Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-08

NoIs COMPLETE GIVES WILSON A
PLURALITY OF 16,1o5 OVER
ROOSEVELT.
CHICAGO, NOV. a-WILsoNs
LEAD OVER ROOSEVELT IN ILL
Nols WITH II PRECINCTS UN-
COUNTED, is 1e,s73.
Wilson carried Illinois by a plural
ity Of approximately $1,000. but the re-
turns are incomplete.
With 80 precincts still TO be heard
from, Wilson has a margin OF 15.042
over Roosevelt. Nearly all the miss
ing precincts are In democratic Sec
tions. and when the judges and clerks
Of election get into their buckboards
and ride to town with the returns they
iJy still more.
Wilson's plurality downstate,
80 precincts still missing &c. 53.299
Roosevelts plurality in Cook
county ............ ........ SS,2oI
Wilson's plurality in the entire
state ............ .......... l0,U4Z
One late factor in the cnange was
the official report from Clay County.
which had been reported as giving Taft
1882. Roosevelt $500 ana Wilson
2o1G, a plurality for Roosevelt of
1913 The official figures give TAFT
1929. Wilson 1914, Roosevelt 624, max
ing net change Of 30S3. and giving
Wilson a plurality in Clay county OF
1900
RESULTS UP TO DATE.
Wilson has carried 40 states, with
442 votes in the electoral college.
Roosevelt has FIVE states, with II
electoral votes
Taft has three states, with IL cleo
ioral votes.
The proportions OF rne landslide
grow more distinct as the doubtful
states return completer figures. VIII
son has III votes more Ia -Se electoral
college than is required 10 elect. In
other words his margin OF safety is
more than twice the size of the com
b!ued electoral votes OF his two rivals
The incomplete figures on popular
vote indicate that Wilson's aggregate
pluralities In the 40 states he carried
are l,6g3.473. Roosevelt's total plural
ity In his FIVE states was 10000, while
Taft's In his three states was about
5000 In other words, change on the
part OF less than $4,000 voters would
have given Wilson every one Of tAe
IS states
WILSON LACKS MAJoRITIEs.
Estimates made last night from in
complete returns indicate that the
combined vote of Roosevelt and Tafl
will be approximately 100000
more than the vote for Wilson. The
preliminary count gives Wilson about
80 per cent OF the vote; Roosevelt q
per cent, and Taft 25 per cent. SO fal
as the vote has been reported, the TO
tai cast Tuesday was less than tha'
Of 1908. but the official figures are eX
pected TO bring II above the total o
four year ago. In 1908, out Of the Il
OS0,SOO votes cast for Taft and Bryan
Taft received more than "a per cent.
wyoming's three votes beCam,
doubtful late last night when $40 pre-
Cincts out OF 472 gave Wilson a mar
gin Of ESQ votes over Taft,
California hung in the balance yes
terday for several hours. AT one tim,
Wilson's plurality was wiped out b!
the official recount in Los Angeles
county. Later on, when remote noun
tain districts reported, Wilson crep
up again. and last night with mum
ber OF precincts missing he still ha'
lead Of about 1900.
MINNESOTA FOR ROOSEVELT.
Minnesota continued TO grow strong
er for Roosevelt, as returns from tn,
agricultural precincts came in. u
to midnight Wednesday Wilson wa
leading; since then Roosevelt ha
been ahead. His indicated pluralit
from the incomplete returnS will b
10000.
Completer returns increased WI
sons lead in Iowa With all but nv