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PRESIDENT WILSON ELECTED
' ON FACE OF THE RETURNS
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Republicans Demand a Recount of Votes in Several
Close and Pivotal States.
RECORD-BREAKING INTEREST IN THE NEWS
Entire Nation Kept in Suspense While Election Judges of a Few
States Counted to the Last Ballot Before Result Was
Known Soldier Vote a Factor.
New York, Nov. 11. Oh the fnce of
tbo returns, uuofllclnl and still lncom
plete, Woodrow Wilson bus been re
, elected president of the United States
with a majority of nt least eleven In
the electoral college. IJut the Repub
licans place a cloud on his title that Is
likely to remain for a week or ten
dnys, and In thb meantime the Repub
licans arc declining to pay their elec
tion bets.
The situation Is extraordinary and
has resulted In days of nerve-racking
strain for the people of the country.
If the election ofllclnls of a few remote
precincts In a few states know how the
nation has been waiting breathless to
hear from them, they must be swelled
up enormously with a sense of their
Importance. For on those few pre
cincts has depended the nation's choice
of Its chief executive.
That Mr. Wilson's victory over Mr.
Hughes will not bo conceded without a
recount In the close states, such as Cal
ifornia, New Hampshire, New Mexico
and North Dakota, was determined at
conferences of the Republican leaders
here. Chairman WIllcox asserted a re
count would bo demanded wherever
the margin of Democratic victory was
so small that comparatively few votes
would turn the scales. He and his as
sociates say they take: the position
that there should he no cloud upon Mr.
Wilson's title to the presidency. The
Democrats, for their part, declared
that t there must bo n recount In, New
Hampshire, even though the returns
gave il-e state to Mr. Wilson.
That the returns are still incomplete
Is due to the presence on the border of
the National Guard of a number of
states. The soldiers are permitted to
vote by mall, Ihelr ballots beliife for
warded to the auditors of their homo
counties, and In Minnesota especially
the voto of the Gunrdsinen is likely to
cut it llguro in determining whether the
stato goes Into the Wilson or the
Hughes column.
Minnesota was as bad as California
in the matter of shifts, and as Its dele
gation Is nearly as large, It, too, was
watched with the Interest Interest.
Through days and nights of counting,
the race was a see-saw, with but a
thousand or so of votes separating the
candidates. Neither side would ad
rait defeat, and even now both are
nwaltlug tho soldier voto and the ofli
clal count.
New Hampshire a Surprise,
rerhaps the most surprising of nil
tho states' was Now Hampshire, -it
. alone of all New England failed to give
the Republican candidate a substantial
plurality, and for days no one knew
in. which column it would laud, i The
astonishing closeness of the vote was
shown by the rival claims, tjn-eo days
nfter tho election, of 100 plurality for
Hughes and 81 for Wilson. In the cir
cumstances It Is no wonder that the
managers of both parties should do
inaudn 'recount.
New Mexico, with three electoral
votes, attracted nntlonul attention by
placing Itself early In tbo list of doubt
Jul states, and as it soon appeared that
almost every electoral votu would be
vital, the returns from down on the
norder were grabbed hot off the wires.
After veering back and forth for days,
New Mexico was dellnltely placed in
the Wilson column, though there, too,
tho president's mnrgln was so scant
that a basis was afforded for tbo call
for n recount.4 A few mistakes dis
covered In tho figures or the precinct
olllcials might well swing the state
over to Hughes.
WIllcox Demands Recount.
On Friday National Clmlrman WIll
cox or the RepubK-iu. paity handed
out the following s- ..eiuciit:
"Tho result still depends upon the
vote In a few close -tates. It must be
borne In mind tint the returns thus
far announced are, u most states, un
olllclal, and may v- changed by the
olllclal count requ .- d by the Inws of
those states.
"Twice during these unolllclal com
putations yesterday In California mis
takes In additions were announced
from that state, substantially changing
figures previously glvpn.
"It Is a common experience that the
result of the olllclal count almost al
ways varies from tho returns llrst an
nounced. "Where the vote Is as close as that
reported in several states, It may well
be 'that material changes will result
from the olllclal count.
"We owe It to the country to take
all necessary steps to see that an ex
act and honest count of the vote Is
made. When the current seemed to be
running against Mr. Wilson on Wednes
day the Democratic miinagers an
nounced their Intention to demand a
recount In every, close slate.
