The sun., 1916-11-10
MCCORMICK CLAIMS
DOUBTFUL STATES
Insists Wilson Will Have 288
Electoral Votes When
Count Is Made.
Is SURE OF CALIFORNIA
New Mexico and Minnesota
Report Victory for Will
son, He Says.

Vance G.. Mccormick at a late hour
last night was still claiming all OF the
doubtful States for Wilson. He would
not admit that even West Virginia had
been lost beyond hope. McCormick's
claims. summarized. were to the follow
ing effect:
California IL safely Wilson. because
Hughes won't be able to cut the Pres
ident's lead In the missing districts,
Tor threc-fourths of them are Demo-
cratic.
The Hughes lead in Minnesota is 40
small that the districts still to be
heard from are sure to wipe It out,
as tnere too the missing votes are In
territory friendly to the President.
h Republicans should stop claim
ing North Dakota. Wilson'S victory
IN that State being absolute and set
tIed beyond any room for doubt.
The vote Of New Hampshire is all In
and 1t gives the State to Wilson by a
plurality Ut 1l5. This is an i'm
provement on the earlier report Of a
Wilson plurality OF %.
New Mexico Is showing better for
wilson all the time. and the President
n a better chance there than
Hughes.
Looks for 2ss votes.
1T Is all over. boys the President
has been reelected. and that il all there
Is to IT, the Democratic national chair
man said.
What are your figures now." he was
asked.
The same as they have BEEN" he
replied. II see no reason to change INV
estimate of 2ss electoral votes for Mr..
Wilson,"
he was requested to name the States
from which he expected tho additional
votes. but he preferred not to be too
specific.
Wei get them from the State that
nave not yet completed their returns"
he said.
1t was clear while Mccormick talked
OF Wilson carrying Minnesota he Is pre-
pared to hear OF the los. of that state.
1t Is to California that the Democrats
really look for a favorable decision.
Il have Just had a wire from o. X.
Cushing, the State chairman in Cali
%fornia." Mccormick said. He assures
me the state is absolutely safe.
|. There are about 100 districts still to
be heard from. as I understand. About
~ "a tucSc are wilson ulStrlctS .
they are In the territory that gave Sena-
tor Phelan his plurality two years ago"
Dudley Field Malone. Collector OF the
Port Of New York. also sent a message
to Mccormick. California Is absolutely
safe for the President no matter what
anybody says" a the Malone mes
sage.
Wilson Precincts to CONE.
The National, Chairman heard too
from Gavin McNab. the National Com.
mittee member for California. McNab
sent this cheering message:
Inc precincts to come are nearly
all Wilson precincts. We have unofficial
but accurate figures from them
Claims Minnesota by 500.
What ave you learned as to Mime
sota"' the National Chairman was asked,
Fred Lynch t~elegraphed me this eve
ming that Mr. Wilson will carry Mime
scta by 500"
Does he include the soldier yot. on
the Mexican border in tina estimate?"
Il believe he does" Mccormick said
he was not certain what the procedure
with respect to the soldier vote was i'm
Minnesota. whether It nae been countcd
In camp where II was cast or had been
sent home %uncounted. Different states
had adopted different plans. he said.
A. Mitchell Palmer. the Pennsylvania
leader, was with Mccormick. Palmer
said that Hughes's lead OF $40 In the re.
turns already In would be wiped out BY
the vote OF the III missing districts.
The missing districts" said Palmer
ARE In northern Minnesota. Just across
the line Is North Dakota, which has beer
carried by Wilson. The character of the
population In northern Minnesota is prac.
tically the same as that Of North Da.
kota."
Mccormick said Mr.. PaImer's state.
ment agreed with his information as &c
tho missing Minnesota districts.
Mccormick talked over the long dis
lance telephone with Senator Walsh, in
charge of the Chicago headquarters. late
yesterday afternoon.
Senator Walsh told me- he reported.
that he had been In communication
with State Chairman Seligman In New
Mexico and that Mr.. Seligman assured
him Wilson had carried the State by
$500. ! am satisfied the Republicans
have no ground for hope In New Mexi.
CO."
One Vote In West virginia.
With regard to West Virginia, the
democrats say tnat NJ the WORST wilson
will get one electoral vote In that State,
as reports from the Democratic cam
paign managers In West Virginia are
that one of the Democratic Presidential
electors had run ahead Of his ticket.
"West Virginia Is very close Nc.
Cormick admitted. but we're going
after It; we don't concede 1t to Mr.
Hughes by a darned sight"
The Democrats In West Virginia. hs
said. had elected their candidate FOR
Governor by a plurality Of 5000 and
that furnished ground for hope tina,
Wilson also you'd be found to have car.
ried the State.
"And say, regarding New Hampshire,
Mccormick said. I'VE have later figure
on New Hampshire. Our first report
gave the State to Wilson by 80 votes.
had George w. Ferrand. the Democrats
State chairman, on the telephone thi
afternoon ana he told me the correcte,
ret urns show Wilson carried the State b,
1l5 plurality. These figures. he toll
me, are the result of a careful tabula
ton Of the returns and cannot be upset.
Mccormick said he believed Wilson
plurality in California would be at teas
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