The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-11-08
Appears Winner for
Governorship.
ROOSEVELT RUNS WELL
May Secure Majority In Several
Northwestern States.

OF. raul, november o.-hetuTnS 10
eight o'clock this morning give Will
son 800 electoral votes, Roosevelt 116
and Taft is.
Illinois is credited to Roosevelt,
but may 90 to Wilson. Democrats
made gains in both branches of con-
gress and may control the senate.
Eberhart is reelected governor of
Minnesota by twenty thousand.
Hanna, republican, is chosen gov
ernor of North Dakota.
Sulzer, democrat, is governor of
New York, and Dunno, democrat, is
governor of Illinois.
Wisconsin went democratic on
president but republican on state
ticket.
South Dakota gave its electoral
votes to Roosevelt with the state
ticket in doubt.
Wilson leads in Minnesota, but
Roosevelt is running strong outside
cities.
ST. Paul, November 6.-Minnesota
is still in the doubtful column. on
president with Wilson leading.
Eberhart is reelected by de.
creased majority and the balance Of
the republican state ticket is success
full with Brown leading for justice
of the supreme court and HaIIam
and Bum for associate justices.
With the exception of the second
district all republican candidates for
congress are elected.
ST. Paul, November 6.-With re.
turns in from 76o precincts out of
total of 1884 in the state, Woodrow
Wilson has lead over Roosevelt of
4,418. This lead may be overcome in
later reports especially from North
ern Minnesota where Roosevelt is
reported to be running strong.
New York, November Con basis
of returns at hand from every state
at noon today indicated the result of
yesterdays balloting was Wilson, 80
states, 415 electoral votes; Roosevelt,
6 states, 1914 electoral votes; Taft
8 states, IL electoral votes.
st. Paul. Nov. 6.-Partial returns
that include 332 scattering precincts
outside the Twin Cities, one-third of
nine of the lis precincts in Minneap-
oils show Governor Wilson leading
\ Colonel Roosevelt in Minnesota by a
margin of about $500 votes. Taft, on
the partial returns, is behind Roose-
welt more than 5000 votes, but is
running stronger than was anticipated.
Governor Eberhart is leading Ring
dial, Democrat, and Collins, Progress
sive, and on the face of early returns
has been reelected, carrying with
him, it seems probable, all the Repub-
lican state ticket Collins is not a
factor.
In forty.two precincts in Ramsey
county, scattering precincts outside
the Twin Cities and forty.nine pre-
cincts in Hennepin county Eberhart
is leading Ringdal by about $500
votes and Collins is trailing the Demo
cratic nominee, behind nearly 10000.
The country vote, which Is showing
tendency to go for Roosevelt, may
swing the state to the colonel. Eighth
district Progressives claim he will
carry that district by more than 5000
and Offset Wilson plurality in Hen
nepin and probable Wilson plurality
in Ramsey county. Taft ran second
to Wilson in Hennepin county. Nation
al Committeeman q. B. Hawkins at
Duluth declared his belief that Will
son. has carried Minnesota by small
plurality over Roosevelt.
In forty-two precincts OF Ramsey
county and from thirty to f1fty-fve
precincts outside Of Ramsey and Hen
nepin counties on state officers there
were the following results:
United States senators, Nelson 5,0SS,
Lawler Abb; congressman-at-large.
Manahan 4,751, Buell. 1856; lieutenant
governor, Burnquist 5,0S2, Powers 81
S31; secretary of state, Schmahl, 4,515,
Grimmer $500, Norelius 1872; railroad
commissioner, four-year term, Mills A.
1874, Reiter 1929, and six-year term,
Elmquist, 3,45s, Gayner 3,066, Sharkey
1,126; chief justice, Brown 2,408, Stan
ton 1921, Stewart 1899; associate JUS
tice. Holt 2.077, Bum 1881, Hallam
1895, -