New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-12
ur;lsoo's California
lead Then Overcome
After a Month
HUGHES GAINS
IN MINNESOTA
Now Mexico and North
Dakota Seem Safe
for Wilson

c,,,l,s z. Hughes, William R. Will
p.,pbresn national chairman, and
- ,smpsign managers found back
- YESTERDAY for their resolution to
81, for the official canvass OF votes IN
c.pfornis. Minnesota, New Mexico
- vsmpshire and North Dakota be-
s,,. eoneeding the reelection OF WOOD.
=. Wilson. All hopes at present OF
,,.e,,ing the apparent victory OF tne
p,ssi5ent arc pinned on California
-, o9eial colnt begins in that state
.~o-row and probably will take
veek. ,..o-
,.,ional committee made pubic
.,.o-5sv the chronology Of the result
,ore ;p California. when it was un-
.;, whether Colonel Roosevelt or
.r.o5-ow wilson had carried the state
t1.,rstelv the states thirteen electoral
..,s were su.it. eleven for Roosevelt
.,r, for Wilson. Wilson first took
t. lead and subsequently, the Colonel
..-,sms r, and succeeded in winning
large majority Of the electoral dele
CATION. D,,,,
1912 Result Long in DOUBT
The ,ts.emen. giveh out by Mr.. Will
.f.,, E, had been approved by MI
Hughes follows: =.
The results given in California IN
,s,q show precisely why the Repuo-
s,., r.toral committee cannot at ms
.-a coreede he election Of Mr.. VIII
AM and must await the OFFICIAL count IN
and other states. The files OF ne
s.n Francisco Chronicle show the lol'
owing: 40 dav
aor Wednesday. November g. the DAY
.,,,r election in 1912. The Chronlcie
aid the indications were that M " IL
nod safe plurality over Colonei
pa..syel, The Democratic state chair
claimed the state by 10000.
nor November The Chronicle said
s.,rr had delayed reports ana
'@s, 10 erures were available from
s,~, eour.ies Returns from 1868 pre-
.'rr,. oy. Of 1872 gave Mr.. Wilson
Load Of 6287 NEARLY twice wilson's
oresen, lead in California
Roosevelt Gets Lead
~or November s The Associated
Press announced that Colonel Roosevelt
~. q, the lead BY l3O votes. SIX
.,,,ges had been made in the vote
srom Los Angeles in the previous
twelve hours; each change increased
,be lead Of Colonel Roosevelt WIN
three Los Angeles precincts out ana loo
precincts elsewhere in the state ou"
the Wilson vote stood 2sO'l25' and 'ne
Roosevelt vote 2S0,255.
"The collapse of the Wilson pluraity
was due 10 the way election hgures !"
Los Angeles had been compiled. Inc
Democratic county chairman placed the
Roosevelt majority in that county at
sbou. 1900. The clerk Of Los Angeles
County was appealed to by the poiiti-
cal leaders for an accurate count. lie
made a semi-oficial tabulation OF the
returns. which showed startling dis
erepancies from the results obtained
unoHicially by political headquarters
and newspapers. Much of the dis
erepsncy was due 20 the scratching OF
Wallace, who headed the Progressive
electors.
More Changes Ordered
."0n November 9, returns compiled
from 1928 precincts out Of 4,S72 gave
Colonel Roosevelt 2s1, ,497 votes and
Mr. Wilson 280,s43 votes. On Novem-
Der l3 returns from all but five out OF
ls72 precincts gave Colonel Roosevelt
the state by "a votes. On November
II II Was announced that Secretary OF
State Jordan went TO Los Angeles TO
take personal charge Of the count.
"0n November "a it was announced
that the District Court Of Appeals In
Los Angeles had thrown out one pre-
sinet which had given Colonel Roose-
welt a majority Of lo4. On December
T. "Ths Chronicle" announced that, II
there were no more changes due 70
court decisions and 10 the auditing oy
The Secretary Of State, there would De-
according 70 the official count, Demo
cratic electors and II Progressives. a
change Of ten votes would elect anothei
Democrat, IL was stated.
That gives an idea Of what may DC
expected Just now. Mr.. Hughes and
Ar. Wilcox intend 70 wait until the
Secretary Of State certines TO the Of
heisl count in the states where the vot-
ing is close on the official returns:
Meanwhile state chairmen, national
committeeman and local lawyers IN the
FIVE states mentioned have been in
ssructed 70 see that the interests OF the
Republican candidate are safeguarded,
and that the count and result are regu-
lar.
Points TO Frequent Changes
Mr. Wilcox pointed yesterday 10 the
Tact that there Is usually variance OF
few thousand votes between the un-
ehieial returns and the official can
fsss. Late returns from California
Yesterday. with all but thirteen dis
riets reported, gave Wilson plural
ny over Hughes OF S,62lsyotes. The
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