Milford chronicle., 1912-11-08
WILSON AND MARSHALL
SWEEP The NATION
Democrats Garry New York
and Many Usually Repub-
llGaR States.

= New York, Nov. 6-Woodrow viii
o, lon has been elected president Of the
4, United States. The indications are
o. that the Democratic majority in the
t electoral college will be oyerwhelm-
ing
Governor Wilson has carried Maine,
D Massachusetts, Connecticut. New Jer-
sey, New York, Ohio Indiana, Wiscon.
/, sin, Kentucky, Maryland, Tennessee,
z Nebraska, and Oregon, all the south
ern states, and has probably carried
Missouri, Iowa and the Dakotas
In 1908 Taft carried Illinois by 49,
l22, Indiana by 1921, Maine by 81
5S4, Maryland by sos, Massachusetts
by 110,42S. Connecticut by 44,560,
Michigan by 159,SO9, Missouri by 629,
New Jersey by S2,769 New York by
202,602, Ohio by 69,591. Oregon by
24,4S1, Pennsylvania by 297001, South
Dakota by 27,27O, North Dakota by
24,795, Iowa by 74.439. Wisconsin by
e1,115 and Vermont by 2S.056.
New Mexico, which the Progressives
thought was sure for Roosevelt, has
been carried by Wilson California is /
safely for Roosevelt, but in North Da-
kota, which the Democrats thought /
was safe for Wilson, seems to be
about equally divided between Taft /
and Roosevelt.
Wilson has carried Missouri by 20
600. Major has been elected Demo
cratic governor The returns also show
that both the upper and lower branch
es of the Missouri legislature will be
controlled BY the Democrats
In california one of the interesting
features Of election day was the part
taken by the women in their first
presidential election. In Los Angeles
the vote OF the women was extraordi-
narily heavy and was heavily Progress
sive. In San Francisco there were
many women clerks of election, and in
one district eighty women did picket
duty to prevent the election of Wolff |
for state senator and the consttu-
donal amendment permitting the re-
establishment of race tracks, which
Wolff espOused.
The returns from Louisiana have
brought sore disappointment to the
Progressives of that state. The strong
anticipated anti-Roosevent sentiment
seems to have eaten into normal Dem
Dcratfcs pluralities by less than 10 per
cent Inlmany parts of the state Debs
ran ahead Of Taft. /
In Indiana the Democratic governor ]
IS elected. Beveridge has been de- r
'eated and the legislature is Demo O
sratic. o
Rooea1,aIt ,,., r,.;e7 ar;ot;.,,, L.. E.
5000 to 100000. Ferris, Democrat. for 9
governor. was elected by $4,000 plu-
'ality. il
The Democratic victory in many of IA
hese rock-bound Republican states r
vas due entirely to the split in the II
republican party and to the candi- Oh
acy of eX-President Roosevelt. In
most of these states Roosevelt got the b.
lbOr vote and the radical Republican r
ote which has been dissatisfied with Oh
be Taft administration and the Payne nj
ldrieh law. In other words, Colonel th
for the time being at least bi
as practically annihilated the Repub-
can party in the states mentioned. er
In all the states where Roosevelt hs
nd the Progressive candidates for if
Dvernor have run second to Wilson d.
nd the Democratic candidates for er
1vernor the Progressive party will no
ave control Of the election machinery
Ter the Republicans beginning with
ext years municipal campaigns. This
'ntrol will extend to 1914 in the state r,
ections for governor and members of
e legislature.
In New York state, in all counties oa,
here Oscar Straus, the Progressive 49,
ndidate for governor has run sec. 20,
ID to William Sulzer, the Progress. s.
yes will have control of the election ,
achinery over the Republicans. be- ,to
nning with next years municipal ~
sctiOns. This control will also ex- on,
nd, according TO law. to 1914, when nrc
governor is TO be elected and a leg. ia
ature is also to be elected which lar
Il elect a United States senator to \
cceed Elihu Root i,,l