The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-11-16

New York. On the returns up to
date President Wilson has received I
8.5OS0S5 votes and Mr. Hughes $3.50, ,
951 Mr.. Wilson'S popular plurality
is therefore 4l7.134. lie is a majority .
president. which he was not when he
went into office. In 1912 he received ,
6,2a3.4l9 votes.
1t has been said that Mr.. Hughes re-
ceivcd the votes Of the most populous
states of the Union and Mr.. Wilson /
that Of the less populou. There is not |
so mucch difference as might he eX.
pected. The states which voted for
Mr. Hughes had. according to the last
census, 45.9ol.739 inhabitants. Those
which voted for Mr.. Wilson had AS,
737643 The difference in Mr.. Hughes
favor is 164 900
The latest returns from the close
states show the following results:
In California Wilson is leading by
3.431 votes. with few scattering pre-
cincts missing; in Minnesota. where
some Of the militiamcn's votes have
been counted Hughes is still ahead
by csc votes with 27 districts missing;
dn North Dakota. with IA districts miss
ing. Wilson leads by 963 votes; New
Hampshire. where tho count has been
completed. gives Wilson plurality Of
63 votes.
From the reports Of leading CORE.
spondents In the different states on
the Influences which brought about
Mr.. Wilson's election 1t is possible to
get clear idea OF the part played by
the different group votes" OF which
so much was said before election ant
OF tho reasons which moved grea
bodies Of voters to the decision the,
reached
Progressives and the Women.
Two classes OF voters. and two onl,
accomplished tho result They wcr
not the German. Americans. the labo
vote. or any Of the groups standing fo
special interests. They were the Pr
grcssivcs and the women.
The split made in the Rcpublica
party in 1910. which became a brea
In 1912 was not mcndcd at Chicago
The dispatches now In the hands {
the papers indicate no probability
its being mendod until the cause ft
1t is taken away. From the IIudso
River to the mississippi the boltc,
OF 1912 we're largely satisfied wit
Hughes, but to tho East and West
those boundaries. especially to II
West. they were not. And It was IL
West that decided the election.
In New York and Illinois the brcat
was apparently healed: there Is !
sign OF anything to the contrary al
the same thing seems true OF Il
states that generally follow the leade
ship OF these two. That. howevt
was as far as Colonel Roosevelt W
able to bring about q reunion
The Progressivcs OF Kansas. Was
ern States have again defeated a r
cause the other wing OF tho party w
in control and made tho nominate
Minnesota and Wisconsin voted (
Hughes. but both have show shat tn
are as progressive as ever. MinncsC
by accepting him so narrowly a
Wisconsin by LaFollctte's victory.
The woman vote and the Progr
sive vote telescope each other for
the critical states the women W
turned the election were largely p
gressives. But the women voted
women. too. The reports from
states where women vote show Il
the dream of solidifying woman as
sex and swinging her vote this W
and that at the order OF female pol
cal leaders Is shattered forever.
the women did make up their mir
as women in many Western tSat
and voted without regard either
how the women politicians bade th'
or to how their own mon folks vot'