South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-11-08
CITY CASTS VOTE
FOR PRESIDENT.
Republican Nominee Carries
Only Three of Wards by
Slight PIuraIitieS.

South Bends choice for president
was Wilson and it gave him
four of the seven wards. Hughes
carried the first, fifth and seventh
by slight pluralities while Wilson's
lead in the second, third, fourth and
sixth was a good one. Wilson re-
ceived 9.259 votes in this city and
Hughes 1894.
In the first ward, the first pre-
cinct gave Wilson POI votes and PIP
/ for Hughes. In 1912 Wilson receiv-
ed 172 from this precinct and the
combined vote for Taft and Roose-
| welt in that year was POI. In the
| second precinct Hughes received
221 ballots as compared with 166
/ for Wilson. In the third precinct
Wilson lead with 275 votes. Hughes
had 1872 Hughes was ahead in
the fourth precinct with 800 votes
against Wilson's 256. The fifth
precinct gave Wilson rs and
Hughes 154. The total votes in the
first ward were 1,06S for Hughes
and 99S for Wilson.
Gets Second With 900 Votes.
Wilson carried the second ward
with 909 votes against the 691 cast
/ for the republican nominee. Every
precinct gave Wilson a plurality and
each showed a democratic gain over
1912. Especially was this noticed
in the fourth precinct which cast
307 votes for Wilson yesterday and
only 70 for him four years ago.
The first precinct in the third
ward gave Hughes 221 votes and
Wilson 1S1, but the second and third
precincts were in favor Of Wilson.
Wilson carried this ward with asa
votes against 367 cast for Hughes.
In 1912 Wilson got 293 votes here.
In the fourth ward everything
was Wilson except in the first pre-
cinct where both nominees received
l243 votes. In this ward Wilson had
l1,077 while Hughes had S42. In
the 1912 election Pres't Wilson re-
ceived 533 votes in this ward.
Hughes got the plurality in the
fifth ward. his total being 574,
while Wilson received 531. All
three of the precincts registered for
Hughes.
A Romp in Sixth Ward.
In the sixth ward. Wilson romped
away with the biggest plurality in
the city. He had 1923 votes
while the republican candidate had
only 367. In the election of 1912
Wilson received 264 votes in this
ward. In the third precinct the
democratic nominee was particular
, ly strong. receiving S97 votes
, against the republicans scant so
In the fourth precinct Wilson had
246 while Hughes got only 20.
Hughes plurality in the seventh
ward was 20, the second, third
fourth and fifth precincts regis
} tering a slight plurality for him
, while Wilson led in the first pre-
cinct with 264 against the repub-
lican's 230. Hughes received a to
tai of 1,0S4 votes in this ward and
Wilson received 1866. In 1912
, Wilson received GIG here and the
combined vote of Taft and Roose-
Welt was 1851.
Mishawaka went for Wilson
every precinct in each ward show
ing a democratic plurality. The
} first ward gave 357 and Hughes
1911. IN the second Wilson got
PA while 1873 were cast for Hughes
Wilson had 500 in the third ward
Hughes half that number. The
fourth gave PA to each of the can
, didates. Wilson led in the fifth
with 247, Hughes received 209.
Two Townships for Hughes.
Only Olive and Greene townships
gave Hughes pluralities, Penn, Lib.
} erty and Lincoln not having beer
, received. The others, Portage, Cen,
ter. Madison, Harris, German
Union. Warren and Clay showed a
preference for Wilson.
In the senatorial race, the same
, wards that went democratic on the
|. presidential issues favored Kerr
and Taggart, while the three that
went for Hughes expressed a New
Watson plurality. In the first ware
Kern received 764, Watson S26
) New S14 and Taggart 74O. This
|. second gave Kern S32, Watson no
New 7O4, and Taggart 932.
The totals for the senator's are,
Kern 1854; New 6,072; Taggart