Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-11-19
NJ GOVERN WINNER
ON LATE RETURNS
Governor Gains Reflection by
a Close Margin.
5000 PLURALITY OVER KAREi
Vote Still Incomplete, and Official
May Reduce Republican Candidates
Lead-WIlson's Plurality Over Taft
in State About 1000.

Milwaukee, Nov. 9.-While still
the returns from the
state point to the reelection of Gov.
McGovern by upward of 5000.
The official returns from Portage
county, which had been figured as
giving McGovern a plurality of 643,
showed plurality for Karel of 2S6,
a difference of 929, which served to
pull the McGovern lead down below
the 5000 mark, although Trem-
pealeau, which had been set down for
500 plurality for McGovern, gave
1868, according to the official count,
and Ashland county, reported at 443,
gave 562 on the official count.
The official vote has been received
from only few of the counties and
the indications are, from the official
returns already in, that the final
count may make important changes
in the pluralities, but hardly suff-
cient to affect the result
So certain are the managers of the
Republican state central committee
that the Republican state ticket is
elected that the headquarters here
have been closed. Judge John G.
Karel is unwilling to concede the
election to McGovern at this time
He intimated that the official count
might change the totals and that I'M
til the official count has been made
he would have nothing to say
AS indicated by the unofficial re-
turns, the officers elected are as fol-
lows:
Francis E. McGovern,
Milwaukee,
Lieutenant Governor - Thomas
Morris, La Crosse.
Secretary of State-John S. Dom
aid, Dane.
State Treasurer Henry Johnson,
Oconto.
Attorney General-Walter S. ow-
en-. Pierce.
Wilson's plurality over Taft in
Wisconsin will be probably $4,000,
and returns show Taft received about
double the vote accorded Roosevelt
the progressive party candidate.
The vote in Wisconsin for presi-
dent this fall was the lightest that
has been cast in a presidential year
since 1888, and the lightest cast at
any general election since 1898. AS
compared with the vote of 1908 the
returns on the presidential vote cast
last Tuesday shows that over 100000
voters remained away from the polls
Legislature Remains Republican.
The Wisconsin legislature will be
republican in both branches. Eleven
republican, two democratic and three
senators running on a non-partisan
ticket were elected to the upper
house, while The assembly has elected
81 republicans, 81 democrats, 6 So
clalists and 10 members elected on
the non-partisan ticket. Some OF
these non-partisans will affiliate with
the republicans and some with the
democrats.
The complexion of the senate will
be 20 republicans, democrats, 1 so
cial-democrat and men elected as
non-partisans.
There would seemingly be little
chance for the defeat of the income
tax law at this session of the legis-
lature, as at least II and possibly Is
members of the legislature are
pledged against the repeal of the law
The democrats make a gain OF
practically five senator's, for while the
non-partisan senators from Milwau.
kee county were elected without par.
ty bias, it is understood they will act
with the democratic senators. In two
senatorial districts the democrat:
gain seats outright In the Sheboy
gan-Ozaukee counties district Will
lam Richler succeeds Henry Krum
reg, a republican. L. R. Kellogg i.
elected senator in the Green Lake
| Fond du Lac counties district