Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-11-11
WILSON CREDITED
WITH 272 VOTES
Believed That New Hampsllire's
Four Will Be Added to
This Total.
HUGHES LEADS IN MINNESOTA
Democratic State Committee Still
Confident of Safe Ma
jority.
HUGHES LEADS IN MINNESOTA

| tire width OF the country, tonight still
made impossible exact computation of
the plurality in the electoral college
b. which President Wilson was re-
elected They We're New Hampshirc
with four electoral votes: Minnesota
with twelve. and New Mexico. with
three.
New Hampshire. from the trend of
the late returns. appears safe for WIZ
son. Added To the 272 electoral votes
already counted in his column, these
raise the Presidents total TO 20.
New Mexico already has been in
| cluded III the previous total OF ~.
Errors IN official counts of the re-
turns. which failed to credit votes cast
for Democratic electors. held tho total
In New Hampshire III doubt, But un
official estimates by Secretary Of state
bean gave the lead i'm the state to
Wilson by the narrow margin CT seven
". With five districts missing. tn.
vote stood: Hughes. 43,422. against the
Presidents t3.oaS. This gave tho Re
| publican candidate "A lead of aa4. but
Democratic electoral votN not report
ed and gains in other precincts served
to overcome this lead
In Minnesota the Hughes lead OF 5O3
IL
eight precincts counted the RepuDli-
can candidate had lost 252 The Dem.
ocratic state Committee was confident
that the absentee vote"-traveling an1
railroad men who vote by mail-and
the border vote will wipe this out aud
| give Wilson safe majority
New Mexico has forty-sevcn missing
districts to he heard from. With those
| missing. the Presidents plurality was
Isl. Several of the missing precincts
are in weak Republican territory, and
eight more show trend toward
hughes, hut neither are strong enough
| for Hughes to more than threaten the
| Wilson lead.
| The Hughes campaign managers to-
day abandoned their plans to confess;
/ the election Of President Wilson They
| announced that no steps will be taken
| TO secure a recount In close States un-
| less the official canvass of the votes dis.
closed glaring frauds.
no EVIDENCE OF FRAUDS.
SAYS CHAIRMAN WILCOX
We have no evidence Of any such
| frauds added Chairman Wilcox i'm
| making this announcement.
| The work of dismantling the extcn.
SiTe Flfth Avenue headquarters OF the
Republican National Committee was be.
! gun, and the campaign quarters will be
| closed Tomorrow The only thing
lacking to make the election OF Presi-
| dent Wilson closed incident of Amer
lean history is the customary congratu-
latory kilograms from the loser to the
| winner. 1t Is the present intention OF
Mr.. Hughes to send no such message
until the result of the Official canvass
Of the vote is know
Frank H. Hitchcock and George W.
Perkins to-day urged that the defeat
be accepted gracefully, and the usus,
consratulatory message be sent Chair.
man Wilcox vetoed this suggestion.
and let il be known that Mr. Hughes
| is In the hands OF" his campaign man
/ ayers.
Chairman Wilcox was the only Re.
| publican of prominence at national
headquarters who refused to concede
the election of President Wilson.
George w. Wick ershan who was
called on on Thursday to direct the
contests il was then proposed to con-
| duct. said that it was certain no stems
would he taken TO secure recount
in any State until after the Official can
vass. and then only If frauds were
| shown.
| The decision to abandon the recoiin,
| proceedings WAS announced after n
conference with Mr. ]Iughes at the
| iiotcl ASt"r Among those who par :
ticipa ted in that conference were chair
man Wilcox. Frank RI. Hitchcock ant,
| Charles i. Warren. natioraI committees
man Of Michigan.
! II was urged 1T this conference that
talk Of rccoiints and contests in the ab-
sence of definite proof of irregularities
would he very damaging 10 ihc prestige
OF the Republican party.
/ Unless the vote of California is
divided. which now seems a possibility.
| Mr.. Wilson is assured Of o69 votes in
/ the electoral college. three more than
a majority. and MIR Hughes Of .i3.
| Tho President could lose three votes
from California and still have enough
to elect. This loss would he offset hy
/ New Mexico. which Ii seems certain ho
has carried.
| IL Mr.. Hughes carried both Mime
sofa with twelve votes, and New.
| hampshire. with four, he would have
only 26s. seven less than enough 10
elect Mr.. Wilson could lose Now
Mexico and three votes from California
and still win.
The result in Minnesota may he de-
tcrmined by the ballots of tho lib
national guardsmcn now on the Mcxi-
can border, which will not he counted
until the State canrassinE board meets
next Tuesday Returns received carly
to-day in the State gave IIughcs q
lead of slightly over i.0On votes
With ninety-nine districts missing
| out of Gas in New Mexico. Wilson was
| 1,4l0 ahead Tho remote precincts not
yet heard from arc sparscly setticd.
| and IL was not believed the Presidents
| lead could he wiped out.
! UNOFFICIAL FIGURES
| PUT WILSON ~ LEAD
| The outcome I'm New Hampshire was
| in greater doubt than In any other
State. Certified returns from all but
twenty-five precincts gave Hughes q
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