New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-07

the people considerable food for thought
in the strength they displayed at the polls
in Tuesdays election. At the same time
they received some setbacks which will
doubtless be taken account Of In the coun-
ellis of their leaders.
AS the returns drift in from widely scat
tered states and especially cities ana
towns, the Socialist party is shown 10
have made gains in surprisingly large
number of cases.
In Nevada the figures show that Deos'
the Socialist candidate for President ran
ahead Of Taft by 400 votes
San Francisco gave Debs E'4lo Votes
out Of about 10000 cast. II that rauo 10
kept UP in the state the Sociallst VIII
poll 5000 or more votes In California
Socialist candidates for Congress In the
9Th and 9th districts made such e2celIeit
runs that their election was claimed iol 7"
time. and one of them-in the sth dls-
trict-may possibly win on the oHlciai
count.
I'd In Maine the Socialist vote shows
gain of fifty-two per cent over 1898.
In several towns out in Colorado Roose-
Welt ran behind Debs.
PENNSYLVANIA has probably given TO
Debs 5000 votes, gain OF 2O,Ooo over
1908. The Socialists polled 9,6T votes IN
Philadelphia, and he won by majority
Of 70 in the 22d District Of the add Ward.
This is the first election district carried
by a Socialist in the history OF the quaker
City.
The Socialist candidate for States At
torney ran ahead of the Republican NOM
inee in Cook County, and in Illinois the
Socialist vote was large enough to SEND
two candidates to the Legislature.
In the second Socialist stronghold-Sche-
nectady, n. Y, where the party has been
in full control since the last eiectlon-
the Socialists were badly beaten on tues
day. Mayor Lunn's administration mad
not been satisfactory to the citizens ana
they turned against his party.
In the new State of Oklahoma the So
clalists polled 1900 votes, and In the
northern part of Idaho several precincts
were carried by Debs.
rBy Telegraph to The Tribune.l
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 6.-The vote polled
by Eugene Debs in Philadelphia ana the
state was almost as large as predicted.
In Philadelphia alone he polled sOH
votes. and he carried the 22d District OF
the 33d Ward, where he led all other par
ties by 70 votes. This district Is In the
mill section OF Kensington. and II has the
distinction of being the first election dis
trict in the history Of Philadelphia that
gave its plurality TO a Socialist
In the state Debs probably polled 5000
votes, or a gain OF 10000 over four years
ago.
rBy Telegraph to The Tribune.l
Milwaukee, Nov. 6.-While gaining 5000
votes for Debs over 1908, the Social
Democrats lost heavily in Wisconsin.
Victor Berger, the only Socialist Repre-
sentative in Congress. was showed I'M
der with the Milwaukee County ticket, In
the general rebuke to socialism, and the
party was over 1900 behind the vote
polled in the election for Governor In
1910
Debs received 1885 votes in Wisconsin
in 1903. The Socialist candidate for Gov
ernor in 1910 had 5000 and Debs this year
received only 5000.
The result is taken to prove that WIS
consin people have tired OF socialisttc
rule In Milwaukee County, where the
Socialists we're the strongest, the entire
county ticket was defeated by the fu-
sionists. William II. Stafford won over
Berger by plurality OF 1900 and Repre-
sentative William ]. Cary defeated Win
field r. Gaylord by nearly 5000. The
Socialist candidate for Governor, Carl
D. Thompson. never stood a chance to
win.
Socialist candidates and other members
Of the party unite in the declaration that
the principles of the party cannot be
"downed" by any defeat in Milwaukee
County, and that united effort will be
made to carry the county two years hence.
MY defeat was due 10 the Democratic
landslide throughout the nation and the
non-partisan ticket, composed OF Repub-
licans and Democrats" said Mr.. Berger.
But this does not mean that We are out
OF the fight. We will come back as strong
as ever next election and sweep Milwau-
kee County.
what we lost here we more than
made up in other parts OF the country.
The reports at hand say that our vote
has increased fully 100 per cent over that
Of 1906"
rBy Telegraph TO Tho Tribunel
Pittsburgh. Nov. sod party leaders
are frightened to-day over the showing
made by the Debs vote In last nights re-