Show ILSON PROBABLE CHOICE OF IM V one b closest races for presidency in the history of oe the nation apparently in in favor of the democratic candidate voss loss oi of new york and new jersey by democrats offset by western states lining up for the president utah idaho colorado california nevada and montana being considered in the democratic column new york president woodrow wilson wilbon has been reelected elected re by the voters i of at tile united states tho race nice was ono one of 0 the closest in fit ii tho history ot of the nation the nio elec dec at toral vote Is estimated as wilson tho the vote vaa tile tho heaviest in tile the history of tire the nation which Is elble bible for tire the lateness of tho the d decision first reports from over the country indicated that eliat diaries charles evans Ilu glies had been chosen as our act preal dent but with the returns from california and MIn minnesota which had biad been claimed by tho the republicans it was learned that thai the president had again been tho the choice of 0 tho the voters as their chief executive A number or of western states which hid had bean baen confidently counted on by the republicans to return substantial majorities for and fairbanks will cast their electoral votes tor for wll wil eon and marshall arshall Al the next house of representatives will be republican by at least a majority of ten the senate will be democratic cratic the election was tilled with surprises same of 0 them most startling in character one of tho surprises was the ithe close race in kansas a hitherto republican stronghold interest was on illinois v that was officially set bet down as the state upon which the national contest would swing illinois went for ll il the women furnished the surprises fa an this state there were ot of mern at the polling places during the hay day I 1 the labor voto vote in some of the railway centers or of illinois caused a defection nod and tho the state retained rotain sd its place tut he abe swing of business men to the republican ticket made up for this detection and tho the state retained its ita place tn in the column where it always stood till four years ago when it went away in the three cornered fight for the pres new york santo swung into tho the re column and her forty live five clec toral votes will be cast for 1111 hughes glies and fairbanks governor whitman Is re elected by an overwhelming vote william col cal ELECTORAL STATE statch I 1 the following Is ue e probable electoral sotell vote by bi satee but the offic official tal count may be necessary ry in somo some cases to determine the result 4 at e ajun wl yun hushes alabama 12 12 arizona 3 barkansas arkansas 9 california 13 45 Wo raJo G i 7 Iya waro 3 florida 6 georgia i it udalia 4 ingroia ini roia 23 indiana i i 1 i town lown 13 kansas 10 Hep kentucky tucky 13 louisiana 10 balno G maryland 8 massachusetts IS michigan 15 12 mississippi IQ 0 leebraska lNe missouri montana IS 4 1 nebraska braska i 8 I 1 nevada 1 a 5 new hampshire 4 new jersey 4 14 new mexico a I 1 new york 45 i north carolina 12 north dakota 5 24 oklahoma 10 oregon 5 pennsylvania 38 rhode island 6 13 south carolina 9 south dakota 5 tennessee 1 12 2 texas 20 utah 4 vermont 4 virginia 12 ashington 7 wet virginia S wisconsin 13 wyoming 3 2 totals der republican has been elected re united states senator new york york countes coun tys plurality for tile the dout dolit was one of the smallest in it turn tain banys history it was tile the same salue majority was filvin gi v en t to samu Sea seabury fury nominee for goNer governor nor on ill the democratic ticket indiana michigan r in slid ond wisconsin were looked upon ulon as states likely t bo be found wandering from boiu kneir inear habit ual places paces but tho the three ahr ee 13 elates a t e s alil give alyo their electoral voto vot to ill the republicans wisconsin because of the ln fol lotto letto campaign tor for senator lie he had praised tile tho wilson a administration d n lint s and ignored air lr w was it a counted on almost confidently by tho the democrats to line up for the president tho the badger state will give its thirteen vo votes otes t to mr hughes II the republicans made a clean sweep of now new york state slate with governor whitman running ahead of and william calder united states senatorial candidate far ahead ot ills his running mates in ill now new york city president wilson tell fell fur far behind tile the expectations of his its campaign managers and other democratic leaders president wilson mado made big gains in tile tho republican districts of now new york but ills his votes in tho the democratic districts slumped albany county tho the domain of doss boss darnes barnes tho the too of hu Ilu klies since tile tho days when as governor made ills his fight against race track gamblers rolled up a splendid plurality for foe the republican candidate candidates s every political prediction made by republican or democratic state cell central committeemen of wisconsin was overturned in the election hughes carried tile alie state by something ap old time republican majorities Loul louisiana slana gave its usual democratic plurality of while texas as usual went democratic utah wyoming colorado idaho nevada nod and montana all filled up for president wilson utah one of the two states to do vare caro for taft four years ago Is in ill I 1 ic democratic column this his year pros pres dent wilson carried the state Sill simon joll Dani berRer nas elected governor judge william 11 king will succeed senator george sutherland in fit tile tho senate two democrats were elected to tho the national congress con gresa tile the entire state democratic ticket was elected governor hiram IV johnson was elected to lo the senate from california by a comfortable majority tile tho vote fit Il linDis was heavy Ilo however wever one of the feature f the election elect lon was the fact that worn n noted conver straight llight tickets than tile the nun men indicating a feminine political discrimination that took tho the hardened iclal i t unawares minnesotan Min delegation in the lower house of congress will consist of 0 el bicht ht ono one democrat and one progressive south dakota gave its live five electoral votes to charles E Hu glies adopted