Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-11-17
Has 6 More Electors
Than Needed.
CALIFORNIA IS IN LINE
State Carried by President by
About 3175.
MINNESOTA GOES TO HUGHES

New York, Nov. 11.-With unofficla
returns from all of the doubtful states
or enough precincts accounted for tC
place the electoral votes in one Of
the other column, woodrow Wilson
was reelected president with 272 elec
toral votes.
Charles Evans Hughes, the Republ1
can nominee, with Minnesota and New
Hampshire belated returns placing
him ahead of his opponent, has 25s
electoral votes.
There are number of isolated dis
tricts in New Mexico yet to be hearV
from, but it is not thought these bal
lots would materially affect the resul
in that far off state. The same con
ditions exists in Minnesota. Hughe:
maintains his plurality over the presi
dent by safe margin with thirty
eight districts missing and the guarc
vote still uncounted. The result Of
the balleting by the militiamen on the
border will not be announced until
next Tuesday, but these are likely tt
increase, rather than decrease the
Hughes total and headquarters fee
certain the state is safely Hughes.
In New Hampshire there still is con
siderable speculation over the s1.ua
ton, both sides claiming to have car
ried the state. The official counts
placed Hughes in front by 324 votes
with five districts uncounted, but Sec
retary of State Bean and newspapers
forecast that with all of the vote
counted, Wilson will leave plurality
Of seven over Hughes.
In three states. however, there were
prospects of contests over one e'ecto1
in each instance The eligibility of q
Democratic elector in Texas has been
questioned because he is said to be
an officeholder and the federal laws
prohibit a person holding Office from
serving as an elector.
One of the Democratic electors In
Washington died just before election
day and the party managers attached
pastors to the ballots, substituting an
other name for his. The legality OF
this procedure has been uestioned by
the Republicans. A somewhat similar
case has arisen in West Virginia
where one of the Republican electors
refused to run and the Republicans re
sorted to pastors bearing another
name in place of his.
Chairman Wilcox, refusing to con
cede the election of President Wilson
said in formal statement issued after
a conference with other Republican
campaign managers, that the result
still depends upon the vote of a few
close states and that the returns thus
far announced are in most states un
official and may be changed by the
official count.
Mr.. Wilcox further stated that un
less special circumstances arose the
national committee would abide By
the decision of the official count. In
case ballot box Irregularities wore
brought to the committees atte-t on
appropriate action would, of c1u' Sc
be taken, he said. Mr.. Willcox's stata
ment, it was learned, was also submit
ted to Charles E. Hughes before 1t was
given out.
Vance Mccormick, Democratic ma
tional chairman, left for his home in
Harrisburg. Pa. He spent several
hours at the party headquarters and
reiterated his claim that the president
would have 2S8 electoral votes, declar
ing that Minnesota would go Demo
cratic by plurality of about 500.