The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-11-08
INCOMPLETE RETURNS
GIVE WILSON 387 SURE
TAFT PROBABLY ONLY u VOTES
IN ELECTORAL COLLEGE.
ComDlexion Of Senate in DOubt-Three
States Adopt Woman Suffrage
Amendments.


New York, Nov. 6.-Oaly the un-
cerrainty of a few close States, whose
electoral votes in no way can anect
the election of Wilson and Marshall
sneculation over the popular vote OF
tbe three leading presidential candl'
dates and the complexion of the legis-
1atures that will name United states
senators held interest tonight in the
final returns of yesterdays general
election.
The total of the Republican column
annarentlv was fixed at the II votes
of Idaho, Utah and Vermont, but the
footing of the Wilson and RooseVeh
column fickered alternately during
the afternoon and night as late re-
turns from Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota
South Dakota and Wyoming placed
those States in the doubtful cniumn,
President-elect woodrow Wilson had
3s7 certain votes in the electoral col
lese: Theodore Roosevelt SO and
President William H, Taft II.
All the doubtful States except South
Dakota gave more Or less certain IN
dications during the night OF landing
in the list of Wilson electoral votes
while South Dakota's returns showed
a general trend toward Roosevelt
plurality.
The COlOneHs Vote.
The States thus far assigned to the
Roosevelt column as certain are: IN
nois Michigan, Pennsylvania and
Washington, with total o. s. eiec-
toral votes.
A by-phase of the general election
that became known To-Day was lhe
success of woman suffrage in three CT
the five States wher constitution
amendments were submitted to the
people. The victory of the women was
complete in Kansas and Arizona anu
late returns from Oregon indicator
they had succeeded there also, From
Wisconsin came returns showing the
decisive defeat of the proposal. IN
Michigan the result was in doubt.
Popular Vote Not known.
Estimates of the popular vote poll
cd by Gov. Wilson ranged through
MANY millions during the day, 1t was
found impossible to compute with any
accuracy the popular vote of any OF
the presidential candidates. 1t will be
. number of days before the counting
oe the three-cornered contest in the
different States is, concluded and an
accurate tabulation of the popular
vote is made possible.
Assertions were made today from
several quarters where an effort had
been made to gather preliminary pop
ular vote figures that Gov. Wilson had
not poIled majority Of the votes cast
throughout the country. Estimates
ranged from small majority of all
votes to figures nearly 100000 below
majority. The popular vote, how
ever would in no way affect his cleo
ton or his complete control OF the
electoral college, should it show his
total to be less than that OF the COM
bined vote for Roosevelt and Taft
Day Of Surprises.
There we're many surprises through
OFT the day and night. Early in the
dav New Hampshire, first credited 10
Taft. went definitely into the Wilson
column, with a majority of about 1000
for the Democratic ticket.
Returns from Idaho, which came
in scatteringly from early in the day,
favored Wilson SC strongly as to ere
ate the belief that it would give him
its electoral vote but late returns
made if the third State to go certainly
for President Taft
The Roosevelt forces, watching the
returns hourly as they came from Hi
aois. suffered a scare as the down
State Democratic districts reduced