The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-11-08
OREGON FLOPS TO
THE DEMOCRATS
LANE LEADING SELLING FOR
UNITED STATES SENATOR.
Wilson Sweeps the Country
Overwhelmingly Defeating
Roosevelt and Taft.

the votes counted the race for Candi-
dacy for the United States senators hip
in Oregon at midnight stood:
Harry Lane, democrat, 34,l6S; Ben
Selling republican. 32,942; Bourne,
incum bent, popular government, 49,
223. Lanes lead over Selling. 1925.
With less than 20 votes Separating
the leaders, early TO-DAY, both in Mult-
nomah county and the state at large,
Laue has made slow tut steady gain
until his lead iu Multnomah reached
700, the outside counties adding 500
more.
1t midnight the count on president
stood Wilson 40.05S; Roosevelt 81. .964;
Taft 20, $40.
President elect Woodrow Wilson
will have at least 439 electoral votes.
Wyomings three votes probably will
be added to this total tut an official
count will be necessary to determine
which candidate has carried that state
Wilson's electoral vote is unpreoedent-
ed in the history of the country. Col
onel Theodore Roosevelt will be second
with Pennsylvania, South Dakota,
Minnesota and Washington-a total of
" electoral votes. President raft has
won Idaho, Utah and Vermont. with
slim chance of winning out in Wy
omiug.
Roosevelt has lost Illinois and Kan
sas. but has gained Minnesota. through
the support of the farmers. The
switch to the Wilson column of Illi-
nois and Kansas was unexpected, and
both due to the heavy support Wilson
received in the rural districts.
Wilson is not believed to have re-
ceived majority of the popular
vote. but his plurality will exceed
| 100000. The exact figures will not
be available for some time owing to
the slowness of the returns.
Although the Socialist party lost
their only memEer ia congress Vic
tol l.. Berger of Wisconsin they gained
in popular vote and elected three mem
bers of the Illinois Legislature. Ow.
ing to the peculiar situation in Illuoi,,
the Socialists and Pfogressives hold
the balance OF power in the state leg
islature. The Socialism leaders claim
they polled 100000 votes in the ma
tional election.
One effect OF the Progressive loss in
Kansas is that Governor Stubts is
defeated for the Senate. Roosevelt
apparently ran second in many Of the
important states, giving the Progress
ives control OF the election machinery
as the second party, which is impor-
tant in organization work.
Wilson has captured 80 states, and
may yet add Wyoming to the list.
That Illinois was safely in the Will
son column was indicated early last
evening. but California. which had
been claimed by democrats shortly
after closing Of the polls, wavered for
q short time toward Progressive ranks.
The Wilson plurality however. early
last night agein started upward.
Equal suffrage has probably carried
in Oregon. Other proposed amend
mendments, with one or two excep
tions, perhaps. were showed under.
The vote in North and South Athena
precincts, combined, follows:
Taft II; Wilson 81; Chain 81;
Debs 8; Roosevelt 23.
Congressmen Eercombe, 500. 3.
Cleaver pro. 26; Graham dem. 81;
Sinnott rep. 90.
United States Seuator--Bourne o.;
Clark prog. IA Lane dem. 05; Paget
prohi. 20; Ramp, SOC. B; Selling rer.'
rs.
Secretary of State--Kennedy prog.
81; Olcott rep. 88; Roadway SOC. 81
Ryan dem. 88; White prohi. 1S.
Justice Supreme Court--Bright
prohi. 23; Eakin rep. 90; Slater dem.
90; Weaver 500. 4.
Dairy and Food Com-Barzee SOC.
6; Duntar prohi. 30 Lee dem. 93
Mickle rep. and, prog TO-
Railroad Com--Aitehison rep. 10;
Anderson dem. 78; Gates probi. 49,
Mahaffey ind. 20; Service prog. 8.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS rep. l12;
Mann rep. 80; Skinner dem. 81;
Moore sou. 1S; Turley soc. 5
Sheriif-Propeck probi. 49,; Taylor
dem and rep. 1863; Wolf 500. s.
County Treasurer Bradley, rep. 06;
Gueenwald 500. Q; Nye dem. l04;
Wells pIohi. 10.
Asesssor--Allen SOC. 2; Hopson pro.
hi. 10; Saylor rep. So; Strain dem.
lI.
Coroner -Chatwood 500. 8; Garfield
rep. "a; Henderson dem. 9l McQuarry
prohi, "a.
County Commissioner soc. 8
Friedley dem. 1l3; Waterman rep. 80.