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THE SUN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1916.
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(tnmo on there was nothinjt to increase hope and much to add to the de
gression. Wilson was leading in California, lending in Minnesota and
lecmcd to have the advantage In Oregon and North Dakota.
It was not until the late afternoon thta Republican hopes began ot
fflse. A thrill of good news came from California, that the rural districts
Und small towns wero cutting down San Francisco's lead for Wilson, and
hat Hughes was beginning to pick up strength in rural Minnesota. Also
(they could figuro that Mr. Hughes had 241 electoral votes, while they
heeded only to give 252 to Mr. Wilson. Then it became evident that
three combinations sufficient to elect Hughes were possible
This wns nnnounccd first by Mr. Hitchcock, upon whose cool headed
feess in n desperate situation nnd whose shrewd knowledge of local condi
tions great reliance was placed. These combinations were, first, Cali
fornia and Minnesota without New Mexico, North Dakota and Oregon.
The second was California with New Mexico, North Dakota and Oregon,
but without Minnesota. The third was Minnesota, New Mexico, North
Dakota and Oregon, but without California.
With these combinations figured out and with rising tendencies in
the Hughes vote on the Pacific coast and in Minnesota, and when it was
fcoen that the smaller States of this group were swinging to Mr. Hughes,
then there was a distinct lift in Republican optimism.
1, Assurance From the Big States.
! nut tbo peculiar character of this table of figures was that either
California or Minnesota must be won by Mr. Hughes to effect a winning
Combination. The Munition grew tenser every minute as this became ap
parent The Minnesota leader constantly assured the Now York offlco
that Wilson hud obtained bis lead In St. I'aul, Minneapolis and other
titles and that the country districts would send Mr. Hughes forging to
pbc front. The same assurances were received from Howell In California.
Then wonl cauio from the chairman of the Oregon .State committee
that Oregon was wife. It was transferred to the Hughes column. My 8
P. M. they hail the ilcllnlte word that two-thirds of Oregon's precincts
ve Hughes n lead of 4,000.
Next North Dnkotn drifted so much to the Hughes side that the
leaders felt nafo In putting its vote in the nughos total. This left but
three States, California, Minnesota and New Mexico, and for the remaining
hours the returns from these were scanned tensely. It wns recognized
that Mr. Hughes must carry two of the three to win.
As the night went on It seemed sure that Mr. Hughes was not only
evercomlug Mr. Wilson's lead In both California and Minnesota but wns
lowly going ahead, at the rate of a few votes to an election district. In
Minnesota at U P. M. he was gaining nt the rato of tcu votes to n dis
trict and cutting Wilson's lead to ribbons.
i Reports From Other States.
Even while the Republican leaders were figuring on possible com
binations that would elect Mr. Hughes thero were a few States already
n the Republican column that hadn't ceased to trouble. West Virginia
Was one of these, and Mr. Willcox, Mr. Hitchcock and others kept a closo
eye on the returns from this State. However, toward 10 P. M. it became
apparent that while Mr. Hughes's lead was small, it was steady, and
then at midnight Gov. Hatfield reported that the State was sure for
Eughes by 5,200.
New Hampshire reported at one time a plurality of 150 for Wilson,
but at 11 P. M. an unofficial announcement from the Secretary of State
of New Hampshire gave Hughes's plurality in a complete vote as 161.
Senator Hollis, for the Democrats, was still claiming the State for Wilson.
There was n mnrgin of 800 to 1,000 in Delaware, but it seemed to be suf
ficient and there wa3 no worry about that State. Oregon's plurality
Was indicated as more than 4,000.
Almost every doubtful State with the exception of Kansas and Idaho
has troops at the border. The Republican leaders thought this might
have a bearing on the situation in extremely close contests, since it was
their opinion that the majority of National Guardsmen are for Mr.
3iughes. It was a point of especial interest in New Mexico, where the
race was very close, because New Mexico has 1,109 men at the border.
BOTH SIDES CLAIM
SEVEN CLOSE STATES
Continued from First Page,
plurality. althoutth unofficial, was based
,en ofllclal returns.
. In apparent contradiction of that an
nouncement Georco K. Ferrnnd, chair
man of the Democratic Ktato Commit
tee, gave out figures lndlcatlnir a small
plurality for Wilson. Chairman Ker
rand'a statement said that with thirteen
mall towns missing Wilson had 42,464
Rotes: Hughes, 42.32C
Newspaper tlKiircs. with two small
towns In the White Mountains missing
Bvo Hughes ii lead of 524.
Official War Department flfrureg show
there arc 1,375 National Uuardamen
from New Hampshire on the border.
WORTH DAKOTA PUZZLES.
Incomplete Returns (ilve Hushes
I.enit of 1,080 Vote.
Famo, N. D., Nov. 8. North Dakota,
rlth five electoral votes, remulns doubt,
ful. Roth party headquarters claim It
to-night. Returns from 1,243 out of
1,869 precincts give Hughes 40,050, Wll-.
on 39.5C1.
Wilson had nn early lead, which was
swiped out by rural returns. At 4 1. M. i
Hughes led by only twenty votes. Sev- I
ral Republican newspapers conceded tho
State to Wilson early this morning, but
j-hnvo now taken It back. Tho country
precincts, turned the tide toward Hughes.
; Porter J. MeCumbcr was reelected
United Stiitm Scnntjr. three Republican
.Representatives were ilected mid tho Re
publicans elected l.ynn J. Fruxler as
jOovcrnor nnd tho entire Republican
IStato ticket.
?DAHO SEEMS WILSON'S.
Ifjtetnrna From Unit the Mate Give
lllm 10,(1(10 l'lurnllty.
