The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-11-07
MIDDLE WEST
STATES DIVIDED
Wilson Carries Most Of Them,
Roosevelt Trailing.
COLONEL WINS IN lLLIa0IS
Michigan Also For Progressive Can.
didats--Taft Captures a Few Elec.
toral Votes In the Rocky e..
Mountains.

Chicago, Nov. early returns hav.
ing made certain the victory of Will
son and Marshall in the country at
large, the people of Chicago watched
with the greatest interest the vote in
Illinois and the surrounding states.
and the Progressives rejoiced exceed
ingly when the news came that Demo-
cratic Chairman McCombs conceded
Illinois and Michigan to Roosevelt.
The colonel made great run in
Chicago, and in many parts of the
state also was far ahead of his ticket.
The most remarkable feature of the
vote in the city perhaps was the re-
markedly large vote cast by Debs.
who ran Taft a close race for third
place.
The Democrats had little cause for
detection over losing Illinois and
Michigan, for as the bulletins came
Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin. North Da-
kota, Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas,
Kentucky, Tennessee, and OF course
Arkansas. This gave them nearly
clean sweep of the middle west. and
late in the night Oklahoma also was
placed in the Wilson column.
South Dakota for Roosevelt.
South Dakota, where Roosevelt cleo
tors were running on the regular Re-
publican ticket, was conceded to the
colonel by a moderate plurality, de-
spite the desperate efforts that were
made to win the state for Wilson. In
Minnesota the polls did not close un-
til 8 o'clock and the returns were dis
tressingly slow in coming in. The in
dications were that the state had gone
for Vision.
Iowa also was in doubt for hours,
the bulletins on partial returns show.
ing Roosevelt in the lear, and this
was confirmed later.
Kentucky went to Wilson by $4,000,
with Roosevelt running a good second.
The Taft vote In the Blue Grass state
failed to materialiZe, and In many dis
tricts was scarcely noticeable. The
total vote was the heaviest in years.
In the Eleventh district II. II. Seavy.
Progressive. defeated Caleb Powers
for congress In Louisville Roosevelt
and Wilson ran neck and neck. h.
Good Showing In Wisconsin.
In Wisconsin the Progressiyes did
not make a good showing. doubtless
due to the stand taken by La Toilette,
and Wilson. with Karel for governor,
carried the state with comparative
ease, Taft running second. In most
of the middle western states the pres
ident was in third place, but Ohio also
gave him enough votes to put him In
second place.
Tennessee, despite the hopes Of the
Progressives, refused to be turned
aside from its usual position in the
Democratic galaxy of states and gave
Wilson comfortable plurality.
-. Colonel Strong in Illinois. -.
Roosevelt's personal strength in H.
linois was clearly shown in the re-
suits of the contest for the governor
ship. Dune, Democrat, was victorious,
polling nearly the full strength of his
party vote, while the normal Republi-
can vote was divided between De-
neen, Republican, and Funk, Progress
sve, the former getting about % per
cent of it. The fight in the city Of
Chicago was bitter, the effects OF
Democratic dissension being seen in
the extraordinary vote cast for Gun
nea, Socialist candidate for states at
torney.
Indiana stood firm in the Demo
o.nk;a nnIn,op giyno IL electoral
votes to Wilson and choosing Ralston
for its governor Beverage made
good hard race, but could not over
come his chief opponents lead.
Taft Behind In Iowa.
AS returns came in from all parts
of Iowa it was seen that Taft was
polling only about one-third of the
vote he received in 1908, that Wilson
was holding a majority Of the Demo
cratic vote and that Colonel Roosevelt
was running strong and getting votes
from both the old parties. In the
cities alone Wilson was in the lead.
In st. Louis the vote for Wilson
was greater than that cast for Taft
and Roosevelt combined. Kansas
City also gave a majority for Wilson,
and there Roosevelt was far ahead OF
Taft
In Nebraska Wilson polled about
As per cent OF the entire vote cast,
Roosevelt getting 80 and Taft 25 per
cent. TAFT ran better than even his
adherents had expected. Bryan's pre-.
cInct gave Wilson II, Roosevelt Al
and Taft 81. F.a..
A small rift In the clouds that hung
ovei. the Taft headquarters came
with the news that the president had
carried Idaho and Utah.
Going farther west, Wilson carried
Oregon. New Mexico. Arizona, Colo.
RADIO and California. while Roosevelt
captured Washington. ..
Republican Party 10 Dead
New York. Nov Colonel Roose-
Welt telephoned friends at the Union