Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1912 — DUNNE’S PLURALITY [ARTICLE]

DUNNE’S PLURALITY

State chairman Lee of the Progressive Party has milled a meeting of his party workers to be held in In-

dianaitolis Thursday night, Nov 21, at which .time there will be a love least and speeches by Beveridge. Landis and other prominent ffioosers. Tlie purpose of the meeting is to discuss plans for strengthening the party organization for taking a front place during the coming city campligns. Arrangements are now being made for the opening of a permanent headquarters in Indianapolis.

Brother Cram pi on of the Ca noil County Citizen-Times was so jubilant over the result of the election that the front page of his paper came out with a big rooster printed in red thereon. Bro. Crampton says; The democrats are feeling fine. They are

like the fellow that had been courting a girl for sixteen years and was too bashful and modest to propose. Finally she aided him in his dilemma and he was promptly accepted, and after completing his first osculatory rapture, he raised his eyes heavenward and said: “Oh Lord. I hain’t got nothing against nobody.”

Apparently about all that is left of the republican party is its nerve, and the leaders are now considering whether or not they will invite the progressives to come over to them or will play a lone hand In view of the fact that in Indiana-the republicans carried but two counties -—Porter by 158 and Warren by 165: —while the progressives carried

five counties—-Elkhart by 833, Lagrange%y 128, Lake by 536, Randolph by 333 and Wayne by 651, and j,carried but two states, in the Union, ; l tah by* 3,000 and Vermont by 924 with a total-electoral vote of but 8-—while the progressives carried six states—Michigan by 30,000, Minnesota by 10,000, Pennsylvania by 30,000, South Dakota by 5,000, California, by 900, and Washington by 30,000, with a total of 90 electoral votes—it certainly takes considerable gall for the g. o. p. to ask the progressives to come to them.

For Governor of Illinois Reaches 122,016 on Complete Returns. Chicago, November 9.—Dunne’s plurality in the race for Governor of ! Illinois was 122,016 complete returns tonight show. He polled 44 6,l 278 votes. Deneen, Rep., was second with 324, 262 votes and Funk., Prog., third with 309,457. The total vote cast was 1,079,997.