American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1916-11-11

hem had been without sleep since
Early Tuesday morning
The election was filled with sur
orises. some of them most startling IN
character. One of the surprises was
the close race in Kansas, hitherto
Republican stronghold.
interest was focused on Illinois.
That was officially set down as the
state upon which the national contest
would swing. Illinois went for Hughes.
The women furnished the surprises
in this state. There were 6OO,000 OF
them at the polling places during the
day.
The labor vote in some OF the rail
way centers of Illinois caused q de-
lection and the state retained its place
but the swing of business men to the
Republican ticket made up for this de-
lection ind the state retained its place
in the column where It always stood
tin four years ago when It went away
in the three cornerCd fight for the pres
idency.
New York state swung into the Re-
publican column and her forty-ilve cleo
toral votes will be cast for Hughes
and Fairbanks.
Governor Whitman is reelected by
an overwhelming vote. William Cal
der, Republican, has been re elected
United states senator. New York
York county's plurality for the presi'
dent was one of the smallest in Tam
many's history. II was $4,000 The
same majority was given to Samuei
staiury, nominee for governor on the
Democratic ticket
Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin
were looked upon as states likely to
lie found wandering from tEcir habit
ual PAGES, hut the three states wild
give their electoral vote to the Repub-
iiCans.
Wisconsin, because of the La Fo.-
lette campaign Tor senator--he had
praised the Wilson administration and
ignored Mr.. Hughes was counted on
almost confidently by the Democrats to
line up for the president. The Bad
ser state win give its thirteen votes TO
| Mr.. Hughes.
The Republicans made clean
! sweep OF New York state, with Gov
ornor Whitman running ahead of
hughes and William Calder, United
States senatorial candidate, far ahead
of his running mates.
In New York City President Wi.
son fell far behind the expectations Of
his campaign managers and other
Democratic leaders.
President Wilson made big gains Ia
the Republican districts OF New York
but his votes in the Democratic dis
tricts slumped
| Albany county, the domain of Boss
Barnes. the foe of Hughes since the
days when Hughes as governor made
! his fight against race track gamblers.
rolled up a splendid plurality for the
! Republican candidates.
Every political prediction made by
| Republican or Democratic state cen.
tral committeeman Of Wisconsin was
overturned in the election. Hughes
carried the state by something ap
preaching old.time Republican MAORI
! tics.
Louisiana gave its usual Democratic
plurality Of 10000, while Texas. as
usual, went Democratic.
Governor Hiram w Johnson was
elected TO the senate from California
by comfortable majority.
The suffrage vote in Illinois was
! heavy However, one of the features
of the election was the fact that WON
| en- voted fewer straight tickets than
the men. indicating feminine politi
! cal discrimination that took the har
dored politicians urawares.
Mlnnecota's delegation in the lower
house Of congress win consist of eight
RCpub cans, one Democrat and one
Progressive.
Utah, one of the two states to de
care for Taft four years ago, is in
the Democratic column this year. Pres
ident Wilson carried the state. Simon
Bamberger was elected governor
Judge William H. King will succeed
Senator George Sutherland in the sen.
ate. Two Democrats were elected to
the national congress. The entire state
Democratic ticket was elected
South Dakota gave its FIVE electoral
votes to Charles Il. Hughes, adopted
statewide prohibition, gave women the
franchise, elected three Republican
congresamen and a full Republican
state ticket,
Pennsylvania, which cast its elector
al vote for Theodore Roosevelt -four
years ago. swung back into the Repub
Lean presidential column by giving
Charles +, Hughes a plurality OF 200.
600. Virtually all counties that wcro
normally in the Republican column
prior 10 1912 returned Republican plu
rallties.
In West Virginia the suffrage
amendment was defeated.
President Wilson and the Demo.
cratic state ticket won in Missouri.
The Democrats elected fourteen con
gressmen