Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-11-09
Indications Point to Defeat OF
One Bull Moose EIectOr Who
Was Scratched at Polls by
ProgreSsiveS.
nEMOCRATSLIKElY
TO CONTEST RETURNS
James D. PheIan and Rudolph
SpreckIeS Offer Reward of
$1,000 for Each Conviction
of Election Fraud,

IBy Morning journal Special Leased wire.
san Francisco, Nov S.-With seN-
anty-nine small precincts to hear from
me vote Of California on president i
as follows:
Roosevelt, 2S1,S69; Wilson, 2so,6ls'
Roosevelt's plurality, I5l.
These totals were compiled today
from correct official returns from the
county seats The 70 precincts re-
rnajnine unreported are all in remote
regions. 1t is probable that the vote
of many of them win not be known
before the official canvass.
ont of a maze OF uncertainty an en-
tire new tabulation today. based upon
corrected returns from virtually All
county seats. developed these lacts:
Roosevelt has plurality Of the pop
ular vote over Wilson that the few
remote precincts unreported are nov
likely to oyerturn.
Not all of the Roosevelt electors.
however, may have won. The name OF
Lieutenant Governor Albert }. wal
lace. which headed his electoral ticket,
was scratched by many voters, pre-
sumable because of his course In COM
muting the death sentences of muir
derers while acting governor.
In many instances, it is said Wal
lace's name was actually pencilled OIL
the ballot. Attorney General Wepp
has rendered an opinion that such bal
tots were invalidated.
Acting upon this opinion, the demo-
cratic managers have announced that
if the final returns leave Roosevelt
still in the lead, they will challenge
the vote of Los Angeles county, where
the progressives rolled up their heaVi-
est plurality and where Wallace ran
behind the other Roosevelt electors.
Wilson and Roosevelt alternated in
the lead early in the day, when the
distant mountain precincts began to
straggle in bringing with them many
surprises in the way of reversals from
expected results. Toward evening,
Roosevelt began to draw away, his
margin being augmented by several
corrections of totals from county seats,
based upon complete and official re-
turns. BY 400 p. m, it had increased
to nearly 1000 votes and it became
almost certain that the unreported
precincts in counties carried by the
democratic ticket would not overcome
this lead.
The final disposition of California S
thirteen electoral votes may be decided
by the courts. Democratic managers,
in the announcement of their determi-
nation to challenge the Los Angeles
county vote in t.. event of Roose-
welt victory on the formal count, de-
clared their action based not only on
the alleged counting of progressive
ballots inyalidated by pencil scratches
but on alleged errors and irregularity
Of republican judges of election in ex-
cluding valid democratic ballots.
James d. Phelan and Rudolph
spreckles authorized the democratic
state central committee late today TO
offer reward of $1,000 to any one
supplying evidence leading to the con-
Nctlon of any person on a charge OF
perpetrating election frauds. Accord |
ing to the terms of the offer, this re-
ward will be paid for each individual
conviction.
The wide discrepancy in the COM !
pete returns from Los Angeles county |
as compared with the earlier returns
"a change that wiped out an appar-
e"t lead of approximately 5000 votes |
lpr Wilson in the state-was due in |
part 10 switch in the method of tai
wing the popular vote. At the outset !
ine record was made up from the vote
cast for the head of each electoral
'icket. Later, when it became appar-
e"t That many progressives had not
voted Tor Wallace, the first Roosevelt |
eiector, progressive leaders demanded
"i the county clerk a recount in
winch vote for any elector in the
progressive column was tailed as a
vote for Roosevelt.
Late returns tonight reversed a !
Progressive plurality in the Eleventh !
congressional district and gave the vic
Tory to a democrat. increasing the
uemocratic representation from Cali
iorhia to three, reducing the progress
eve 10 four. william Kettner. demo-
''at, IS shown to have defeated sam
"ei {. Evans, progressive. by vote
"i -4.6s3 to 21.173. The single county
VI san Diego gave Kettner a plurality
81 more than ooa