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Show Wilson Probable : Choice of Voters One of Closest Races for Presidency in the History of the Nation Apparently in Favor of the Democratic Candidate. New YyA'ri"iii.iii Woodrow VVil son has I Be ,.i..( t,, by the voters P The rii.-.vB. one the njF'the history Ythc nation The elei oral vote H?Rtimated as: Wilson 884; HmJfwTV; The 'i-JIras the heaviest in the history ol the nation, which is respon alble for the lateness of the decision. First reports from over the country Indicated that Charles Evans Hughes liad been chosen as our next president, presi-dent, but with the returns from Cali fornia and Minnesota, which had been claimed by the Republicans, it was learned that the president had again been the choice of the voters as their chief executive. A number of western states which had been confidently counted on by the Republicans to return substantial majorities for Hughes and Fairbanks, will cast their electoral votes for VVI1 son nnd Miirshall. The next house of representatives will be Republican by at least a ma Jority of ten. The senate will be Democratic. The election was filled with sur prises, some of them most startling In character. One of the surprises was the close race in Kansas, a hitherto Republican stronghold. Interest was focussed on Illinois. That was officially set down as the state upon which the national contest would swing. Illinois went for Hughes The women furnished the surprises In this state. There were 600.000 of them at the polling places during the day. The labor vote In some of the rail way centers of Illinois caused a defection de-fection and the state retained its place but the swing of business men to the Republican ticket made up for this da tfection tnd the stale retained its place in the column where It always stood till four vara ago. when it went away in the three-cornered tight for the presidency. pres-idency. New York state swung Into the Re-pub, Re-pub, lean column and Iter forty-live electoral elec-toral votes will be cast for Hughes and Fairbanks. Governor Whitman is re-elected by i . .. -an ovcrawhclming vote. William C'al-der, C'al-der, Republican, has been re-elected 1'nited States senator. New York York county's plurality for the president presi-dent was one of the smallest in Tammany's Tam-many's history. It was 28,000. The suine majority was given to Samuel Kealury. nominee for governor on the Democratic ticket Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin were looked upon as states likely to be found wandering from tnetr habitual habit-ual places, but the three states will give their electoral vote to the Republicans. Repub-licans. Wisconsin, because of the La Fol lette campaign for senator he had praised the Wilson administration and Ignored Mr Hughes was counted on almost confidently by the Democrats to line up for the president. The Badger Bad-ger state will give Us thirteen votes to Mr. Hughes. The Republicans made a clean sweep of New York state, with Governor Gov-ernor Whitman running ahead of Hughes and William Calder. United States senatorial candidate, far ahead of his running mates. In New York City President Wilson Wil-son fell far behind the expectations of his campaign manager i and other Democratic leaders. President Wilson made big gains in the Republican districts of New York, but his votes in the Democratic districts dis-tricts slumped. Albany county, the domain of Doss Barnes, the foe of Hughes Blnce the days when Hughes as governor made his fight against race track gamblers, rolled up a splendid plurality for the Republican candidates. Every political prediction made by Republican or Democratic state central cen-tral committeemen of Wisconsin was overturned in the election. Hughes Hill B w yt "TflSl J A fcf 7f v 2f It JLbbW Kill carried the stale by something approaching ap-proaching old-time Republican majorities. majori-ties. Louisiana gave its usual Democratic plurality of (50,000, while Texas, as usual, went Democratic. UUh, Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada and Montana all lined up for i President Wilson. Governor Hiram W. Johnson was elected to the senate from California by a comfortable majority. The suffrage vote in Illinois was heavy However, one of the features of the election was the fact that women wom-en voted fewer straight tickets than the men, indicating a feminine political politi-cal discrimination that took the bar dened politicians unawares. Minnesota's delegation in the lower house of congress will consist of eight Republicans, one Democrat and one Progressive. Utah, one of the two states to declare de-clare for Taft four years ago, Is in I lie Democratic column this year. Pres- I Ideal Wilson carried the state. Simon I Bamberger was elected governor. Judge William H. King will succeed ' Senator George Sutherland in the sen- ' ate. Two Democrats were elected to the national congress. The entire state Democratic ticket was elected, South Dakota gave its five electoral votes to Charles E. Hughes, adopted statewide prohibition, gave women the franchise, elected three Republican congressmen and a full Republican state ticket. Pennsylvania, which cast Its electoral elector-al vote for Theodore Roosevelt four years ago, swung back into the Repub liean presidential column by giving Charles B. Hughes a plurality of