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Show W1LLG0X CLAIM THE ELECTION Democratic Chairman Says Wilson Will Have at Least 364 Out of the 531 Electoral Votes. REPUBLICAN TELLS DIFFERENT STORY Predicts That Mr. Hughes Will Have a Majority of 100 in the Electoral College. jVETW YORK, Not. 4. In state merits issued tonight by the chairmen of the Republican and Democratic national committees, each made positive claims of victory in the election next Tuesday. Tues-day. Vance C- KcCormick, the Democratic chairman, in what he characterized as his first ajid only forecast of the campaign, cam-paign, predicted that President Wilson would have at least 364 of the total of 631 electoral votes, with a possibility that the number would be swelled to 461. William R. Willcox, the Republican chairman, reported to Mr. Hughes that his minimum majority in the electoral college would be 100 votes and that "doubtless the majority will be much greater. ' ' Mr. McCormick prophesied that thirty Rtu.es surely would be Democratic. He claimed nine more, with fiity-two votes as probably Democratic, and . classed three with forty-five votes as doubtful. Mr. Willcox gave no details in regard to the outcome in the different states. The statement follows: McCormick's Statement. Woodrow Wilson will be reelected re-elected president next Tuesday by a popular plurality and a majority in the electoral college. The votes of Democrats, Progressives, Pro-gressives, Independents and .Republicans .Repub-licans in countless thousands will , contribute. These same elements will elect a sympathetic senate and house of representatives to co-oper-. ate with the president. President Wilson will not have fewer than 364 votes in the electoral elec-toral college, with the possibility that this number may be increased to '416, and a possibility that it may be swelled to 461. Thirty states, with a total of 364 electoral votes, properly belong in the Democratic column, as follows: Alabama, Arizona. Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida. Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Ne-braska, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Okla-homa, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin. "Probably Democratic" Included among the close states, and classified as "probably Democratic," Demo-cratic," are nine, with fifty-two votes in the electoral college, as follows: California, Idaho, Kansas, t New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, North Dakota, Utah, Wyoming. The "doubtful" states are three in number, with forty -five electoral votes, as follows: Michigan, Minnesota Min-nesota and Massachusetts. The states that look to be "Republican" "Re-publican" are six in number, with seventy electoral votes, as follows: Iowa, Maine, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Vermont and Rhode Island. There are 531 votes in the electoral elec-toral college and a majority of 266 is required to elect. Says No Mistake Made. In making up this estimate I have been governed by reliable reports gathered by our organization bureau from every quarter of the United States. These reports are detailed. They represent the best judgment, conservative!? stated, of experienced experi-enced men. "the national committee has relied not only upon precinct, county and state organizations, but upon an elaborate system of checks and countor checks, repeated at fre-"tfl. fre-"tfl. quent intervals. Reports from states classified as "probably Democratic" and from states listed as "doubtful" confirm the judgment that no mistake has been mado in the list of states classified as "Democratic." From every section of the country, from every precinct, come reports that leave no doubt that the campaign now about to close is one of the most unusual and remarkable in the history of American politics. They emphasize that there is abroad in the land a spirit of patriotism and progress! vism and enthusiasm for tne president that has plaved havoc with former partisan political politi-cal alignments. The state of Ohio is typical -Ohio that has never before cast its electoral vote for a Democratic president, save in 3912. The Republicans Re-publicans concede Ohio to President Presi-dent Wilson and our reports con-j con-j firm this concession. ; Other sections, states adjoining ! Ohio and far removed from Ohio, furnish abundant proof that the spirit that moves Ohioans to support sup-port President Wilson .is not affect -; ed by, and does not Btop at, imag-! imag-! inary state lines. ! In Minnesota and Michigan, j States heretofore as strongly Republican Re-publican as Pennsylvania, the Republicans Re-publicans themsel es realize the danger to their ticket and are fighting fight-ing with the vigor born of desperation. despera-tion. There is Pennsylvania itself, i the citadel of protection which is i only claimed bv the Republicans by 1 a much-reduced majority, in which there is not a doubt President Wilson Wil-son will go to Philadelphia with a plurality. There are states in the far west, states on the Pacific coast, states in the southwest, states in the east where indications showing a tre-I tre-I mendous trend toward the presi-I presi-I dent are corroborated by reports from precinct canvassers. Willcox to the Point. Chairman "Willcox said in his forecast: fore-cast: The result of next Tuesday's election is not in doubt, nor is it a matter of uncertaintv. It is not a question of rival claims. This fight has been won for the ticket of the reunited Republican AfVer receiving reports from most of tlie states throughout the country, coun-try, it is the unanimous belief of the members of the national campaign cam-paign committee that Mr. Hughes will have at least 100 majority in the electoral collece. I have made this report to Mr. "Hughes this afternoon, aft-ernoon, as it is based on reports received from all over the country. So far as the claims of our opponents op-ponents are concerned, these extravagant ex-travagant claims are the invariable accompaniment of the Democrats in presidential campaigns. Our opponents oppo-nents have always elected their candidates by a "large majority in the days immediately preceding the election, but they fail on election day, anH they will lamentably fail on Tuesday next. |
