong. From Returns at Present Available Wilson Loses State to the Progressive Candidate. Des Moines, la.f Nov. 6.—Estimates on the returns from twenty-six counties out of ninety-nine in the state indicated that Roosevelt will have an estimated majority of 4,150 over Wilton. Returns from eighty-nine precincts outsjde Polk county give Taft 4,645, Wilson 5,865, Roosevelt ?,733. Same precincts in 1908: Taft 12,232, Bryan, 7,072. Complete returns from fifty-six lowa precincts gave Taft 3,167. Wilson 3,628, Roosevelt 4;752. Vote In 1908, same precincts, gave Taft 7,900, Bryan 4,836. One hundred and five precincts In lowa, outside Polk county (Des Moines), gave Taft 3,568; Wilson 7,150, Roosfevelt 9,367. The same precincts in 1908 gave Taft 15,255, Bryan 8,729. The vote in these precincts was more than 1,800 heavier than in the last presidential election. Estimated pluralities from seventeen counties give Clarke, Republican, for governor, 3,760 majority over Dunn, Democrat SMALL VOTE IN MAINE Wilson Gets 10,000 Majority in Pine Tree State. t Portland, Maine, Nov. 6. —The vote In 100 cities and towns in Maine indicate that Wilson will have a plurality of 10,000 if the same average is maintained in the state. The total vote as Indicated by the cities would be Wilson 50,000; Roosevelt 40,000 and Taft 27,000. Portland, the largest city in the state, gave Wilson a plurality of 936 over Roosevelt. There is a falling off in the total vote of the state but returns show Democratic gains. MASSACHUSETTS FOR WILSON Governor Foss Is Re-Elected by Large Majority. Boston, Mass., fJov. 6. Wilson swept Massachusetts by a vote exceeding that of Taft and Roosevelt combined, carrying with him a large portion of the state* ticket. Governor Foss, Democrat, is re-elected by. a large plurality. Indications are the legislature will be Democratic. Chairman Riley of the Democratic state committee says: “Wilson will have 86,000 majority in Massachusetts, while Governor Foss will be reelected by 70,000. CASTS 816 WILSON VOTE Ohio Republican Chairman Expreaees an Opinion. Columbus, 0., Nov. 6. —This state cast a tremendous vote for Governor Wilson. Chairman H. M. Daugherty of the Republican state committee said: “If the Democrats have not elected their president this year when the Republican party has been ripped wide open all over the land, some member of that party ought to apply for the appointment of a receiver for the party and wind up Its affairs.” WILSON GETS 25,000 AT HOME New Jersey Also Choses Ten er Twelve Democratic Congressmen. / 'S* J Newark, N. J., Nov. 6.—Wilson has carried' the state. Ten or twelve Democratic congressmen have been elected. The claim is also made that there will be a Democratic majority oa joint ballot in the legislature, thus making certain that a Democratic United States senator will be chosen. * Wilson’s plurality is 25,000. ALABAMA FOR WILSON State Democratic Ticket Elected and Congressmen Re-Chosen. Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 6. —Alabama gives Wilson about 80,000; Roosevelt about 20,000 and Taft about 15,000. An Democratic candidates for congress re-elected, with little doubt of seventeenth district, where John L. Burnett was rushed by Sumter Cogswell, Progressive. Entire state Demo* era tic ticket elected. - t Representative McKinley Wins " Champaign, IIL, Nov. 6.—Meager returns from the Nineteenth congressional district indicate the re-election of Congressman William B. McKinley by a greatly reduced plurality. Incomplete returns from Champaign county indicate a plurality of 800 for McKinley.