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Show PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON AND VICE PRESIDENT THOMAS R. MARSHALL. ANOTHER FOUR YEARS OF WOODROW WILSON Utah and the Nation Each B Are Safely In the Fold H of Democracy. flfl CARBON COUNTY TAKEN OVER BY BOURBONS H NEW YOKK, Nov. 9. Tho jtatca of Cnllfornla, New Mexico H nnd North Dakota swinging into tho democratic column nt mid- , 1 night tonight made certain thefre-elecUbn of Woodrow Wilson over H Chnrles Kvans Hughes with ntjeiwt'six clectornf voles to spare. - H The states of Minnesota nnd New Hnmpshirc remained doubtful H with n strong trend townrd the democratic enndidntc. Republican : JH lenders nt national hcndiiunrters last night nnd early this mom- jJ ing refused to surrender the last hope of Hughes' election. , HH The hardest blow to their hopes came when news was received J thnt nn alleged transposition of two thousand votes from Wilson H to Hughes in California had been discovered, nnd thnt thu corrcc- , H tion gave the president a plurality of about thirty-five hundred. j jH Wilson lias certainly enrried thirty-one Northern, Southern nnd j H Western states, with 272 electoral votes. Hughes carried fourteen H Enstern nnd Northern states nnd two Western states, with nn ' electoral vote of 2-13. ELECTION SETTLED BY CALIFORNIA. M California, which had wavered for two days between Wilson nnd Hughes, settled all doubt as to the outcomu of the election nt H 10 o'clock tonight, when the lend of the president was increased ' so thnt with but sixty-five districts missing his plurality wns .1112. In New Mexico he took the lend from Hughes nnd wns 2G3-1 votes nhend, with a hundred nnd fifty-eight districts unreported. At tho S rame time North Dakota became sure for Wilson nnd Wilson gains I il were reported In West Virginia,-Minnesota nnd New Hnmpshirc. , H When the news of California's decision reached republican t head(unrters in New York the place was almost instantly de- jH t cried. There is still talk of making contests, nnd many lawyers, HH headed by former Attorney General George W. Wickersliam, have" been engaged to take all possible legal steps to fight for Hughes ,ifl to the last trench. ijjl LITTLE CONFIDENCE IN RECOUNTS. rH So decided, however, were tho midnight returns thnt none of liI the republican leaders hnd any confidence thnt cither recounts Tl or recourse to courts could save thclrcnndldntc. The result of the VM election, which was clouded by doubt nnd conflicting reports for jl two days, hits upset nil precedents in Amcrlcnn politics. Wilson afl has been elected by republican states states on which the repub- HHI lienn party leaders counted so surely that they took little trouble Pl or expense to mnke pre-election fights within their borders. Jilfll Without New York or Illinois, which declared decisively for 1H Hughes, the democrats found enough strength in the middle nnd 'TM extreme West to overcome the great electoral votes of these nnd liil many other populous nnd important states. Of the Western States, liH where a Hughes victory wns practically conceded by the demo- fnl crats, Hughes wits victorious only in Oregon. In tho Middle West, ' lH Iown nnd South Dakota only votod for him. New England's rock- IH ribbed republicanism almost cracked under the strain of the trend iHI toward Wilson. Republican pluralities of former years dwindled IKH until they almost disappeared. In the case of New Hnmpshirc it H will require nn offlcinl count to decide the claim of the republicans ' 2llH thnt their hold upon n solid Now Englnnd is still unbroken. The ' rHH result in New Englnnd is a savuge blow nt the confidence of the LiH high protectionists thnt the tnriff will be n continuing issue in rlll American politics. t B There is no evidence in nn analysis of the vote in New Englnnd J HH thnt the tnriff wns even considered by the voters. 