The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-11-08
WOODROW WILSON
ANDT.R. MARSHALL
SWEEPTHE COUNTRY
President Taft Runs Third in Race for Pres
idency, While Roosevelt Holds Second
Place in Large Majority
of States.

In the far West Wilson also showed
unexpected strength, capturing sew.
eral states which had been regarded
as leaning toward Roosevelt and run
ming Taft close in Wyoming and one
or two others that had been prac-
tically conceded to the president
Before midnight both President
Taft and Colonel Roosevelt had per
sonally conceded the election of Mr.
Wilson and Colonel Roosevelt had
telegraphed his congratulations to the
winning candidate.
Aside from the landslide for Wilson,
| the most striking feature about The
/ election was the lead obtained by
Roosevelt over Taft in the great ma
| jority of the states. Roosevelt car
ried Illinois, leading Wilson by a mar
gin of more than 10000 votes in Chi
cago and running the Democratic
nominee close in the state, outside of
Chicago. Roosevelt also carried Kan
sas, and is believed to have won in
Michigan and one or two other states.
President Taft ran a poor third in
most of the states in the Union, with
the exception of the few which he car
ried. He showed his greatest strength
in New York state, outside of Greater
New York. Wilson led the president
even here by small plurality, but
Taft had lead of nearly 100, 900 over
overcome by Roosevelt in Greater
New York. Taft will lead Roosevelt
in the state on the final returns, how
ever
In the East Massachusetts has Civ
| en- Wilson big plurality and Maine,
for the first time in many years. has
gone for the Democratic nominee bv
big margin. Early in the night
Senator Dixon. the chairman of the
/ Progressive National Committee. con
eeded practically the entire East to
Wilson and stated that Roosevelt
would have to look to the West for
his votes.
Missouri has been carried back into
! the Democratic column and the state
/ has not only gone for Wilson. but has
elected Majors the Democratic ean1i-
date for governor, To succeed Cover
nor Hadley, a Republican.
Roosevelt polled big vote in Indi-
ana, Ohio and other Middle Western
states and this aided Wilson in piling
up big maiorities in these states. The
Democratic nominee carried Hamil-
ton county. Ohio in which Cincinnati,
the presidents home. is located. by
1900 plurality.
Congressman Sulzer, the Democrat
ic nominee for governor in New York,
was elected by a big plurality over
bis two opponents. and Governor
! Foss. Democratic governor of Massa-
chusetts, was reelected
The vote in Pennsylvania was so
close as TO make it impossible to pre-,
diet accurately where the states IS
electoral votes would so, but the in
dications were believed to be favor
able TO Roosevelt.
The probability of a Wilson victory
in California was one of the unex-
pected features of the late returns.
II had been expected that Roosevelt
would carry that state by good ma
iority. but the vote in San Francisco
and northern California rolled up a
plurality for Wilson which ii was be-
lieved would overcome the Roosevelt
lead in the southern part of the state
Tennessee remained in the Demo
cratic column so far as the national
ticket was concerned. preserving the
solid south, but Governor Hooper. Re
publican, was believed to be re-elect-
ed governor.