The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-11-10
THREE PIVOTAL STATES
DRIFT TO PRESIDENT
MINNESOTA OREGON AND NORTH DAKOTA IN
DEMOCRATIC COLUMN; CALIFORNIA FOL-
LOWS WITH WILSON PLURALITY

IL. hughes and Charles w. falrDankSs
which practically had been conceded.
became involved in doubt. A swing
toward President Wilson in the statesx
of California, Washington, Delaware,
South Dakota, and New Hampshire
threatened to totally wipe out the in
dictated Hughes plurality in the cleo
toral college.
The situation is unparalleled in the
recent history of the country, save in
1884. when the contest between Grow
er Cleveland and James G. Blaine re-
CURED the counting of the last ballot
to decide 1t.
See Possible Need of Official Count.
In many cases an official count may
be necessary to decide, but there Is
a probability that the final result will
be known before an official count.
The gain of United States senator's
on the Republican ticket in Indiana
was Offset by the election OF Gerry, in
Rhode Island. and Wolcott in Della
ware, Democrats. New and Watson
won in Indiana.
Aside from this the Republican gairfr,
In the senate and house is not affect
ed by the narrowing of the race be-
tween Wilson and Hughes.
Polls Old Party Figures.
The doubtful states" went for the
Republican nominee. New York gave
Mr.. Hughes a splendid majority and
New Jersey, Maine and Vermont
will cast their electoral votes for the
G. o. p. standard.
The Hughes pluralities approxim-
ated the figures of the combined Taft
and Roosevelt vote of four years ago.
The efforts of one wing of tle Prog
ressives to drive the members OF
their party into the Wilson camp
failed.
Returns in New York showed plain
ly that the record of Governor Char
les S. Whitman has been satisfactory
to the electorate. President Wilson
ran far ahead of his ticket, as also
did William M. Calder, Republican
candidate for United States senator.
William F. McCombs, one Of the
leaders of the movement to put Mr.. /,
Wilson in the white house four years
ago, was beaten for United States
senator.
In Indiana, where the political bat
tie was bitter, the Democratic candi-
dates for the United States senate,
John w. Kern and Thomas Taggart,
present incumbents, were defeated
by Harry S. New and James
Watson. organization Republicans
and towers of strength in the Repub-
lican anti-Progressive old guard.
Hughes Wins Wisconsin and Indiana.
Wisconsin, one of the states upon
which the Democratic managers re-
lied for victory in the event of losing
New York, was carried by Hugh =.
Senator Lafollette and Governor Phil
lip, both Republicans, have been re-
elected.
Indiana, the pivotal state OF many a
presidential election, gave Is elector-
al votes to Hughes. The Republican
ticket won in indianapolis by large
plurality. Hughes also won Michi-
gan by an old-time Republican VOTE
New England in Line.
New England went Republican by
an overwhelming plurality of the pop
ular vote. Maine, fully as positively
as in its September election, repudiat-
ed the Wilson administration.
New Hampshire, Rhode Island and
Vermont returned Republican plural
tiles, as in the past. In Massachu-
sets the vigorous fight waged by the
Democrats. particularly in Industrial
centers, availed little, for Hughes
swept the state and Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge was reelected.
Louisiana returned an old.time
Democratic plurality as did the bal
ance OF the "soid SOUTH"
Maine Is Republican.
While the state went for Hughes,
the Republican margin has been re-
duced compared to the vote for gov,
ernor in September. Then the Re-
publicans piled up 10000 plurality. In
Portland, the largest city in Maine.
Hughes won by 1,40O His margin in
the state was approximately 10000.
The general result on the face OF
returns indicates that the split in the
Republican party occasioned by the
Roosevelt detection in 1912 has been
completely healed :