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Y tTMlKTY-NINTH YEAR NO. 239 TsALEM, OREGON3KI2INESfijY, NOVEMBER $, 1916 ' ' . on ieais amd nbwi - ' STANDS TTVB CENTS Robert W. Woolef Says Hope for Wilson Still New York, Nov. 7. Robert W. Wool ey, chairman of the democratic national publicity bureau, at 10:30 tonight as serted in a 'formal statement that Wil mm will win with HOfl electoral vote. " Kvery .Western return now coining in is favorable to the president," he declared. "In the face of -a tide set aftninat tliein for Hughes tlmt the re jmblicnna asserted whs a landslide, tb democratic leaders pointed out that with Ohio carried for Wilson there was iitill a possibility that the president would be re elected, despite loss of Jvew York; Illinois and Indiana, three of the pivotal states. - "We are not stampeded by the wild claims of the Hughes people," Wooley said. "Koinember 1S!)2, when the re publicans claimed a sweeping victory and- were then compelled to revise the statements when the late returns show ed the election rf Clevel""d." Here aro tlie figures Ohio not beinij considered as cited at democratic head quarters: Wilson has the solid south Alabama, Arkansas, .Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Cnrolinn, South Caro lina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia a to tal of 120 votes. Of the 531 voteg In the electoral col lege, 200, are necessary for a choice. Wilson therefore has 140 votes to gain afier the olid south. . Of the .101 votes remaining after the Biilid south is deducted from the elec toral college total, Hughes, on the face of returns at this hour, has carried. New York, Imrlnnn, Kansas, Conne cticut, Iowa. Maine. New Hampshire. .Massachusetts. Vermont. New Jeraev. Michigan and Rhode Island a total of 150 votes. This, subtracted, from .191, leaves 235 votes. From this. 235 Wilson must obtain 120 votes to add. to his 140 A feller and his wife may continue t' live t'getuer after he teaches her t' drive his car, but she'll never feel th' same toward him. Ever "buddy down our way is in a attitude o' expectaacy t' gee what new corn meal is goin' t' cost. ' D,W ) f M TH0MA5 . Ml Returns From Oregon Give Little Indication Portland, Or., Nov. S. Twenty in complete counties in Oregon, including Multnomah (Portland) gnvV Hughes .1,7.12; Wilson 3,251 nt 11:.10 p. m. The returns were so meager, however, that neither the republicans nor the demo crats would claim victory or concede defeat. "If Hughes makes the same showing he has so far as the count progresses, wo will carry Oregon," said Secretary Baldwin of the republican central com mittee. ''The returns are so fragmentary we can't say anything," was the state ment of Secretary White, democratic stnte central committee. Medford, Or., Nov. 7. Incomplete returns from nine precincts in Jackson county gave Hughes 30; Wilson 51; ITnnlv 3. Burns, Or., Nov. 7. Two precincts, incomplete, out of 28 in Harney coun ty, give Hughes IS; Wilson 22." C'oquille, Or., Nov. 7. Four Coos county precincts incomplete gave Hughe 10; Wilson 12; Hanly 1; Ben son 4. Corvallis, Or., Nov. 7. So many vot ers were sworn in here today that the total vote cast in Corvallis exceeded the actual registration. Knrly returns gave Wilson 00; Hughes 5". Washington for Wilson. Seattle, Wash., Nov.' 7. With Wash ington nnn nt the ntntpa needed 41 vive President Wilson another term, he was ilcadin? Charles E. Hughes, 9,171 to 8,107 at 10:30 p. m. I I . f - 7t r.Ai:,ti li-ni.-A showed that the balance of the demo cratic congressional and state ticket was running behind. Senator Poindexter, republican, was making a runaway race of it, and (Continued on pnao five.) from the solid south if he is to obtain a majority of 200. To obtain this 120 votes Wilson would have to carry the following states claimed by Chairman MeCormick in his ante-election state ment Colorado, Arizona, Kentucky. Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nebras ka, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Washing ton, and Wyoming a total of 10" votes and several of the following states listed in the same MeCormick state ment as "possiblv democratic" Cali fornia (13 vote);' Idaho (4): New Mex ico !f); North Dakota (5): South Dako ta (5) and I tnh (4) which all together total .14 votes. But the frailty of the democratic hope was indicated in the fact that if Hughes carries California and one other of the suites last eaumerated Wilson cannot win. Walsh Btill Hopeful Chicago fenntor Thomas J Walsh, of . Montana, western manager for the democratic national committee, issued a statement at 9:30 o'clock tonight iu which he claimed that 271 electoral vo tes are assured to Wilson and that indi- J cations point to a Wilson victory in other states. He refuses to concede Illinois to Hughes. ; VOTEOF MARION 1$ SLOW IN REPORTING Tho count of the votes cast in Mar ion county is proceeding very slowly and at 1 o'clock not a single complete precinct had reported. . Incomplete reports from many scat tered precincts in Salem and from the country scarcely gave a basis for esti mating the result. It is evident that the race for cir cuit judge between Bingham and (ial loway will be close, and . that Judge Kelly will bo re-elected was indicated. McMahan and Gehlhar for district attorney were running neck and neck. Totals footed up at 12 o'clock, in cluding incomplete returns from many precincts in tho city and county were as follows: Hughes 0-51 418 098 278 543 481 571 208 1 22 Wilson ITawley Weatherford Bingham Onllowav Kelly Beiuhart Corbv Gehlhar 420 McMahan 343 !mu H. Brown 418 Chas. F. Elgin 387 Seymour Jones 417 W.,A1 Jones :.....,....40.