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STAYTON, MARION COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1916.
¿2nd Year, No. 45.
REPUBLICANS GAIN
SEATS IN HOUSE
Returns Indicate Democratic
Majority Will bo Wiped
Out.
GYMNASIUM IS NOW
AN ASSURED FACT
A nice crowd was present -at the
high school assembly hsll last Friday
night to the first Parent-Teacher's
meeting of the season. ¡After a very
pleasing program by the different
grades, and music by the high school
orchestra, the following officer« were
elected: President, Dr. C. II. Brewer;
Vice President, Mrs. G. L. Brown;
Secretary, Mrs. Hattie Smith. The
Parent Teachers Association will meet
monthly in the high school auditorium.
After the election Prof. Gaunlt open
ed the discussion of a Gymnasium by
telling uf the need of one, and »with
the many outside pupils and larger
classes, it is almost imperative thut
Home outlet be made for physical rec
reation, he said: "Athletic« carried on
in a dignified may, will raise the morsl
and physical tone of the school " A
pafier was nt once circulated and a
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New York. Nov. I.—A republican
majority of about JO In the house el
representatives. and a largely reduoe4
democratic majority In the senate,
were Indicated by early returns. Con
servative estlmatea, which would have
given the republicana 217 members as
aaalnat 216 democratic members, had
been modified by the returna from
New York state alone to give the re
publicans 220 members.
Iteturna from Illinois Indicated,
Judíelos from the figures on tho presi
dential race, that the republicans
would make substantial gains la the
house.
It will probably not be definitely
known Just what the status of the
senate la until complete returns from
e.ll states are compiled, but early re THE E U . iO i. A L COLLEGE
turns showed at least one gain which Total eloctoral votes 531 and 266
hud not been counted aa sure by the votes
necessary to win.
republican le a d e rs Scattering re
W ilton
turns from Maryland Indicate that J. A Aiutam
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>- rwta Prance, republican, may beat A l k a n » » «
Colorado
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glorili»
If the early returns should be borne Uvoi
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out, Ibe republicans will have gained Idaho
K entu ck y
13
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at ala east of the Mississippi In New L M ouisiana
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ar> In ml
York. New Jersey, Maryland, Ohio Missouri
M ississippi
15 4
and two In Indiana, a total of ala M o n i s m i
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•cuts. The probable loss of one In N evada
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Delaware offse'a the September gain N N orth
C arolins
orth D akota
In Maine, so that the republicans will Oblo
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only have to gain two more seats for Mouth C arolins
a He In the upper house.
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Republicana have high hopea of T r t e a t h a s
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gaining seals In the senate In Mis W W y ashington
oming
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souri. Nebraska. Montana. Nevada and Total
Arlaona. Tin- republican weak apota
HuQhes
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are North Dakota, Wyoming and New C líela
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Mclloo.
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METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
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Next Sunday morning the minister New
New York
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1’i-nnsylvanla
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Sometimes Neglected Duty." In the
ion!
evening he speaks on "The Great Po W lsi onsln
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litical Campaign and Some Lcssona
Doubtful
Therefrom The Nation Should Take to C alifornia
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Heart.” This will include some caus Ind
tic criticisms on some methods adopt Kansas
M innesota
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ed to win in the presidential contest New
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which methods cause the church to Oregon
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raise her voice in protest.
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70
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The public is cordially invited.
E. B. Ixjckhart
Oklahoma la Democratic.
Oklahoma City. Nov. 8.—State dem
Mure Ilian 400 patents have bcou Is ocratic
headquarters claims Wllaon
sued by tho putted States for ¿levies«
Intended to harness the i>owcr of sm has carried ibe state.
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!
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SWEATER DAY
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$7.00 Sweaters at $5.50
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Serial No. 1082
LETTER OF
TO H E HUGHES’ MAJORITY GIRL TRIP WRITES
TO EASTERN ORE.
IN ILLINOIS 150,000 To the Editor of the Mtayton Mail
RE-ELECTED WILSON TO TOE PRESIDENCY Chicago,
Nov. —Illinois is back In and readers this paper who are in
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CONTEST 1HE CLOSEST
NATION'S HISTORY
IN DEMOCRATS MAY LOSE CON
TROL OF HOUSE
England. Middle W e s t The Usual Democratic Majori*
and Many Central States
¡ties Returned by the
for Hughes.
Solid South.
New
Democrats Recall 1892.
New York, Nov. 8.—Tho contest tor
president of the United Slates Is up "Srmember 1892," was the predic
pun-ntly-v> close that the offl lal re tion of the democratic publicity bu
turns may be iieiesaury to determine resu. which pointed out that in that
whether President Woodrow Wilson memorable contest the revised returns
has been re elected or will be succeed placed Orover Cleveland In the white
ed by the republican candidate, house.
