Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-14
ELECTORS
GIVE WILSON MAJORITY
Votes Cast at the Capitals in
the Forty-Eight States
of the Union.

In the forty-eight states of the Union
the presidential electors. chosen at the
polls in November. met yesterday and
cast the electoral vote for President and
Vice President OF the United States. The
returns prepared by the electors are now
in the mail. addressed to the president
pro tempore of the United States Sen
ate.
Another set of returns will be brought
in person by messengers chosen from
each state and delivered to the president
pro tempore. The House and Senate will
meet in joint session February II, the re-
turns be canvassed and Wilson and Mar
shall will be declared elected President
and Vice President. respectively.
Majority for Wilson.
The vote was cast yesterday as follows:
Wilson and Marshall (dem.) ............ 43J
Roosevelt and Johnson (progD ......... s.
Taft and Butler repo. S
Total OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ....-...... .Si
The long-continued dispute over the
electoral vote of California was ended
when the electors Of that state met and
cast II votes for Roosevelt and for
Wilson.
DR.. Nicholas Murray Butler, president
of Columbia University of New York. re-
ceived the vote of the electors of Utah
and Vermont for Vice President in place
of the late James s. Sherman at the ball
loting in Salt Lake and Montpelier last
night President Taft received the vote
of the two states for the presidency.
New Experience for Pennsylvania.
For the first time in more than fifty
years the electoral vote Of Pennsylvania
was given to candidates other than regu-
lar republicans. The Pennsylvania elect
ors. after casting their votes for ROose-
Welt and johnson. adopted resolutions de-
claring for the continuance of the pro-
gressive party and calling for a national
convention. The electors then sang
America
The electors Of Maryland met at An
napolis i'm the old senate chamber where
George Washington resigned his commits
sion as commander-in-chief Of the Con-
tinental army. and cast their eight votes
for Wilson and Marshall.
For the first time in sixty years Ohio
cast a solid vote for the democratic
ticket when the members of the electoral
college formally cast twenty-four votes
Of the state for Wilson and Marshall.
Marshall Gives Pledge.
81 assure you there will be no dispute
in the incoming national administration,
for 1 do not intend to oppose President
Wilson, declared Gov. Marshall in
thanking Indiana's fifteen electors, who
cast their votes for Wilson and Marshall
for President and Vice President. Fur
thermore, 1 pledge myself to see that, SO
far as lies in my power, the platform
adopted at the Baltimore convention is
carried out"
The eighteen electoral votes of Massa-
chusetts were thrown for Wilson and
Marshall.
Kentucky added to Wilson's collection
Of lucky thirteens.'' when, meeting on
the thirteenth day of the month, the state
electors for President and Vice Presi-
dent cast thirteen votes for Wilson and
Marshall.
Seven votes for Wilson and Marshall
were cast by the Connecticut democratic
electors.
The twenty-nine presidential electors of
Illinois cast their votes for Wilson and
Marshall.