The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-11-08

New YORK, Nov. 6.-With the cleo
ton of Woodrow Wilson to the presi
dency and Thomas r. Marshall to the
vice presidency assured by the earlier
returns the reports gave indications
that the electoral vote of the Demo
cratic candidates would pass the 900
mark
The size of the popular majority
given the Democratic national ticket
in the states outside of Illinois, that
might give electoral votes to either
Taft or Roosevelt, were matters OF
conjecture.
II was certain, however, that Hi
nois would give an overwhelming ma
jority to Roosevelt. while the race in
Pennsylvania was close, with Roose.
welt an apparent winner.
Early returns gave Governor Viii.
son and Governor Marshall the solid
South and Connecticut, Delaware,
Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massa
chusetts, New York, West Virginia,
Indiana and Missouri.
AS returns from the West began to
come in earlier estimates were con.
firmed, and Montana, New Jersey and
New Mexico were added to those that
seemed certain for the Democratic
candidates, while scattering returns
oil nd
made it probable that California might
join the Wilson-Marshall column,
though the Progressives still claim
the state
Rhode Island also became a doubt
full state on the returns and, based on
the later votes reported, it seemed
not wholly improbable that it's five
electoral votes would go to Wilson.
Taft PiuraIities DwindIe.
The early returns gave an apparent
victory to Taft in New Hampshire
and Vermont, but the Taft pluralities
dwindled to very few hundred votes
in each state and seemed likely to be
wiped out entirely.
The vote in Pennsylvania was
amazingly close, the returns from
more than 1000 precincts, embracing
over $4,000 votes, giving each of the
three leading presidential candidates
more than $4,000 votes.
Many surprises were shown in the
returns. The New York state assem-
bly, seemed to be overwhelmingly
Democratic. In Illinois indications
were that Judge Dunno, the Demo
cratic candidate for governor, had won
Notwithstanding the heavy Roosevelt
victory. Former Speaker Cannon
seemed to have been defeated for re-
election to congress in Illinois.
In addition to Roosevelt's certain
victory in Illinois the confident claims
of the Roosevelt managers that Mich
igan and Kansas would fall into the
Roosevelt column seemed verified by
the partially complete returns. Iowa,
first given to Roosevelt, seemed to
swing to Wilson in later returns. The
returns from California were meager,
but left this state in doubt between
Wilson and Roosevelt. The uncertain
ty regarding Vermont was settled by
the announcement of the complete
vote which gave Mr.. Taft majority
Of 924 votes.
The Providence, r.. l., Journal con-
coded that state to Wilson and with
the result in New Hampshire it
seemed probable that New England,
with the exception OF Vermont, had
gone to the Democratic column.
But little definite news from states
Of the Pacific West was received.
The tabulation of votes in the other
Western states was so slow as to
make predictions impossible as to
where their electoral votes would go.
Socialist Beaten for Mayor.
Minneapolis, Nov. 6.-Returns from
los precincts out of lis gave Nye,
nonpartisan candidate for mayor,
20,427 against 1896 for Van Lear.