In the preferential straw vote held yesterday in the Cambridge departments of the University, William Howard Taft h.'02 was re-elected President of the United States. Under the preferential system used, there being no majority in first choices, the firsts and seconds were added together, which gave Taft a majority of the total number of ballots cast and thereby elected him. The working of preferential voting may be seen by the fact that although Roosevelt led Wilson in first choices, 488 to 432, the total number of first and second choices for Wilson was 918 to Roosevelt's 760. Wilson therefore obtained second place while Roosevelt came in third.

The vote cast at Austin Hall was as follows:   First  Second  Others Bryan  5  7  21 Clark.  9  25  36 Cummins  5  7  26 Debs  4  7  7 Foss  3  1  3 Harmon  21  58  61 Hughes  23  38  20 La Follette  24  54  51 Roosevelt  66  54  35 Taft  268  63  47 Underwood  19  78  53 Wilson  157  129  66

The vote at the Lodge of the Class of '77 Gate was as follows:   First  Second  Others Bryan  2  5  8 Clark  17  57  84 Cummins  2  15  54 Debs  54  18  43 Foss  2  4  9 Harmon  32  123  109 Hughes  20  31  34 La Follette  28  159  212 Roosevelt  422  218  119 Taft  515  267  145 Underwood  18  85  82 Wilson  275  357  263

The following table gives the complete results of the election, the sum of the first and second choices determining the standing of the candidates:   First  Second  Sum Taft  783  330  1113 Wilson  432  486  918 Roosevelt  488  272  760 La Follette  52  213  265 Harmon  53  181  234 Underwood  37  163  200 *Hughes  43  69  112 Clark  26  82  108 Debs  58  25  88 Cummins  7  22  29 *Bryan  7  12  19 *Foss  5  5  10

*Name did not appear on printed ballot.