River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-11-14
DEMOCRATIC PARTY WINS A CLEAN CUT VICTORY.
RETAINING CONTROL OF NEXT HOUSE BY BIG
MAJORITY AND PRACTICALLY ASSURING
THEMSELVES OF SENATE CONTROL.
GETS MANY REPUBLICAN, STATES
Solid South and Majority of Northern States Swell Electoral
Total of Winning Party.-Roosevet Runs Second,
Winning Illinois, Pennsylvania, Minnesota,
and Other States Taft
Gets But ~.

New York. - Only the usual uncer-
tainty of a few close states whose cleo
toral vote in no way can affect the cleo
ton of Wilson and Marshall, specula-
ton over the popular vote of the three
presidential candidates and the COM
p1eXion of legislatures that will name
United States senators had interest
in the final returns of Tuesdays gen.
eral election
Wilson, 1t is now sure, has carried
Illinois by plurality of approximately
10000, but the incomplete returns that
drifted in slowly from the remote
counties at the foot of the state, strong
Democratic territory, continually in
creased the lead which Wilson held
over Roosevelt
With 80 precincts still to be heard
from, Wilson has a margin of 1902
over Roosevelt. Nearly all the missing
precincts are in Democratic sections,
and when the judges and clerks of
election get into their buckboards and
ride to town with the returns, they
are expected to swell Wilson's pjlur-
atty still more.
Two States Change.
Wyoming, which had been counted
in the Taft column, has passed to the
Wilson column, ands Vermont, which
had been conceded to Wilson, is found
to be for Taft
Minnesota continued to grow strong
er for Roosevelt, as returns from the
agricultural precincts came in. Up to
midnight Wednesday, Wilson was lead
ing; since then Roosevelt has been
ahead. His indicated plurality from
the incomplete returns will be $4,000
Completer returns increased Will
sons lead in Iowa. With all but five
of the SO counties in his plurality is
1882.
Idaho also appears to have left the
Taft column and gone into the Wilson
one. Returns from four-fifths of the
state seem tC indicate that the
New Jersey governor will have a small
plurality in it, although a recount may
be necessary to decide the result.
California is still hanging in the bal
ance. The state fiuctuated with every
fresh match of returns.
Wilson's plurality was wiped out,
later Wilson crept ahead of Roosevelt.
and then he fell back somewhat, and
then another correction in the figures
from Los Angeles county put Roose-
welt ahead by 100 votes Returns are
still missing from 1876 precincts in the
mountains, and it is now believed that
the vote will be so close that Califor-
MIA may send a split delegation to the
electoral college.
The electoral vote now indicates
that Wilson has 442, Roosevelt II. and
Taft IL.
Democrats to Control Senate.
The absolute control of the SEN
ate in the Sixty-third congress now
is practically assured to the Demo
Gratis. Conceding to the Republicans
the legislatures of all states still in
the doubtful column the Democrats
will have vote of 4S, or just one.
half of the entire membership of the
senate, with Democratic vice presi-
dent in the chair to cast the deciding
ballot in case of tie. Six states are
yet to be heard from definitely. A
senator from one of these would give
the Democrats a clear majority.
Kansas has been added to the Dem.
ocratic column in the past "a hours.
The states in which the complexion of
the legislatures is yet to be decided
are: Illinois, Michigan, Oregon,
South Dakota, Tennessee and Wyom-
ing.
Ordinarily Tennessee could be re-
lied upon to help the Democratic
party, but the factional fight there
may prevent in this crisis.
In Illinois there should be chosen
a successor to the deposed Senator
Lorimer, as we'll as Senator Cullom,
whose term expires on the fourth of
next March.
e there should be no election the
effect would favor the Democrats by
reducing the membership of the SEN
ate to "a, of which number the 4S
already chosen would be a working
majority. Whatever the outcome in
any of the states mentioned, there
can be no doubt as to the Democratic
control of the senate.
In addition to the aid of the vice