J00 000. Virtually all counties that were normally In the Republican column prior to 1912 returned Republican plu ralltles. In West Virginia the suffrage amendment wa defeated. President Wilson and the Demo cratlc state ticket won In Missouri. The Democrats elected fourteen congressmen. con-gressmen. Michigan has not only elected prac tically an entire Republican state gov ernment by handsome pluralities, but has entered the lists of prohibition states. Peter Goelet Gerry, a Democrat, was elected to the United States senate from Rhode Island, defeating Henry F. Lippitt. Rhode Island's present senior sen-ior senator, by nearly 4.000. The elec tlon of Oerry is generally attributed to the efforts of the labor interests. Prohibition was defeated In Baltimore Balti-more by 20,000 to 30,000 majority. The Democratic ticket carried in Georgia by Increased pluralities. Wood row Wilson received 100.000 votes to 20,000 for Hughes. Massachusetts went into the Repub Mean presidential column, while Samuel Sam-uel W. McCall. Republican, won the gubernatorial race. Henry C.bot Lodge was seat back to the United States senate. Nebraska gave Wilson a substantial majority, elected a Democratic senator and a Democratic governor, and dlvld ed Its representatives In congress equally between the two major par ties. The state "nt dry. Six Democrat i two Republicans I will make up I Oklahoma congressional congres-sional delegation, a gain of one mem her for the Republicans over their rep I resentatlon In the last congress. Mississippi's majority for Woodrow Wilson will reach 7f,000. The count 1 Is slow, owing to the referendum election elec-tion on the game law, which has been defeated. There were no state contests, con-tests, all members of the present delegation dele-gation In congress being re-elected without opposition. President Wilson carried Tennessee by a large vote and the Democratic state ticket also was elecled. Thomas Thom-as C Rye of Nashville was chosen governor and K. D. McKellor of Mem phis was elected 1'nited -a es senator. sen-ator. Alabama gave Its twelve electoral votes to Wilson by the usual Democratic Demo-cratic plurality of more man b0,000. No serious attempt was made to break the solidity of the congressional delegation dele-gation of ten. Arkansas voters retained prohibition prohibi-tion in tills state by a vote of 3 to 1 against the proposal to repeal the state-wide prohibition law. In national nation-al and state contestes the Democrats returned their usual majorities. Officials chosen as a result of the election on Tuesday were: President and vice-president; thirty-three United Unit-ed States senators; four hundred and thirty-five members of the house of representatives; thirty-five go ernors legislators and other minor state offices. of-fices. A number of states voted on certain amendments, chiefly of local Interi -t The states of Idaho, Michigan, Missouri, Mis-souri, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, Da-kota, Maryland, Arkansas and California Califor-nia voted on the prohibition question, an Issue that has loomed huge on the political horizon for some years past. The territory of Alaska also voted on this question. In Ari.ona an amendment amend-ment for the abolition of capital punishment pun-ishment was up for popular decision. Woman's part In the presidential lection was one of the outstanding features. In one-quarter of the forty eight states women had the vote ibis year. The twelve states are Wyo- ming, Colorado. Utah. Idaho. Wash Ington, California, Arizona, Kansas. Oregon, Nevada, Montana and 1111 nols. The women In the last six states had the vote for president this year for the first time. The Interest political leaders took In this vote can be appreciated when it is seen that the states Involved have ninety electoral elec-toral vote.i, a little more than one-sixth one-sixth of the electoral college's total vote. President Wilson was at smadow Lawn all night, election night. He was surrounded by the members of his family. Karly returns gave him comfort. At 9 o'clock In the face of all the returns at that time, his gee retary, James P. Tumulty announced that victory would perch upon the president's banner Charles K Hughes received the re turns In his private apartments, ut the Hotel Astor, New York City, sur rounded by his family. Only his two infant grandchildren were absent from the group. Mr. Hughes was calm, quiet and serene ,. cheerful smile played over his face, and from time to time he ex changed bantering remarks with those about him. The candidate spent the day in similar quiet. Rising about 0:30 o'clock Tuesday morning he walked around to the polling place, and cast his ballot before he had breakfast "It has been my custom ever llnci I became a voter to cast my ballot early," he explained, "and it was the custom of my father before melt me-lt took him a minute to mark his ballot. He tarried outside the polling place long enough to pose for the photographers and movie men. After breakfast he saw a few callers In his apartment and disposed of some accumulated mall In the afternoon Mr and Mrs Hughes had a long motor ride, during which they were almosi constantly recognized and saluted by the growing election crowds on the streets. At 4 o'clock he retired to bis apartments, from which he did not I emerge again until the result was an I nounced. |