Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-11-08

The early returns gave Wilson and
Marshall the solid South" and the
states of New Jersey, Connecticut, Del
aware. Kentucky, Maine, Maryland.
Massachusetts,, New York, West Vir-
ginia, Indiana. Missouri and Ohio. AS
the counting of the ballots continued,
the scope of the Democratic landslide
became wider, until 1t included Rhode
Island, Wisconsin, North Dakota, Me-
braska, Oregon, Iowa, California, Ne
vada, Montana, Colorado. Arizona.
Kansas. Wyoming. New Hampshire, H.
linois and New Mexico.
Forty out of the 48 states in the
Union were thus in the Wilson column
President Taft won the votes of but
three states, totaling IL: Idaho, Utah
and Vermont. Roosevelt carried but
five states: Pennsylvania. Michigan,
South Dakota, Washington and Mime
sofa.
Estimates based on complete returns
from Chicago and half of the counties
outside Of the city indicate Roosevelt's
plurality over Wilson ia entirely over
come. Col. Roosevelt's plurality Of
$4,000 in Cook county was reduced to
less than 10000 by Wilson's pluralities
in the state, and complete figures re-
ceived from nearly so counties in the
southern part of the state gave Wilson
a lead Of 1886.
The plurality of Dunno, the Demo
cratic candidate in the gubernatorial
race, probably will exceed 100000.
Complete figures from 50 of the 80
counties of Iowa give Woodrow Wilson
q plurality of 22,616 over Theodore
Roosevelt. swing that states 13 elec-
t0ral votes into the Wilson column,
making his total an even 442.
1t was found impossible to compute
with accuracy the popular vote of any
of the presidential candidates, and it
will be q number of days before the
counting of the three-cornered contest
in the different states is finished.
Realization of just how great q vic
tory they have won came to the Dem
Ocratic hosts of the nation today. Pre-
viously they had rejOiced, but today
the scope of what it meant was dawn
ing on the leaders and every one of
the party chieftains was solemn in the
face of the responsibility they will
now be required to shoulder.
Wilson and Marshall have carried 40
of the 48 states in the Union. In the
others they had run second and some
Of them were recorded against DemOc-
racy by comparatively narrow margins
In Pennsylvania and Michigan the vote
was very close, and these two states
represented a total of So votes In the
electoral college.
Wilson goes into power with a COM
bined Democratic senate and house be
hind him. This means that he will be
able to enact whatever legislation he
and the party chiefs believe necessary.
Wilson is expected to assume the
leadership of his party in both houses
of Congress Immediately. He Is on
record as declaring he believes when
the American people commission a
president to follow out certain line
of action they expect him to make
good. And those who know Wilson
best expect him to make specific rec
concentrations to Congress and then
II that body does not act, to 60 directly
to the people for needed support to put
through the suggested plans.
1t was this fact that caused the Dem
ocratic leaders to take stock today
The returns from the various states
were analyzed and their meaning
sensed.
The Wilson landslide had been great
enough to carry into Office Democratic
state tickets in many states. Even
where Wilson had failed to get through
the swing had gone on and Michigan
and Illinois, carried by Roosevelt, cleo
ted Democratic governors.
Massachusetts gave Wilson approx
mately $4,000 plurality and emphasized
its liking for Eugene N. FOss by tack
ing 10000 to this figure for the Dem
| 0cratic governor.
Wilson and Baldwin were names tt
coniure with in Connecticut, the ma