Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1912-11-07
JAIL PROPOSITION
/ DEFEATED--S|NGLE
TAX BY BIG VOTE

The County Jail proposition was
lost. Though fourteen precincts Out
of 25 heard from by noon Wednesday
gave the question a slight two-thirds
majority. the growing vote against
it in the county precincts the farth
est from Mexico indicated it would
be lost Fourteen precincts, includ
ing the four wards in Mexico, gave
about 81 majority for r.
The Democratic tick t in Audrain
county, without exception. was vic
torious In Tuesdays election. Speak
er Champ clafks majority in Audrair
for Congressman over his Republican
opponent, W. L. Cole. is estimated at
2100. His majority in 1908 was 1901,
and in 1910 II was 1880. If the indl-
cations bear out the estimate his ma
jority In Audrain win have been in
creased nearly 400 over 1908 and al
most 200 over 1910.
Every amendment was lost in this
county by big majority. The Single
Tax Amendment with the seventh,
which would have taken the limit off
taxes, II adopted. was defeated even
by larger majority than was the six
Twenty-three precincts out Of 25
in Audrain. which had been received
at 3 o'clock Wednesday gave 1917
votes for the Jail proposition and l.
726 against it, The Single Tax
amendment in the same precincts got
100 votes for. and 4014 against. The
seventh amendment received 150
in its favor to 1913 against it. The
ninth amendment polled 40 votes
for it to 2S17 against it. The other
amendments were defeated at about
the same ratio. vandaIia and Grow
precincts are yet to be heard from,
but with favorable vote from them,
the Jail proposition with all amend
ments are defeated.
Late missouri views,
At o'clock this morning 1,197
precincts in Missouri, outside of st.
Louis, give Wilson 12l. .4Ss. Taft H.
OLE and Roosevelt 44,515.
The same precincts give Major,
for Governor, 1Os.s45, Mckinley, ST..
576 and Nortoni 34.365.
Woodrow Wilson has carried the
State Of New York by plurality
closely approximating 10000
William Sulzer (Dem.) for Govern
or has carried the State by about
10000.
William Barnes, Jr., chairman of
the Republican State C5nmittee, ad-
mitted the defeat of Mr.. Taft, but
claimed he would be second in the
race.
Gov. Wilson carried New York City
by about 125,OOO. With pluralities
in most of the cities throughout the
State, the estimate OF 10000 is re-
Earueu as conservative.
Oscar Straus, Progressive candi-
date for Governor, is running third,
from present indications. Job Hedg-
es, Republican nominee for Governor,
appears to be second.
The City of Syracuse went Demo
cratic to-day for the first time in its
history. giving Gov. Wilson a plural
ity of 1000.
AS returns continue to come in
the tidal wave toward Wilson in
creases, and William f. McCombs
stated this evening that he did not
consider estimating Wilson's plurali-
ty at 100000 in New York State as
extravagant.
Every Democratic candidate for Con-
gress except one seems to have been
elected in Greater New York; Demo
Gratis have also made nearly a clean
sweep for the State Senate.
Election information
at a Glance.
The President is elected BY . major
ity vote OF electors,
Total number of electors Is 531
Necessary to elect, 266.
in event of deadlock election goes
to United States House Of Represen-
tatives.
The House of Representatives
then would vote only on the three
highest in the electoral College.
The votes in the House are taken
by States, the representation from
each State having one vote; quo
rum for this purpose to consist of
raembers from two-thirds of the
States, and majority OF all the
States is necessary to choice.
The House now stands:
Democratic States, %.
Republican States, %.
Tied--Nebraska Maine and New
MeA:co-3.
democrats under this representative
would need three votes to win.
II the House of Representatives
fails to choose the President before
the 18th OF March the Vice President
in office succeeds to the presidency
as in the death of a President.
The Constitution also provides that
the Senate can elect a Vice Presi-
dent. In the event of the House be-
ing deadiocked on the presidency,
tie senate would elect Vice Presi-
dent v no would become acting Presi-
dent.
The yopular vote at the 1908 cleo
ton was 14,SSS,442.
William Howard Taft, Republican.
received 7,67S,9OS.
William J. Bryan, Democrat. 6,4O9.-I
1OA.
Eugene v. Debs, Socialist, 42o,79S
Taft's plurality, 1,269,SO4.
Victor to-day is the twenty-eighthI
President Of the United States.
Increase Of Twenty congressman.
The partial returns would Indicate
that the Democrats will have about
twenty Congressman over the 21SI
necessary for majority. The cleo
ton Of three Socialist Congressman
frovo +ha Allaobanv DISTRICT of penn.