Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-11-07
Without Affecting the Re-
suit Of the Election Of
Wilson and Marshall the
Doubtful States Increase.
IOWA NOW IN THE
UNCERTAIN LIST
Victory Of the Democratic
de-, cad leaders, Carried With It.
a4H slr,s ,rous State and Ma.
JloIlal Officers.

New York, Nov. Con the
basis Of at least partial returns
from every state today tho indI-
cations Of yesterdays baIIotlra
was:
Wilson, 80 states, AIS electoral
votes.
Roosevelt, 6 states, 1o4 electoral
votes.
Taft, 3 states; IL electoral
votes.
New York. Nov. 6-Without affect
Ing In the slightest the certainty that
wilson and Marshall yesterday cap
tured an Overwhelming majority Of the
electoral vote, conservative estimates
at p. m. compelled transfer to the
doubtful column of some states where
results had been recorded as certain.
Among these states were Iowa with
thirteen votes and Minnesota 81 and
ultra converatives include Illinois "a
votes and Pennsylvania with 80 votes.
At that hour Wyoming three votes and
South Dakotas had not been placed
Heavy reductions in the early reports
OF . large plurality for Roosevelt in
Kansas, upset all calculations so that
at that hour n RoosAvelt leaders had
narrowed to 625.votes on returns from
shout ol1e-fourth of the precincts. Tho
Roosevelt supporters declared at ii y.
m. there was no reason to put Penn.
sylvania in the doubtful list even
though they admitted that early re-
ports OF the colonels plurality probably
had been exaggerated.
Overturning big republican major
tiles In states never before captured
by the democrats In presidential
election the Wilson-Marshall ticket
was swept into office yesterday on the
wave Of victory that carried with 1t
state offices, congressional seats and
the control of a number Of legislatures
that will have the opportunity to oust
republicans from the United States
senate and add to the democratic
strength in that body.
Second only in interest to the over
whelming victory of Wilson and
Marshall was the strength shown by
Colonel Roosevelt in Illinois, Pennsyl.
vania and other states.
On returns received up to s o'clock
this morning from states where the
result was reasonably certain, 1t APP
peared today that Governor Wilson
would have almost, II not quite, 400 oil
the 531 votes in the, electoral college,
and that Colonel Roosevelt would
have nearly 10O President Taft had re
ceived ~ votes, those Of Vermont
Idaho and Utah, while the AZ votes OF
Iowa, Minnesota. New Hampshire,
South Dakota and Wyoming remained
in the doubtful column.
Pennsylvania 48 votes today were
apparently certain for Roosevelt. The
race between Taft, Roosevelt and VIII
son, was almost an even affair until
more than $4,000 ballots had been
counted. AS precincts outside the
larger cities began to report Roosevelt
and Wilson forged ahead and with
something over half the vote counted
Roosevelt this morning had a ma
jority OF over 10000. Minnesota. con-
ceded to Wilson at midnight, later
slipped back into the doubtful column
as accessions to the Roosevelt
strength reduced the democratic lead.
Iowa, given to Roosevelt in the mid.
night returns showed a strong re-
yersal Of form and this morning par
tial returns give Wilson a slight lead.
The returns from New Hampshire
were 80 close as to make predictions
of the result impossible. Taft's lead
over Wilson varied from thirteen Ito
something over 400 and with many
districts yet to be counted the
electoral vote remained at issue, boz
tween the democratic anu republica
candidates..
The Roosevelt victory in Illinois
showed signs Of being greatly reduced
as the "downstate" precincts came In
during the early morning hours.
No efforts were made during the
night to compute the popular vote for
the presidential candidates In the ma
jority OF states, however, the vote was
larger than at any previous presi-
Dental election. and the final returns
on the actual number OF ballots cast
for the three candidates is expected to
exceed all records.
Division Of Party the Cause.
The division Of the republican vote
between Taft and Roosevelt resulted
in complete democratic victories in
many states. In New York the demo-
Gratis carried the state ticket and legis
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