The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-11-16
WILSON ELECTION
IS NOW REGARDED
BEYOND QUESTION
No Intimation From Any Quar-
ter That Republicans Plan
Contests Unless Count
Proves Wrong.
MINNESOTA NOT DECIDED
Hughes Retains Slight Lead
With Guard Vote Out-New
Hampshire and New
Mexico to Wilson.
MINNESOTA NOT DECIDED

NSW AOrh. NOV. lo.-IneTe was no
change in the presidential situation to-
day. Hughes retains lead of 534 In
Minnesota, with a few outlying pre-,
cincts yet to report. The soldier vote
may determine h Issue in that state.
President Wilson retained his safe lead
in New Mexico and California. and
again too the lead in New Hampshire
where a recheck at first showed dis
crepancies which favored Hughes. II
Ia not essential anyhow and President
Wilson is assured Of 276 electoral votes
as 1t Is now certain the California vote
will not be split. Z
There is little likelihood Of a contest
In congress. The republican campaign
the present to q close watch Of the.
official count in the close states. Il Ia,
generally conceded that there Is no,
cloud upon Wilson's title to the office
so far as Is known. Neither Chairman
Wilcox nor Mr.. Hughes has yet Off
circles have intimated there will be no
contest unless, in view OF further de-
| velopments, the situation warrants II.
William r. Wilcox. republican ma
tlonal chairman was again on duty at
the republican committee's ~headquart-
| Slb quay Dut Sdlu re Hdu uOtIlnH u
d to his statement yesterday In which
he announced h re. lection OF Presi-
dent Wilson would not be conceded
until after he official count In Call
fornia and perhaps other close states.
Later Chairman Wilcox gave out this
statement:
The national committee is not rails
ing tho cry Of fraud nor Is 1t going out
searching for fraud. We have received
any number OF communications signed
n unsigned by telegraph, letter and
telephone alleging fraud, from all parts
munications are referred back to tho
state officials for investigation.
The national committe Is simply in
the same position as state officials who
are waiting for the result Of the off,
cial count and whose duty It is to GER
tfy what electors nave been chosen"
WILSON RESTING.
williamstown, Mass, Nov. Il. -
President Wilson ignored politics to.
day to remain quietly with members OF
his family here. Several hundreds OF
kilograms congratulating Him on his
reelection have been received this
morning. He plans to leave here short
ly after s o'clock by train for Rhine
naval Acht Mayfower for a trip down
the Hudson to New York.
President Wilson is not concerned
over the refusal Of the republican cam
paign committee to concede his re-
| election. The chief thing worrying him
! House OF Representatives because or
| its effect on his plans for legislation.
| He has not received final Information
on this point.
The president Is understood 10 take
the result Of the election as a vindtca-
ton of his past course n approval OF
| the general outlines OF policies in do
nestle and foreign affairs set fourth by
him In his speeches as a candidate for
reelection.
After his return to Washington to-
morrow he will catch up Immediately on
official business and In the future
will begin the preparation OF his De-
cember message to congress. Nothing
has been given out as to whether he will
remain constantly In washington until
| congress convenes.
NEW HAMPSHIRE TO WILSON.
Concord, N. H., Nov. l1.-President
Wilson received a plurality Of 81 votes
over Charles e. Hughes, In New Hamp-
shire, according to certified eturns
from all except small precincts made
public by Secretary of State Bean.
In arriving at this figure. Mr.. Bean
announced, he included In the Wilson
total $50 cast for him I'm Ward No. ..
Dover, but omitted through error from
the certified returns by accepting "a
probably correct the newspaper returns
from Dorchester the missing precinct.
which had not reported officially.
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HUGHES HOLDING LEAD.
st. Paul, Mimi, Nov. 11.-President
Wilson gained 400 votes in Minnesota
today when official returns from Ram
say and st. Louis counties were re-
ceived showing discrepancies IN he
early tabulations. The count now
stands:
Three thousand and twenty precincts
out Of 3,04S give Wilson, 17S,114:
Hughes, 1888. Hughes plurality.
239. 49,
The special commission sent to gath
.er the alas soldier votes on the Dor
der returned to st. Paul today. The
various county boards will meet Tues
day and count the ballots.
Three thousand and nineteen pre-
cincts out Of 3.048 in Minnesota give
Wilson. 177,65S: Hughes. 49, 0s.
hughes plurality, s47.
HIS GREATEST VICTORY.
Washington. Nov. 1l.-Secretary
Tumulty today sent the following te!e-
gram to President Wilson at WiiliamS-
town, Mass:
More complete returns show that
you have received the largest vote ever
cast for a candidate for the presidency.
You have received nearly 1000, 900 moro
votes than were cast for both Taft n
Roosevelt in 1912. Your gain over 1919
Is three times as much as was ever
gained by a president running for re-
election"
As JOHNSON SEES IT.
San Francisco, Cal, Nov. 11.-Gov.
Hiram w. Johnson, successful candt-
date for the United States senatorship
on the republican n progressive
tickets, Issued a statement today
charging that "a few petty politicians"
acting in conjunction with certain
newspapers, so misused Mr.. Hughes
and his visit to California that the in
Jury they did we were unable 70 undo
To this statement he ascribes the
Wilson plurality in the state.