Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-10-24
VOTES SHOW HUGHES
LEADS WILSON FAR
States of North Indicate Pref
erence for Republican Nom
inee for President.
FIGURES FROM RECORDS

Ielegram.) THE people of the
United States have made up theil
minds in favor of Mr.. Hughes anc
against Mr.. Wilson, and that is al
there is to it," said William R. Will.
cox, chairman Of the republican ma.
tional committee, today.
They have given positive proof Of
it on numerous occasions this fall
proof that cannot be denied, misun-
derstood or misinterpreted. In a
dozen states, from Maine to Cali
tornia, from Michigan to Maryland,
where the voters have had a chance
to stand up and be counted, they
have unfailingly taken advantage of
the opportunity to show their deter
mined preference for Mr.. Hughes in
stead of Mr.. Wilson. There is no
exception.
This is the thing that counts. 1t
doesn't make any difference what
claims campaign managers put forth,
1t is the way the people vote that
oSNo tiiN iNdl ldlhlllS.
Examples of Voting.
Here is how they have been vot-
ing: "In California 307,793 repub-
licans voted in the primaries and only
1880 democrats. In Maine the voters
were counted at an election and
Names answer was emphatic and
conclusive-there were 1902 repub-
licans and 66,547 democrats. That
was after campaign hotly contested
on both sides, and where the demo-
cratic managers made support of
President Wilson the cardinal issue.
New Jersey and Massachusetts, show
exactly the same situation. In each
state there was democratic contest,
with one side supported by the ad-
mlnistration; in each state the admin
istration candidate was defeated, and
in each state the total democratic
vote was far below that of the re-
publican.
New Jerseys Answer.
I'm New Jersey, Senator MARITIME,
seeking denomination, polled 50,96l. |
Judge Wescott, who had the admin
lstration support against MARITIME,
polled 1857. This was a hard fight,
which attracted attention all over the
country, because of the efforts of |
President Wilson's friends to defeat
MARITIME. While this bitter contest
was going on, there was a good-na-
tured campaign in the republican pri-
maries between Joseph Frelinghuysen
and Franklin Murphy, each of whom
polled more votes than both MARITIME
and Wescott combined. Freling-
huysen with 89,361, to 81, 4S0 for Muir
ply. The total republican vote was
1914; the total democratic vote
1858. In this primary, the Dor
ough of Princeton, where Mr.. Wilson
is exceptionally we'll known, cast SIS
republican votes and only 262 demo-
cratic votes. Four years ago at the
election, Wilson had 1868 and the COM
oined opposition 7O6. These figures
show what change has occurred in
Wilson's home borough.
in Massachusetts,, where the
democratic fight was over the guber-
latorial nomination. the total vote
vas 8l,052, while in the republican
primaries Governor Mccall, unop-
'osed, received 1922. |.
Out on the Coast. |,
Back on the Pacific coast the pri-
naries in the state of Washington {
howed exactly the same kind of re-
ult, 500 voting in the republican
Urinary and only 34,97O in the demo-
ratio primary. The democrats have
een making some talk about carrying |
That means that they J
xpect about 10000 of the republicans I
sho voted in the primaries to vote
he democratic ticket at the election.
hat is fair sample of the quality
f these democratic claims.
Middle-West Prospects.
wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois,
.ansas and Ohio, in the middle west, !
ave all given the same kind of an :
ldication. In Kansas, for instance,
38,olo voters cast ballots in the re-
ublican primaries and only 47,445 in G
lie democratic primaries The demo- 9
ratio managers have not yet had the !
udacity to claim Kansas, but they Il
ave talked about carrying Michigan, =
LIMOS, Ohio and Wisconsin. In 4
ach of these states the voters have
1own at the primaries what they
ill do in November. In Michigan
q, $40 votes were cast in the repub-
can primaries and only 29,935 in
lie democratic. In Illinois 420,959 re-
ublicans voted in the primaries,
yainst 238,509 democrats. In Ohio
'2,473 republicans voted in the pri-
aries and only 3960l democrats.
New York state gave practically
lie same kind Of indication, 298,897 =,
publican votes being cast at the pri- v
aries and only 1878 democrats
oted.
When the Full Vote Comes. G
"Of course the primary vote is
ever as large as the vote at the
ection. Election day is always a
oliday, and the polls are open all
~ long. Primary day in most
ates is not a holiday, and the polls n
e usually open considerably less 81
an the full day. The full vote, le
eretore, is never polled at a pri- b
airy, but there is one striking feature cI
all these primary votes, the mean ii
g OF which is absolutely unmis- Xxi
kable. This feature is the great Al
eponderance Of interest on the re- V,
lblican side. In every case, with A
It exception, it was the republican XII
tiers who had the interest and took &C
e trouble to go to the polls. No &C
carer evidence could be given of the "
tention of the voters to manifest w
cir republican preference on No
mber 7. i
I'm none of the states outside Of .,