Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-11-12
Republican Chairman Re-
calls Fluctuations in 1912
Presidential Race.
CANNOT C0NGEDE
WILSON Ell G TI0N
conference with Judge Hughes Re-
suits in No Announcement AZ to
Definite Plnns-No Final Count
Likely ior a Week.

! New York, Nov. IA statement
showing the fluctuation Of the lead
/ between President Wilson and Colo
mel Roosevelt in California in 1912
from day 10 day for month after the
election and how the state finally
went in favor Of Roosevelt, after Vii
son was first credited With winnina,
was issued here today by Chairman
VIM. r. Wilcox OF the Republican ma
ti0nal COMMITTEES "to show precisely
why the Republican national commit
tee cannot at this time concede the
election to Mr.. Wilson and must await
the official count in this AMI other
states"
THE record shows" ", WillcoS's
statement read, that MI. Wilson was
first in the lead, that subse1uent'y
this lead was taken by Colonel Roos2-
welt, and that finally the delegation o
the electoral college was divided
two electors for Mr.. Wilson and
eleven for Colonel Roosevelt.
Quotes Newspaper Articles.
The files of the San Francisco
Chronicle show the following: On
Wednesday, Nov. 6, the day after elec-
ton in 1912. the Chronicle said that
the indications are that MI Wilson
has small plurality over Colonel
Roosevelt. The Democratic state
chairman claimed the state by 10000.
On Nov. the Chronicle said the
storm had delayed reports, and that
no figures were available from four
counties. Returns from 3GS precincts
out of 1872 gave M. Wilson a lead
of s 237. On Nov. s, the ..tssociated
Press announced that Colonel Roose-
Welt was in the lead with 1870 votes.
Six changes had been made in the |
vote from Los Angeles in II hour
each change increasing the lead OF
Colonel Roosevelt. With three Los
Angeles precincts out and 1856 else
where in the state the Wilson vote
stood at ESQ VI and the Roosevelt
vote at 2S0.255.
The collapse Of the Wilson plural
ity was due to the way election fig |
ures in Los Angeles rad been COM
niled The Democratic chairman
rlaced the Roosevelt majority at
about 1900. The clerk of the cornf
was appealed to by political leaders
fer an accurate count. He made a
tabulation of the re-
turns, which showed startling dis
crepancies from the results reported
bv political Headquarters and news
paners. Much of the discrepancy was
due to the scratching Of Wallace, who
headed the Progressive electors.
Court Threw Out Roosevelt Box.
"On Nov. 8. returns from 2,493 pre-
cincts out Of 4372 gave Colonel
Roosevelt 2S1,497 and Wilson 2SO,S43.
On Nov. 13 returns from all but few
of the 1872 precincts gave Colonel
Roosevelt the state by "A votes. so
retarv of State Jordan went to Los
Angeles to take personal charge Of
the count, and on Nov. "a it was an:
nounced that the district court OF ap-
peals had thrown out one precinct
which had given Colonel Roosevelt a
majority of 104 votes. On Dec. the
Chronicle announced that if there
were no more changes, due to court
decisions and auditing 5v the secrc-
tary of state, there would be two
Democratic electors and eleven Pro-
gressives. A change of ten votes
would elect another Democrat, it was
said"
MI WILCOX had d confer lce loo"y
with Charles Z. Hughes during which
the situation was discussed. No an
nouncement came from MI. Hughes
in reAard to his own plans, M.
Wilcox said afterward, and that he
thought Mr.. Hughes would remain
here until tie first OF reXt week. He
said he did not expect the official
count from the doubtful states would
come in before then, and that it might
be more than week before they were
complete.