- Ivan O. Martin 405 Hnttie Cameron 170 Mrs. W. A. Chapman 121 Frank 8. Ward 292 Ohio Is Conceded To Wilson by Large Plurity Over Hughes Columbus. Ohio, Nov. 7. Ohio has given President Wilson a substantial majority on the basis of returns re ceived up to 10:30 p. m. State Chairman Finley at that hour reiterated his claim that Wilson's final majority would be 100,000 or bettor and detailed returns from !25 precincts in 30 counties appeared to bear out his claim of a safe margin for the presi dent in the Buckeye state. These precincts, which included one third of the total precincts in Hamil ton county, and less than one-tenth of the total in Cuvahoga county, gave Wilson 4o,48; Hughes 40,320. This was an average of slightly bet than ten votes to the precinct in favpr of Wilson. This ratio, if carried throughout the state, would give Wil son approximately 00,000 majority. The Hamilton county vote, however, is held to justify Finley 's prediction thnt Wilson 's lead will be above this figure. Ohio I Conceded. New York, Nov. 7. Republican na tional headquarters at 11:.'0 tonight took Ohio off their "uncertai" list and conceded that it has gone to Wilson. HUGHESjSEEMS TO HAVE LEAD FOR PRESIDENT New York Papers Say That Republican Is Elected President OVER RIVAL CLAIMS Many States In Various Var ious Sections of Union Close and Doubtful By Perry Arnold, (United Press Staff Correspondent.) New York, Nov. 8. At 2:30 a. m. the presidential election was more in doubt than at midnight, with Wilson showing surprising strength in Kansas, Wisconsin and Minnesota. The republican national committee still claimed the election of Hughes by at least 300 electoral votes. The New York newspapers, which earlier in the night had announced the election ' of Hughes, however, were tempering their headlines; The Worfl whanged ''Hughes victory" to read ."Hughes leads" and others took similar precautions. Massachusetts, which had beon prac tically conceded to Hughes earlier in the night, was now declared to bo. in doubt. At 2:30 Bobert Woolley, democratic director of publicity, declared: "Early republican claims of victory are vanishing into thin air. The elec tion of Wilson becomes more certain every hour." Republican Chairman .Willcox snid he had no reason to revise his claims for Hughes. All leaders were eagerly watching the returns from the far wost and mid dle west, where the result was still in doubt. The democrats conceded Illi nois to Hughes and practically admit ted they had no hope of winning in Indiana. Ohio was classified by the democrats as positively certain for Wilson, but the republicans still claimed it, basing their hopes on the rural vote. Wilson Leads In Minnesota. ' St. Paul, Minn., Nov". 8. Wilson car ried Minnesota, according to early in dications from 142. of the 3,008 pre cincts. Those give Wilson 20,198 and Hughes 17,7.10; Fred Wheaton, demo cratic state chairman, said the icturns from country districts could not over throw tho big lead WilsoVi is piling up in the Twin Cities. Republicans do not concede the state. Governor Burnquist, republican, is easily leading for re-election, while Dan Lawler, democrat, and Frank Kel logg, republican, are running a neck and neck race for the United States senate. Deadlock of Claims. New York, Nov. 8. With one excep tion, all the New York newspapers at 1:00 o'clock this morning declared Oov erno Hughes elected president of tho I'nited ritntes. The exception was the Evening Post, which, in a midnight ex tra, merely stated the election of Hughes seems pronanie. When the Morning World conceded HugheB' election, tjut gave him only 20.1 electoral votes, with several states still ia doubt, the Tribune gave the re publican candidate 291 votes and the Sun 310. The vote necessary to elect is 200. The Tribune gave Wilson 199 elec toral votes anil tiie Sun 149. Newspapers Bay Hughes. New York, Nov'. 8. A deadlock of claims from republicans and dem ocrats; a strong trend by Hughes be ing apparently cut down by a late swing toward Wilson this was the situation ia the 29th national election at 1 o'clock this morning. National Democratic Chairman Vance MeCormick set "not less than 273" electoral votes as his prediction of the outcome. National Republican Chairman Will cox increased his earlier statement claiming .100 for Hughes by four addi tional votes. In the first hour after midnight, preliminary indications were that Cali fornia, claimed by botn parties, would go republican; Delaware, probably for Wilson; Wisconsin probably for Hughes. (Continued on page five.) J K cti Wih V ' A J New York, Nov. 7. (9:30 p. m.) On the face of all returns obtainable at this hour-returns general enough almost to preclude the possibility .of dfny change in the result-Charles Evans Hughes today was elected president of the United States. ' ; Republicans were claiming a landslide. Democratic leaders refused to concede basing their hope for a change in the figures on the fact that at this hour the returns necessarily were incomplete. Many of them admitted privately, however, however that ihts was almost a forlorn hope. Newspapers Say Hughes Elected. New York, Nov. 7. At 8:45 tonight it seemed certain that Charles Evan Hughes had been elected president of the United States. At this hour it was apparent that only a miraculous change in the returns could turn the result to Wilson. With New York certain for Hughes, Illinois conceded, Indiana sweeping into the republican camp, only Ohio remained among trie doubtful "pivotal states" to be classified. The democratic leaders were clinging to the hope that the country vote in the middle western states yet might turn the balance in their favor. From Kansas, however, where the early returns seemed to indicate a strong drift to Wilson, the later figures added to the Hughes confidence. At 9 o'clock Charles Evan Hughes said, through Chair man Willcox:. "The victory is greater than we had hoped for and greater than we had reason to expect." The returns from Michigan and Minnesota were very slow. Colorado, California and the far west, were yet to be heard from. At this hour the New York World (democrat) con ceded the election of Charles Evan Hughes, which was also claimed by the New York Tribune and the New York Herald (republican.) National Chairman MeCormick at democratic head quarters at 9:15 refused to concede the election of Hughes. "I am confident that complete returns will show the re-election of President Wilson," he declared. At the republican headquarters congratulations were being exchanged all around. The leaders gathered about Chairman Willcox whose only remark for publication was: "There will be no wathful waiting for the next four years except among the democrats on the outside looking in." The New York Times (democrat) ata 9:50 p. m. said that "indications point to a Hughes victory." The Times conceded Ohio and Oregon to Hughes. At 9 o'clock Chairman Willcox issued the following statement: "It appears that Hughes has been elected by a landslide and that both houses of congress are solidly republican. "The south is still solid but sorry." the defeat of the president! There are 531 votes in tho electoral college- States conceded1 to the repub licans by the democrats from the first havo been Iowa, Maine, ' New Hamp shire,, Pennsylvania,' Rhode Island and Vermont a total of 70 electoral votea. On the basis oi returns to 9:15 p. m., Hughes has apparently carried New York, 45 votes; Indiana, 15 votes; llli- states. This would give him 89 elcctor- zu votes of i ai votes. The republicans assert that with Maar sachusetts and Connecticut, Michigan, Minuesota, Wisconsin and Kansas this) brings his total to 104 electoral votes, and his election was assured with a to tal vote ranging from 275 to 300. These estimates were all made without returns from the far west, where the republi cans were extremely confident. At republicans hondquarters it was pointed out that such a victory woubt undoubtedly mean a republican major ity in the senate and huuse. Walsh 'a Palth In West Chicago, Nov, 7. "1 eouefrtn noth ing," said Senator Thorns J. Walsh, campaign manager at western demo cratic, headquarters upon hearing that Hughes bad been conceded the election.' "I have always based on claims of western states," he said. "There ia v fine chance that we carry Wisconsin, Ohio and Indiuua. Practically no re turns arc in from far western states." Make No Statement Asbury Park. N. J., Nov. 7. At &:5 o'clock tonight it was announmed at the executive offices: ''We believe President Wilson hn bee:i re-elected. There is nothing, to date to alter this view. , Wo are not so precipitate as our opponents in an nouncing results." Chicago Says It's Hughes. Chicago, III., Nov. 7. The Chicago Daily News, independent republisan at 8:20 tonight cluimed the election of Hughes. No Democratic Statement. New York, Nov. 7. Shortly after 9 o'clock Democratic Chairman MeCor mick sent word to the newspapermea that there would be no further an nouncements from him tonight unless he was sure of the result. Massachusetts For Hughes. Boston, Mass. The Boston (Hoke concedes Massachusetts to Hughes by more than 10,000. Ohio Blides to Wilson. , Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 7. Sixty four precincts in seven Ohio counties give Wilson 7,500; Hughes 4, 821. These precincts showed Wilson leading by an. average of 4fi to the precinct. Jf this ratio is maintained, Wilson will carry the state by closo to 125,000. Demo cratic, state headquarters claimed that the ''Wilson landslide in Ohio makes the election of United' States Senator Pomercne and Governor Cox a cer tainty. One of tho surprises of the early re- turns was the Pomerenc vote, running in many districts well up with Wilson. Michigan for Hughes. Detroit, at 9:45, the democratic state chairman, Stevenson, conceded Michigan to Hughes "by a normal re- (Continued oo page fiva.) . -'V