The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-11-06
What the Real Meaning OF The Remarkable
Democratic Victory of Yesterday Suggests

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.-Woodrow
Wilson, governor of New Jersey, has
been elected the 9th president of the
United States in the most remarkable
election upheaval ever witnessed and
will receive in the electoral college
the greatest majority ever won by the
national standard-bearer of a great po-
litical party. 49,.
Without waiting for president-elect
Wilson's victory to be formally af-
firmed by the electoral college, slate
makers were at work today picking
the next cabinet. The names gener
ally mentioned for the Wilson portfo-
lios were as follows:
Secretary of ,State-William Jen-
nings Bryan, Senator Raynor of Mary
land, or Senator Bacon of Georgia.
Secretary of reasury-Charles r.
Crane, of Chicago, or Rep. Oscar w.
Underwood of Alabama.
Acknowledgement - Samuel w I'm
termeyer, of New York; Louis G..
Brandeis of Boston, or Ex-Governor
Folk Of Missouri.
Secretary of Navy-Wm. G. Nc
Adoo of New York.
er-General-William E. Nc
| Combs or Joseph Daniels of North
Carolina.
Governor Burke of North Dakota,
and Senator Obediah Gardner of
Maine were talked of for secretary of
agriculture.
O'Gormon Mentioned.
Senator O'Gormon of New York, was
also mentioned for cabinet honors.
There were some who believed that
National Chairman McCombs instead
of accepting a place in the cabinet
| would become the presidents secre-
tary.
By the election of Gov. Wilson as
president and Thomas R. Marshall of
Indiana as vice president a national
Democratic administration will come
into power for the first time since
Grover Cleveland's term expired in
1896, Republicans having been in pow
er for 16 consecutive years.
| President-elect Wilson's victory was
truly national He did not draw his
strength from any particular section
of the country but east and west, north
and south united in giving the nation
al Democratic ticket the greatest
sweep in the history of American pol
itics. From the belated returns which
filtered in throughout the night and
] forenoon it was indicated that ex.
| president Roosevelt would run second
/ and that Taft would be third
! These returns indicated that Col.
| Roosevelt would have more than twice
as many votes as President Taft in
| the electoral college
Democratic Congress.
| The 63rd congress will be entirely
Democratic and president-elect Wilson
| will have the full force of both legis-
lative branches of the government be-
hind him to back up his demands on
congress.
| Gov. Wilson's immense strength
swept to victory with him congression-
al, legislative and state onicers
throughout the country.
Leaders of the national Progressive
party declare that the Republican par.
ty has been all but annihilated and
that 1t will never again figure poten.
tally in the affairs of this nation.
| One OF the most significant features
of the great popular upheaval was a
solemn warning issued by Presiden,
Taft at Cincinnati as a result of the
big vote of the Progressive and social
list tickets. Commenting upon the OBJ
yiOuS DoIitical unrest President Tat
said: The vote for Mr. Roosevelt, the
third party candidate and for Mr.