Charle« Evans Hughes of New York. A statement, was Issued by the dem
The election hangs In the balance, ocratic national committee claiming
the early pluralities for Hughes hav that with the loss of the following
ing been virtually wiped out by later | states, which it was not believed
Although Chairman Wfllcox, for the j Hughes had carried, President Wilson
republican national committee and hla '• was stilt re-elected by a majority of
chief aide«, Prank H. Hitchcock, two votes In the electoral college:
Ovorge W. Perklua and C. N. Ittias. California, Indiana. North Dakota,
declined point blank to concede the J South Dakota. West Virginia and Wis
defeat of Mr. Hughes, they frankly consin.
said that the outlook was "uncomfort The committee claimed that even It
these -'«les were lost. It will give
ably close.”
Frank Hitchcock, the political ex President Wilson a vote of 268 in the
pert of the republican camp, declared electoral college.
that the election ol H u g h e s depends Vance McCormick, chairman of the
on results In California and Minnesota. democratic national committee, claim
Minnesota shows Wilson leading by ed the election of President Wilaoa
a substantial plurality. It is impossi with 270 votes in the electoral college.
ble to forecast results, but Wilson has
Republicans Claim 284 Votes.
made gains In purely rural precincts The republican national committee
tkIs morning The cities and towns in an official statement claimed Cali-
are In. The farmer vote will decide. I fornia, Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho,
Incomplete returns from California Illinois, Indiana. Iowa, Maine, Mary-
show President Wilson leading with , laud, Massachusetts, Michigan, New
good pluralities.
I Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,
That one state may decide the elec North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania,
tion seemed possible, although demo Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont,
cratic headquarters predicted that i Washington. Weal Virginia and Wis
Wilson would have a total of 300 vofs consin.
hi the electoral college.
That made a total of 284 electoral
These states were counted for Wil ! votes with more than the necessary
son: Alahamu, Arizona. Arkansas. 266 for an election.
Colorado. Florida, Georgia. Kentucky, This was the official indication from
Louisiana, Maryland. Mississippi. Mis 1 the republicans that the result would
souri, Montana, Nebraska. Nevada, be so close. The republican managers
North Carolina. Ohio, Oklahoma, realized that a sudden switch in the
South Carolina. Tennessee. Texas, states incomplete or unheard from
Utah and Virginia Total. 236
might increase the Wilson figures,
For Hughes were claimed Connectl- but were sure the later figures would
add to the states they were claiming.
Progressives Returned to G. O. P.
Political experts are busy today ex
plaining the return to power in the
; nation of the republican party. Men
of both parties agree that the vote
shows the progressives have returned
to the G. O. P. fold. While Mr. Wil
son may have held some of this vote,
I the great majority of the voters who
i four years ago rallied to the support
i of Mr. Roosevelt, apparently cast their
ballots for Mr. Hughes.
The vital Importance of the progres
sive vote may be gained from a study
of the figures four years ago which
resulted in the election of Mr. Wilson.
At that time the combined vote of
Roosevelt and Taft exceeded that of
the republican column, and by a ma
jority sufficient to dispose of any
grounds for argument. Hughes has
carried the state by at least 150,000.
Frank O. Lowden, for governor, has
defeated Edward F. Dunne, the demo
cratic Incumbent, by about the same
figure.
The outstanding surprise In Illinois,
more especially in Chicago and other
big Industrial centers, was the vote for
Hughes by the workmen. Democratic
leaders had confidently expected that
the labor vote would go practically
solid for Wilson and Dunne. Repub
licans would not concede this claim
but expected a majority of the work
ing people's votes, especially the labor
union element subject to the influence
of Gompers, would swing to Wilson.
To the surprise of managers on both
sides, the labor votes appear to have
gone to Hughes. This explains why
Chicago has given Hughes a majority,
when all calculations were based on
Wilson carrying the city by at least
60,000.
Still another surprise was the big
vote given Hughes by the women of
the state. Democratic managers bad
claimed they were sure of a big ma
jority of the women's vote on the "he
kept us out of war" argument. Repub
lican managers admitted this would
have its effect, especially upon women
whose husbands and sons were of mili
tary age or who would be subject to
call in case of a war a few years
hence.
The returns show that the women
of Illinois look at conditions from
practically the same viewpoint as the
men. They appear to have gone along
with the men and the sole result is a
greatly augmented total vote for the
state, with no change in the political
complexion.
Hughes Wins Home Precinct.
Bridgehampton, L. L, Nov. 8.—The
summer home of Mr. Hughes gives
him 212 votes out of 289.
Florida for Wilson by 15,000.
