The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-11-16
Vote in Western States
Made Victory of the
President Possible.
REPUBLICANS ASK RECOUNT
No Charge Of Fraud Is Made, but
the Possibility of Error in
Count Is Seen.
Race in Several States So Close That
Result Was Not Known Until
Practically Every Ballot Had
Been Counted.

New York, Nov. l1.-Prcsdent VIII
son and Vice President Marshall have
been reelected on the face Of the an
official returns, but with a re1'llt in
several pivotal states that is so close
that the Republican leaders say they
viii not be satisfied until recount Of
the votes has been made in these
states.
The situation Is extraordinary and
has resulted in days Of neryeracking
strain for the people Of the country.
If the election officials of a few remote
precincts in a few states know how the
nation has been waiting GREATNESS to
hear from them, they must be swelled
up enormously with II sense of their
Importance. For on those few pre-
cincts has depended the nations choice
Of its chief executive
That Mr.. Wilson's victory over Mr..
Hughes will not he conceded without a
recount in the close states, such as Cal
IfOrnia, New Hampshire, New Mexico
conferences of the Republican leaders
here. Chairman Wilcox asserted re-
count would be demanded wherever
the margin Of Democratic victory was
so small that comparatively few votes
would turn the scales. He and his as
sOciates say they take the position
that there should be no cloud upon Mr..
Wilson'S title TO the presidency. The
Democrats, for their part, declared
that there must be Il recount in New
Hampshire, even though the returns
gave the state to Mr. Wilson.
That the returns are still incomplete
Is due TO the presence on the border Of
the National Guard of a number Of
states. The soldiers are permitted to
vote by mail, their ballots being for
warded to the auditors of their home
counties, and in Minnesota especially
the vote of the Guardsmcn is likely to
cut figure in determining whether the
state goes into the Wilson or the
Hughes column.
Minnesota was as bad as California
in the matter Of shifts and us It's dele
CATION is nearly as large, 1t, too, was
watched with the intenscst interest.
Through days and nights of counting,
the race was Sec-saw, with but Il
thousand or so of votes separating the
candidates. Neither side would ad.
NIT defeat, and even now both are
awaiting the soldier vote and the OIL.
cial count.
New Hampshire Surprise.
Perhaps the most surprising of all
the states was New Hampshire. 1t
alone of all New England failed to give
the Republican candidate n substantial
plurality, and for days no one knew
in which column 1t would land. The
astonishing clOsencss of the vote was
shown by the rival claims, three days
utter the election, of 100 plurality for
Hughes and "a for Wilson. In the cir,
cumstances II Is no wonder that the
managers of both parties should de
mand IL recount
New Mexico, with three electoral
votes, attracted national attention by
placing itself early in the list of doubt
ful states, and as il soon appeared that
almost every electoral vote would b,
vital, the returns from down on tbs
border we're grabbed hot OFF the wires
After veering back and forth for days
New Mexico was definitely placed ii
the Wilson column, though there, too
the presidents margin was 50 sean
that ii basis was afforded for the cal
for a recount. A few mistakes dis
covered in the figures of the precinc
officials might well swing the stat,
over To Hughes.
Wilcox Demands Recount.
On Friday National Chairman VIII
COX OF the Republican party HANDED
out the following statement:
"The result Sun depends upon N,
vote in few close states, II must b,
borne in mind that the returns thur
far announced are, in most states, IN
official, and may be- changed by IN,
official cou. required by the laws Of
those states.