The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-10


Richmond experienced a thrill Of
relieved Joy last night when the cleo
ton of President Woodrow Wilson
was flashed over the wires, The sus-
pense of torty-eight hours was erok-
En- by the definite information that
California, on which the election
hinged, had piled up vote for the
President that his opponent could
nor overcome The count showed PA
electoral votes for the President. with
Z35 for Hughes, and the one doubt
full State. Minnesota. likely 10 come
over To the. Democratic column.
.--teG a psrlod that mad tled their
Souls the tension having been intense.
the people Of the city relaxed from the
strain ana received the news with
eestatic <.Aghi over the telephone
the hundreds Of callers we're almost
overcome with pleasure at Tire infor-
nation Last night the e5tv vent TO
bed happy over the results which
though long n coming we've made
4o4ely satisfactory D. the delay
Governor ENyson Happy. .,
Public ofrciaIs we're prcfuse in their
expressions Of delight AZ hearing the
news observation-disclosures J Taylor
El,vsoa on beng advised 81 he Pref
Idents recollection. made ire following
statement
an delighted at the elect.or Ct
woodrow Wilson. ! have always cor
aden'l'- believed that the people would
eaaorse his splendid administration.
ana I m not Surprised az the result
rsestdert Wilson by his magnificent
Constructive work nss ncr for himself
aesar~s3iv high r,ace among rhe
rrsa, Presidents 90 the United States
He has achieved results far greater
than srN President in the last half
cantQrv, ard his coed work will he
r2cre ard more appreciated as re
wsa.s come and 60
eonhdertlv artic!rats ANOTHER
fur years ~ greater prosperity than
taat which w. have already eriove1
under ais Are lsa4erehir The people
- this Commonwealth csrtainl~ al NJ
ee Democrats viIl greatly r"totce
rhen they READ ne good news II hts
~-slec'}on n to~1orro1es 1-t-gtrtan
Crowd Enthusiastic
A. 80 STATE Democratic had
quR-tess n Murphy Ho.el .ne crowd
~ enthusiasts ~hc ~'sre r4tneres re-
ce5vlnE information IN the returns
r,stnlv sho~-ea 'hst in'o1se pleasure,
37d said the~ we-e al ready fer tn
shouting Chairman James or re-
c~ivinr ne information regarding tire
telegram - me rrAs, dent congratu!a'-
t~~ Mira and then gave out re follow
- statement
ar, grained - know tina. Pres
fsnt Wilson s ra-electea have an
fcipated this result from the begin
mig and ! am consequently TO. sur
pr.sed az the result Nh wilson de-
serves the recognition he has received
from The natser - HE signal achieve
~qAnts
secretarv Brenar,an ot the Demo
GRATIS committee vas heerlrg with
srliles AZ ne news and supreme TOW
rs.gre3 II all Dam acrat.c cI-cles The
s1al information removing all doubt
as - the outcome ~ the election was
received ~ thena not onIv beeause
1. vas tavc-a BE - the President but
because II removed burden Of gus
pease 'hat they hsd horne unTil i had
teccn7e intense
Republican headquarters mare slew
&c concede that the President had car
rteA the election They hung unyield-
ina 70 their belief that Hughes would
vat carry all Of the doubtful states
thus giving him majority. Even
the DEFINITE information that Wilson
had been elected failed so eliclt from
thea an expression that would show
.ha. they believed the news correct
Worried Over Outcome
T. could be plainly seen however
that they we're worried about the out
cor,e AZ the hours passed ana returns
favorable re the President poured in
thev showed a hopeIAssness that they
would rot express, ana claimed that
the ofrcial returns would give far
different story than that which had
reached the city So when thew lef,
their rooms at Nurphvs Hotel they
stated ,he news today would reveal
Republican strength not realized be
fore
On the streets the crowds .hunsrily
read every hit Of news that licked over
the wires from New York II proved
the one topic Of conversation. as II
had all day YESTERDAY, and every min
ute since Tuesday Every greeting
vas prefaoed with the question, What
is the latest about the election and
the prospects for Wilson in the doubt.
ful States were discussed
The split vote In California caused
some people to fear that II the Presi-
dent aid not get the entire thirteen he
would fail OF election The loophole
If defeat left by the fact that the
init rule does not prevail In that State
made many OF them engage In un-
necessary worry.
IN California a vote for the presi-
aential candidate does not mean that
the electors for the party are also
voted for. a. II prevails in Virginia
There each elector Is voted on sepa-
rately notwithstanding the vote cast
for the candidate for President.
There are twenty-six electoral can
didates composed Of all parties. on the
ballot OF this number thirteen have
10 be chosen. ana 4the number Of each
party making this total lie given to the
separate candidates, For instance II
The thirteen electors are made up Of
seven Democrats and six Republicans
then each candidate IL credited with so
many electoral votes While II i~ not
known what the electoral vote for Will
son will be, II he carries the State by
fair lead II ,s likely that he re.
ceives the majority Of the electoral
vote