Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-11-10
QUAKER CITY MAsOasv WILSON, IS REFLECTED
California and New Mexico Enter
Democratic Column. Giving Him
276 Votes

New York, Nov l0-New Mexico
this morning joined the WOODROW
Wilson procession.
| The three votes OF that State ad-
ded TO the 269 already in the Wilson
column-this figure included the
thirteen from California Makes
Wilson's total 272.
New Hampshire and Minnesota
now are the only two doubtful States
and New Hampshire seems to have
gone fer Wilson also. Its four votes
will make Wilson's total 276.
4! Governor Hughes has not, yet con-
coded Wilson's victory and Char
man Wilcox of the Republican Ma
tional Committee declares the fight
is not yet over.
The States of California, New MeXi-
co and North Dakota, swinging into
the Democratic column at midnight
last night, make certain the re-esec-
ton of Woodrow Wilson over Charles
e. Hughes, with at least six electoral
votes to spare.
| The States of Minnesota and New
! Hampshire remain doubtful, with
strong trend toward the Democratic
candidate.
Wilson has certainly carried 81
Northern, Southern and Western
| States. with 272 electoral votes.
! Hughes carried fourteen Eastern ana
Northern States and two Western
| States, with an electoral vote of Zl3.
! California, which had wavered for
two days between Wilson and hughes
settled al! doubt as to the outcome
Of the election at 10 o'clock last night,
when the lead Of the President was
! increased SO that with 100 districts
! missing his plurality was 3,112.
In New Mexico he took the lead
from Hughes, and was 1854 votes
ahead, with l59 districts. unreported.
At the sarne time North DAKOTA
became sure for Wilson, and Wilson
gains were reported in Minnesota and
New Hampshire.
Returns from two late-reporting
counties in West Virginia-Grant and
Preston--increase the Hughes total
by, more than l,900, giving the Re-
! publican candidate plurality in the
State of 3.3O7 with only 13l pre-
~incts to be heard frun>.
! The swing in the two counties to
Hughes was the greatest of its klnd
since the count ID this State began.
There is a possibility that even if
| Mr.. Hughes carries West Virginia,
| as seems assured. he will receive only
seven of the eight electoral votes,
owing to the failure Of officials in
some counties to place the name Of
S. 4. Scott, candidate for elector on
! their ticket.
In Kansas, Colorado. Montana,
+! Washington, Oregon and California,
where women also vote, Wilson was
successful. but his plurality was not
sufficiently large to indicate that Che
women voters supported him as a
.! unit. =.
One of the unusual, if not unex-
! pected. features Of the result was
! that Mr.. Wilson lost his own State
! Of New Jersey. b. more than 10000,
losing his own town and his own dis
| trict. Tie Democratic candidate for
Senator from New Jersey, James a.
Martin, went down with the Wilson
defeat!
p, CALIFORNIA; thirteen electoral votes
will be cast for Woodrow Wilson. >.
This was decided beyond the shadow
OF doubt early last night when, with
only sixty-fve outlying precincts TO
be heard from, the tally showed VIII
son with lead Of more thar 5000.
Out Of the $50 precincts in the
State, the 5,SJ5 counted gave this
vote: Wilson, 64,497; Hughes, 461,-
1856.
At $3.50 o'clock last night Chair
man Charles II. Rowell, of the Re-
publican State Committee, conceded
the election of Wilson.