WILSON ELECTED PRESIDENT

Woodrow Wilson was elected President of the United States in the preferential straw vote held yesterday in the Cambridge departments of the University. The College and Graduate Schools cast their votes at the Lodge of the Class of '77 Gate, the Law School in Austin Hall. The vote cast at the Lodge of the Class of '77 Gate was as follows: There being no majority of first or second choices, Wilson was elected on a plurality of the sum of all choices by 920 counts, as against Roosevelt second with 739, Taft third with 732. Debs was fourth with 254 counts and Chafin last with 223. The first choice counts were: Wilson 450, Roosevelt 380, Taft 233, Debs 21, Chafin 7.

The Law School vote cast at Austin Hall elected Wilson by a majority of first choices, the vote being, Wilson 285, Taft 132, Roosevelt 95, Debs 4, Chafin 1.

The vote of the Law School and all other Cambridge departments combined elected Wilson on third count by 1400, Taft second 1132, Roosevelt third 1052, Debs fourth 328, Chafin fifth 322. Last spring the total vote elected Taft by 1113 tallies on second count, Wilson second with 918, Roosevelt third with 760. The total number of ballots cast last spring was 1791 compared with 1608 this fall.

The following table gives the complete results of the election, the sum of the first, second, and third choices determining the standing of the candidates.   First  Second  Third  Sum Wilson,  735  535  130  1400 Taft,  365  427  340  1132 Roosevelt,  475  257  320  1052 Debs,  25  101  202  328 Chafin,  8  93  221  322