The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1916-11-16
WILSON IS
REELECTED
Carried Entire West and
South, Marking a New
Precedent For ElGCting
a President
G. 0. P. MAJORITY IN CONGRESS-
Result Was in Doubt For Sew
eral Days-Solid East Went
Strong for Hughes-Wil-
son Polled the Biggest
Vote Ever Given a
President-Senate
is Safety DEM
ocratic.
Volume 81


New York. November 13.-woodrow
Wilson and Thomas r. Marshall have
been reelected President and Vice
President. respectively, OF the United
States.
American political history was en-
riched by an amazing swing back and
forth for Hughes. again for Wilson,
then for Hughes and again Wilson.
For several days the nation was held
In suspense. First available returns
showed Hughes leading. Then came
q Hughes sweep with a tremendous
lead in New York. Illinois. Pennsyl-
vania and Massachusetts. with prelimi-
nary reports from other States add
ing to the Republicans growing list
But again the swing changed A
Wils,o drift set in. Ohio went un-
nistekaSly Democratic.
Finally the decision hinged on Cali
fornia. which gave the President a
small plurality increasing his elec-
toral vote % 273. New Mexico. with
three votes swung into line. making a
total OF ZIG. ten more than the neces-
sary number 20 elect
The shi.. in sentiment was exempli.
fed by the shifting headlines in the
New York papers The New York
Times (DemD. after eoneeding the
election OF hughes. issued an extra
saying "It looks as II Wilson is
elected
The New York Tribune. Republican.
after announcing the election OF
Hughes In "A clean sweep" of the coun-
try. descr- bed the situation in early
editions as follows: Hughes leading
An close race"
The Republicans were able to gath
er one important fact from the wreck
age in some OF the States. The Pro.
gressives did noe support the national
ticket with anything like their full
siren IN. on the contrary. the Pro
gressive detection In some States was
startling 20 the Republicans. Espe-
ciaIy was that true in California.
whore Hiram Johnson was elected
United States senator by approximate
ly 2oO.o0o plurality and Mr.. Hughes
was defeated. In Washington also.
Senator foindexter, Republican and
Progressive. was elected by about
$4,000. while the State went for Presi-
dent Wilson by something like $4,000.
Objections OF the Progressives had
been discounted by the Republicans in
many States. but nowhere had they
looked for the Wholesale slaughter that
occurred IN the Pacific Coast and
Rocky Mountain States In States like
New Hampshire Maine and Vermont
as well as Massachusetts. also a large
percentage OF the Progressives voted
their State tickets and for President
Wilson.
Nine OF the state which found them
se,ves In the Democratic list alway:
have been normally Republican. The,
are Ohio. Kansas. North Dakota. Wy
cming. Ctah. New Mexico. Idaho
Washington and California. Utah new
er had gone Democratic. IL held III
position IA The Republican ranks eve'
IN the face OF the three-cornered spill
IN 1912. when States which had neve
tin then wavered in their devotion
10 the Republican party switches
front Kansas went Democratic II
1896 and the Pcpulists carried II Il
lS92
Washlnston also went Democratic 4
1896. The Ohio electorate was spill
in 1892 THE second Cleveland year
hus excepting 1919 and this year.
had been Republican constantly sine
and including 1850. California wer
Democratic in 1850. and It's electoral
was divieed in 1892 and 1896. II wer
Progressive four years ago. althoug
its electoral votes again were spill
New Mexico went Democratic in 1874
rs hgst year In the Union. but II wa
regarded as a Republican State.
A survey OF the field OF battle show
that the Republicans lost many stats
which even IN their most despalrin
dreams they had not thought OF losin
Kansas il one. Utah Is another.
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