Show elih T r pilad ift R ua B A A B roi L 1 ILA CHOICE HT U I 1 C E OF 0 F VOTE one ot of closest races for presidency in the history of the nation apparently in favor of the democratic candidate loss of new york and new jersey by democrats offset by western states lining up for the president utah idaho Color colorado sAo california nevada and montana being confide considered red in the democratic column new york president woodrow wll wil Is icon on has been reelected elected re by the voters of the united states the race was one of the closest in ithe history of the nation the elec etoral vote Is estimated as wilson 1284 hughes the vote was the heaviest in the history of bf the nation which chic h Is responsible for the lateness of the decision j first reports from over the country indicated that charles evans hughes iliad had been chosen as our next ident but with tho the returns from call fornia and minnesota which had been by the republicans it was learned earned that the president had again been the choice of the voters as their abeen chief executive A number of at western stites states which b had ad been confidently counted on by ithe the republicans to return substantial tor for hughes and fairbanks will cast their electoral votes for wilson and marshall arshall Al the next house of representatives will be republican by at least a ma of ten the senate will be democratic the election was filled with surprises some soine of them most startling in phar character acter one of the surprises was ithe the close race in kansas a hitherto jille republican publican stronghold interest was on illinois that was officially set down as aa the ustate upon which the national contest would swing illinois debt for hughes J the women furnished the surprises tin this state there were ot at peni ahem at the polling places during the day i the labor vote in some of the railway centers of illinois caused a defection I 1 and the state retained its place but the ibe swing of business men to the republican ticket made up for this des and the state retained its place in the column where it always stood till four years ago when it went away in the three cornered fight for the presidency new york state swung into the republican column and her forty five electoral votes will ie be cast tor for hughes and fairbanks governor whitman Is reelected elected re by an overwhelming vote vole william cal ELECTORAL VOTES BY STATED STATE the following Is the probable electoral vote by states but the official count may be necessary in some cases to determine the result alte allson hughes alabama 12 JArl arizona zona 3 arkansas 9 california 13 co orado 6 L connecticut 7 le delaware aware 3 florida 6 georga 14 4 idaho 4 illinois 29 indiana 15 iowa 13 I 1 kans kansas 10 kentucky 13 louisiana 10 maine alaine 6 maryland 8 massachusetts 18 michigan 15 minnesota 12 mississippi 10 Alis missouri 18 montana tana 4 Illon nebraska 8 nevada lk 3 new hampshire 4 new jersey 14 new mexico 3 new york 45 north carolina 12 north dakota 5 jodio 24 fok oklahoma I 1 a oma 10 oregon 5 pennsylvania 38 rhode island 6 south carolina 9 south dakota 5 tennessee 12 texas 20 lutah I 1 4 vermont 4 I 1 virginia 12 0 ashington 7 wet west virginia 8 wisconsin 0 13 wyoming 3 totals der republican has been reelected elected re united states senator new york york countes coun tys P plurality ura lity for the president was one of the smallest 3 in tarn tam many banys history it was the same majority was waa given to samue samu e seabury Sea fury nominee for governor on the democratic ticket indiana michigan lic higan and wisconsin were looked upon as states likely tr to be found wandering from kneir habit ual places but the three states will wili blvd their electoral vote to thre te republicans wisconsin because of the la follette campaign for senator lie he had praised ta the a wilson adminis administration and ignored mr air hughes flushes was counted ori ad almost confidently by the democrats to line up for the president the bad ger state will give its thirteen votes to mr air hughes the republicans made a clean sweep of new york state with governor whitman running ahead of hughes and william calder united states senatorial candidate far ahead of his running mates in new york city president wilson fell far behind the expectations of his campaign managers and other democratic leaders president wilson made big gains in the republican districts of new york but his votes in the democratic districts slumped albany albany county the domain of boss boas barnes the foe of hughes since the days when hughes as gover governor por 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 committeemen of wis wisconsin coasin was overturned in the election hughes carried the state by something ap ipg old time republican majorities louisiana gave its usual democratic plurality of while texas as usual went democratic utah wyoming colorado idaho nevada and montana all lined up tor for president wilson utah one of the two states to declare for taft four dour years ago is in the democratic column this year president wilson carried the state simon bamberger was elected governor judge william H king will succeed senator george sutherland in the senate two democrats were elected to the national congress the entire state democratic ticket was elected governor hiram W johnson was sas elee elected ted to the senate from california by a comfortable majority the suffrage age vote in fin illinois was heavy however one of the features feature of the election was the fact that women voted fewer straight tickets than the m men en indicating a feminine cal discrimination that took the hardened politicians unawares minnesotan Min AlIn delegation in the lower house of congress will consist of eight republicans Republic ons one democrat and