Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-31
W|LLCOXPRED|CTS
HUGHES Will BE
NEXT PRESIDENT
Chairman of the Republican
Committee Sends Forecast
to Chairman Gipson of
Hughes Alliance.

J. III. Gipson chairman of the Hughes
alliance, is in recent OF Il review OF the
national situation with regard to the
presidential race as issued by Will
liam r. Wilcox, chairman of the Re-
publican national committee. claiming.
Charles Evans Hughes will be elected.
The statement is as follows:
The people of the United States have
made up their minds in favor of Mr..
Hughes and against Mr.. Wilson, and
that is all there is TO it, They have
given positive proof OF it on numerous
occasions this fall-proof that cannot
be denied. misunderstood or misinter
preted In a dozen state from Maine 10
California, from Michigan to Maryland,
where the voters have had a chance to
stand up and be counted, they have UNI
failingly taken advantage of the oppor-
tunity to show their determined prefer
ence for Mr.. Hughes instead OF Mr..
Wilson. There is no exception.
This is the thing that >-,.&.s. It
doesn't make any differeIa< what
claims campaign M, uagers p::t tOrth,-
It is the way ,he people vote that does
the real tf,'alng.
Here 80 how they have been Voting
In California. s07.793 Republicans vote
in the pr.i"N.1es and only 77.o50 Demo
Gratis. In maine. 80 voters were count
&c at an ( ecuon and Names answer
was emphatic and con lusivc. There
were 79.902 Republicans and G6,547
Democrats. That was after campaign
hotly contested on both sides, and
where the Democratic managers made
support of President Wilson the car
dinal issue New Jersey and Massa-
chusetts show exactly the same sit
uation. In each state there was a
Democratic contert with one side
supported by the administration; in
each state the administration candi
date was defeated and in each state
the total Democratic vote was far be
low that OF the Republican.
HOW SITUATION LOOKS.
In New Jersey. Senator MARITIME,
seeking denomination. polled 50,961;
Judge Nescott, who had the admins
tration support against MARITIME polled
29.627; ohis was a hard fight. which
attracted attention all over the coun-
try because of the efforts Of President
Wilson's friends to defeat MARITIME.
While this bitter contest was going on,
there was a good natured campaign in
the Republican primaries between
Joseph FrclinghuA sen and Franklin
Murphy each of whom polled more
votes than Martire and Wescott
combined. Frelinghuysen won with
S9.361 TO Sl.4S0 fer Murphy. The total
Republican vote ,as 1S7,414 the total
Democratic vote 119.51:. In this prim =
airy, the borough Of Princeton, where
Mr.. Wilson is exceptionally we'll
known. cast SIS Republican votes. and
only 262 Democratic votes. Four years
ago at the election, Wilson had SG3,
and the combined oppo .tion 7)6. These
figures show what !, change has occur
red in MIR. Wilson's home borough.
In Massachusetts where the Demo-
cratic fight was over the gubernatorial
nomination, the total vote was 81 ,O52
while in the Republican primaries
Governor Mccall, unopposed, received
l15,242
Back on the Pacific coast. the
primaries in the state Of Washington
showed exactly tho sam kind of result
lSC701 voting in the Republican prim-
airy. and only 29.S6g in the Democratic
primary. The Democrats have heen
making some talk about carrying
Washington. That means that they only
expect about 10000 OF the Republicans
who voted in the primaries to vote the