The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-11-07

votes in Chicago and Cook county, |
and after the entire returns are in |
reduction is looked for and politicians |
think Wilson will lead over Roosevelt |
at the finish siSssl2sl
The New Congress.
New York Nov. Especial: The
make up of the next congress will be
as follows: Democrats 296, republi-
cans 1874, progressives Is.
In Oklahoma. .t
Oklahoma City, Nov. Especial:
Wilson has plurality of 10000 over
Roosevelt.
In California.
San Francisco, Nov. Especial:
Wilson has carried California from
five to ten thousand.
Taft Beats Roosevelt.
Columbus, O., Nov. Especial:
Taft overwhelmed Roosevelt for sec
ond place in Ohio. Returns from 765
precincts out of 1896 today give Will
son 53,5O3, Taft 32,337, Roosevelt 3d.
4S2. Cox, democrat, for governor is
detected by 100000.
Nebraska For Wilson.
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. Especial:
Latest returns from Nebraska give
Wilson a plurality of $4,000.
Colorado Democratic.
| Denver, Colo, Nov. 6.-Special
Wilson has carried the state by about
%, 900 and with him goes the state
ticket and legislature, insuring the
election of two democratic senators.
Penn State to Roosevelt.
Philadelphia, Nov. 6.-Special: Re-
turns are somewhat slow but Roose-
welt has apparently carried Pennsyl-
vania with Taft and Wilson running
neck and neck. Returns from four
thousand precincts out of 6,093 give
Roosevelt $50 1896, Taft 241,1O2, Will
son 239, 1876.
Rhode Island to Wilson.
Providence, r. l., Nov. Especial:
Returns at 9 a. m give Wilson the
state by 1000.
One Republican in Missouri.
St. Louis, Mo-, Nov. Especial:
Wilson has carried Missouri by 80.
OOO The democratic state ticket and
Dall congressman but one were elected
Roosevelt Leads.
Topeka, Kan, Nov. Especial:
Very incomplete returns today give
Roosevelt a lead of 1900 over Wilson
with Taft a poor third.
Princeton. N. j.. Nov. 6.-At $50
o'clock last evening Chairman Will
liam F. McCombs Of the Democratic
national committee was so confident
of Gov. Woodrow Wilson's election
that he wired the governor that he
had not only been elected president
of the United States but that the
Democrats had a working majority
in both the United States senate and
the house of representatives. The
message stated that the returns from
the eastern states made it certain
that the Democratic leader was vic
torious even should the western states
that had not been heard from at that
hour should give their electoral
votes to the governors opponents
The governor retired shortly before
midnight feeling assured that he
would occupy the White House for
the next four years.
At 9:46 Governor Wilson received
a message from New York announc-
ing he had carried a sufficient num-
Der Of states from which returns had
been received to assure his election
beyond any possibility OF guesswork.
the states with their electoral votes
being: Alabama IL, Arkansas 9. Con-
necticut 7. Florida 6, Georgia ID, In
diana Is, Kentucky 10, Louisiana 10.
New York As. North Carolina IL,
South Carolina 9, Tennessee 10. Tex
as 20, Virginia IL, Missouri Is, New
Jersey a. A total of 270 electoral
votes out of SCI, or four more than
q majority.
Surprised at Socialists Vote.
AS the returns were received dur
ing the evening Governor Wilson
evInced more interest in the race
between President Taft and Colonel
Roosevelt than in the figures indicat-
8. ing his own election. He watched
particularly the returns from the
manufacturing state of Massachusetts
and from New York. Several times
during the evening he asked for re-
turns on the Socialistic ticket, and
expressed surprise at the showing
made by Mr Debs in Chicago and
other large cities, and received the
figures indicating Colonel Roosevelt's
plurality in Illinois with a smile, but
without any particular comment.
Shortly after ten o'clock, when both
Iparties were claiming the state Of
Pennsylvania. the governor expressed
the wish that that state might be
added to the Democratic column, and
the belief that 1t would be.
Receives Congratulations.
Congratulatory kilograms began
arriving almost as soon as the polls
closed. They came from Democratic
leaders from all over the country,
and were still being received long
after the successful candidate had
y retired. He has spent a consider
able portion OF today reading these