Judsonia weekly advance., 1916-11-15

-~-~o~~~~-~~~-~o~~~~--~~ putations yesterday in California mis- takes in additions were announced from that state, substantially changing figures previously given.
 Ut is common experience that the result of the official count almost al- ways varies from the returns first an- nOunced.
 'Where the vote is as close as that reported in several states, it may well be that material changes will result from the official count.
 "We owe it to the country to take all necessary steps to see that an ex- act and honest count of the vote is made. When the current seemed to be running against MT. Wilson on Wednes- day the Democratic managers an nounced their intention to demand recount in every close state.
 "All we desire is to make sure that the vote is counted as cast"
 Both sides conceded that no matter what action might be taken in regard to recount there was little likelihood of a contest being carried to the house of representative as it was after the Hayes-Tilden campaign in 1876. Legis- lation enacted in 1887, it was said, made the state sovereign in pronounc- ing judgment in a recount of the pres idential vote.
 How Congress Stands.
 With returns missing from only one congressional district in the United crats each had elected 215 representa- tives.
 The vote in New Mexico, which is still in doubt, probably will determine which party is to have plurality of one over the other. The present mem- Der from New Mexico is Republi- can.
 The balance of power in the next house will be held by four men, one Progressive ProtectiOnist from Louisiana, one an independent from Massachusetts, one a Progressive from from New York.
 The action of these members ap- parently will determine the choice of a speaker, as well as the fate of legis- iation which is supported or opposed on purely party lines. The senate remains unchanged, 54 Democrats to 42 Republicans Demo- cratic majority of 12. In addition to the hope of electing congressman at large from New | Mexico the Democrats had one grain of comfort. It was that an official count may disclose that Thomas J. Scully has been reelected from the third New Jersey district. l An unusual feature of the result is l the election of the first woman to con gross, Miss Jeanette Rankin, Repub- lican, apparently having been elected in Montana.
 Women Vote as Do Men.
 From the general result it is clear 1 that as the men voted in the suffrage states, so did the women. In Illinois men and women seemed about equally divided as to prefer ence. The state went for Hughes by a big plurality.
 In Kansas, Colorado, Montana Washington, Oregon and California 1 where women also vote, Wilson was successful, but his pluralities were not sufficiently large to indicate that the woman voters supported him as unit
 Six States Go Dry.
 Prohibitionists are jubilant over the results of the election where prOhibi. l ton was an issue. From Washington the legislative committee of the Anti Saloon league issued statement, say l ing:
 Prohibition has taken another great leap forward. Michigan has voted for statewide prohibition by 75,OOO majority, Nebraska by 35,0O0 Montana by 10000 and South Dakota by 25,OOO. Idaho has adopted pro hibition constitutional amendment by a majority of to l. Utah has prob ably elected legislature pledged tt enact statewide prohibition. Wash ington, Iowa, Colorado, Arizona ant Arkansas have defeated attempts o1