I Boise, Idaho, Nov. 8, The count of
972 precincts complete out of 743 In the
CUtfl gives Wilson 3S.31S. Hughes 28.4S6.
This Is more than half the vote. For
Oovernor Alexander, Dotiocrat, leads,
With 32,07.1, ugalnst Davis, Republican,
Hrlth 30,904.
'HUGHES SWING IN W. VA.
'jMarnlltr rf.ronlnir nu.l Reaches
n.r.ll nt 1 o'clock This .Maritime.
Charleston, W. Va. (Thursday) Nov.
it, 1 A. M. Hughes continues to Increase
his lead as tho outlying precincts como
'In. Returns from 1,304 precincts out
Of 1,713 In the Ktato give. Hughes 113,
300, Wilson 109,659.
Karller In the a.iy tho returr.i had
hown a swing from Hughes In tho
balloting until his lead was but u few
hundred over tho President. Returns
that began to come In the late afternoon,
Ii however, swung the difference In vote
hack to the. neighborhood of the 2.000
jlnark, where It had been since last night.
There were 1.2S6 precincts heard from
;o the Presidential race, those outstand
ing being In the remote nnd sparsely
settled mountainous counties. At this
hour twenty-four of the fifty-five coun
ties were complete.
Cornwell, Democratic nominee for
Governor, Is leading Robinson, Republi
can, by 1.4S2. with 487 precinct to hear
from. Cornwell has maintained alcut
this same lead alnce shortly after last
midnight.
Sutherland, the Republican nominee
for United states Senator, haa the
largest lead over nn opponent, having
more than 4,000 more votes than Senator
Chilton, with 430 precincts to hear from.
None of the six CnngreMonal districts
has made returns sufficient to warrant
a decisive announcement, while woman
sufTniKo shows a fast growing vot
against the amendment.
HUGHES LEADS OREGON.
Women Voters Credited With Win
ning .State for lllm.
Porti-anu, Ore., Thursday, Nov. 9.
With all but two of the thirty-five coun
ties In the State heard from early this
morning, Mr. Hughes Is leading Mr.
Wilson by 6,450. The vote now htamls:
Hughes lOI.OS."., Wilson S4.M5. Repub
lican leaders claim the .State by 10,000.
It was the women's vote of the State
that turned tho tables and swung the
State Into the Hughes column.
The Republican committee at 7 o'clock
to-night claimed the Ktute by 7,000. The
Democrats have not condeded that they
hiV3 lost the State but still are hoping.
Even Multnomah county, which was al
most conceded for Wilson, has gone for
Hughes. Complete returns from 141
precincts out of 375 In Multnomah county
glvo ilughes a Icaa over Wilson of
2.013.
Hughes Is steadily gaining In this I
ccunty ns the rount proceeds and he
probably will carry' Multnomah by 3,000,
In the 141 complete, precincts In the
county Hughes received 11,059 nnd Wil
son 9,040. The Democrats confidently
expected to sweep Multnomah by means
of the labor yote,
It seems that Oregon will be In the ab
solutely dry column. The vote Is ex
trtmely close. The saloon was voted out
on January 1,
Wilson's strength was largely In east
ern Oregon counties, while Hughes's
margin In the vVllllamotte Valley and
southern Oregon counties Is growing
rapidly, ,
The majority In favor of the repeal of
tho Hunday closing law Is 8,194, while
the majority against single tax amend
ment Is 15,594, The anti-compulsory as
sociation amendment Is 13,441 votes
ahead. Tho statewide tax limitation
amendment has a majority In Its favor
of 3.767 and tho rural credits ..mend
ment is 5,645 to the goxl.
IDAHO GOES FOR WILSON.
Republican Concede the State tn
the President.
IIoise, Idaho (Thursday), Nov. 9.
President Wilson maintained a lead of
nearly 10,000. gained early In the count
ing, to 1 o'clock this morning, Repub
licans havo conceded tho State tn Wil
son. Four hundred and eight precincts
out of 713 gave Hughes 33,780 nnd
Wilson 43,371.
For Oovernor, Alexander, Democrat,
leads with 38.H7 against Davis, Repub
lican, with 35,805.
HUGHES BY 169,839 IN PENN.
rinrallty Irons as Additional He-
turns Come In.
PltfLAnKLnilA, Nov. S. As additional
election districts nre heard from Charies
13. Hughes's plurality In Pennsylvania
continues to grow. Returns from 8.B49
districts out of 6,968 give him a plurality
of 109,839 over President Wilson, of
which 125, 4G3 votes were contributed hy
Philadelphia and Allegheny county, which
tnkes In Pittsburg. Tho total figures
for the n,R49 districts nre, Wilson 419,
Hughes C89.064.
Returns from the Congressional dls
trlcts, which, however, may be changed
by the soldier vote, show that neither
the Republicans nor the Democrats mads
any net gain among tht Congressmen
elected,
NEW SECTIONALISM
ON POLITICAL MAP
Hitchcock Believes the West Is
Throwing Its Lot in With
the South.
Sl'RPHISKD I1Y KANSAS
rencc nnd Prosperity Argu
ments Cut Uler Figure and
Formers Ilrenk Away.
The polltlertl map of the United
States was changed amazingly by the
election last Tuesday. The old map so
familiar to politicians of both sides was
sent to tho relic room. The new map
produced by trends of opinion that prob
ably no nno had anticipated Is singu
larly different.
Tho old map showed a broad belt of
northern Republican States running clear '
ncross tho country from ocean to ocean.
It exhibited n so'ld block of Democratic
States In the South. In the Repub-.
llcan block there was an occasional!
change, never In the Democratic block. I
Occailonally n State hero nnd there In
the Republican block was shaded
"doubtful," but It Invariably returned to
the familiar clasltlcntlon.
