The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-11-09
EARLY RETURNS
FAVOR HUGHES

Fair weather throughout the
try except the upper Mississippi valley
and in western Colorado, accompanied
by agreeable temperature brought out
the voting hosts early Tuesday. Re
ports during the day indicated that n
heavy vote was being polled.
New Ashford, a small Massachusetts
town had the distinction Of making
the first returns. The town has %
voters this year anu when the polls
closed at 10 II. m. the count showed
this result.
Hughes l6; Wilson Z.
In 1912 New Ashford gave Wilson A
votes; Taft q; Roosevelt 8.
President Wilson motored from his
home at Shadow Lawn to Princeton in
the early morning land voted ballot
number 30. shortly after 8 o'clock. He
returned to Shadow Lawn where he re-
ceived the returns.
Charles +. Hughes in New York.
voted ballot number 10 a few minutes
after Z o'clock at a voting place neal
his hotel where he returned to hear
the election news.
Tuesday night although Presiden'
Wilson's secretary at the summer
White House, and Chairman Vance c
Mccormick Of the democratic nationa
committee, made statements that TIL
complete returns would show the re
election Of President Wilson, the trent
on the face of the returns was towar'
Hughes, and early in the evening som,
of the New York newspapers whicl
have supported President Wilson con
coded his defeat. although they mad
no statement in figures. Early in tn
evening, a great majority for Hughe
in New York was evident, and tn
r state was conceded by the democrati
leaders. Soon afterward democrati
! supporters conceded the election of M
] Hughes, and the incoming returns tina
! came from the middle-west, althoug
far from complete, showed the Hughe
figures growing fast.
An early estimate of the Hughe
electoral vote without Ohio, placed
at 277, eleven more than necessary fc
: a majority in the electoral college. TT
r Hughes majorities reported from II
diana and Illinois. were regarded /
the republican leaders as an indie;
g ton of what might be expected fro
n the states farther west when the fl
a ures began coming in. The differen'
in time and the fact that the polls
some of the western states closed lat
l. than in the east made figures early
n the evening impossible.
Remember 1892" was the predictit
'e voiced at Democratic h~eadquarte
when the early returns piled up d
votes for Hughes.
Mr.. Mccormick called to mind Il
he fact that in that memorable conte
n the day after election day figures r
y vised the early result in favor Of Il
Is election of Grover Cleveland. Short
s. after eleven o'clock Republican hea
to quarters claimed absolutely the Il
IN lowing states:
L Connecticut. Delaware, Illinois. Ma
Massachusetts,, Michigan, New Ham
&c shire, New Jersey, New York, Orego
~ Pennsylvania Rhode Island, South d
ne kota, West Virginia, Washington. w
cousin, California, a total Of 25i ele
toral votes. Chairman Wilcox add
that advices shove Hughes would 9
ne enough votes more to make his tot
ne at least 276 in the electoral college.
~, The figures show how the Repub
~ cans began to back up and concede
close race, although New York and
q. linois swung into the Republican Iii
On the other hand Chairman Nee
mick declared:
lin "We do not cencede Hughes ell
ton by any means. President wills
can still win with the votes of
IN States from which we have hei
w nothing. We have heard from
en- western headquarters that they do
'er concede anything. We have given
in New York and New Jersey but
West is to yet be heard from"