St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-11-09
DEMOCRATIC
LANDSL|DEAS
PREDICTED
First Returns Show Pro-
gressives Not In It.
Roosevelt Runs Away from
Taft With Ease.
Regular Republican Party
a Thing OF the Past.
Cannon Defeated for Re-
Election to Congress.
Regular Republican Party
a Thing OF the Past.
Cannon Defeated for Re-
Election to Congress.

New York, Nov. 5.-With the elec'
tion Of Woodrow Wilson to the Presi
dency and Thomas Marshall to the
Vice Presidency assured by the earli.
or returns tonight, the reports III
to midnight gave indications that
the ELECTORAL vote of the Democratic
candidates would pass the 300 mark
The size of the popular majority
given the Democratic national ticket
or the States outside of Illinois that
might give eiecterial votes to either
Taft or Roosevelt were matters of
conjecture at midnight. 1t wcs be-
lieved that Illinois would give ma
jority to Roosevelt, while the race
in Pennsylvania was SO close as to
bring all three candidates within
range Of success.
Early returns gave Gov. Wilson and
Gov. Marshall the solid south and
the States of Connecticut, Delaware.
Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massac-
husetts, New York, West Virginia
and Missouri. AS the night adyanc-
ed and returns from the West began
to come in, these earlier estimates
we're confirmed. and Montana, New
Jersey and New Mexico we're added
to those that seemed certain for the
Democratic candidates, while scat
tering returns from San Francisco
and Los Angeles made it probable
that California might join the Wilson
Marshall column.
RHODE ISLAND DOUBTFUL.
Rhode Island also became doubt
full State on the returs near midnight.
and, based on the later votes report
ed, it seemed wholly improbable that
its five ELECTORAL votes would go to
Wilson. The early returns gave an
apparent victory to Taft in New
Hampshire and Vermont, but the
Taft pluralities dwindled as midnight
approached to very few hundred
votes in each State. and seemed like
~ to be wiped out entirely.
The votes in Utah. reported ND tc
midnight, indicated the State might
be carried for Taft. The vote in
Pennsylvania was amazingly close.
the returns from over thousand
precincts. embracing over $4,000
ing presidential candidates more than
10000 votes. New York State AS
sembly seemed to be overwhelmingly
Democratic.
In Illinois indications were that
Judge Dunno. the Democratic candi-
date for Governor, had won notwith-
standing the heavy Roosevelt victory.
CANNON DEFEATED.
Former Speaker Cannon seemed tc
have been defeated for reelection
to Congress in Illinois.
In addition to the Roosevelt vic
tory claimed in Illinois, the confifien
claims of the Roosevelt manage
that Iowa. Michigan and Kcrsc~
would fall into the Roosevelt col III r
seemed verified by the partially coi1-
plete returns at an early hour this
morning. The returns from Cali
fornia we meager. bit left the Stare
. in doubt beiw.s n Wilson and Rocse-
vcit.
The uncertainty regarding Vermont
was settled by the announcement OF
the complete vote, which gave Taft
a mslority Of 924 votes.
At 12:45 the Providence (R. IL
Journal conceded that State to Will
son, and, with the close vote in New
Hampshire, it seemed probable that
New England, with the exception oi
Vermont, had gone over 70 the Dem
ocratic column.
But little definite news from States
of the Pacific West was received. ex-
cept from California, where a Will
son victory was indicated. The tab
ulation of votes in the other Western
States was so slow as to make pre-
dicticns impossible.
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