Whether tho striking change that ap
pears In tho new map 1.1 due to President
Wilson's personal popularity or whether
It represents new political convictions re
mains to be seen, according tn polltlrnl
leaders that vought to analyze the gen
eral result. It seemed to bn the opinion
that It would take another election to
demonstrate whether the Influences
manifested on Tuesday nre transitory or
permanent.
Prejudice Against East.
Among those who seemed to have the
Impression that the Wet was beginning
to throw In Its lot politically with the
South iir against thn Hast was Frank
II. Hitchcock. .Mr. Hitchcock nnd others
felt that tho defection of States like
Kuns, Idaho and l.'tah nnd the reduc
tion of Republican pluralities In the D.i
kotnx and Minnesota was possibly a re
flection of u prejudice that has been
growing up upalnst the Knst. a preju
dice tiured, It Is cbargud, by Demo
cratic leaders.
While this hns been obsei .' -d for some
time In tho prairie States and In the
mouutuln States the l'.iclnc coast State
bad hitherto been freo from It. But
even these States eemed to have been
affected by the sppareut development of
what some leaders call a "new section
alism." Of the Western State the greatest
surprise and disappointment t the Re
publican malingers wns Kansas, a State
which had gone Republican regularly ex-1 KH stand out us examples of Progres
ccpt when It succumbed to tho free silver vo support for Mr. Hughes III the mid
craze lu 1 s. 0 0 . nnd In 1912, when thn i ,je West.
split Republican party was beaten. Its
Republicanism this year had been
counted upon as ulmnM certain. It never
was once placed In the doubtful column.
ft.tli ii t ii nnnl i.m MtiMlMi Uttftlf tun 1
Utah was another stunning sumrlse.
though fattlonal differences In the Re
publican organization had existed. It
wns one of the only two States Mr. Taft
carried in 1912.
I'ener nnd Prosperity Slogans.
As regards Nebraska, Kansas, Wyo
ming. Idaho, Washington, Oregon und
other States which the President carried
or which aro exceedingly close when they
..,...! I.- lf.....,1.1trtnl, I. a ,
.irn ei.-i:iru n i- iii-'uiii .111 11 n.i. .
assumed by politicians pretty generally
tint the peace and prosperity nrgumcnta
cut n big figure.
' These main Democratic arguments nre
bellctd to have lured the fanner vote
nway fiom Its traditional liking for Re
publican policies, protection particularly.
The, old Republican rellanro upon tho ,
rural vote to offset that of the cities wan
futllo In many Western States, nnd also
to soma extent In New Kngland, where
the Republicans won every State, but by
greatly reduced pluralities. This was
notably so ill Massachusetts ond New
Hamihlrc. Tho latter remained In
loubt until last night, when It returned
a plurality of 161.
Another old time political tradition
that was swept nway was the Importance
of the so-called pivotal State' In purely
forecasting the sweep of votes, partial- Democratic headquarters In tho Forty
larly New York and Indiana. For years Lcrond Street llulldlng. There the
It nnd been an axiom inni as ,ew iurn
and Indiana went so went the election.
Hughes.
It may be eald for the Democratic
ampalgn malingers that they stuck to
Uielr i '".Hi iion" of a surpr'slng vote for
Mr. U"lon .11 States nest of the Missis
sippi, predictions they had been nuking
for many wicks.
Democrats Hold Fast.
At 9 o'clock Tuesday night Chair
man Willcox and Ills usscolates were
gleeful. Congratulations weie flying
through the nlr. At the Democratic
headquarters there was dismay, but they
held on to their hopes beyond the Mis
Hlsslppl and refused to turn out the
lights.
About two hours later the expected
Republican pluralities In many States
began to show signs of shrinkage. Massa
chusetts rami down. Kansas had to be
called doubtful. Minnesota nnd North
Dakota were sending In dwindling re
turns. Idaho was slipping, l.'tah was
gone. Washington was a State to frown
over.
The b!g voto of (lov. Johnson In Cali
fornia did not seem to bo pulling Mr,
Hughes thiouKh, Kxlrnordlnnry signs
of Wilson strength lu the West weie
nianllestlng themselves In every bulle
tin, Indiana, which seemed nbout to
give 40,0(10 or 50,000 to Hughes, began
to hang in the balance before swinging
Nlowly back t the Hughes column.
A puzzling, nerve wrecking situation
developed at about midnight. The !
lltlcal pendulum swung one way und
When nies Stntrr In combination."?- wunirn nna mm, jo.uinic anu w....-, - - -; ir-.r(, vummn
with New Knglam . New Jersey and 1111- ing in around the news ticker, cheer.ng untlin In the States affected. A good c.-atlc candidate Ion the Id... U .o-inl.
os began earlv on election night to and singing themselves hoarse. '' hc Pan Ivs depended upon Some of th- bets placed were: $1 100, U.ter. following another conversation
Ihnw rmislderibls nlurilltles for Mr Hut while they cheered for Wilson as ! whow hands the election machinery Is . against $l.flf0 that Hughes carries Call-, with san Francisco, the California
Hi?-h... tho alcuUtoP ". used to follow: "tlVrnext PreMdnt." there was between j In. In the two blu- doubtful States. Call-1 fornla . $xo.l ..gainst 15-Vo that Wilson 1 Hughes ,.,.. was reduced , lo.OOO,",',-
ng traditions, nsjumed that Mr. Hughes the cheers an undertone of uneasiness fornla and Minnesota. It happens that the w In Ohio. $00 even tint llson carries . half the earlier figure Announcement
would pretty nenrly sweep the country, over the final rcbUlt. The rrowd eagerly ' publicans are In control of the elec Minnesota, and $5u0 even that Hughe.-. that Hughes had an apparently safe lead
Hverybodv was fooled. Democratic sought the news and "doped out" aver- ,lo machinery Then It becomes an .plurality In this State will be 135,000 or hi. Oregon s arte,! hand clapping. To-
newspapers in huh ann otner cine ayra und posslbl tie. ,. ' . .1. ' . . ' - . V. '" reponeu
... .1-1.1.. .,- ..uiinn r.t xti- i .. i.'.. ,n . ,h. ..i . ,n It Is rcenforceil with credible evidence. tli.C .New Mexico " onk.-d bid." mi.i
Hill ll VUIIVUV" fctixi "t".vs s 11 it uik" "lllm k Uir rim ui uiv nut. , - .. . t I
then another, .states shifted this waym, tIirled In on the signs and ofllce
and that, The most 1
veterun political ou-
servers had never seen anything Ilka It.