"All we desire Is to iniike sure that
the vote Is counted as east."
Roth sides conceded that no matter
what action might be taken In regard
to a recount there Mas little likelihood
of a coufoM being carried to the house
of lepresentatlves as it was after the
Hayos-Tllden campaign In 187(1. 'Legis
lation enacted In KSSJ, It was said
made the state sovereign In pronounc
ing Judgment In a recount of the pres
ideptlal vote.
How Congress Stands,
With returns missing fiom only one
congressional distiict In the United
States, the Republicans and Demo
crats each had'elected IMfi representa
tives. The voto In New Mexico, which Is
still In doubt, probably will determine
which party Is to have a plurality of
one over the nthw Tin (iresehf mem
ber from New Mexico Is a Republi
can. The balance of power In the next
house i 1 1 be hairi by four men, one
a Progressive Protectionist from
Louisiana, one an Indepoudent from
Massachusetts, one a Progressive from
Minnesota and the other a Socialist
from New York. v
I Tho4. action of these , members ap
parently will dotermine the choice of
a speaker, as well as tho fate of legis
lation which Is supported or opposed
on purely party llneB.
The senate remains unchanged, U1
Demociats to 42 Republicans; a Demo
cratic majority of 12.
In addition to the hope of electing
a congressman at large from New
.Mexico, the Democrats had one grain
of comfort. It was that an olllclal
count may disclose that Thomas J.
Scully bus been re-elected from the
third New Jersey district.
An unusual feature of the result Is
the election of the llrst woman to con
gress. Miss .leanette Rankin, Repub
lican, apparently Inning been elected
In Montana.
Six States Go Dry.
Prohibitionists are Jubllunt over the
results of the election whor pibhlhl-,
tlou was an Issue. From Washlngtu
the legislative committee 'if (he Anti
Saloon league Issued a statement, say
"ig:
"Prohibition bus tnke'i another
gicat leap foiward, Michigan has
oted for state-wide prohibition by
7.-i.(KMJ iiiiijiirlty. Nebiifska ib.v 0,OH.
Montana by. 20,000 and South jDakntu
by J.'.OOO. Idnjio has adopted a pro
IJIMllou coiistUutliiual amendment by
a majority of Il.to U Utiiluhus,.prph
ably electe.d a legislature pledged to
enact srnte-wldj; prohibitions 'fWnh
Ington, Iowa. Colorado. Arizona and
Arkansas Inive detailed attempts of
the liquor people lo M'eiire the adop
tion of proposals which would' nullify
their prohibitory laws- (
"ThusVJl suites out, of ,IS-r-oie-half
of ,tlie slates l the Union have now
declared for stme-wde piohlbltlou.
and over (50 per cent of the population
ami isi per cent o'f the area of Mie
country Is now under prohibitory lavr."
Women Vote as Do Men.
From the general result It Is clear
that as the iicn voted In the Miffnige
slates, so dill tin' womeh.
In Illinois men and women -seemed
about equally dlxlded as to. prefer
ence. The state went for Hughes h
a big plurality.
In Kansas, Colorado. Montnpa.
Washington, Oregon anil California,
where women also ote, Wilson was
successful, hut hh pluralities were not
sulllclently large to indicate (hat the
woman voters supported him ns a unit.
Farm Vote the Factor.
There are seveial great outstanding
facts concerning the result of the elec
tion, one of which is that labor, in all
the big Industrial states .except Ohio,
declined to give Its undivided support
to President Wilson despite his claim
to It on the score of having persuaded
congress to pass the Adamson "eight
hour" bill. New York, Pennsylvania,
Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, In
diana, all gave the Republican candi
date pluralities, and Ohio's vote In fa
vor of Wilson Is not certainly to be at
tributed to the labor vote.
Another Interesting development wns
tho Independence of the West, which Is
asserting that It elected a president
without the aid of New York and Penn
sylvania and other big western nml
centrnl states. When It was found,
early In the evening of election day,
that the empire state had gone for
Hughes, the newspapers of the metrop
olis, even those that had supported
Wilson, conceded the victory to tho
Republicans, without waiting to hear
from tho middle West. When the re
turns came In from these regions, it
wns found that the farmer and stock
raiser had decided the election.
