New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-09
WILSON'S FRIENDS
! SURE OF VICTORY
President Silent, but Those
Around Him Radiate
Confidence
rr,or s,,- Correspondent Of N, rrIbun,I

fyror a star Correspondent Of The Tribune
Long Branch. n. j., Nov. 8.-"Were
going back TO Washington for four
more years"
That is the spirit with which mem
bers OF the executive Office staff at AS
bury Park are packing up, preparatory
to closing the summer White House for
the season tomorrow. Twenty-four
hours have wrought a remarkable
change. Every man is tired, but conn
IDENTIFY happy that each report from the
scattering doubtful states from now on
will add to Wilson's plurality. Some Of
them, including Secretary Tumulty,
have been up without more than cat
nap or two for more than forty hours.
One telegraph operator brought a
laugh BY the remark: "He kept US out
of sleep"
Dcspairing of receiving final returns
tonight. the President retired at 1l:1O
o'clock. He left word that he was to be
awakened if anything really definite
was received. The President was I'M
certain whether or not he had been
elected. although his campaign mana
gers were claiming a majority IN the
Electoral College.
As yet the President has issued no
statement, and none will be forthcom-
ing until all doubt of the outcome has
been removed. He and his family will
leave tomorrow night on the May
flower for Rhineciff the Hudson
where they will take train for Will
JAMESTOWN, Mass, to visit the home OF
his daughter. Mrs. Francis Is. Sayre
and attend the christening of his grand
child.
The executive staff. save the few who
will accompany the President. VIII re-
turn at once to Washington.
The President, it was learned to-day
did not retire until after 2 o'clock when
he saw that late returns were chang
ing the early Hughes predictions. He
sent DR.. Cary 7. Grayson, the White
House physician, TO Asbury Park to
look after Mr.. Tumulty, who had been
on his feet practically since yesterday
morning. They did not leave the ex-
ecutive Offices until o'clock, and not
until after Mr. Tumulty had called up
Shadow Lawn and awakened the PresI-
dent TO give him the early morning
predictions of victory.
When the bulletins put West Virginia
in the doubtful column Mr.. Tumulty
called up Robert W. Woolley for in
formation. Within a few moments
came a message from Senator Chiffon
at Charleston, congratulating the Pres
ident on his reelection and announcing
that West Virginia had been carried
for both himself and Mr.. Wilson.
The President started for the links
this morning, but changed his mind and
went motoring with Mrs. Wilson.
The President expressed no opinion
other than that he had never lost con-
fdence in the verdict of the voters.
Secretary Tumulty gave the following
announcement at $3.50 p. M:
eve are now certain of President
Wilson's election by a safe majority
in the Electoral College. The Presi-
dent is certain of California and Min
nesota. Besides these. North Dakota,
Kansas, New Mexico, New Hampshire
and West Virginia are ours. The Re
publicans are not sure of single state
west of the Mississippi, except Iowa,
which they have won by reduced plu-
rality."
Hundreds Of congratulatory messages
have been pouring in from all over the
country. They began to come in with
the Chiffon message, and the telegraph
Office in Asbury Park, besides the White
House operators in the summer Exec
utive office, have been clicking them
off at the rate of one a minute.