Chairman Wlllcox's buoyant optimism
became hopefulness. Cbalrman McCor
mlek'H fear resolved Into glowing pre
dictions of victory. Newspapers changed
flguies between editions.
Fen to re In . Knslnnd.
Ill New Kngland tho outstanding fea-
turn wiih the greatly inluced Itepubll-
I can piur.im 111 every mine, iiepuou
nil leiiilers nt iiia national hemloiiiie.
jters believe Hint the labor vole in the I
cities was n large factor lu this reduc-1
tlon, whllo tlma.New Kiiglanil farmers
hold pretty slnnchly to Hepubllcau tradi
tions. They thought they discerned sim
ilar lulliiences In the vote of tho middle
1 West, the Noitbwcst nnd tho Pacific
I coast Stales, except that In these com
munities me i.iriners una uriiieu nway.
Iowa was the only Hepubllcau State
lu tho West that Heems to have run Init
io form, Siirpilse was expressed that
Arizona and New Mexlro, closely uff jeted
by tho Mexican question and supposud
to be resentful of the President's
jiollcles, did not give Mr. Hughe a
much Larger vote. Republican aflaJyaU
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PLUTO
WAvenAHotieSv
HVJI6
generally agreed that the prosperity
Issue und the "he kept u out of war"
appeal helped pile Up votes for Mr.
Wilson
One factor that helped to up- ,
set customary methods of calculating i
probabilities was the vote of the worn, n
In eleven States. Jn Illinois the rrlu.ti
show that more women voted for Mr.
Hughes than for the President.
Rut in California, Wyoming. Montana,
Utah, Washington, Kansas and Oregon
there Is nothing whatever to show that
the vote of the women benefited Mr.
Hughes and tlieie are, a number ot In II
catliins that It had a trend to Mr. Wit
Kon. It Is believed to have had a marked
Influence particularly In overturning Re
publican Kansas.
In these Status the peace sentiment
among the women Is believed by the re
viewers lit the national committee head
quarters to have been strong enough :o
have helped Mr. Wilson decidedly.
It seemed eildcnt that the won an
voter hail had n good deal to do with
remodelling the political imp. About
4,000,00" women voted. How far the
suffrago Issue entered Into the situa
tion Is obscured.
I'Vank 11. llltcncnck said last night
that It would be Impossible to tell how
the Progressives lined up until the re
turns In practically eeiy county had
been anal) zed. In the Kast the lnl, ca
tions are that the Progiesslves stood
pretty well by the Republican party, and
In the Wet there seems to have been a
tendency toward Wilson.
This state of affairs was predicted Im
mediately after the Chicago convention
when the Western radical Progressives
resented the scrapping of their party or
ganization. Indiana. Illinois and Mlehl-
In New Tork nnd New Jersey the re
union seems to havo been virtually com-
idetc. In Massachusetts Matthew Hale's
ln,iu,nco worked against Huhes. and
. . . , .
the Maine Progressives seem to have
split badly.
In many of the States tho voting wns
greatly delajed by long ballots nnd bv
the submission of local questions, suf
frage nnd prohibition. In some States
the ote was slower In coming in than
was ever before known. Since the elec
tion was extraordinarily close this delay
added to the tensity.
CROWDS CELEBRATE
WILSON "VICTORY
JJ
Nl'W Soil0, SUH,r at tllO DOIIIO-
" m
cratic Headquarters,
Women Joining:.
It was distinctly a Democratic night
and the centre of It all was the national
crowds surged, big Democrats and lit-
there was an Impromptu meeting, whore
the returns wero read to nl who could
crowd In. nnd self-appointed orators
1,1a,!.. XVIUnn .neoehes j.n.l led Mi new
Wilson song. Hundreds of conies of the
sing were given out. tmo lit 10 was
"Wilson Has n Wll.nln' Way," and the
people sang It n thougn tney believed It,
women's voices Joining In. Thero were
many women lu the crowd. Some came
with their husbands and others dropped
lu In groups of two and three,
Tho news that cheered them the most
was when they learned from the Cali
fornia State chairman In San Francisco
that Wilson was a 4 to 1 favorite In the
betting thero and that Wlison was lead
ing by IC.hoS.
Henry Morganlhau spent most of the
evening nt headquarters In a conference
with John II. Stanchtleld, Del.ancey
Nlcoll and others. John Skelton Will
iams, Comptroller of the Currency, was
there, alro State Chalrm ill lCdwtn S.
Harris, (leorge McAneny, former Presi
dent of tho Ro.trd of Aldermen, nnd
Thomas F. Smith, secretary of Turn
many Hall,
"lllg Hill" Kdwards was much in evi
dence. After tlm parade, which was dis
tinctly his, he called 01. Chairman. Mc
t'urmlck and then went downstairs and
bought an Ice cream soda for himself
before going home, much to the delight
of the clerks In the candy store on the
first Door.
