Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1912-11-06

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received by far the worst defeats.
Grier, Progressive, in the First dis
trict, was showed under by Coving-
ton. In the Second district, Laban
Sparks, who remained loyal to Taft,
was defeated largely through the
cutting he suffered at the hands of
the Progressives.
In the Third district, Sproesser,
who also JAILED to declare for Roose-
velt, received solid support from the
Republicans, but was defeated through
the fact that his district is normally
Democratic. Konig was aided by the
heavy vote for Wilson. Murbach,
the Republican candidate ia the
Fourth district, and who before the
primaries came out for Roosevelt, was
showed under by Linthicum's heavy
majority.
Parran pushed Smith, the Demo
cratic candidate. hard in the Fitch
district, but factional differences
as well as in Baltimore city. In the
Sixth Charles A. Waggaman declared
for Roosevelt, and David j. Lewis
largely Increased his majority of two
years ago.
In Baltimore city Roosevelt's
showing did not come up to the ex-
pectations of his managers. He car
ried four wards, three by most slen-
der pluralities, in fact one by a single
vote. Wilson carried the other lime
teen. Roosevelt's victories we're reg
istered in the Fifth, Fourteenth.
Seventeenth and Twenty-ourth wards.
Roosevelt's showing in Southern
Maryland and on the Eastern Shore
was also blow TO his locl friends
For weeks the Shore has been can
vassed by the Bull Moose, yet Taft
took the little in that section that
Wilson did not get Taft carried Cal
vert, Charles and St. Mary's coun-
ties. Besides the counties that he
carried, the President ran ahead of
Roosevelt IN fourteen counties.
And now as to the election results
throughout the country. The latest
returns received today. only show
that the extent of Governor Will
sons victory is greater than reported
in this mornings papers. Returns
from some of the States have been un-
usually slow coming in, but they suf-
fee to show that the New Jersey Ex--
ecutive has been swept into the high
est office in the gift of the nation by
an unprecedented vote in the Electoral
College as well as by popular vote.
He will have a majority of at least
2S1 electoral vots. Wilson's plural
ity over Roosevelt, who true to many
forecasts, ran second, in spite of the
confident claims made by the cam
paign managers of President Taft,
is 302 electoral votes, and over Taft
385 electoral votes.
Roosevelt, the latest returns show.
carried six States, while President
Taft is credited with but two. All of
the others were swept by the Demo
cratic wave for Wilson. Hiram John
ION, failed to carry California for
Roosevelt, and the suffragists be-
slowed their favor elsewhere. And
despite the Coloners Mason and
Dixon Line proclamation, Roosevelt
did not make more than a creditabIe
showing in any Southern State.
Illinois swung over to the Roose-
velt column, as did Michigan, the
birthplace of the Republican Progress
sive sentiment. The rock-ribbed
Republican State of Pennsylvania,
led by "Boss" Flynn, also seems to
have gone for the Colonel, but still is
placed in the doubtful column. Wis
consin ignored both Republicanism
and Progressiveism and cast its thir-
teen lectoral votes for Wilson. Maine
and Connecticut did likewise and
the nutmeg State also placed its
stamp of approval on Governor Bald
win by re-electing the Democratic
candidate.
Tne total electoral vote cast for
Wilson is 406; for Roosevelt, 1O4, and
President Taft, running a poor third,
secured but 81. There are 53I cleo
toral votes in the college, and 266
are necessary to choice. IL will
thus be seen that Governor Wilson
has lao more votes than is necessary
to send him to the Presidential chair.
Not only did the Democratic ma
tional ticket make a clean sweep.
but in all of the States carried by
Wilson, where gubernatorial fights
were on, Democrats were elected. and
in addition in couple of States car
ried by Roosevelt, Democratic Gov
ernors also were chosen. Still more
gratifying is the fact that the com
plexion of the next Senate and House
of REPRESENTATIVES. s1will be Demo-
cratic.