Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-11-14
h'GOVERN WINNER
on LATE RETURNS
Governor Gains Re- Election by
a Close Margin.
5000 PLURALITY OVER KAREL
Vote Still incomplete, and Official
May Reduce Republican Candidates
Lead-WHson' S Plurality Over Taft
in State About 1000.

Milwaukee, Nov. 9.-WhiIe still
incomplete, the returns from the
state point to the reelection Of Gov.
McGovern by upward Of 5000.
The official returns from Portage
county, which had been figured as
giving McGovern a plurality Of 643,
showed a plurality for Karel Of 286,
a difference Of 929, which served to
pull the McGovern lead down below
the 5000 mark, although Trem-
peaIeau, which had been set down for
500 plurality for NcGovern, gave
1868, according to the official count,
and Ashland county, reported at 443,
gave 562 on the official count.
The official vote has been received
from only few of the counties and
the indications are, from the official
returns already in, that the final
rount may make important changes
IN the pluralities, but hardly suffi-
cieut to affect the result
So certain are the managers of the
Republican state central committee
that the Republican state ticket is
elected that the headquarters here.
have been closed Judge John c.
Karel is unwilling to concede the
election to McGoVern at this time.
He intimated THAI the official count
might change the totals and that I'M
til the official count has been made
he would have nothing to say
As indicated by the unofficial re
turns, the officers elected are as fol
lows:
Observation-Disclosures E. McGovern,
Milwaukee.
Lieutenant Governor - Thomas
Morris, La Crosse.
Secretary Of State-John S. Don
aid, Dane.
State Treasurer-Henry Johnson,
Oconto.
Attorney General-Walter S. ow-
en-, Pierce.
Wilson Carries State.
Rock-ribbed republican Wisconsin
sweryed from the G. o. P. column on
Tuesday and cast it's lot with democ-
racy by rolling up an estimated plu-
rality of 10000 for Gov. Wilson
over President Taft. Wilson carried
Milwaukee county by over 1900 and
ran remarkably strong in republican
stronghoIds throughout the state.
President Taft polled a surprisingly
large vote in the state, more than
doubling that accorded to former
President Theodore Roosevelt
The vote in Wisconsin for presi-
dent this fall was the hghtest that
has been cast in a presidential year
since 1888, and the lightest cast at
any general election since 1898. AS
compared with the vote of 1903 the
returns on the presidential vote cast
last Tuesday shows that over 100000
voters remained away from the polls
Woman suffrage is defeated by a
large majority, but it received large
vote and carried in several counties.
Legislature Remains Republican.
The Wisconsin legislature will be
republican in both branches. Eleven
republican, two democratic and three
senators running on a non-partisan
ticket were elected to the upper
house, while the assembly has elected
"a republicans, q democrats, 6 So
3ialists and IS members elected on
the nOn-partisan ticket. Some Of
these non-partisans will affiliate with
the republicans and some with the
democrats.
The complexion of the senate will
be % republicans, 6 democrats, / so
ciaI-demOcrat and 8 men elected as
nOn-paTtisans.
There would seemingly be little
chance for the defeat of the income
tax law at this session of the Iegis-
lature, as at least II and possibly IS
members of the legislature are
pledged against the repeal of the law.
The democrats make a gain of
practically five senators, for while the
nOn-partisan senators from Milwau-
kee county We're elected without par
ty bias, it is understood they will act
with the democratic senators. In two
senatorial districts the democrats
gain seats outright. In the Sheboy-
gan-Ozaukee counties district Will
lam Richler succeeds Henry Krum-
rey, a republican. l. R. kellogg is
elected senator in the Green Lake
Fond du Lac counties district.