New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-07
HUGHES IS SAFE,
LEADERS INSIST
Last Minute Reports Show
That He Is Still
Gaining

n
ing Charles f. Hughes will be elected
President Of the United States. accord
ing TO Chairman William r. Wilcox
ard other members Of the Republican
National Committee. Absolute conf
dence in Hughes victory radiated
from every nook and corner Of Repub-
lican national headquarters yesterday.
Chairman Wilcox fairly beamed with
delight when reading the last-minute
kilograms from Republican leaders
all over the country. He issued this
statement:
"On this closing day of the campaign
| confidently state that the battle has
been won for Hughes and Fairbanks,
who will be elected by a majority Of
not less than 100 in the Electoral Col
lege.
"The American people are not to be
deceived by specious explanations as to
the failure of the present Administra-
ton. nor are they to be cajoled by the
promises of those who have failed so
lsmentably during the last three years.
In these closing days Of the campaign
efforts have been made on the part Of
the Democratic managers to array one
class of our people against other
classes, but this will fail, as such APP
peals always have failed in this coun-
try. We have made our appeal not
upon racial or religious lines, but sole
ly to the good sense and patriotism Of
the American people.
In desperate Condition
"The desperate condition into which
the campaign of our opponents has
fallen is shown by their continued pub
lcation of statements known by them
to be false, and by their continued
striving to incense one part Of our peo-
pie against another part.
Their efforts to deliver tho vote Of
the laboring men Of this country BY
giving q mess of pottage to a compare
lively few men has failed in its de-
sign. Our people will resent the at
tempt on the part of a few self-con-
stituted leaders to enter into legisla-
tive bargain with the Administration
for the delivery of votes.
"The voters OF this country can be
relied upon to render proper judgment
upon the methods to which have re-
ferred. This will be demonstrated by
the overwhelming character Of the de-
ministration at the polls in the election
tomorrow"
Expect Heavy Vote
With fair weather predicted for Elec-
ton Day for the greater part of the
country, condition which proverbially
favors the G.. o. p, the Republicans are
looking forward to an unusually large
vote. According to a member Of the
Republican National Committee, the
latest reports from Ohio yesterday were
"sstonishingly encouraging" The Ma
tional Hughes Alliance received de-
tailed reports from its branches in
Wisconsin and Michigan, which, it was
announced. placed both those states
safely in the Republican column. The
reports showed that the situation in
those states had changed materially in
the last two or three weeks. The
Hughes pluralities in Wisconsin and
Michigan were estimated by the slli-
ance at $4,000 and 10000, respectively.
No one could be found at Republi-
can national headquarters yesterday
who would express the least doubt of
Hughes carrying New York State by
a large majority. The political anal
yists were on hand, however, and some
of them who have been studying the
national situation from the start Of the
campaign were inclined to believe that
the result of the election would be
close. Giving New York State to
Hughes, they pointed out that he would
be a sure winner il he carried two of
the five Middle Western states of Michi-
gan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and
Ohio-provided one of the two states
carried was either Ohio or Illinois.
Hitchcock Confident
Frank II. Hitchcock, of the Republi-
can National Campaign Committee,
will arrive here to-day from Chicago.
Mr.. Hitchcock sent word to Chairman
Wilcox yesterday that he was abFo-
lutely sure that Mr.. Hughes would be
elected. He said he stood by his pre-
yious prediction that the Republican
candidate would receive 308 electoral
votes, 266 being necessary for choice.
George w. Perkins, Of the Republican
National Committee, went out to
Oyster Bay yesterday to see Colonel
Roosevelt. John w. McGrath, formerly
Colonel Roosevelt's secretary, declared
that while the Colonel felt confident
that Hughes would win, he believed
the result would be close.
Chairman Wilcox and members Of
the national campaign committee will
receive the returns tonight at national
headquarters, Oil Fifth Avenue. The
partitions were taken down yesterday
in the rooms adjoining the chairman's
office and a large blackboard erected
at the side of the room, on which the
returns will be written as they are
received over private wires. Some of
the large contributors to the Republi-
can campaign fund have been invited
to get the returns at headquarters, and
accommodations have been provided for
about l25 guests.
From twenty-five Of the thirty-one