Tho crowd finally hunted souvenirs,
1 After the brooms and songs were gone
literature.
One of the stenographers
tore some of tho blllce red, white and
blue bunting Into small strips and let
the pieces flout down to tho crowd be
low III the street.
Three girls on the telephone switch
board were swamped with calls from
sympathizers who wanted to know tho
lulest. "Wilson's elected with a safe
majority," wns the usual answer, "Ves,
we're sure of It,"
NOBLE WINS IN QUEENS.
Democratic Candidate for surro
gate Has n,n:i:i Majority,
Daniel Noble, Oemocrat, was re
elected Surrogate of Queens county
1 over Thomas F. Doyle, Itepubllrnn-Pro-
gresslve, by 5,633 majority, The re
turns complete by Assembly districts aru
as follows:
llnrle. Nnb'e.
A I). H.-l'ror A, IJ.-I I..
1
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.. i i. . rrtrn tin nTTir-im pan viicmnu- iMifirnu nr i in i i iaco ...1.1. v i f.x.i nn Mm i Jmn. r mm i t4 tuiii mi tr. t t ....i
e. Tl 1
I..,...
Total I0.K.8
V.SC0
4,lll
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CONTEST IS CERTAIN
WHOEVER IS WINNER
Uoth Sides Prepare to Demand
Recounts; Ballot Boxes
Being Guarded.
THIRD TIME IN HISTORY
Hayes - Tlldon, Cleveland -Blaine
Elections Also Wore
Very Close.
Whoever wins the President or Mr.
Hughes the election Is almost certain
to be contetted. Preparations for a con
test In every close State were being made
last night by the national committee of
each party.
William R. Willcox, chairman of the
Republican National Committee, after
dining last night with CharleaE. Hughes
said :
"I believe that Mr. Hughes has been
elected and he ihares my view. We ask
only what Is fair: we wnnt only whnton jiuKhc-",
we are entitled to and that we propose
to have."
At Republican headquarter last
night, while returns from tho doubtful
"". Jynncioia. ureron.
States California, Minnesota, Oreron,
'"" " "''''-
till being anxiously, awaited, an In
formal conference was held In Chulrm m
Wlllcox's room. Gathered thore
with Mr. Willcox were (leorge W.
Wlckersham, Prank Hitchcock, Charles
II. Warren of Michigan, forrrr Chair
man Charles D. Hllles, State Senator
Ogden I Mills and other fomlncnt
leaders.
Ordered to Oet Counsel.
Mr. Wurren, national committeeman
for Michigan, who had been In
charge of headquarters Murine- the dav.
while Mr. Willcox was trying to snatch !
a few hours sleep, Informed those .
participating In this conference that In-
structlons had been sent to the State '
chairman In every doubtful State !
every State In which Mr. Hughes's rights
m. 'tiled to be In posslblo peril to hire
counsel at once to protect Mr. Hughes's
Interests. This Included States like New
Hampshire and Wet Virginia, where
tho Republicans at that hour seemed to
have won. but by slender margins.
Tho same attitude wn taken by the
Democratic National Committee i:.irlv
In the day Chairman Vance McConnlck
sent telegrams to every State and county
eh.iirinan In StnteB where the vote
seemed close, ordering them to "see per-
sonally that the ballot bores ere I
nlnrf1f.il ,1,1.1 .i .. , .... , I
sent telegrams cautioning Dem's-ratlc I thought he had his fifth heart, bet his afternoon, when, one by one. they slipped
chairmen "to guard the ballot boxes as ' he off. got called for the wad and- "Ut to catch a few winks of sleep to
you would gu-ird your live " hooked down tn find that heart the deuc ; for.Ify them for the night vigil which
At each headquarters It'was nlalnlv'of diamond." was the painful soliloquy ' seemed Inevitable. In their absence
manifest that a bitter contest Is In sight of many a bettor. Many a hot bird nnd hnrles It. .irren, National Commlttee
unle.s the final r. turns should gUo the Uold bottle, tackled Joyfully on the eve- man for Michigan, nnd (leorge W.
President n definite and conclusive vie-
tory, one In which the swing of a few
small States small In electoral vote
would make no difference In the final re.
sult. lions, announced that they would pay no
Orders were being sent from both ' bets ye.terday except In cases where
headquarters over the long distance tele-' the bets were on results thut have
phone to the respective chairmen tn.been decided without a doubt, such
"watch the count as It proreeded and in a
scnitlnlie closely the returns." There
were suggestions In each headquarters
that the Integrity of the returns In some I
of the State would have to bo ascer-1
tallied before the result was finally nc-1
cepted.
Rrconnt Idea of Perkins.
Some of the leaders, particularly on I'' vald.
the Republican side, were already In. ' "'ttlng commissioners, who under or
tlmatlng that A recount of the vote In ! '"nary clmimnaiu-ea would haxc re
some States would be demanded, The ' turned to their mining stocks or their
first to offer tills suggestion was (leorge oth'r ordinary bnsliuf- eHtcrday, con
W. Perkins. I fronted with tho opportunity of another
Discreet Inquiry brought assurances ' da of rl(h harvest, reaped their ud
from rt-vresentatlvcs of each natlonul dltlonal per (.-nt. with great noucha
chalrmnn that there would be no lack of 1'iinv. A on time mote than two hun-
money to finance a contest, nn matter
I how long drawn out or expensive It
might prove. ailed. The npidl shitting oid mum
While the Democrats have a deficit of hu-.i'is kh.1, too. and no matter
$100. 000, they say that any amount of ulutlur lluelte" or Wilson Is finally de
money, millions If necessary, would bo 'cued the winner the commissioner
forthcoming to guarantee tho President's I have n.artnly feathered their nests for a
rights. Kxactly the same assurance ns 1 Iuiik and cold winter,
regards the protection of Mr. Hughes's With odtU opening nt 10 to S In favor
rights was given nt the Republican head-1 ot Hughe- and closing at 10 to ! on Wll
quarters, where there Is a sizable sum son. Fred Scbumm. a llrnoklyn stake
left In the treasurer's strongbox. i holder, jestcrday placed $3:.00O. At one
The first steps In the contest, if It time during the day Hughes money was
eventuutes. would h.ive to be taken be. put out nt 2 to 1, but later money at
" Be ' i .,.V ,,. ' '. . ,
I - ...m. .nm
recount case in tills city and as was
1 ''one In numerous other IllSt.UICCS
I throughout Ihc country
This is the third time since the civil
war that the nation hns been In doubt,
twenty-four hours after the close of the
polls, ns to who was elected Presdent.
