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WILSON wins WITHOUT
SOLID SOUTH" VOTE
Columbia College Summer Students
Give President Big Majority Over
Hughes.
Wilson, 1,216; Hughes, S48!

Wilson, 1,216; Hughes, S48!
That is the way the students from
all parts OF the United States attend
ing the summer session of Columbia
University, New York, stand on the
Presidential race.
A straw ballot has been taken by
the college daily, The Spectator,
which has awakened widespread in
terest throughout the country. With
exceptional regard for accuracy, the
college editors went about the task OF
sounding the student body, and it re
quired four days for them to COM
iplete the vote.
With flaming headlines The Spec
| tator came out at the completion of
the straw ballot announcing Land
slide for Wilson," 1t was a breezy
specimen of college journalism, and
reminded one of the big dailies on
| the day after a real Presidential cleo
ton.
| Even the wisest of the politicians
have been studying the results OF
this college ballot for President. 1t
! is really significant in that it gives
an mixing of how the representative
citizens of nearly every State in the
Union stand in the campaign. The
2,144 votes of these students repre-
sent groups of students who have but
recently come from their homes in
practically every State of the coun-
try. They are not students who have
been at the college for whole term,
or for any length of time. They re-
Gently left home for the summer
course, and will, probably, all be
back in their homes in time to vote
in the real election.
One thing of particular interest in
this college ballot is that even with
out the ''Solid South" President Will
son gets a handsome majority over
Hughes. Another surprise to the Re-
publican contingent was that the
President carried many of the Cen
trail Western States which the Repub-
icans have been claiming both in and
outside of college walls. Still anoth-
er surprise to the Republicans came
when $50 women were counted for
Wilson against 326 men.
Wilson showed great strength
among the students from the far
West, carrying California by Is to
10, the State of Washington by 10 to
3. Oregon, the other Pacific coast
State, showed for Wilson and for
Hughes in the students ballot.
The contest in New England States
was particularly interesting to stu
dents of the present campaign. From
Maine students voted for Wilson,
with 10 against him, and Massachus-
etts was closer still, with 40 for Will
son and 43 for Hughes. The women
from Massachusetts gave Wilson a
majority over Hughes, their vote
standing Wilson, 10; Hughes, IL.
That the South will remain solid
in the present campaign may be
judged by the following results:
Georgia, Wilson, 81; Hughes, 4. Ala
bama, Wilson, "a; Hughes, 5. Texas,
Wilson, As; Hughes, 4. Virginia,
Wilson, 70; Hughes, 6. North Caro-
lima, Wilson, 46; Hughes, Z. South
Carolina, Wilson, 40; Hughes, 0.
Republican politicians will ponder,
perhaps, on this from Pennsylvania:
Wilson, 81; Hughes, SO!
And what will the Republicans
think to see students for Wilson
from saucy little Rhode Island, and
only 3 for Hughes?
The vote for the Socialist Labor
party candidate was very small, as
was also the vote for Ex-Governor
Hanly, of Indiana, the candidate of
the Prohibition party.
The grand total vote of 2,40O was
greater than has even been taken in
college straw ballot, and never per-
haps, did any college voting arouse
such interest