Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-08
HUG noS~ RECEIVED RETURNS
 sN WITH HIS FAMILY
Jed When New York Newspaper
 Announced He Had Carried State.

New York, Nov. '. Charles B. Hughes and his family received the election returns here tonight at the publican nominees headuuarters since his nomination.
 When the early returnh began to come in MT. Hughes was asleep. He slert until 6.30 o'clock. Meantime the telegraph instruments in an adjoining room had been clicking for two hours and sheaf of telegrams, showing the trend in New York; were awaiting MT. Hughes perusal. The first paper handed to him told of an announce ment by a New York newspaper that he had carried New York state by 150,0 900 plurality. MT. Hughes smiled
 Mrs. Hughes and their three daught- CTS. the Misses Katherine, Elizabeth and Helen, scanned the returns over Mrs. Hughes shoulder. Presently Charles E. Hughes, Jr.. and his wife and Dr. Colin S. Carter. Mrs. Hughes
 brother, joined the group. Dinner was
 ordered, the first in months at which
 the entire family had been present. Returns soor came in faster and the dinner was neglected for a time to
 read them. A huge electric sign | several blocks away which flashed the
 returns from New York, divided the family's attention with the telegraphic | reports. They fingered at dinner un-
 t1i late and the group in the corridor opposite the telegraph room heard fre- qucnt outbursts of laughter
 Mrs. Hughes Congratulated Her Hus- band.
 At o'clock Mrs. Hughes congratu- l lated her husband on his election. She told him then that he had been elect l ed. MT. Hughes daughters also con- graduated him. MT. Hughes gave out | no statement.
 Although President Wilson's secre- tary, at the summer White House. and Chairman Vance Mccormick of the | democratic national committee made
 claims that the complete returns would show the reelection of Presi-
 dent Wilson, the trend on the face of the returns was toward Hughes and | early ln the evening some of the New York newspapers which have SUD- | ported President Wilson conceded his ! mates in figures.
 1 land.
 | Early in the evening a great maiori- | ty for Hughes in New Yofk was eyi- 1he democrats. Soon afterward dem 1 Ocratic supporters conceded the loss o1 | all New England.
 | An early estimate of the Hughes electoral vote Without Ohio, placed ii fat=2TT eleven more than snecessary fo1
 a majority in the electoral college. The l Hughes majorities reported from In 1 diana and Illinois were regarded by l the republican leaders as an indica-
 tion of what might be expected from l the states further west when the fig
 ures began coming in. The difference | in time and the fact that the polls ir some of the western states closed lat CT than in the east made figures early 1 in the evening impossible.
 | Democrats Lose in House. Nothing definite as to the com ] plexion of the next congress was avail.
 able early in the night The demo-
 cratic majority in the house had beer decreased by one. It was conceded
 that the majority in the senate haG been decreased by two-one by the republican victory in Main last Sep.
 tcrnber and the other by the election
 of William Calder from New York | who defeated William McCombs.