Yet another fact that calls for com
ment Is that Governor Johnson of Cal
ifornia, running on the Republican and
Progressive tickets, has been elected to
the United States senate by something,
like, MO.OOO plurality, and yet the state
went Democrntle on the presidency.
THE ELECTORAL VOTE
States Wilson Hughes
Alabama 12 ..
Arizona 3 ..
Arkansas 9
California 13
Colorado 6
Connecticut i
Delaware
Florida 6
Georgia ., , 14
Idaho' 4
Illinois ,-
Indiana
Iowa '
Kansas .'...i... 10
Kentucky 13
Louisiana 10
Maine '
Maryland :.V. ... .. 8
Massachusetts l .. .V '
Michigan . J:. . U?.. ..'.. '
"Minnesota , ,. .
Mississippi 10
Missouri 18
Montana 4
Nebraska '. , 8
Nevada 3
NeW Hampshire 4'
New Jersey
New Mexico 3
New York
North Carolina 12
North Dakota 5
Ohio 24 ,
Oklahoma 10
Oregon ..
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina 9
South Dakota . ...i
Tennessee , 12
Tqxas .,...., , 20
Utah ..).... "t' i
14
45
38
Vermont,
Virginia fi 12
Washington '.' 7
West Virginia '. ' ..
Wisconsin ..
Wyoming' 3
8
13
, Totals v 278 243
Result In Minnesota, with 12 votes,
will not be known until soldiers' vote
Is counted. It Is possible that recount
In close states may change the total to
some extent
DEM WINS
IN B
LATEST RETURNS ASSURE ELEC
TION OF DEMOCRATIC
, CANDIDATES.
HITCHCOCK BACK-IN SENATE
, i.
Almost Complete FfgureGWe .Dem-
'VApcrati Full- ContTo(j?fftrie
'8tate Government for.
Next Term.
Wdslt-in tcwspipur Uillon NctfH fti'ivlce.
Lincoln. Not only . has Nobrusku
ran led for' Woodrow Wilson by a ma
jority which imly rcieh :io,060, but a
drmoerntlo UnitntlnStntoH senator and
tin e congressmen were elected, every
candidate on Uiq democratic tato
Keith Neville of North Platte, who
has been elected governor over
Judge Sutton of Omaha.
ticket won and the legislature demo
cratic in both houses was chosen.
The last doubtful olllces state su
perintendent; and land commissioner
fell Into tho democratic column when
belated returns showed the defeat of
State Superintendent Thomas by W.
H. Clemmons and a small plurality
for Shumway over Bcckman.
It will bo tho first time in tho his
tory of Nebraska that the democratic
party has held practically every olllce
In the stato houso. Tho only repub
licans In office after January 1 will
bo two railway commissioners.
Keith NovHlo's plurality over Sut
ton may exceed 6,000 when all pre
cincts aro in.
Tho constitutional amendment mak
ing tho food conimlsslonersulp a six
year olllco was defeated.
McCormlck Congratulates Langhorst.
Tho following tolcgram has been
recolved by L. F. Langhorst, chahman
of tho atato democratic central com
mittee, from Vance McCormlck, chair
man of the national committee:
, "Now York City, Nov. 11.
"Mr. L, F. Langhorst, Chairman Ne
braska Stato Central Committee:
While wo aro celebrating our glori-
Gilbert M. Hitchcocksof Omaha, who
haa been re-elected to the U. S.
senate In opposition to John L.
Kennedy.
ous victory I want to take this oppor
tunity to express to jou my deep ap
preciation of tho great service per
'formed by you in this campaign. Tho
result was oulv accomplished by tho
unselfish and patriotic devotion of men
like you, who, made sacrifices for tho
great causo of democracy and the
Ideal of truo Americanism. Tho grati
tude of u grntoful nation is yours.
"VANCE C. M'CORMICK."
Dry Margin Climbs Over 25,000
.Lincoln. Practically conipleto ro
ports on. sixty-eight out of tho ulnoty
threo counties in Nebraska, excluding
1 Lancaster and Douglas, gave a major
Ity of U5.832 vote,s I'qr'tho dry amend
ment. Tho figure's have been fur
nished by thu Lancaster county dry
fodarntlQii, vhlcli has bcou compiling
returns on tho wot aud dry voto. Lan
caster county, which Is not Included
in this total, gavo a substantial ma
jority for the amendment, whllo
Douglas voted agalnBt it.