one progressive 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 vote for theodore Theodor 6 roosevelt four years ago swung back into the lican presidential column by giving charles E hughes a plurality of virtually all counties that wert wen normally in the republican column columbi prior to 1912 returned republican plu realities rali ties in west virginia the suffrage amendment was defeated president wilson and the tile lieuie democratic state ticket won in n missouri the democrats elected fourteen congressmen michigan has not only elected practically an entire republican state government by handsome pluralities but lias has entered the lists of prohibition states peter goelet gerry a democrat was elected electa d to the united states senate from rhode island defeating henry F lippitt rhode islands present son sen lor senator by nearly the election of gerry is generally attributed to the he efforts of 0 the labor interests I 1 1 I Z 4 f J J t 13 F Z A M g 02 m ile P P A aji J L V 1 l WOODROW WILSON prohibition was defeated in baltimore more by to majority the democratic ticket carried in by increased pluralities woodrow willson received votes to for hughes massachusetts went into the republican presidential column while samuel W mccall republican won the gubernatorial race henry cy 0 bot lodge awas was sent back to the united states senate nebraska gave wilson a substantial majority elected a democratic senator and democratic governor and divided its representatives in congress equally between the two major parties the state went dry I 1 six democrats and two republicans will make up the oklahoma congressional delegation a gain of one member for the republicans over their rep resen resent atlon tation in the last congress is majority for woodrow wilson will vill rel reach ach the count Is slow owing to the referendum election on the game law which has been defeated there were no state contests all members of the present delegation in congress being reelected elected re without opposition president wilson carried tennessee by a large vote and the democratic state ticket also was elected thomas C rye of nashville was chosen governor and K X D mckellor mckellar of memphis was elected united states senator alabama gave its twelve electoral votes to wilson by the usual democratic plurality of more man budoo no serious attempt was made to break the solidity of the congressional delegation of ten arkansas voters retained pro prohibition hibl in this state by a vote of 3 to 1 against the proposal to repeal the statewide state wide prohibition law in national and state contested con testes the democrats returned their usual majorities chosen asta aaa result of the e lection election on tuesday were president and vice president thirty three united states senators four hundred and thirty five members of the house of representatives five governors legisla legislators tots and other minor state offices A number of states voted on certain amendments chiefly of local interest the states of idaho michigan missouri misa montana montan a nebraska south dakota maryland arkansas and callior Call california for voted on the prohibition question an issue that has loomed large on the political horizon for some years past the territory of alaska also voted on this question in arizona an amendment tor for the abolition of capital pun ashment was up for popular decision homans womans part in the presidential election was one of the outstanding features in one quarter of the forty eight states women had the vote this year the twelve states are wyoming colorado utah idaho washington california arizona kansas oregon nevada montana and illinois nois 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 T 5 X k THOMAS R MARSHALL be appreciated when it is seen scon that the states involved have ninety electoral a little more than ones sixth of the electoral colleges total vote miss jeanette rankin frankln of montana was running tor for congress con gresson on the republican ticket and in Cali california califern forn la mrs airs josephine feriald of at san francisco was aspirant tor for a seat in congress as a democrat pro pre election betting was heavy especially ally in new york and chicago the day before election in new yorki york city over was wagered on the outcome of the national elemon election while it Is claimed at least a W million was wagered in chicago the odds being beig 10 to 8 9 on the victory of charles evans hughes president wilson was at bladow lawn all night election night he was surrounded ly by the members ot af fias family early returns gave him comfort at 9 in the face of all the returns at that time aime his see secretary janies james P announced that victory aou would id perch upon the presidents banner charles E hughes received the re turns in his private apartments at the I 1 hotel astor new york city surrounded r by his family only his two infant grandchildren gr ande hildren were absent from the group mr hughes was calm quiet and an d serene A cheerful smile played over his face and from time to time he exchanged e bantering remarks with those about him the candidate spent the day in similar quiet rising about 6 30 tuesday tue aday morning he walked around to the polling place and cast his ballot before he had breakfast it has been my custom ever since I 1 became a voter to cast my allot vallot V early he explained and it was t the he custom of my father before me it 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 bt bf some accumulated mall mail in the afternoon mr air an and d mrs hughes had a long motor ride during which they were almost constantly recognized and saluted by the growing election crowds on the streets at 4 he retired to his apartments from which he did not emerge again until the result was announced noun ced |