Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-11-15
Probe- for Minnesota VOC.

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Three nights of unofficial canvass
ing Jailed to take Minnesota from the
doubtful column .of>~the. presidential
race Charles e. Hrufes--main tatned
a Slight head over PregfdsBtS NHkeh,
but Outstanding continued CO. Close
that politicians Of -hoth paEtSes< oe-
clared that -only-tAe- cat --eospt
would settie-ti1e- presidential contest.
when The ,xetsshs Had been-TpceIysd
from .2.929<pyecincts out o6 3.O24 en-
the state, kff ,6fIusaes> had a1lurauy
of T,OS4. >the count standing: Wilson.
175.5I4S zff4ahes T476,645.
Federattpvss ttEst0rs hsve1begun an
inquiry into cha ssge gf slaHeggd fraud
uleht Yoling in Afihnesota AecpmpaS
| nieb by a large stah d ypetiaf akeuts.
Hinton G, CIabasglt Oh Ihieag9, casssf
of The westeg division 81 the bureau
of Investigation I'D the depaEtpent of
| justice. agriyya sn 81. Paul mnowing
the receih nf cegnpl alnts. a}lsg1bg. that
frabdulsAt vdting, stpfBh4 spf,sballot
boxes ara IRE SiiaSities infaeeot atting
were j5eing carried. on. c' -
'erepsrstichs for Recount
At republican national. committee
headquarters it was admitted thai af-
ter conference between 6iseTge "
Wiekersham. former attorney general
Of me. United states; Everett CODY
of New Jersey, Mr.. Hughes, Chairman
Wilcox and George w. Perkins of Bal.
tiniOre. preparations were being made
to-begin legal proceedings for rec6unts
| in states where the results were close.
Chairman Wilcox included California,
New Mexico, North Dakota. New
Hampshire and Minnesota in his list
of states where recounts undoubtedly
would be demanded ia7s95s --ragfs,C
! Democratic headquarters was, not
behind the repubIicanstsin preparing
flor legal developments % ChaIrnfan
s Mccormick conferred with Altans 81
Parker. former democratic Candidate
for president; Morgan J. H'Brienr De-
lRncey Micoll and JobnDIs. stan chfeid,
all. prominent Sew York lawyers. ssIf
was evident that if the election was to-
he taken into the courts the legal gi1
ants of the parties were being marsh
-alen for such battle toSAfT as,ethel
W aited States never has aseefEqea- 80 4 (
Prospects Change over Night zseIs
/ Aside from the unceftaihty Of, The,
result the most remsFkAtlea thing
sib5nt the election was tie sudden
Yip1rE-uur ffIfrgrsg=fHzy6Fitrss
TSbfpkHIhR SasS As1fAef Esiuyns
cpming IN from the west, When the
fegg5g44csaIns , IIa9pdsbd,ss, in Ssy,, York be,
,,eathe known and was quickly followed
by the hsae9sfdp TBfietaan ? VVHfctd6ffes in
New England. there was a veritable
ri aV4lpe3se sqs agEl9uaee GneoeIedton of
NJ 81 kip sAsSl sAd the dBfear ofo Priest 4
dent M klHwns banr1ot bgs sgultssr 81.
= Th6usaniise OF pefsens In the east
went to- bed believing Mr.. Hughes
eIectt 4 apd Woke dp' Wednesday, morn.
ing to ffnd the Result apparently
changed while chey slept, Hundreds
who made their, plans for, what they
expected stoa happen in Wall street
"Wednesday found them set all awry.
7 The first figures Of Wilson ma1ori-
tues through the west did not shake
the confidence of those who were pre-
dieting the election of Mr.. Hughes and
not until the steady stream OF Wilson
majorities began eating the Hughes
columns piled up in the east did any
Of them suspect that the result was
in danger 0'' ~ n1s 'a 20. 3f
Although California still showed
lead for the president, and his cam
patgn managers were claiming II by
at Feast 1900. the presidents majority
there had dwindied to little more
chan f.4oo Thursday morning. with
abon, one.hfth of the districts missing.
5ee.ssw in Minnesota. Or. 75.
.d IN Minnesota, too, the Wilson lead.
which was as high as 10000 early in.
Si1e day. steadily DECREASED as the vote
,froW the rural districts came in.
"wednesday night Hughes took the
lead with small margin, and then,
the president shot ahead again, ibn
With less than 1000 votes. nHugfes
regained the lead again Thursday
morhfde aa iel. .4ae, t.'' "4" r
d Idaho was estimated for the wilson
tcdlupih with a majority of 10 900.
Kansas, while incomplete, with a Iit.
tie more than two-thirds of the dis
tricts reported. showed President
Wilson ,Hadfns WITH mo than 81 400.
Washington. little more than half
reported, was giving the president a
lead OF 1000, t
West Virginia, two-thirds reported.
was showing Hughes majority OF
nearly 1000. -a...
North Dakota was very close. two
thirds complete showing Hughes ma
lority Of less than 900.
Wilson was leading in New Mexico.
with only a small proportion of the
precincts reported. Delaware and
New Hampshire. counted among the
Hughes states. but incomplete. during
the day. definitely turned into the re-
publican column on Wednesday night.