New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-31
Hitchcock Claims 308-
Wilcox Puts Victory
at $40 to 1926
CANDIDATES. STOCK
JUMPS IN NEW YORK
Tanner Predicts Election
by Overwhelmingly
Poll Is Denied

Charles r. Hughes is sure OF 5oo
electoral votes, and probably few
more, according to some of the best
Republican prognosticators.
Frank II. Hitchcock, former chair
man of the Republican National Com
mittee and a member of the advisory
committee of the present campaign,
issued final estimate yesterday that
Hughes would receive 308 votes in the
electoral college. William r. Wilcox,
chairman of the National Committee,
put it a little stronger than that, at
from $40 to 325. None of the Repub-
lican campaign managers has made
any forecast below the 300 mark
The Republican leaders are still
training their guns on New York State
as the principal target on which to
score bulls eye. The Hughes stock
in this state shot upward yesterday on
the strength of the statement issued
by Frederick c. Tanner, chairman Of
the Republican State Committee.
Expects 100000 Majority.
"Our canvasses are in and the re-
turns are tabulated,' he said. 81 can
state positively that New York will
give majority of more than 100000
for the whole Republican ticket"
Thomas F. Smith. secretary of Tam
many Hall, last night characterized as
absolutely false" the statement that
Tammany Hall had given out any fig
ures as to the result in the state or
city.
"The simple truth is that no poll
has been taken by the organization.
either in or outside of the city," he
said. Neither has any canvass been
made. The usual estimates submitted
by the district leaders will not be hand
ed in until the Saturday before cleo
ton. as in other wears.
Predicts a Sweep
"As a matter of fact, all surface ipdi-
cations point to an unprecedented DEM
ocratic sweep for Wilson. Seabury. Nc
Coombs and the other Democratic can
didates."
The report had been circulated that
Tammany Hall gave the state to
Hughes by between 10000 and 10000
Chairman Wilcox and Senator Boies
Penrose, of Pennsylvania, both en-
phasized the importance of New York
in the present situation yesterday
Senator Penrose, speaking at the noon
meeting of the Commercial Travellers
Sound Money League, said:
everything depends on this state.
Mr.. Hughes can't lose if he gets New
York"
New York is certain" said Chair
man Wilcox. practically every Fro-
gressive in the state is back. Wilson
cannot be elected unless ne gets New
York, and he isn't going to be elected
More than a week ago the report first
was circulated that the Democratic Ma
tional Committee had given up the New
York State campaign on the theory that
energy expended here was wasted. The
report was based on numerous changes
of programme. under which money to
have been expended here was not forth
coming. but was employed IN more
promising fields.
Campaign Not Abandoned
Chairman Mccormick was then asked
if the campaign had been abandoned IN
New York, but he vigorously denied the
statement. He said conditions were
satisfactory" but refused to make any
forecast as to the result in the state.
Pm always fearful of making fore
casts" he remarked.
Chairman Mccormick was about to
leave Chicago yesterday to return to
New York when he issued his second
statement denying that his committee
had given up the fight here. At the
publicity department of the national
body in this city it was explained that
the reason this statement was made
was that in Chicago and the Middle
West the report had been generally
credited, and that it was feared thar
unless it was Immediately counter
acted it might have bad effect upon
the election.
Mr.. Wilcox said his confidential re-
ports showed that Indiana, Illinois,
Ohio. Wisconsin, Minnesota and Utah
were in the Republican column to stay.