Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-11-10
Presidents PIuraIitieS Grow as
Definite Returns From Vari-
ais Counties Are Submitted
10 Headquarters
MARGIN IN STATE MAY
REACH TOTAL OF 1900
Republican StronghoIdS will
Reduce Presidents Lead
but Little Possibility Exists
That 1t viii Be Wiped Out,

whatever hopes may have been en-
,eratned by supporters Of Charles F.
uugbes that their candidate would |
oorrv New Mexico received a severe |
setback yesterday afternoon when
more definite official returns from
various counties Of the state came IN,
and At an early hour last night the
president was leading in New Mexico
nv such pluralities that it did not
seem possible that later returns could
cause him the loss of the state.
IN almost every county heard from
Wilson proved to be stronger than
his state ticket, with the exception OF
A. A. Jones, who is running ahead OF
the field for senator, and the fact that
early reports made to campaign head
quarters. on which the figures in yes
terdays Journal were based, referred
mainly TO the state ticket is perhaps
responsible for the apparent lead that
Hughes showed. These figures caused
more explicit inquiry to be made OF
different county chairmen as to the
vote for presidential electors, with the
result that yesterday afternoon it be
came evident to any but the most
optimistic publican that New MeM-
co is no longer in the doubtful col
umn,
Many Not Heard From.
From quite a few of the counties of
the state there has been absolutely
nothing in the way of official returns
upon which to figure probable results
and the unofficial estimates arriving
from those counties have proved to
be 50 unreliable that it has been
found unsafe to use them as basis
Of calculation In some instances
counties have been claimed by both
democratic and republican leaders by
specific figures that were widely AZ
variance and it has been found inn
possible to reconcile the conflicting
claims In such cases no attempt has
been made to figure the county in the
absence Of definite official returns,
N'itlt bNe VI tltAl lOi II q hh' iit'
been made by the democrats in
number Of cases where swollen repub-
llean pluralities have appeared under
suspicious circumstances, and it is not
at all improbable that arrests will be
made and that New Mexico will have
an experience somewhat similar to
mat Of Terre Haute. Special agents
Of the department Of justice have
been in New Mexico for two or three
weeks past, but just what they have
discovered has not yet become APP
parent The charges Of fraud as yet
are vague and somewhat indefinite,
Dat they are likely to assume more
"ngIblc proportions as the facts sur
rounding the election in remote pre-
'incts come to light
Democratic Majoritics.
As is usual in New Mexico, the
strongly democratic counties have
oeen the first to send in returns, and
'nese counties at present show the
president in the lead by a large plu-
ms ltdut VI Nbul otf NAAi -
reduced as the republican counties are
Neard from; but the showing made
so lar by the republican counties is
not such as to come up to the eXpec-
''uons of the party leaders, and it
would not be- at all surprising if Will
sons plurality in the state should
leach l500 when the votes are all
counted
Chaves county practically complete,
uds reported a Wilson plurality Of
''e2' Colfax 124, Curry S27, Eddy APP
prozimately S25, Grant 36S, Guada-
iupe 264 Luna 399, Otero 1877, Quay
N, 1-I' Roosevelt 1872 and Sierra 10.
Inc republican pluralities so far re-
r"'ed have come from Bernalillo
VouhtH with 3O6, Dona Ana with 53l,
,I,yAlnley with 1874, Rio Arriba tpar-
uaIl' 4i6, Santa Fe 4O7 and valencia,
WIN two precincts missing, 932.
, rom these figures it will be seen
mat on the face of the returns now in,