The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-11-10
Late Reports From Doubt
full States Bring
Surprises
PARALLEL CONTEST OF 1876
Political History Enriched BY
Amazing Swing Back and
| | orth of Returns in the
Presidential Election.

New York. Nov S--American politi
cal history was enriched by the amaz
ing swing back and forth of the
returns for Hughes, again for Wilson
and for Wilson and again Hughes
First returns available, showed Wilson
/ leading Then came Hughes sweep,
with tremendous lead in New York
and reports of big plurality for the
G. o. F.. in Kansas. Massachusetts,
preliminary reports added to the Re
publican candidates growing list.
But again the swing changed. A
Wilson drift set in. Ohio went un-
mistakably Democratic.
The shift in sentiment was exempli
fed by the shifting headlines in the
New York papers The New York
Times CDem), after conceding the
election OF Hughes, issued an extra
saying, at looks as 4. Wilson is
elected"
The New York Tribune, Republican,
after announcing the election OF
Hughes in clean sweep" OF the coun.
try. described the situation in early
editions as follows; Hughes leading
in close race"
Upon doubtful States from which
the returns we're slow coming. de-
pended whether Mr.. Wilson was re.
elected or whether the next President
of the United States was Charles f.
Hughes.
Republican Chairman Wilcox claim.
ed every state generally classed as
doubtful and counted 1928 votes for
Mr. Hughes
! Democratic Chairman Mccormick,
in statement, declared President
Wilson surely would have 3O4 votes in
the electoral college. The actual com
plete returns gave President Wilson
260 votes and Mr.. Hughes 23S.
On the votes OF California, Delaware,
Idaho, Indiana, Kansas. Minnesota,
New Hampshire. New Mexico, oregon,
Washington, West Virginia and wy.
oming, the decisive result OF the Presi-
Dental election turned-total 81 votes.
There seemed to be no doubt that
President Wilson had safely carried
Alabama. Arizona. Arkansas. Colorado,
Florida. Georgia, Kentucky. Louisiana.
Maryland, Mississippi. Missouri, Mon
tana, Nebraska, Nevada. North Caro-
lima, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and
Virginia.
In the Hughes column were counted:
Connecticut, Illinois. Iowa, Maine.
/
New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island. South Dakota, Vermont and
I Wisconsin
| From the doubtful states the returns
continued to point first toward one
candidate and then toward the other.
From the doubtful states the returns
came in slowly. The chairmen Of the
Republicans and Democratic commit.
tees both claimed victory for their re-
Bpective candidates.
| The Republicans seemed to have the
hest prnspc IS in Indiana, Oregon and
West Virginia. In the other states
listed as doubtful except California,
the Democrats appeared to be leading.
The latest returns did not show that
the Republicans have overcome the
Democratic majority in the House OF
/ Representatives nor in the Senate.
With about 100 congressional districts
to be heard from, the Republicans
made net gain OF eight members in
the House but late returns from New
York indicated that two OF these might
be reversed. With a net gain OF
eight II would leave the House with a
/ Democratic majority OF seven.
Frank Hitchcock. original Hughes
booster and political expert of the Re
: publican camp, declared that the cleo
tion OF Hughes depended on the results
, in California or Minnesota.
Democratic national headquarters
claimed 270 electoral votes for Wilson
as absolutely certain Their claim in.
| cluded California
: In the Senate the Democrats showed
losses from New York. New Jersey
and Maryland. The indications were
they would lose the two senators from
Indiana, one from West Virginia, and
possibly one each from Ohio, Montana
and Arizona.
The Democrats gained three sena.
tors from Rhode Island. Delaware and
Utah. Conceding all the probable Re-
J publican gains 1t would give net Re-
> publican gain OF seven in the Senate
and leave the Democratic majority at
two.
Aside from the uncertainty OF the
result, the most remarkable thing
about the election was the sudden
wiping out OF the Hughes majorities
piled up in the East by the returns
coming in from the Vest. When the
Republican landslide , New York be-
came known and wa. quickly followed