Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-11-10
VOTES OF FIVE STATES WILL De.
eide ELEcTloN-coNTEsT FOR
PRESIDENCY MAY MARROW
DOWN TO ONLY ONE.
CALIFORNIA AND ONE OTHER
STATE CAN ELECT WILSON
Pacific State Gives President EDGE
Ballots Locked Up in Los Angeles
Over Night Delaying Results
G. o. p. Disappointed at
Showing in San Diego.

Rev York, Nov. 9.-The makeup
of the electoral college as indicated
by incomplete returns was: Wilson,
247; Hughes, 239; doubtful, As.
The doubtful states are California,
Minnesota, New Mexico, West Virginia
and North Dakota.
Hughes had overcome the Wilson
lead in Minnesota and was leading by
80S votes with SO precincts yet to
hear from. The vote of the national
guardsmen at the Mexican border may
be an important figure in the state,
as there are about 1900 votes to be
counted there. Straw votes among the
soldiers showed about 3 to 2 for Will.
son.
California with 5,105 precincts out
of 5,917, gave Wilson 435,9O9 and
Hughes 1886. More than 100 OF the
missing precincts are in Los Angeles
county, where Hughes is considered
the stronger candidate but the Demo-
Gratis claim the states thirteen cleo
toral votes. .;
One hundred precincts out Of 625 in
New Mexico gave Wilson 6,702 and
Hughes 6,193 votes.
West Virginia for Hughes.
Returns from 1875 precincts out of
1,713 in West Virginia gave Hughes
1861 and Wilson 107,106 votes.
North Dakota with 1850 precincts OF
1859 counted gave Hughes 49,057 and
Wilson 50,305 votes. The lead see
sawed all night between the two can
didates with both sides displaying con-
fdence.
Washington, considered doubtful by
some authorities, gave Wilson LIT, 1893:
Hughes, 136,174 in 1884 precincts out
Of 1855.
Close Race in Oregon.
Oregon is counted In the Hughes
column but $50 precincts out Of 1850
gives Hughes 74,S57 to Wilson 70,925.
Although Hughes was leading in In
diana by more than 5000 with only
1872 precincts out Of 3,143 unaccount.
ed for, the Democratic state leaders
refused to admit defeat. Hughes early
lead of around $4,000 has dwiEGled
during all the later count.
Neck and Neck In California.
Los Angeles, Nov. 9.-The final 70
suit Of the presidential election in CAL
ifornfa which may be the deciding fac.
tor in the national election, is not yet
known. Thomas McA1eer. county reg.
istrar of voters, locked the ballots
from 11S precincts in a vault over
night announcing that the tabulation
would be continued today.
U. s. Marshais Guard Ballots.
Deputy u. S. marshals were station
I'd a. a guard around the vault to pre-.
vent any access to the boxes.
With the/race in the state so close
It 10 believed possible here that these
ballots will decide the state and spe-
cial care was taken to prevent any
suspicion Of tampering.
Returns from 5,347 precincts gave
Wilson plurality of 4,410.
Republicans and Democrats alike
protested to find comfort in these f1s.
ures.
San Francisco for Wilson.
The figures showed San Francisco
virtually complete with q majority
for Wilson upon which his supporters
relied to considerable extent to car
~ the state.
The count over the state varied each
hour Of the day. Each candidate re.
ceiving cheering no =. The leader de-
pended upon the hour in which tho
question was asked.
Wilson votes have passed the
Hughes count and the President ID
leading by 5000 votes. The difference
was made by 500 precincts from San
Francisco county.
The count again switched to Hughes
later when the southern part of the
state cut the Wilson lead to less than
1900.
San Diego county was expected, to
give Hughes a substantial majority,
but with only six precincts missing
in tho city and county Hughes plur.
atty over Wilson was 1923. The count
in PA precincts was Hughes, 1880:
Wilson. 16,747.