statewide prohibition gave women the tr branch anchise iso elected throe three republican congressmen and a full republican state ticket pennsylvania which cast its electoral vote for theodore roosevelt four years ago swung back into tho the lican presidential column by giving charles E hughes a plurality of virtually till nil counties that normally in tho the republican column prior to 1912 1012 returned turned ro republican plu pill realities rali ties in west virginia the sitf amendment was defeated president wilson anti anil tile tho democratic state ticket won tit in tho the democrats elected fourteen congressmen michigan has not only elected practically an entire republican Republic rin state government by handsome pluralities but has entered tho the lists of prohibition states peter goolet goelet gerry a democrat was of elected e acted to abe united states senate from rhode Is island lanil defeating henry F F lippitt rhode islands present senior senator by nearly the election of gerry Is generally attributed to the efforts of tile the labor interests K J 4 4 Z R f v 4 w P I 1 r A afir 7 p mw lp V S P r T r f W 1 vt S WOODROW WILSON prohibition was defeated in baltimore by to majority the democratic ticket carried in georgia orala by increased pluralities woodrow welson received votes voles to for hughes massachusetts went into the republican presidential column while samuel W mccall republican won tho the gubernatorial race henry abot lodge was sent back to the united states senate nebraska gave wilaba a substantial majority elected a democratic senator and a democratic governor and divided its representative ir in congress equally between the two major parties the state went dry six democrats and two republicans will make up the oklahoma congressional delegation a gain of one member for tile the republicans over their rep resen tation in tho last congress is majority for woodrow wilson will reach the tha count Is slow owing to tho the referendum election on the game law which has been defeated there were no state contests all members of the dele ration gatlon tit in congress being elected reelected re te without opposition president wilson carried Tonn tennessee essee by a largo voto vote and tile the democratic state ticket also was was elected thomas 0 rye itye of nashville was chosen governor and K D mckellor of 0 mem ph a vats elected united states benator benato alabama gave its twelve electoral votes to wilson by the usual democratic plurality of more enan no serious attempt war made to break the solidity of the congressional delegation of ten arkansas voters retained prohibition in this state by a vote of 3 to I 1 against tile the proposal to repeal the statewide state wide prohibition law in national and state contested con testes the democrats returned their usual majorities officials chosen as a result of the election on tuesday were president and vice president thirty three united states senators four hundred and thirty ave alvo members of 0 the house of representatives thirty five die governors legislators and other minor state offices A number of states voted on certain amendments chiefly of local interest the states of idaho michigan mis thourl montana nebraska south dakota maryland arkansas and Call california for voted on the prohibition question an issue that has haa loomed large on the political horizon for vale years past the territory of alaska also voted on this question in arizona an amendment for the abolition of capital punishment was up for popular decision womans comans part in the presidential election was one of the outstanding features in one quarter of the forty eight states women had the vote this year the twelve states are wyoming colorado utah idaho washington california arizona kansas oregon nevada montana and illinois the women in tle last six sl states lad had the tha vote oa for president this year air for the first time the interest po ihal leaders took in tills this vote can JA A at K 1 t U I 1 a 4 11 1 4 U v 0 W THOMAS R MARSHALL bo appreciated when it la 13 seen scon that tho the states involved have ninety electoral vote i a little more than one sixth of the electoral colleges total vote miss jeanette rankin of montana Mo ritana was running tor for congress on the ra its publican rub lican ticket and in california mrs josephine feriald of san francisco was aar trant for a seat in fit congress as a democrat pre election betting was heavy especially ally in new york and chicago tile tho day before election in new york city over was wagered on the out outcome conle of the national election while it Is claimed at least a million was wagered tit in chicago the odds being 10 to 9 on he victory of 0 charles evans hughes Il president wilson was at blindow lawn all night election night ile he was surrounded by the members of ills his family H karly arly returns gave him comfort at 3 9 in the face ot of all the returns at that tit time rie his secretary james P announced that victory would perch upon the presidents brinner banner charles E hughes received the returns in tits his private apartments at a the hie hotel astor new york city surrounded rot by tits his family only his two infant grandchildren were absent from the group mr hughes was calm quiet anil and serene A cheerful clie erful smile played over his face and from time to time he exchanged c barit bantering ering remit remarks with those about him hill tile tho candidate spent tile the day in similar quiet rising about tuesday morning lie ho walked around to the polling place and cast tits his ballot before lie had breakfast it has been my custom ever sinca I 1 became a voter to cast my ballot early lie he explained and a nd it was waa the custom of my father before me it took him a minute to mark his ballot ile he tarried outside the polling place long enough to pose tor for the photographers and movie men after breakfast he saw a few callera ballera in tits his apartment and disposed of some accumulated mall mail in the afternoon mr and mrs hughes had a long motor ride during which they were almost constantly recognized and saluted by the growing election crowds on tile th e streets at 4 he retired to his apartments from which he did not emerge again until the result was announced noun ced |