The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-06
landslide FOR
THE DEMOCRATS
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al1ty which may reach 5,U0O. Governor
Stubs, an awoved bull mooser, but
running on the republican tisket. has
received the popular vote for United
States senator by two to one. The
legislature will be favorable to Stubbs
but despite this the governor and his
democratic opponent had agreed that
the vote of the people in the prefer
entail election would be binding.
The suffrage amendment to the
state constitution has carried 8 to /
on the wave of the progressive vote
and will be made law at the next
session of the legislature, thus en-
abling women to vote on all questions
in Kansas.
Bull Moose disappointment.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, Nov. g.
Possibly in no state in the union was
the progressive vote as great dis
appointment to the followers of Col
.onel Roosevelt as it was in Oklahoma.
Where they expected great support
from the western element a plural
ity of 10000 was returned for Wood
row Wilson as compared with 1883
for Bryan in 1908 According to in
complete returns, Colonel Roosevelt
failed to carry district. Judge j. j..
Carney, democrat, was elected to con-
gress over Dick T. Morgan. stand-pat
republican, incumbent, making a gain
Of one for the democrats certain. The
democrats claim they have defeated
Bird S. MCGUIRE, republican, in the
| FIRST district, but this is doubted. The
democrats swept all other congress
tsional districts.
Michigan.
DETROIT. Mich. Nov. 6.-Later re.
turns, still very incomplete, cut down
the lead of Woodbridge N. Ferris,
/ (democrat) for governor, and left him
with a bare 1900 plurality in one
third of the states precincts. Mussel-
man republican, was coming UP
wards Of 10000 plurality in the state
over Wilson, with Taft poor third
/ w. j. Mcdonald, progressive, was
elected to congress from the upper
peninsula district. Two new demo
/ cratic congressman were elected, early
returns indicated, giving Michigan
4 four democratic representatives in
Washington. The makeup of the
state legislature was still in doubt, al
i though the election Of several pro
gressives endangered William Alden
Smiths chances Of being returned te
/ the United States senate.
4 Woman suffrage was adopted. Tht
rest of the state ticket is yet to b,
heard from.
Illinois For Wilson.
4 CHICAGO Nov 6.--Illinois may
swing into the Wilson column whel
the returns are all in. With but 2,43s
of the 4,2S6 precincts in the stat,
counted, Roosevelt's lead over th,
4 president-elect is but 1900.
4 Roosevelt's early lead was due tt
the vote in Chicago and Cook county
:. and as the down-state returns pou
in, the lead is steadily reduced.
would not surprise politicians in view
of the current indicated by the coun
try vote, If Wilson led Roosevelt a
the finish.
The estimated plurality Of Edwart
F. Dunno, democratic candidate TO
governor, Is from $4,000 to 100000
Returns from 1914 OF the precinct
show that his plurality is greater thar
was calculated last night. The fig
ures are: Dunno, 425,S72; Funk, 30
66S; Deneen, 290,992.
Judge Dunno carried the entlr,
state and Cook county democra,i
ticket to victory and while the legis
not believed that either the democrat
or republicans will have q majorit
and that the progressives hold tn
balance of power in the naming o
two senators.
The total vote in Chicago for pres
dent was: Roosevelt, 154,174; Wilson
1877 ,697; Taft, 72,605; Debs, 54,677
Chafin, 1895. Roosevelts pluralit
was 26,477.
Deneen's Comment.
SPRINGFIELD H., Nov. 6.--Goy
ernor Deneen when asked today for
statement regarding election result
said
''The facts are so plain that CON
ment upon them Is hardly necessary
Our forces were divided The divis
ion did not arise originally out of di1
ferences regarding party principles
The vote shows that the election wa
not an endorsement of democrati
principles by majority of the peopl
but result of factional differences Il
the republican party.
Although the republicans were dc
feated everywhere, the democrat
will begin their administration wit
neither the public sentiment nor
popular majority behind them Neve,
theless. all good citizens regardless
of party will cheerfully acquiesce i
the result and extend to the incomin
administration their best wishes 70
success and will be ready to commen
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