Salt Lake Tribune | 1908-11-04 | Page 2 | Hitchcock's Comments on His Sweeping National Victory

niicncocK's comments on his I SWEEPING NAT'ONAL VICTORY NEW YORK. Nov. 3. At 10:30 o'clock tonight Chairman F.rnnk JI. j Hitchcock of "Ihliltcpubljcan national commit tc-e. met tho newspaper representatives repre-sentatives in bis rooms at the national headquarters a'iid made tho following statements: "The returns speak for themselves. There seems to be no longer any doubtful doubt-ful states. The electoral vote will show that my estimate was correct, ft looks now, T think, as if T must have underestimated under-estimated it. The returns havo excocded ui3' exnectations. "Tho plurality iu Indiana will bo less than I expected. That in Illinois is far moro than anticipated. And so it goes. Whero oue state has not quite come up to the figures 1 had expected. BOino other state has gouo far beyond. Tho latest returns from Maryland indi- cato that we have carried that state by about $000 to' 10.000, and that is more than 1 believed it would give. "T predicted early in tho evening that (toveruor Hughes would bo elected. To Mr. Hughes we owo much. As a campaigner lie. has helped -wonderfully in the national contest. All of us hero at headquarters were grcatlv interested iu tho fight. Ho has earned his victory and wo are glad for him and grateful to him for the help ho has given us." When Mr. Hitchcock was asked to what ho attributed the victory of the national ticket, ho replied: "Tho pooplo havo explained that. It is not, for mo to say anything more except ex-cept to thank tho people. "I do not think any formal statement state-ment from me, further than what I have said to you, is necessary. T wish you all good night."