Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 November 1912 — WOODROW WILSON IS ELECTED [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WOODROW WILSON IS ELECTED

Chosen President of United States. DEMOCRAHGLANDSLIDE Party Sweeps Country In Battle ol the Ballots. SOHO SOUTH IS STILL SOLID Roosevelt Runs Second Country Over, With Taft Third. New York, Nov. 6.—Chairman McCombs of the Democratic national committee announced that the victory for Governor Wilson was complete. He said that Wilson had carried Massachusettes, Maine, Connecticut, New York, Maryland, New Jersey and all of the south. New York, Nov. 6.—Chairman Dixon of the Progressive party claimed Illinois, Vermont, Michigan, Pennsylvania and lowa for Colonel Roosevelt New York, Nov. 6.—Woodrow Wilson, whose experience in active politics is only a little more than two years old, will be the next president of the United States. He has carried every eastern state except Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and New Hampshire. He has jumped across the Rockies and may have carried Oregon. His plurality in the state of New York is, anywhere from 150,000 to 200,000. i ? Taft has carried Rhode Island,' as the returns indicate, and also New Hampshire. The Progressives claim Pennsylvania and Vermont for Roosevelt. Illinois has been carried by, Roosevelt by a good sized majority. Returns Come Slowly. Returns from any of the western states, from which any accurate notion can be obtained of how the states of the plains and beyond the Rockies

have voted for president and vice president are exceptionally slow in arriving. The ballot machines of Minnesota have rebelled against the liberties taken with them by the splitters of tickets and a legal question has arisen as to whether votes put into them after 9 o’clock, the hour for closing the polls, are legal votes. New Mexico, which the Progressives thought as sure for Roosevelt, has apparently been carried by Wilson. California is safely for Roosevelt, but North Dakota, which the Democrats thought was safe for Wilson, seems to be equally divided between Taft and Roosevelt.

Wilson Has Electoral Majority. But in spite of the slowness of returns from the plains and mountain states of the west, there seems to be ho doubt that Woodrow Wilson, with the solid south and the solid east, or almost the solid east, behind him, will not only have a plurality of the popular vote, but will have a majority in the electoral college. Results in the several states are summarized as follows: - New York —Carried by Wilson with between 150,000 and 200,000 plurality. Congressman William Sulzer defeated Straus and Hedges for governor. Illinois —Roosevelt is victorious by plurality of 100,000. Edward F. Dunne (Democrat) is elected governor over Charles S. Deneen, present incumbent. Indiana —Claimed for Wilson and Ralston (for governor.)

Pennsylvania—Conceded to Roosevelt. California —Carried by Roosevelt. Mississippi—Ten electorial votes for Wilson by large majority. Florida—Wilson gets all six electoral votes of state. North Carolina —Democrats elect state ticket and congressional delegation, and give Wilson at least 20,000 majority. South Carolina—For Wilson by about 60,000. Nevada —Wilson carries state, party lines being ignored in the voting. Georgia—Strong for Wilson. State officers and legislators all Democrats. Arkansas —Wilson carries state by plurality greater than that of Bryan in 1906. Virginia—Wilson carries the state by 40,000. Delaware —Gives substantial majority for Wilson. Legislature is Democratic. Kentucky—Congressional delegation is composed of nine Democrats, one Republican and one Progressive. Missouri—Swept by Wilson and Major, Democratic candidate for governor. Congressman Borland safely elected. Nebraska Apparently carried by Wilson. Wisconsin—Large plurality for Wilson is indicated. Vermont —Gives its electoral vote to Roosevelt. Minnesota—Claimed for Wilson by 39,000.

S. M. RALSTON.