The most celebrated Instance was the
Hayes-Tllden election of li7d, which pro
duced a bitter contest.
Some political observers were com
menting yesterday on the similarity of
that election with the one Just held. For
example. Ha jes lost New York und In
dlann nnd fifteen other States to Tllden,
andyetwosReatedln his close contest. Tho
situation In thut year turned, however,
on th electoral ote In Louisiana, Florida
and Routh Carolina, All three States
had cast their popular vote for Tllden,
but tie canvassing boards set aside the
returns on the plea of fraud uud Kao
the electoral votes to Hayes. An elec
toral commission authorized by Coi.grevs
gave the election to Hayes on u strlctlv
party vote of s to 7. For months th
country was excited nnd nppteheiiHlve,
lu 1SS4, when James 13. Ulalno ran
ngalnst Orover Cleveland, the election
turned on tho electr-rul vote of New York,
Cleveland carried the Slate by 1,100. It
was days before the country knew posi
tively wno nan neen elected president.
It Is exnected that a statement will l.
Issued to-day from the headquiiilers of
the unsuccessful candidate outlining tlm'
steps mat win oe laaen to demand. re
counts. G. 0. P. GAINS IN LEGISLATURE.
Returns Indicate .17 Ilranltllcana
1 In Stale Senate.
The Republicans will be stronger In
the next State Legislature than In ih
present one, More nearly complete re-1
turns cstcrday showed tho Republicans lu Altont n Week's Time llnllola
will huvo thirty-seven members of the w, ,. ,.,..., ,
Senate nnd ut least 143 In the Assembly. I " ' Mississippi.
The present Senate has, thirty-four Re-i Jackson, Miss., Nov 8. No figures
publicans nnd the Assembly ninety. i-lx, ate available on the icstilt of the election
There Is still one Assembly district 'n Mississippi, not a single county hav
doubtful. I"'g lepoited here, Thero was nothing lit
The following table shows the com. 1 stake, hence no political headquarters.
ple-xlon of the next Legislature.
Kll.S'ATt:.
IteiiuMlennii
Democrats .
Total
61
AHSKMlll.Y.
Republicans
nr iimrrsis
Soclsllat 1
Doubtful
TstU mm.. ...........
WILSON FAVORITE
AT CURB CLOSING
Continued from First Page.
during tho morning, having been the
largest. Kd want I Doheny, the Ixia
Angeles oil magnate, la reported to have
backed Wilson again heavily.
At the St. Regis, nccordlng to Mnnager
Mnscoid, one bet of $3,000 against 2,r00
on Hughes wns male ns late ai ye-ster-duy
afternoon. Odds of .' to 1 on the
Republican ticket wevalled In the morn
ing for a number M small wHgcrs.
Tho Hlllniorc, a Republican stronghold,
found the orleln.il Hughe bettors lying
back, while a new crowd of Wilson back
ers took their places. Most of tho bets
were on thn two crucial Stntcs, Minnesota
and California, with $200 the average
amount.
Other III Wnners.
The Clarldgo has been the gathering
place for Democrats, for It Is tilled with
Wilson men from the .South and West.
I.tprytlilng was (pilot there. At the Van
derbllt one wager of $5,000 to $2,500
that California would go Republican was
noted jestcrday morning, with many
small bets.
At S o'clock election night two diners
In Murray's called Manager Patrick
Kyne to their tnblo nnd gavo him two
clin ks, one for $7,600 und one for $5,000,
explaining that It was n bet at li to 1
William A. Ilrady, the theatrical man,
was reported to have mado nn tlectlon
night bet when he found a stranger of
fering 23 to 1 on Hugbes nt tho Astor.
At that tlmo the first returns Indicated
a clem Republican sweep, but Mr.
Ilrady took the long chance, putting up
Jl.ooii against the Republican's $25,000.
At the Waldorf-Astoria fully lort men
gathered In tho brokers' offices and In
the lobby all dny. It was noticed early
In the morning that many Wilson bet
tors were trying eagerly to "copper"
their wagers und play safe.
Tho betting was entirely unprec
edented. There were no past perform
ances to bo ronsldered. Tho bettors
had to rely on their own preferences,
mid the newspapers and tickers, as the
Information slowly came in irom me
nntlvimr districts. Everybody was en
titled to a guess and of course could
tnke a pencil and pad of paper nnd
figure out the election of his candidate
with enthusiast !. esse. Hundreds of
ih, ,11,1. ihMi ti.wk.vl ihelr tuilsment.
Manv small bets were made on the In
dividual States, probably more than at
nnv tlmo before the votes were cast.
California, Indiana, Minnesota nnd Kan-1
sas were States on which thousands of
dollars were wagered. J'raciicauy an
this money won laid ut even.
llnrvrst for Commissioners.
