The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-11-10
297 ELECTORAL
VOTES TO C. O.P.
WaShingtOn's Seven May Make
II 3O4.
WILSON is ASSURED OF 227

Goes to Democrats-Ohio and Me-
braska in Wilson Column, but Della
ware and West Virginia Swing to
Hughes.
NEW YORK = The returns of
Tuesdays election give Charles e.
Hughes 297 electoral votes certain,
Wilson 1877 certain, with Ohio's "a, Ne
braska's 8, and MarylanG's practical
~ assured him, and leave Z from
Washington in doubt, but probably for
Hughes. BY states the electoral vote
is
Hughes-California 10; Connecticut,
z; Delaware, 8; Idaho, d; Illinois, 29;
Indiana, Is; Iowa, 10; Kansas 10;
Maine, 6; Massachusetts, 18; Michi-
gan, Is; Minnesota, u; Nevada, 8;
New Hampshire, d; New Jersey, IA;
New York, As; North Dakota, s. Ore
gon, 5; Pennsylvania, So; Rhode Is
land 5; South Dakota, s; Vermont, 4;
West Virginia, 8; Wisconsin, 10; Wy
oming, IS. Total, 297.
WilsOn-Alabama, IL; Arizona, 8;
Arkansas, 9; Colorado, 6; Florida, 6;
Georgia, IA; Kentucky, 13: Louisiana,
tant, 4; Nebraska, 8; New Mexico,
8; North Carolina, 10; Ohio, 81; Okla
hOma, 10; South Carolina, 8; Tennes-
see, IL; Texas, %; Utah, 4; Virginia,
-. MARYLAND & Totals DOT
Doubtful -Washington, 7. Total, Z.
Causes OF DebacIe.
NEW YORK. NJ Y-Returns indi-
cate that Charles Evans Hughes and
Charles Warren Fairbanks have been
elected president and vice president
respectively of the United States by
majority in the electoral college of ap-
proximately 800; perhaps $50 or more.
Political experts today are busy ex-
planning the return to power in the ma
ton of the Republican party. Men Of
both parties agreed that the vote shows
that the PrOgressIves have returned to
the G. D. P. fold. While Mr. Wilson
may have held some of this vote the
great majority of The voters who, four
years ago rallied 20 the support of Mr..
Roosevelt. cast their ballots for Mr..
Hughes. Evidently they figured that
the fact that Mr.. Roosevelt supported
Mr.. Hughes was an assurance that the
candidate of the United Republican
party would not be standpatter when
he went TO the White House and that
he will carry out many of the reforms
which the Progressives have advo-
Gated.
1t is claimed that the returns show
that the peace and Prosperity" slogan
of the spellbinders and publicity man
ayers of the Democratic campaign was
not as potent as was calculated. Re
publican enthusiastic were declaring
today that the prosperity claimed by
the Democrats did not deceive the
voters; that the prosperity was not
general and was only shared in by
munition factory owners and men who
had large contracts for war supplies.
These enthusiasts also claimed that
the voters were fearful as to what
might happen at the end of the war
and that they preferred to place their
trust in the Republican party.
An analysis of the figures shows
that the labor vote was greatly overes-
timated by the Democrats Shrewd
campaigners when President Wilson
signed the eight hour law for railroad
men declared that the president had
accomplished a ten strike. The results
to the Democratic managers today are
very disappointing. If Mr. Wilson did
not get the majority of the labor vote
apparently it was more than offset by
the votes of men who thought that
Mr.. Wilson was making a play for
popularity when he forced through the
eight hour railroad law and prevented
nation wide tieup of the railroad.
Mexico also apparently was a thorn
in the side of the Wilson administra-
ton. Many voters thought that the
President had not handled this
delicate situation with the firmness
that was expected of the ruler of a
great nation.
While all the foregoing may have
contributed to the defeat of Mr.. Will
son, the one outstanding fact of all is
that the election proves that the Re-
publican party is united The vital i'm
portance of the Progressive vote may
be gained from study of the figures
four years ago which resulted in the
election of Mr. Wilson. At that time
the combined vote of Roosevelt and
Taft exceeded that of Mr.. Wilson by
1,311,444 Mr. Wilson's vote was $685.
O19, Taft's 3.4S4,956 and Roosevelt's
4,119,507.
In the campaign just ended the big
fight for votes was waged in New
York, Indiana, Ohio and Illinois. The
uncertainties of the results in the dis
puted states taxed the abilities of both
organizations. On election eve, while
pretending to be satisfied with the
outlook, neither the Democratic nor
the Republican managers had any