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plurality over Hughes There re.
NAMED. however. the possibility OF
a division OF he states electoral
vote Of ~.
Counting CALIFORNIA; entire vote
for Wilson. hts total In the electoral
college di-regarding states In
which therc still remained a doubt
AS 20 the outcome appeared today
90 reach e6s-threc more than nee
essary Hughes appeared 10 have
gained 243 votes Three states were
'rll I'm Doubt Minnesota, New Mex
| leo and New Hampshire but their
total electoral vote OF 70 would not
be Sufficient 20 elect Hughes, unless
/ lhe Republican nominee gained
more han four 81 CALIFORNIA; votes
on a split in that state Moreover.
tho vote from approximately one
/ half the state of Ncw Mexico gave
| Wilson a lead o. more than 5000.
Republican headquarters still held
out today without conceding WI.
/ sons election National Chairman
Wilcox announced determination 20
/ press for recount m four Of the
/ duuottJ states California. New
Hampshire. New Mexico and North
| Dakota Minnesota may b. added
| later to this usf II Nas Wilcox
! contention that the American pee.
/ pie were entitled 20 know beyond
question as so their choice % the
national cAecgtivc and thai they
/ would not desire o. have a man In
/ the White House on whose title
/ there was the slightest cloud
The same incomplete returns
/ which apparently show ed election of
! the national Democratic ticket also
! indicated today that President VII
/ sun will have a safe majority lH
! tho senate. but an exceedingly close
/ one In The house There seemed no
! question but that the senate would
I be Democratic by a ma iority 81 r..
I but In the house the margin of Dem
/ ocratiC control WAS so narrow that
! there WAS possibility hye or siN
/ representatives Of minor parties
/ might hold the balance " power
/ The returns 30 far indicate election
oi one representative ~ each OF the
! following parties ProCrcsSivcs
/ Prohibition. Protection Socialist and
! Independent
WHEELING. W Va. Nov TO-
! with 1871 precincts ~ l,7l5 missing
Hughes was leading Wilson ~ B.,
lIa. The count was Hughes, l3S,
! $50 Wilson. l3o,13l
Cornwell DEM for governor IL
again leading Robinson (Repl by
ass votes, With 1913 precincts miss
| ing Southern and western coun.
ties have sprung many surprises.
Early today federal officers were
! in charge OF many ballot boxes In
Marshall couaty and elsewhere.
SAN FRI NCISCO. Nov lo.-Cal.
ifornla has swung into the Wood.
row Wilson column. according to
complete returns from all but S3 OF
the states $3.50 precincts early to-
| day.
The sire OF the presidents plural
! ity will not be determined until the
/ Official count is completed and a
numhe, OF expected revisions have
been rlade. but $3.50 precincts show
him leading Charles Evans Hughes
! by 1928 votes The complete rR-
ures on those precincts. as tabulat.
Cd by tho United Press AZ an early
holr. gave Wilson 4s7.i97 and
| Hughes i62.l99
Uncertainty OF the presidents plu.
/ rality Is caused somewhat by an ap-
/ parent confusion IN Humboldt Coun
| ty r. VI Kay, county clerk OF that
county. telegraphcd tho United Press
last might giving the ofrclal count.
with only six precincts missing, as
Hughes $50. Wilson 5.0l4 ON the
/ face of these figures, Wilson's vote
! I'm Humboldt county was Increased
| by more than ! 900 over figures CIV
! on I'm earlier returns. To check
| against the possibility OF error, the
| United Press made efforts 10 reach
| Kay I'm order 10 verify his figures.
| tout had not succeeded early today.
ln an extra edition this morning
| the san Francisco Chronicle. one OF
| tho staunCh Hughes supporters In
the west, conceded California 10 vii.
son by a plurality Of about 1000,
| and declared the president had been
| r. elected Chester Rowell. Repub.
| llcau state chairman, was not Will.
| ing carly today 20 concedc tho state
/ 10 the president without qualifica-
ton lie admitted that California
! had apparently gone Democratic on
the face Of almost complete returns,
! but asserted that he would not