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BF i f I
SENDS CONGRATULATIONS )
Omaha. Senator Hitchcock has ro
colved by telegraph and letter during
tho last fow dayo many letters of con
gratutatlons. Among others ho re
ceived tho following letters from his
opponent:
"November 9, 191C lion. O. M.
Hitchcock, World-Herald building,
Omaha,
"My Dear Senator: ' The returns In
dicate ray defeat and your election.
Please accept my congratulations.
Very truly yours,
"JOHN L. KENNEDY."
Senator Hitchcock sent Mr. Ken
nedy this acknowledgement:
"November 10, IMC Hon. John L.
Kennedy, Saundors-Kcnncdy building,
Omaha, Neb.
"My Dear Mr. Kennedy: 1 thank
you for your kind letter of congratu-
I u-fr 'ratify v"'
Chief Justice Andrew M. Morrissey,
who has beeri elected to succeed
himself. Judge Morrissey was ap
pointed by Governor Morehead to
fill the unexpired term of Judge
Hollenbeck, deceased.
latlon. I am glad to say tiiut nothing
has happened in the campaign to im
pair our friendship. ou made u
strong fight and your personal treat
ment of me was fair and honorable,
Youra glncernly,
"G. M. HITCHCOCK,
"U. S. S."
DISTRICT JUDGES
Following is a list of the district
Judges elected on tho non-partisan
ticket:
1 John B. Raper.
2 James T. Begley.
3 P. James Cosgrave.
Wlllard E. Stewart.
Fred Shepherd.
A Geo. E. Day.
Lee S. Estelle.
Alexander C. Troup.
Charles Leslie.
Willis G. Sears.
William E. Redlck.
Arthur C. Wakeloy.
5 George F. Corcoran.
E. E. Good.
6 Frederick W. Button.
George H. Thomas
7 Ralph D. Brown.
8 Guy T. Graves.
9 Anson A. Welch.
William V. Allen.
10 Harry S. Dungan.
11 James R. Hanna.
Bayard H. Palno.
12 Bruno O. Hosteller.
13 H. M. Grimes.
14 Ernest B. Perry.
15 robeit R. Dickson. , ,
10 William H. Wcstovcr.
17 Ralph W. llobart.
18 L. W. Pemberton.
.Omaha. It. B. 'Howell, republican'
national committeeman from Nebras
ka, formerly progressive leader, "at
tributes Wilson's victory to tho wo
man vote.
"Returns from Kansas, California
and ail tho other western states west
of tho Mississippi, oxceptlng Illinois,
wherein the women are permitted to
vote, show that they had the balance
of power and used It in behalf of Mr.
Wilson," said Mr. Howell.' "Tho argu
ment that appealed, to the, woman
voter was, 'Ho kept us out of war,' "
Return Present Members to Congress
Tho old members havo all been re
elected and will tatain their scats. In
congro8s1 Thqy uro:
Flist C F. Reavia Republican
S.Qrond UhnrJc3:0. ,Lohcc.k;'penipcrat
Third Dan V. .Stephens... . .Democrat
Fourth Charlrs H. Sloan.. Republican
Filth Ashtop O, Shallcnberger. .
..,.,. Democrat
Sixth Moses P. Kiikald.. Republican
Silas It. Barton, republican candi
date In tho Fifth district, was
stricken with pneumonia, caused from
ovcrr-uxertlon and oxpnsuro during 'tho
caniDPign, and died on the morning of
election.
With tho election of Senator Hitch
cock, tjils will leavo the Nebraska del
egation in Washington evenly divided
between democrats and republicans.
Tho dry amendment has carried In
Hovonty.plght counties by a plurality
of 20,266 In seventy-eight counties, tho
voto being 12r,04l in Its favor nnd
104,775 against.
It Is reported in Omaha that an ef
fort would bp Aiade, to contest tho
validity of tho .' problbiiory , amend
ment .on tho grounds that tho now law
would attempt to stop the salo and
manufacturo of liquors "forever.!' Just
how It was figured that tho word "for
over'' would make tho wording Illegal
was 'not made clear.' Tho story had
It, that representatives qt certain. In
terests had conferred with sotno of tbo
biggost lawyers in Omaha with view
ot finding out if any of thoso lawyers
could pick out any loopholos in tho
now amendmont.
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