Show J I CLOSEST ELECTION IN I iBAll i i BAL LOlL TR S SWILL WILL SWIN rR I Doubt Clouds Result Both Candidates Ar ATI Confident Hughes Ii 11 F Favor Favorite v ta in Betti Bettin n s' s By JOHN EDWIN NEVIN By caT News s S Service lo to Tb The r 1 J r 4 1916 G presidential campaign wil end at midnight tonight Th Tb close will find both dominan political parties loudly confidence In Tuesdays Tuesday's outcome 1 reality never before in is the history o othe othe the baited States not excepting th Tilden-Hayes Tilden struggle has the resu reaul roaul been so clouded in doubt This Is clue flue to factors which h hEw bay entered American life me for the firs fin time lime The problems of the Europea war ar the extension of the to the women of the West the di dlf i integration of the Progressive party all are material factors anyone o a J which may swing the election The problem of Jf where the wernet and progressive voters will wm land lond 1 the one which has brought travail t tUle the Ule souls of ot the two party arty chairmen Willcox and McCormick Bot claim it Both admit privately tha thin their claims are based as much expectancy as upon anything else HUGHES LEADS BETTING Tho The campaign ends with Justic Charles Evans Hughes Republica candidate the betting favorite in th big Wall str street et sweepstakes There the financial center where the bl hi mone money Is placed the weight of Jf cas CBS I has been placed upon the Republica candidate Throughout the countr county where betting is regarded more as a expression of ot views than as a a. mono money making proposition the odds are mor mo nearly even It is generally accepts that th tit whole thing is a a. gamble an that it will be he a horse race race nigh rish down to the wire Both President Wilson r and his Ri Rt publican opponent have had wondel woude ful meetings In hi their tours of th country The crowds have been larg largI and the enthusiasm for both remar remal able But the political wiseacres r I calling Colonel Bryans Bryan's triumphs triumph tours of or other campaigns campaigns admits admits the tha the crowds dont don't necessarily mea moa rots vota b. b I WILSON ENDS CAMPAIGN l President Wilson wound up h b hI i campaign at Shadow Lawn today Th occasion was old home week an nn representatives of or every county I 1 New Jersey as well as pilgrims other parts hard his bis final utterance utterances He fairly exuded confidence in th outcome and his friends d clare dare that he lie looks with confident e g to a landslide to the Demo racy on Tuesday Justice Hughes was on the job her in New York His Isis windup also iso wa record breaking in iii character Th Tb various arlous organizations of business me Continued on page 2 2 i l CLOSEST ELECTION I I C M from page 1 I who have espoused cause e had left t nothing undone to make to-make make his final series of meetings on on Manhattan l island a wonderful success Tonight an old fashioned torchlight parade parade- I th they y call aU It a wheel of fire will tire will be beI beheld I field beld held simultaneous with the candidates candidate's I I speech in Madison Square Garden And the tue men in charge harge say that in ill inI I I numbers and enthusiasm they will wIllI I 1 eclipse Tammany's effort in behalf of Wilson the night before last BOTH ARE CONFIDENT Justice Hughes and his friends and President Wilson and his intimates are equally confident Both chairmen today were wera preparing their final statements statements state state- ments on the outcome They were claiming many of the same states and were ere prepared to back up their claims I with details of various polls in the various arious communities It was the same old claims that have been echo echoed d ever 1 since the start i Out c chaos aos prevailing throughout through through- lout out the country it still sUll was I ly plain that the result next Tuesday j will be a triumph for tor the unbranded voters oters than for he who has partisan support Br B tate Pta Pita to The rue TeI Telegram NEW YORK Nov 4 Both Both candidates candi candi- 1 dates will spend the two days that In In- before belore election quietly the i II i president at Shadow Lawn and Mr Hughes at the hotel otel where he has I made I Wade made his bis New York headquarters since he lie left Washington They will willS I f receive the returns at these places 1 J. J Frank Hanly the Prohibition presidential candidate will reach his Home in Indianapolis tonight after a I I i final rinal day of speechmaking through Ini In In- I i diana llana Since September 8 Mr Hanly I has traveled nearly miles I I. I through thirty four states The SoI So So- I candidate Allan Ii If Benson I who has made 1 campaign speeches in ha almost every part part of or the country IsI is I i I oday in Kansas City Mo 1 i 1 |