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Show Republican Managers Abandon Plans to Contest Con-test Election of President Presi-dent Wilson Unless There Are Good Grounds for Demanding Demand-ing Recount of Votes. USUAL MESSAGE NOT YET SENT Hitchcock and Perkins Advise That Defeat Be Accepted Gracefully, but Chairman Willcox Vetoes Suggestions of His Coadjutors. i . By International News Service, j NEW YORK, Nov. 10. The Hughes ! campaign managers abandoned their plans to contest the election of President Presi-dent Wilson today. They announced that no steps will be t alien to secure a recount in close states unless the official offi-cial canvass of the vote discloses glaring glar-ing frauds. "We have no evidence of any such frauds, M added Chairman Willcox in making this announcement. The work of dismantling the extensive exten-sive .Fifth avenue headquarters of the Republican national committee was begun, be-gun, and the Democratic headquarters will be closed tomorrow. Tho only thing lacking to make the campaign of 1916 a closed incident of American history is the customary congratulatory telegram from the loser to the winner. It is tho present intention of Mr. Hughes to send no such message until the result of the official canvass of the vote is known. In Hands of Managers. Frank H. Hitchcock and George W. Perkins urged today that tho defeat be accepted gracefully and the usual congratulatory con-gratulatory message be sent. Chairman Chair-man Willcox vetoed this suggestion, and let it be known that Mr. Hughes "is in the hands" of his campaign, managers. Chairman Willcox was the only Re-I Re-I publican of prominence at national head- quarters who refused to concede the election of President Wilson. He gavo out the following statement: "The result still depends upon the ' vote of a few close states. It must be borne in mind that the returns thus far announced aro in most states unofficial and may be changed by the official count required by the laws of those states. Twice ; during the unofficial computation yesterday in California mistakes in addition were announced from that state, substantially changing the figures previously given. It is common com-mon experience that the result of the official count almost always varies from the results first announced. May Be Charges. "Where the vote is as close as that reported in several states, it may well be that material changes will result from the official count. "We owe it to the country to tako all necessary steps to see that an exact ex-act and honest count of the vote is made. When the current seemed to bo against Mr. Wilson on Wednesday the Democratic managers announced their intention to demand a recount in every close state. "All we desire is to make sure that the vote be counted, as cast " Chairman Willcox was careful to explain ex-plain that "by an exact and honest count" he did not mean that a recount would be demanded. I Conference Held. George W. Wiclcersham, who was called in on Thursday to direct the contests con-tests it was then proposed to conduct, said that it was certain no steps would be taken to secure a recount in any state until after the ofiicial canvass, and then only if frauds were shown. The decision to abandon the recount proceedings was announced after a conference con-ference with Mr. Hughes at the Hotel Astor. Among those whn participated in that conference were Chairman Willcox. Will-cox. Frank H. Hitchcock and Charles B. Warren, national committeeman of Michigan. It was urged at this con- (Oontinued on Pasa Two,)' , EVIDENCE OF FRAUDS Si TO BE IMS i (Continued From Page One.) ! . i ference that talk of recounts and eon- tests in the absence of definite proof, of irregularities would be very damaging dam-aging to the prestige of the Republican , partv. i |