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Chairman Cormick
Claims New York, Illinois,
Ohio, Indiana.
G.. O. p. MANAGER
CLAIMS FIGHT WON
Chairman Wilcox of Republican COM
mittrp Says Members Confident Mr..
Hughes VIII Have aiOrity of 100,
But He's Not Specific.

New York, Nov. An formal state
ments issued here tonight, the chair
men Of the Republican and Demo-
cratic committees each made positive
claims of victory in the election next
Tuesday.
Vance Mccormick, chairman of the
Democratic committee, in what he,
characterized as his "first and only
forecast of the campaign predicted
that President Wilson would have at
least 364 Of the total of 53l electoral
votes, with possibility that the num-
Der would be swelled to 461.
Mr.. Wilcox. the Republican chair
man, reported to Mr.. Hughes that his
minimum majority in the electoral col
lege would be 100 votes, and that
doubtless this majority will be much
greater"
Mr.. Mccormick prophesied that 30
states surely would be Democratic.
He claimed nine more with So votes
as probably Democratic" and class
ed three with as votes as doubtful.
Mr. Wilcox gave no details in re-
gard to the outcome in different
states.
Mccormick Is Specific.
Woodrow Wilson will be reelected
next Tuesday by Il popular plurality
and a ma jority in the electoral col
lege," Mr. Mccormick said in his state
ment. "The voters of Democrats, Pro-
gressive, Independents and Republi-
cans in countless thousands will con-
tribute to the approval of the presi-
dent and his policies. The same ele-
ments will combine to elect4a SYM
pathetic senate and house of repre-
sentatives to cooperate with the pres
ident in the extension and perpetuation
of his policies--foreign and domes-
TIC"
The 30 states claimed by Mr.. Nc
Cormick as properly in the Democratic
column, with their electoral votes ARE:
Alabama IL, Arkansas 8, Arizona 3,
Colorado 6, Connecticut Z, Delaware
3, Florida 6, Georgia ID. Illinois 49,
Indiana Is, Kentucky 13, Louisiana 10,
Maryland 8, Mississippi 10, Missouri
10, Montana a, Nebraska 8, Nevada 3,
New Jersey ID, New York 45, North
Carolina IL. Ohio "a, Oklahoma 10,
South Carolina 9, Tennessee IL, Texas
20, Virginia IL, Washington Z, West
Virginia 8, Wisconsin 10; total 1854.
The nine states classed aa "prob-
ably Democratic" by Mr.. Mccormick
are: California 10, Idaho 4, Kansas 10,
New Mexico 3. Oregon 5, South Da-
kota 5, North Dakota 5, Utah 4, Wy
oming 3; total So.
The three doubtful states were said
by Mr.. Mccormick to be Michigan Is,
Minnesota IL, Massachusetts is; to-
tai as.
This leaves six states which "look
to the Democratic chair
man. They are: Iowa Is, Maine 6,
Pennsylvania 38, New Hampshire 4,
Vermont a, Rhode Island s.; total 70.
Wilcox Makes General Claims.
Chairman Wilcox, in his forecast.
said:
'"The result of next Tuesdays cleo
ton is not in doubt, nor is it mat
ter of uncertainty. It is no question
of rival claims. This fight has been
won for the ticket of the reunited Re-
publican party. After receiving re-
ports from most of the states thruout
the country it is the unanimous be-
lief of the members of the national
committee that Mr.. Hughes
will have at least 100 majority in the
electoral college and doubtless this
majority will be very much larger. /
have made this report to Mr.. Hughes
this afternoon, as it is based on re-
ports from all parts of the country"