Jacksonville. Fla., Nov. 8.—Returns
indicate Wilson's majority will be
15,000.
Mississippi Gives 75,000.
Jackson. Miss.. Nov. 8.—Mississip
pi’s majority for Wilson probably will
reach 75,000. All members of the con
gressional delegation were re-elected
without opposition.
Arkansas Larger Than Usual.
Little Rock. Ark., Nov. 8.—Return«
Indicate a Wilson majority bigger
than four years ago by 20 per cent
of
terested in a trip to Central Oregon,
I will give a brief description of our
trip. On Oct. 25, Frank Siogmund, A.
G. Rabens, my father and myself start
ed from my home at Silver Creek Falls
in Mr. Siegmunds new Buick 6, going
by way of Silverton thence to Barlow,
where we stopped a short time to visit
old friends. Thence to east Portland
where we took in the city for about
two hours, thence to the Colombia
Highway where we took dinner at the
Portland Auto Club. The scenery on
the highway is something too grand to
describe, only those who have seen it
know what it is like.
We passed the Hood River country
with trees loaded with luscious red and
yellow appies, everybody busy gather
ing, sorting and packing them. We
traveled the road from Hood River to
the Dalles after dark. The road is
rough and hilly.
We arrived at the Dalles about 8
o’clock p. m. The distance from
Hood River to the Dalles is 31 miles,
making a total distance for the day of
154 miles.
Oct. 26 we started out for Prineville
189 miles from The Dalles. The first
town on the road was Dufur, a small
town among the hills with wheat teams
every where in evidence, 4, 6 and 8
horses on one wagon with trailer.s driv
en by one man. The next town was
Tygh Valley. The roads through this
section are rough and dusty, being cut
up by wheat wagons. We took din
ner at the town of Wappina on the
Deschutes River, thence on to Shaniko
the end of the railroad in that section.
This town is a great sheep center.
Wool comes there from a very large
territory .and sheep also are shipped
from said point. The next town is
Antelope a thriving small town. Then
ce for 30 or 40 miles is a rough stretch
of country, do towns till we got to
Madras, here we stopped over night
which ended the second day. Oct 27
we started from Madras at 8 o’clock
a. m., the next town is Metrolas five
miles from Madras, this is a beautifi i
prairie country not a tree in evident' .
all wheat farms, and the threshing n-
near finished. The next town is Cu -
ver where we found J. M. King. We
motored out to his home which is lo
cated 8 miles from Culver. We met
Wm. Tate on a wheat wagon.* Mr.
Tate has an 800 acre wheat farm nesr
Culver. We took dinner with J. f
King and fr.mily and as it happened 1 i
be Mrs. King’s birthday we had a
sumptuous repast. Mr. King- owi s
320 acres of the best soil in Cregon
and is well satisfied with his location
he had a fine crop of wheat, 27 bushels
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Prices Are Advancing
IN EVERY
WOODROW WILSON
cut, Delaware, Illinois. Iowa, Maine,
Massachusetts. Michigan, New Jersey.
New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Is
land, South Dakota, Vermont and Wis
consin. Total, 215.
These states were doubtful: Cali- i
fornia, Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota, i
New Hampshire, New Mexico, Ore
gon. Washington, West Virginia aud
Wyoming. Total, 80.
Eastern States for Hughes.
The east went for Hughes by ov*f- !
whelming majorities and Wilson did
not carry a single state in this section,
unless, as is uullkely, ho has carried
Delaware.
The democrats had been counting
CHARLES EVANS HUGHES
on the middle west, but they reckoned Wilson by 1,311,444. Mr. Wilson’s
on It vainly. The middle west as a vote was 6.293,019, Taft's 3,484,956
section went for Hughes and most of ! and Roosevelt's 4,119,507.
Its more Important states went for | The big fight of both parties was
him by majorities as great porportlon- waged In what was regarded as the
ately as those in the east.
doubtful states of New
Although the metropolitan news four Important
Indiana, Ohio and llltnola, with
papers which have supported Preil- a York,
dent Wilson conceded his defeat, tho total electoral vote of 113.
democratic managers Insisted that
South Dakota for Hughea.
complete returns from the west would
reverse tho trend which steadily seeta Sioux Fnlls, S. D„ Nov. 8.—Indica
t ed to be piling up the Hughes column. tions are that Hughes has carried
Dakota by a plurality of 15,000.
1 North Carolina is Wilson's by 50,000-
__ South
The prohibition amendment was
Raleigh, N. C„ Nov. 8.—Democratic adopted by 20,000 and the suffrage
majorities apparently are maintained amendment by 10,000. Peter Nord-
in all districts, party leaders cluiming beck (rep.) will win for gpvernor by
I 46,000 to 50,000.
35.000.
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