The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1916-11-11
WILSON WINNER
In CLOSE CONTEST
Official COUNT IN MANY STATES
.sr WILL BE NECESSARY u
WESTERN STATES TURN TRICK
Michigan Republican by Big Mar.
GIN and Dry by a Much
Bigger One

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Most people went TO sleep last
Tuesday night with the conviction
that Charles Evans Hughes was safely
elected president OF the U. s, only to
wake up on Wednesday morning to
find that there was much question as
to his title TO the Office. The results
in the east were so pro-Hughes that
ID was considered certain that the
heretofore republican states OF the
west would be the same. Returns
came In slowly from the west and they
were so close that all OF the day We'd
nesday the question, as To which party
had won the election was in the air.il
This uncertain condition continued
all of the day Wednesday and most OF
Thursday. Towards evening Thurs
day an Associated Press dispatch was
received saying that the returns for
the state of California were all III ex-
cepting a few precincts in the noun
tain districts that couldn't change
the result IL they went unanimously
for Hughes as Wilson had 5000 ma
jority on the reports that were in.
With California in the democratic
fold President Wilson was sure OF 269
electoral votes and Hughes g62. There
are some states that went TO each
candidate by less than one thousand
majority and IL is probable that IN
those states the official count will be
necessary
.r1 Closest In Many Years. ag aal
/ The Diamond Drill ventured the
opinion last week that the election
would be a close one but we had no
idea that II would be such "hoss"
race as Il turned ont toibe. Hughes
was an easy winner IN the eaet and
the returns in almost all OF the east
ern states were in early. Only a few
reports came from the west before
the wire service stopped for the night
The nation has been used to such
decisive victories OF late that Il was
restless under the strain of waiting
TO learn the results in this case. The
last really close election in the history
of the nation occurred in 1884, when
the election of Cleveland depended up
on the official vote i'm the state OF New
York and IL was found that the state
gave the democratic party a majority
of a little over one thousand votes
Prior to that the celebrated Tilden-
Hayes contest was staged when il
took special commission TO decide
which one was elected and the result
was not known until the day before
inauguration. In the latter case. how
ever, the question was not as TO which
one had received majority In the
states but as 10 which set of returns
should be counted from some OF the
southern states from which two sets
OF electors had sent in votes their
action being brought about by the un-
settled condition Of the south AZ that
time. ..l. -tfg
Michigan selidIy Republican.
Michigan gave the republican ticket
a fine majority Candidate Hughes
didn't run as strong as did Mr., sleep
er and some Of the state officials bu,
that condition was expected and didn't
surprise anyone
Senator Townsend ran well aud
sIcepei wlt. oihe Of THO other ~
publican nomitees lan away ahead 81
the national titket ia ~
fTe usual republican, majority "a
Got rctutue1 from iron county an
that was expected, also. as Il wa
c.eariy fplarfnt that Mr.. wilsp
would SGT more votes than he did
when he ran before The samn com.
.tuen regned throughout the upper
o'6nsaia bat at that tie state rcilea |
4 majority OF some 20 obO f5f
Finghes. ~. sieepers majority teing
~ thc neigbborhoqd of 10000.
state In "Dry- column. I
The state or Michigan was one of
ave states that voted out the retailing
. iiquor within their poqndarle5,ai ai
this election The qtheg states are
Montana, Nebraska. Utah andn Soutb
Dakota thus narrowing the terriers
IN which liduor is ifanctioncG ~ lalv
% Z very snail PORTION bf tfis nati5s
TIE great furp1sc ~ the wet"
ana "d-y" election came fiom wsyaS
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