The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-12

New York, Nov. ia chronologf-
cal record Of the unofficial count in
California four years ago was made
public today by Chairman Wilcox to
justify the refusal OF the national
committee formally to concede the
reelection of President Wilson.
This record shows that the exact
result was not known until Deem
Der I. and from election night until
that day there was a constant fiuc-g
tuauon of votes between Roosevelt
and Wilson.
This record was shown TO Mr..
Hughes before it was given t. thu
newspapers. 1t said that II .'consid-s
erably cheered" the Republican cam
man Wilcox to concede the election.
Chairman's Statement.
The statement Of Chairman Wilcox
follows:
The record of California in 1912
shows that Mr.. Wilson was first In
the lead that subsequently this lead
was taken by Colonel Roosevelt and
that finally the delegation to the cleo
ioral college from California was d.
vided. two electors being for Mr.. VIII
son and eleven for Roosevelt
The results given in California In
1912 show precisely why the Repub-
lican National Committee cannot at
this time concede the election of Mr..
Wilson, and must await the official
count in this and other States.
As Told by the Files.
The files of the San Francisco
newspapers show the following:
OR Wednesday, November G, the
day after election in 1912. the Chron-
iele said the Indications were that
Mr.. Wilson had a safe plurality over
Colonel Roosevelt. The Democratic
State chairman claimed the State by
10000.
ION November I, the Chronicle said
a storm had delayed reports ana that
no figures were available from four
counties. Returns from 3.66S pre-
.c'ncts out of 1879 give Mr.. Wilson 9
lead of s.237-
ION November 8. q news agency
announced that Colonel Roosevelt was
In the lead by 100 votes. Six changes
had been made in the vote from Los
Angeles in the pr~rfous twelve hours.
each change increased the lead OF
Colonel Roosevelt. With three Los
Angeles precincts out of 1876 precincts
elsewhere in the Ctate out. the Wilson
vote stood 2So125, and the Roosevelt
vote 2s0.255.
The clerk of Leland County was
appealed to by political leaders for
an accurate count. He made q SEMI
official tabulation Of the returns which
showed startling discrepancies from
the results obtained unoncisll by
political headquarters and newspapers.
Much Of the discrepancy was due to
the scratching OF wallace. who head
ed the Progressive electors.
ION November 9 returns compiled
from 4.2sS precincts out of 1870 gave
Colonel Roosevelt 2s1,497 and Mr..
Wilson 2So.S43 votes.
ION November 10, returns from al
but five out Of 4,372 precincts gav1s
Colonel Roosevelt the State by twenty-
four votes
ION November II. II was announced
that Secretary of State Jordan went
10 Los Angeles to take personal charge
OF the count.
Precinct Thrown Out.
On November "a. it was announced
that District Court of Appeals Ia LOT
Angeles had thrown out one precinct
which had given Colonel Roosevelt
ma jority OF l04.
ION December 4. the Chronicle ar-3
nounced that IL there were no more
changes due TO court decisions and to-
the auditing by the Secretary of State,
there would be, according to the Of
fetal count two Democratic electors
and eleven Progressives A change
of ten votes would elect another
Democrat. 1t was stated"
Increase Hughes Lend.
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