Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-11-09
Carried SO Of the
48 States.
I. R. RUNS SECOND
President Taft Carried Only
-Four States.
CONGRESS- IS DEMOCRATIC
CONGRESS- IS DEMOCRATIC
Will Have a Working Majority
in Both Branches.

New York, Nov. Woodrow Will
SOU. governor of New Jersey. was
swept into the presidency of the Unit
cd States In Tuesdays election. with
Governor Thomas X. Marshall. his
running mate for the vice presidency,
on n Democratic tidal wave.
Thirty-eight of the forty.eight states
of the Union are In the Democratic
column, the house Of representatives
In the next congress is assured 10
that party by a majority OF probably
more than 100. and the Democrats Will
have 81 out of the 9S United States
senators after March 1. 1913. clear
control OF every department of the
federal government
Many staunch oldline Republican
states were among those captured by
Wilson and Marshall. and the thirty
seven states credited to him give him
a99 OF the 53l electoral votes. The
victory is only comparable to that in
1872 Of U. S. Grant over Horace Gree
ley. when Grant received 2S6 cleo
toral votes and Greeley 63.
OF the ten states which rejected
Wilson, six. with an electoral vote
of 10i, were credited 10 Colonel Roose-
welt. the Progressive nominee. and
four, with only Is electoral votes.
we're credited 10 President Taft. tho
Republican nominee Tor reelection.
Some OF the states placed on this
lineup were very close and may be
changed by more complete returns.
Included among these were Iowa and
South Dakota, believed TO be for Col
onel Roosevelt; Minnesota and New
Hampshire. classed as Wilson states.
and Wyoming. which probably has
gone for Taft.
PENNSYLVANIA went to Roosevelt by
a plurality of $4,000. The city Of Phil
adelphia gave Taft a plurality OF IL
900. and Ii was close race between
the president and Wilson for second
place In the state.
Governor Wilson has carried Maine.
Massachusetts. Connecticut. New Jer-
sey, New York. Ohio. Indiana, Wiscon'
sin, Kentucky. Maryland. Tennessee.
Nebraska. and Oregon. all the south.
ern states, and has probably carried
Missouri. Iowa and the Dakotas.
New Mexico, which the Progressives
thought was sure for Roosevelt. has
been carried by Wilson. California is
safely for Roosevelt. but In North Da-
kota, which the Democrats thought
was safe for Wilson. seems to be
about equally divided between Taft
ami Roosevelt.
Wilson has carried Missouri by 20
000 Major has been elected Demo
cratic governor. The returns also show
that both the upper and lower branch
es OF the Missouri Legislature VIII he
controlled by the Democrats.
In California one of the interesting
features OF election day was the part
taken by the women in their first
presidential election. In Los Angeles
the vote of the women was exlraordi.
narily heavy and was heavily Progress
sive. In San Francisco there were
many women clerks OF election. and In
one district eighty women did picket
duty 10 prevent the election OF Wolf
for state senator and the constitu-
tional amendment permitting the re.
establishment of race tracks. which
Wolff espoused.
The returns from Louisiana have
brought sore disappointment to the
Progressiyes OF that state. The strong
auticinated anti-Roosevent sentiment
seems to have eaton into normal Dem