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Show H ILLINOIS Hl Chicago. Nov. 6. What on early re- H rurns last night appealed to be :i H landslide in Illinois for Colonel Roose- 1 Aelt this morning had narrowed down H to a bare plurality over Wilson of S.- H j (00, and almost half of the state wa,s Hf still (o be lis ard from. H I Men or the counties whose votes H have li't yet been received normally H are Democratic and supporters of the H colonel entertained some apprchen- H slon about the final result. f The results from 2,493 precincts out M j of 4.240 pave Roosevelt 23S.393; Wil- 1 Eon 230, ISO and Taft 141,121. H On the face of the first Cook cortn- H tv returns the Progressive party ve- H d'lcted a plurality of at least 100,000 H votes in Illinois (or the colonel, f Roosevelt's standing in 1.222 out of H the J.49S precincts in Cook county wa, M ?- 135,297 to Wilson's 100,903. In 1,271 f precincts out of 2.78S outside of Cook H conntv, Wilson's vote was 120,581 and H Roosevelt's 10S.09C There remains H 1,687 downstate precincts to report. H ! Judge Dunne, gubernatorial candi- H rtate, Is generally conceded a plurality H ojC 60.000. The vote from 1.9S0 pre- H cincts gave Dunne 212.2G1. Funk H (Prop.), 141.G32, and Denecn (Rep.1. H 137,043. Dunne led both in Cook H county and downstate. The entire H i Democratic state ticket was swept ln- H to office. H Two surprises were the defeat of H former Speaker Cannon bv O'Hair 1 (Dem,). in the Eighteenth district and Hf the enormity of the Socialist vo'. In H ' Cook county Cunnca- (Sod. lan ahead H of the Republican candidate for st"tr H attorney and only about 5.000 be'A id H Hoyne "(Dem.). who was elected. Cun- H nea's vote was estimated at 75,000. H ' Two Socialists Avere elected to tho H j legislature, H 'Progressives and Socialists hold the H balance of power in the legislature on H iolnt ballot. Nine Progressives. 97 H l Democrats and 9G Republicans were H elected; There are 204 members wlih B 103 necessary for a choice in the ec- H lection of two United States senators. H Governor Deneen. it was announced. H was considering calling an extra ses- H sion of the legislature to rill the Lor- H' iroer vacancy. It was believed early L' "today that William McKinley. Presi- H . dent Taft's campaign manager, had H been defeated to succeed himself in H congress. |