Gilpin observer., 1912-11-07

New York.-The three-cornered pres.
idential contest sent to the polls Tues
day voters who took an unprecedent-
ed interest in the outcome of cam.
paign that had been waged with un.
usual bitterness. Midday reports from
every quarter indicated nationwide
record-breaking vote. In addition to
the election of a President and men,
bers of Congress, thirty-three states
voted for governors and thirty-six for
Legislatures which will fill vacancies
in the United States Senate
Colonel Roosevelt cast his ballot at
Oyster BAY in fire truck house.
Governor Johnson, the vice-presiden-
tial nominee on the Progressive ticket,
could not return to California in time
to vote. as he filled out Colonel Roose-
velts speaking engagements in the
east after the colonel had been shot.
Governor Marshall, Democratic can
didate for vice-president, cast his vote
in indianapolis.
The vacancy on the Republican tick
ct caused by the death of Vice-Presi-
dent Sherman was not filled and Mr..
Sherman's name remained on the bal
lots.
Half of the vote in Massachusetts
in the cities and towns had been cast
by II o'clock, while Republican state
headquarters in New York said their
Rdvices were that two-thirds of the
vote in New York had been cast by
icon. The leaders said that in New
York there probably would be the
smallest percentage of non-voters IN
the history of the state.
Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and, in fact,
every state in the Middle West, cast
an early heavy vote.
Generally favorable weather condi.
tions prevailed. In certain sections of
the Middle West. particularly in south
ern Illinois, overcast skies and threat
ened rain augured not well for the
polling of heavy votes, but electors,
notwithstanding, continued their
steady march to the polls.
New York city cast the heaviest
vote in its history, as also did other
cities of that state. The rural vote
In New York likewise was heavy. In
Cincinnati fifty per cent. of the local
vote was cast before IL o'clock and
the vote throughout Ohio, while slow
ON account of the size of the ballot and
much reported scratching, was pro
crossing with an unprecedented ear
nestness.
The contest in Vermont was inter
esting despite the fact that the state
election was held in September and
the vote was extremely heavy. This al
SO was true OF Maine, where all three
of the leading parties made des
perate fight to gain the electoral rep
resentation. Contrary to general ex
pectations, in view of the fact that mar
ty lines have been so closely drawn
practically no disturbances were re
ported from any section of the coun
try. Few arrests for violations Of the
election laws were made.
In Chicago the early hours saw every
polling place filled with long lines oi
voters waiting to get into the booths
In the Pacific coast states the early
voting was heavy, despite inclemen
weather in Seattle, Portland and north
ern California.
President Taft spent the morning
hours at the home of his brother
Charles p. Taft, in Cincinnati, ant
early in the afternoon cast his ballot.
Governor Woodrow Wilson was th,
first of the three candidates to cast hi
vote. He dropped his ballot into ;
polling booth in an engine house IL
Princeton, N. j., and as he emerged
from the voting booth smilingly oh
served that he had "voted the straigh