3'fll INSULT TO AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE. IH Conceding West Virginia, New Hampshire nnd Minnesota to !' iflifl Hughes nnd he wns in the lend in nil three only gives him two DtiiH hundred nnd fifty-nine votes, seven less than the required mn- pi BKI Jority. With two hundred ijnd seventy-two votes in sight Prcsl- IF Hfl dent Wilson hnd six to spare for n possible split of electors in SliiH California or n sudden reversnl in New Mexico. At republican 11 H headquarters it was ndmitted that nfter conference between G. W. HiHkH Wickershnm. former attorney general of tho United States; Ever- l HH ett Colby of New Jersey, C. E. Hughes, Chairman Wlllcox nnd M H George W. Perkins of Baltimore preparations were being made to StilKSH begin legal proceedings for recounts in states where thu results rj HfiH were close. Chairman Willcox included California, New Mexico, f iH North Dakotn, New Hampshire nnd Minnesota in his list of stntes h H where recounts undoubtedly would be demanded. I: H PREPARED, HOWEVER, FOR FIGHT, ; tMM Democratic headquarters arc not behind the republicans in L BH preparing for legal developments. Chairman McCormlck confer- f BH red with Alton B. Parker, former democratic candidate for presi- ,i H dent; Morgan J. O'Brien, Delancey Nlcoll and John B. Stanchfield, PH all prominent New York lawyers. It was evident that If the elee- j ' BH tion was to be take.i into the courts the legal giants of both par- ; i H ties were being marshalled for such a battle royal as the United 1 1 States never has seen. i'lH In an official statement thu democratic national committee iiflH claimed two hundred nnd seventy-two votes for President Wilson tftfiH nnd a popular plurality of two to three hundred thousand, fliH "To say there will be any contest," declnred the statement, "is l&flH Iun insult to the intelligence of the American people." lilHliH The senate, where republican gains have been offset by repub- aHH (Concluded on page four.) ' tzW fiHI EjjBifl II ANOTHER FOUB YEARS OF WILSOH Hi HI (Continued from page one.) HH lican losses, will remain democratic by a safe working majoiity of Bn pcrhnps twclvo votes, while the house h safely democratic. HH STATE, JUDICIAL AND CARBON COUNTY. n Incomplete returns from nil counties indicate thnt Wilson has HMK carried Utah by more than twenty thousand majority and that EflHff every man on the democratic state ticket hns been elected. Con- Hjjg trary to the gcnernl belief expressed before election, candidates HHwj for state offices ran right along with the president nnd piled up HHW overwhelming majorities ngainst their republican opponents. Of- HHW fleers elected who will hnvc control of the affairs of the state after HUI January 1st nrc named below: P United States Scnntor W. II. KING. ll Congress (First District) M.JI. WELLING. H Congress (Second District) J. H. MAYS. Supreme Justice E. E. CORFMAN. Governor SIMON BAMBERGER. Bl Secretary of State HARDEN BENNION. JR Attorney General DAN B. SHIELDS. BiK Treasurer D. O. LARSON. Kf Auditor JOSEPH RIRIE. R Superintendent of Schools E. G. GOWANS. HJ Hon Jnmcs W. Cherry of Mt. Pleasant, for distt let judge of the ,0 Seventh, is defeated by Hon. George A. Christenscn of Mnnti, ns is BH also Fred E. Woods of Price by Knox Patterson of Moab. The HR majorities of each on incomplete returns run mound three liun-, Bl dred votes each. Carbon county saves three treasurer, clerk Hfl and sheriff. The balance of the ticket is democratic, including HH two of the board of county commissioner. Returns from the Hf district, the county nnd the state nre till unusually slow in coming Hl in. Everywhere, almost, the proposed constitutional amendment BHjl as relating to changes in the method of taxation, was buried too HB deep for resurrection. The Carbon county officers chosen Inst H I Tuesday arc here given. JhUJ! Representative Frank T. Bennett of Storrs. ji I Four-Year Commissioner A. Bryner of Price. Wflj Two-Year Commissioner Emll Ostlund of Clenr Creek. kIJ Clerk Ernest S. Horsley of Price, B8f Recorder Mrs. Barbara Forrester of Cameion. Hjjy Attorney L, O. Hoffmann of Price. HH g' iriff George Collinghnm of Sunnyside, BH Surveyor Otto Herres of Castle Gate, SR Assessor Benton Randolph of Price, HHf Treasurer A. BalHngcr of Price. imI H-----------IIHHHBLI |