It was a dark day for a good many
people who had placed money on Himheo
and spent It the nlKlit before. "1 feel
J"' l'l0 the chap w ho held four hearts,
ilr.u- una efirrl tHnnrpil ut his h.llld.
" before, was paid for with Hughes
I "winnlngH" which seemed safely In the
' old slack nt that time.
I Stnk holders, with very few excep-
the victory of Clov. Whitman
nr the ote on other candidates
uhtre there Is no opportunity for later
returns to change the results. One stake
holder worked until the early morning
I hours making out checks to pay off.
He, may h.nc to rewrite them all. "I
' came within nn nee of sending them out
I In the morning mall to the winners, toj,"
died of tbem were congregated on the
'Curb, wlldi;- clamoring to get their bets
PHILADELPHIA GAMBLES.
Mini)
I.nricr Met. Paid
Over Too
Miislll?.
Pim.Apnu-tlu. Nov. S. Staid old He
public tti PhlladeiphlJ to-day plunged
iieuill-nig Into n gigantic gamble ou the
Presidency. After tins wild ced, bub
bling over clithuflasm and demonstra
tions of election mgbt, O. O, P. stalwarts
found the easiest way of gagging l).-:no-cr.r.s
was by a dlspi.iy of h u d c ish.
One hundred thousand dollars at ceu
money was offered by a prominent Ite
publlcan politician and member of the
Cnlon League during the afternoon.
This big amount at that hour appalled
the Den ocrnts, though they did scrap
together enough cash to take i-everal
chunks out of it with wagers running
from $100 to $1,000.
There was an extremely sad side to
the day for in.my Republicans. When
Democratic newspapers conceded what
i w!lB apparently the election of Hughes
on Tuesday night score" of large bets
were paid over by Wilson men who
lliiMiiiht It was all over.
One big liio.nl street hotel paid $0,000
from Its safe to Hughes men who wero
conceded tho wlnnets of bets by Demo
crat. One prominent business men
won, or thought he won, $.',000, und In
' celebration hi- staged nil el.ibor.ito din
,u'r a" exclusive club which rAn well
'", e.iriy miurs m me morning,
Hie dinner cut big Inroads Into tho
t-. nu .. 1.1..1. , ...n.. i ... ... .
-i no n on -nn riiiieu upon lo pui
oacu wnii too siaKcnoiucr as soon us
the real state of affairs became known
to-day. Democrats on all sides were
limning wildly about at the hotels In
search of money they had paid out too
hastily tho night before.
A SOLIDLY DEMOCRATIC STATE.
inni tin- nisi returns riom the counties
will bo made by mall to the Secretary of
State, perhaps 11 weik hence.
The only Stale Interest was on the In-ItlallM-
und referendum for and ngalnst
the game and llsh I iw uiacted by tin
last l.eglslalurii mid which was defeated
In this county almost two to one, in
this city, the Republican "stronghold."
' , . the Democrats polled 1,101 votes, the
J i Republican 1U2, Socialists 21, I'rogres.
,.UBlvt-a It,
CALIFORNIA NEWS
REVIVES G.O. P. HOPE
Gloom Succeeded hy Outburst
of Hilarity at Republican
Headquarters.
THRONGS SCAN FIGURES
"Weary Leaders Snatch a Few
Hours Sleep and Then Return
to Bulletin Board.
A prediction which came Into Republi
can headquarters nt 10:30 o'clock last
night that Hughes would earn California
by 1,500 took tho crowd there somewhat
by surprise and In the rejoicing and III
larlty that 'followed one woman fainted
and a man wns taken III. The throng
crowded nrour.d the bulletins for tho lat
est news, which came In slowly but
looked like Hughes more and more as
the evening advanced.
Thero were nenrly as many women ns
men In tho crowd and they did Just ns
much ft tho cheering nnd were as eager
for the news. Persons enmo nnd went
all tho evening until there wasn't room
for them Inside the otllces and many of
them adjourned to the ntret, where the
bulletins were brought down and read
to them.
Spirits llroop nnd Revive.
There waB n constant fluctuation In
thn spirits of watchers nt Republican
national headquarters throughout thp
day. The crowd of faithful which had
passed the night before tho bulletin
board and In Chairman Wlllcox's prl
vato office merged Into the crowd of
early risers which begnn to gather be
fore the customary breakfast hour.
llulletlns had kept coming In con
stantly from the early hours. Some of
them were of a nature to provoke cheers.
Others tended only to Increase the doubt
of the men nnd women hungry for news
which meant tho election of their candi
date for tho Presidency. As the day
wore on the teni.lon only Increased.
When, late In tho afternoon. Wall
Street bulljtlns were read showing that
the Republican was then the favorlto
In tho betting nnd the announcer added I
the comment. "That wasn't produced by .
watchful waiting." an elderly man ex
claimed: "Well, we're doing a lot of i
watchful wnltlng here."
Lenders Snatch a Nap.
Chairman Willcox, George W. Perkins
and Herbert Parsons, who had been on
guard since early on tho day of election. 1
leuialned In the chairman s office until
Wlckersham were nmong the leaders to
hold the fort.
New Mexico, Kansas, California. Min
nesota and Oregon were the States In
which Interest centred from the early
nrnmlng hours. The progress of the
countln,; In each was reported In tele
graphic bulletins nnd long distance tele.
phoiiM conversation". Chairman Willcox j
ami his ndvlsers nnd assistant.-, burned .
the wires ncross the country repeatedly
In talks with Alin T Hert, chairman III
the Chicago office; Frank I!. Kellogg, i
henntor-elect from Minnesota, who was
watching tho count In St. Paul, nnd
Chester H. Row ell, who sat nt the San
Francisco end of the transcontinental
wire.
Early Hope of Victory
Willcox heard from San Francisco at
in o'clock In the morning that California,
would gte Hughes a margin of lo.OOO.
