Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-31
SAYS HUGHES WILL
WIN OUT WITH EASE
Wilcox Estimates Republican
Candidate Will Receive at
Least 314 Votes.
HOW STATES STOOD BEFORE

New York, Oct. 29.-(Special Tele-
ram.)-"The campaign is practically
ended and there is nothing to it but
the election Of Hughes" said William
R. Wilcox, chairman Of the republic
an national committee at republican
national headquarters here today.
When the votes are counted on the
night of November 7, it will be found
that at least 3l4 Hughes and Fair
banks electors have been chosen and
it may be a considerable number
more. ] look for an old-time victory.
Everything points that way.
Remember that this is republican
country. There are more republic
ans in it than there are democrats.
The repblicans outnumber the demo-
crots in normal times by more than
a million. They outnumber. the
democrats in many states, and the
aggregate OF the electoral votes Of the
sure republican states is much greater
than the aggregate of the electoral
votes OF the sure democratic states.
New Deal This Year.
st Is only when the republican party
is suffering from some untoward cir
cumstances' such as operated against
it four years ago, that the democratic
have any chance to win national
election in this country. The trouble
with the democratic managers in their
cxtravagant claims for victory this
year is that they are still thinking
and talking in terms Of 1912, whereas
this is 1916. The republicans are
acting together this year and they
very much outnumber the other fel-
lows. .Ae
st is perfectly obvious that Mr.
Mccormick and his colleagues, in put
ting out their extraordinary claims,
figure the states which gave their
electoral vote to Wilson in 1912 as
democratic, but the fact is that there
were no more democratic states in
1912 than usual. Mr.. Wilson carried
only fourteen states four years ago,
the same old solid south and nothing
more. They were: Alabama, Arizona,
Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,
4 Louisiana, Mississippi. North Caro-
lima. Oklahoma, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.
Those are the only states in which
Mr.. Wilson secured the majority OF
the popular vote, and Il is only those
states which he can be said to have
carried. Every other state in the un-
ion voted against him.
"Mr. Roosevelt secured the electoral
vote Of six states, California, Michi-
gar, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, South
Dakota and Washington, and Mr.. Taft
two states. Utah and Vermont. The
remaining twenty-six states gave
their electoral votes to Wilson, but
In each case by a. minority vote,
In each case against the expressed
preference Of the majority OF those
who voted.
sThe electoral vote Of these twenty.
six states aggregates 28l, or more
than : majority Of the electoral col
lcge. These states alone, all Of which
voted against Wilson four years ago,
can elect his successor, These states
are Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware,
Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,
Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts,, Mis-
souri,, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada,
New Hampshire, New Jersey, New
Mexico, New York, North Dakota,
Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, West
Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
How Nineteen Stood.
"In nineteen of these states the ma
jority adverse to Mr.. Wilson was SUBJ
stantiai, running In some cases up into
the hundreds Of thousands. In the
other eight cases 1t was not 50 large,
but that group OF eight includes four
states which not even Mr.. McCor.
mick would think Of putting into the
Wilson column--Maine, New Hamp-
shire, Rhode Island and North Da-
kota. The other four Of them, Mary
land, Missouri, Nevada and New
Mexico, are all close and doubtful,
Mr.. Mccormick has been amusing
himself by claiming Connecticut,
where the majority adverse to Wilson
in 1912 was 1882; illinois, where II
was 245,0l4; Massachusetts,, where it
was l34,768; Michigan, where It was
2l6,O77, and Minnesota, where it was
S5,764, The democratic managers put
New York in the list OF their claims,
despite the adverse vote Of 1924
that It gave four years ago, and de-
spite the fact that twice since 1912 1t
has gone republican by more than
100000. In Ohio, which they are
vociferously calling their own this
year, they hay to overcome an ad-
verse majority Of 83,l4l. %
Iowa and. Kansas, both OF which
have been listed by Mr.. Mccormick
and his rainbow7chasers asf doubtful.
gave 93,305 and 5l.S92 against Wilson
in 1912. And SO it.goes through the
whole list. Even slight consideration
OF these figures gives clear idea of
the kind OF mental exercise Mr.. Nc
Cormick has to take in order to work
himself up to the kind Of claims he is
putting out.
No Change Of sentiment.
Nothing has happened since 1912
to change sentiment IN these states in
favor OF Mr.. Wilson and the demo-