The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-11-16
WILSON holds HIS LEAD.
NO QUESTION NOW OF PRESI-
DENTS REELECTION.
California Gave Its Thirteen Votes to
Wilson, Cinching the Presidents
Victory Over the G. 0. =.

New York, Nov. 9.-President Will
son has carried California and has
been reelected.
Fifty hours after the polls closed
in California, Republican Chairman
Rowell conceded the State to the
president. Thus the IS votes needed
to assure the president a majority
in the electoral college dropped into
the Democratic column and apparent
ly ended the suspense and anxiety of
an election which has been unparal-
\ leled in American political history.
ARepublican Chairman Wilcox when
-med that the president had car
California only replied:
have nothing to say"
ecretary Tumulty, at the summer
Ese house, at Shadow Lawn, sent
news by wireless to President
|lson on board the yacht May
Ewer en- route to Rhine Cliff, \. Y.
The California returns showed that
with only sc districts missing the
presidents plurality in the State was
3,131.
Wilson Has 269 Votes.
Barring some wholly unexpected
turnover in the incomplete States
leaning toward Wilson, or change
on>a recount, CALIFORNIA; acquisition
to the Democratic column gave the
president 269 electoral votes without
New Mexico's three. In New Mexico
at midnight the president was lead
= ing by 1851 votes with III districts
missing and it was not believed this
advantage could be overcome by Mr..
Hughes
Conceding West Virginia, New
Hampshire and Minnesota to Mr..
Hughes-and he was in the lead in
all three gives him 259 votes,
seven less than the required majori-
ty. With 272 votes in sight Presi-
dent Wilson had to spare for a pos
sible split of electors in California,
or sudden reversal in New Mexico.
To Demand Recount.
At republican national committee
headquarters it was admitted after
conferences between George w. Wick
ersham, former attorney general of
the United States, Everett Colby, of
New Jersey, Mr.. Hughes, Chairman
Wilcox and George W. Perkins, of
New York, preparations were being
made to begin legal proceedings for
recounts in States where the results
were close.
Chairman Wilcox included Califor-
MIA, New Mexico, North Dakota, New
Hampshire and Minnesota in his list
of States where recounts undoubtedly
would be demanded.
Democratic headquarters was not
behind the Republicans in preparing
for legal developments. Chairman
Mccormick conferred with Alton B.
Parker, former Democratic candidate
for president; Morgan J. O'Brien,
Delaney Nicoll and John B. Stanch-
field. all prominent New York law
yers. It was evident that if the elec-
tion was to be taken into the courts
the legal giants of both parties were
La hoff1o
royal as the United States never has
SEEN
Big Popular Majority.
In an official statement the Demo-
cratic national committee claimed
272 votes for Presi, -. Wilson and
a popular plurality of from 100000
to 100000.
''To say there will be any contest,
declared the statement, lis an insult
to the intelligence of the American
people,
1t will probably still be another
day before the full reports are known
from any of the four States left in the
doubtful column and certainly not
until there has been an official count
in New Hampshire and possibly in
Minnesota. As Mr.. Hughes is lead
ing in Minnesota and West Virginia
and a change in these States could in
no wise affect the result there may
be no demand for extraordinary haste
to bring about the recount demand