Till" brought the first outburst of cbecm.
A little later Kellogg flashed Minnesota
as safe. The crowd went wild as tills
announcement w.is chalked on the black
board: "California and Minnesota sure. This
means Hughes's ehvtiun "
Still the watchers remained, and later
In the day the happy prediction was
ei.ised, though other optimistic prophe
cies were substituted.
At about noon Frank H. Hitchcock
ventured tbo opinion that the election
hung ii California anil .Minnesota, thus
ellm i.i'lng Kansas A report had come
111 wh.ih caused the ten electoral nte.s
of the Siinil.nver State to be transferred
? nn,,"1 '7 J" 2!"' !'.'
tural votes Hughes would i.i - ,-,i.
I y of one. according to tlm ,.oi', ,i
i then accepted.
FULL CITY TABLES
ON THREE LEADERS
Wilson's Plurality, -iO.OOi) ;
CnMer '2,71.j Ahead of Mc
Conilis; Soahury's 21,102.
Complete returns from the five bor
oughs composing New York city for
Piesldent, I'nlted St.ites Senator and
Oovernor show thn following pluralities:
VUlsnn, -numi) nier llnghrs.
('abler. 2M.7IS ner .MrCnmho.
Sea In. r, 2MU2 oier Whitman.
Tabulated returns hy boroughi arc
as follows:
rilESIDKXT.
Ilornuth. Hurhe.
Manhattan lll.Cii'i
Wilson
i:.ifi
ir.w
K3.i:
3I.V10
Won 4 1, 1 Ki
n""111 'i?-'
' vwtii.
. Jlirhniulld
Totals 311, i:o
;t,i:
UNITED STATES SK.N'ATOP.,
llnromh.
Calder. McComhs.
Msnlmttan
llrotu
Iirnouljn ...
Queen
HU'iiniond ..
Totals ....
llcrniih.
xtunliHttan
Mrnux . ...
MroKKlyu ..
SI P.-x
I.'.-..7T
ri-l'U
:o.cs
(lOVEUNOH.
Whitman
lftl.Hlt-l
57. O
l'.'l.n
3..P1.
T,3;
Hi. Ml
7,110
:7,7C3
I ejur nn
mciuuuiiii .
Totals
3"- nu ai,
Don't mahr your sweetheart
at ou witthinri nntl waitina.
.576 FIFTH AY''GOMST
Se.iliury,
Quarter (rand
TJW perfect Ideal for tho nVrtri,.
the, utmost ol tone and sitlm;
tnl beauty In a piano of imali
In Moffty, t?oo
Chickerino Warerooms
Lord cV Taylor Start
ftth St. Fifth Avenue 80th St.
DEMOCRATS MARCH
IN JUBILATION PARADE
Start From Headquarters With
1,000 in Line and Crowd
Grows Rapidly.
Democratic headquarters began
bratlng a victory for Wllnn nt 7 1
night. "Rig Bill" lMwards, fmnier Street
Cleaning Commissioner, ei'hefel id
crowd nbout him after ihee-n g i,, ,
been received from California atin
and called for a "clean swee" p.-iraj.
A volunteer committee rnt qi
500 brooms nnd u brass band mnclr y
mado Its nppearunce. Tin l i
called for contributions. 'In J '
wnnt to saddle the expcni-e nf t pi
onto headquarter", he said i" I
wnnted $1 from every one lire.-mt.
lar bills from men and women " .
cro! hats that were passe 1 urn T
pr.rade started out from t, A hii'ldlne nt
Madison avenue nnd l'ort' ! - I
with about 1,000 In lino.
It crossed to Klfth aeinio nt.d 'ti i
south, then doubted notlhv r 1
I'lftli avenue. Hy the tlm t i i
Forty-second Mreet nn it. ,v
the number of paraders Ii I e
nbout I.noo. The inn re -s .
their activities to the v.. in I -f
quarters, going uptown nn .i '
about Fiftieth St eet and t' u
around their course again.
About an hour after It hul cuv
there wen; two bands Mi i
number of in.-vtcheix lind ti, .
several thousand, ranging f
haired women and ouug -r ' t
lunis and boys. All of then !i. i - wr!
iH'niocrntlc pn-teis nnd tl ig ii im
Many ntitonioblllHts Jnni .l t ,
slon, after their owners l.n 1
at headqnartem to g"t i Mivply
in, r.
Recently we again had
the pleasure of serving our
very first retail customer.
He reminded us that the
morning our first store was
opened at Broome Street
and Broadway, he came in
the first customer and
"bought two fine suits."
Takes us back just forty
two years; for it was in
November, 1874, that our
firm was organized, though
our business ancestry runs
back to '37.
With our four great
stores of today, filled with
fine outfittings for men and
boys, we feel we owe much
to the principles on which
this business has heen
built.
To quote from an adver
tisement of '79
"One price to nil ;i tull
guarantee of every gar
ment sold. Exchanges
cheerfully made or money
refunded if goods nre re
turned for any cause."
An unusual guarantee in
those days one that can't
be beat today.
Everything men and hoys
wear.
Rogers Pert Company
Broadway Bmadwij
at 13th St. "The at 34th St.
Four
Broadway Corners" F.fthAve.
at Warren at 41st St
Underwear at the old price
StockH bnttqht before ihc
"itise"
Imjorttd Wool UnCeiweafj
Jl.l'K OV J J 01
Worth Now 5 A 51
Domestic Wool JU
llalbritninn. I'M'
Merino, '''
IniicitcJOpcit 'cll
79c C nn it
Wortli w ' ',3
Wool & ol on
TAN CAPE GLOVES, $1.15
Jinu nni ft i
1 m
rr" I