The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-07
Late Returns Indicate Wilson
Has Lost Minnesota
And That Col. Roosevelt May
Lose Illinois.
SOCIALISTS MAKE BIG GAINS
Debs Nearly Doubled 1904 Vote
in Jackson Co., Mo.
He Carried Crawford Co., in
This State by 100.

Chicago. Nov. Wilson, according
to returns received up to 2 O'Clock, has
overcome Roosevelt's lead in Illinois
and with 663 precincts to hear from
has plurality of 1,60S. Returns
from Cook county gave Roosevelt a
plurality of 38.257. Returns from p
125 precincts outside of Cook county
give Wilson a plurality of 3s,sss. or
a net plurality of 1,60S.
st. Paul, Nov. Late returns To-
day swung Minnesota from Wilson to
will carry the state by about $1,000.
Roosevelt found his greatest strength
in the rural districts.
Governor Eberhart was reelected
by plurality of 10000. The election
of the entire Republican state ticket is
practically assured. Senator Knute
Nelson led all the Republican state
candidates. Returns from about two
thirds of the precincts indicate that
his plurality over Dan w. Lawler will
b. about $4,000. Ringdahl led the
Democratic ticket.
greatly exceed $4,000. Collins. Pro-
pressive nominee for governor, prob
ably has polled less than 40 900 votes.
Roosevelt Running Ahead
Sioux Falls, Nov. with President
Taft eliminated in South Dakota. and
only half the state heard from Roose-
welt this morning is leading Wilson by
about 5000 votes. When the Progress
slve-Republican convention fight came
up Roosevelt already had won the state
in the primaries and to adjust the diff
ferences the electors agreed to support
Taft in case the fight for the presi-
dency was between Taft and Wilson
With the president running third the
agreement will not affect the electoral
vote.
The contest for governor between
Byrne, Republican, and Johnson. DEM
ocrat, still is undecided but a Repub-
iican legislature appears to have been
elected.
McGOvern safe i'm Wisconsin.
Milwaukee, Nov. Returns from
81 out of II counties in Wisconsin
as received by Republican State
Chairman George E. Scott give Nc
Govern, Republican, for governor. a
lead of about 5000 votes Mr. Scott
says the remaining counties still 20 be
heard from are Republican strong
holds and he bases McGovern's final
plurality at approximately 5000.
Pennsylvania Safe for Il. II.
Philadelphia, Pa, Nov. 7.-Returna
from more than five-sixths of ali the
election districts in PennsvIyania Give
Theodore Roosevelt 2S.073 plurality over
woodrow Wilson. The missing districts
plurality
President Taft carried PhiIadelnb,a
w AV,odO over COlOneI Roosevelt but fu
the state outside of Philadelphia Wood
row Wilson ran second and Mr. Tan
was more than 100, 900 behind the presi-
dent-elect.
The Socialist vote showed a large in
crease. 90 III
Tennessee Elects Republican Governor
Nashville, Tenn, Nov. Returns
today assure Governor Hooner (E2en1
OF a plurality of five thousand over
McNlllllan (Dem.). Figures on SO
counties in the presidential race give
the following: Wilson. 66,639; Taft,
2l'I49; Roosevelt, 1855. over 90 OF
OF the remaining 46 counties are
Democratic. Wilson will carry the
state by over $4,000 easily, it is be-
lieved
The state senate is claimed by the
Republicans and Independents The
regular Democrats apparently control
the house. The anti-Patterson men
control on a point ballot, having at
least IS, probably 79 votes. ON the
election of United States senator.
Longworth's Election in Doubt.
Cincinnati. Nov. 7.-As a result of errors
found in the unofficial count the race be-.
tween Congressman Nicholas I.ougworth
REPUBLICAN, and Stanley Bowdle Demo-
crat, for congress in the First Ohio CON
gressional district is in doubt. The first
returns gave Congressman Longworth a
plurality of a little over a thousand votes
put the official count begun by the board
or elections today indicated that a mis-
take had been made in estimating the un-
OFFICIAL returns and that either man still
mad a chance of being elected.