The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-11-06
ELECTION DAY
COMES TOMORROW
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and counter charges. Republicans par
ticularly want a clean sweep IN IN
diana because there are two senators
up for election in that state. National
| Democratic Chairman Mccormick was
authority for the declaration that the
republicans concede the loss of ONO.
The betting in New York still
showed hughes 10 to or 10, to ia
vorite.
Expects to be Elected.
| by Perry Arnold, United Press otaH
Correspondent
NEW YORK, Nov. Cone week
ago today Charles Evans Hughes De-
gan saying publicly, IF ! am electeo
president, as l expect to be-" Ihat
qualifying phrase of confidence stoou
today as the republican candidates
single idea Of the result tomorrow.
He refused to add to it by any fur
Their formal claims, but remained
quietly at the Hotel Astor visiting
with his family, his only political
activity of the day being visit to
republican national headquarters FOR
conference with Chairman Wilcox.
The republican nominee finishes
the campaign as probably the best
trained individual, physically, that
ever made a presidential race. he
has preached America first and
America efficient" eyerywhere-and
at the same time done his best to
live up to the idea of efficiency in his
own personal work. He is only
trif1e under the weight he carried
when he resigned from the supreme
bench. His skin is clearer, MS
muscles harder, his eyes keener for
the strenuous, but carefully mapped
out life he has led as campa1gncr
in the most vigorous canvass FOR
votes a presidential candidate ever
undertook.
Tomorrow night Hughes will gather
his family together in his private
apartments in the Hotel Astor and
get the returns from the republican
national committee over private
telephone wire. The fact that the
candidate declined with thanks. offers
of private telegraph wires and wanted
only summarized en- bloc, as opposed
to fragmentary returns, was another
indication today of his attitude and
complete confidence. He expects TO
vote early in the day from the polls
in the precinct where the Hotel
Aston is located.
Wilson is Confident.
TBy Robert j. Bender, United Press
Staff Correspondent
ASBURY PARK, N. j., Nov. g.
President wilson's official family to.
day confidently predicted his election
with 3S7 votes in the electoral col
lege.
At no time since the campa, gn
started have those intimate with the
autumn white house protested such
unrestrained optimism over tomor-
rows results, as they did today.
Win or lose, the president expects
to return to Washington for the win
ter Saturday, but beyond that he has
not revealed his plans. He will leave
here Thursday night to participate in
the christening of his granddaughter
Baby Sayre, at Williamstown, Mass,
and probably will go at once there
after to Washington.
Tomorrow night, surrounded by his
immediate family at Shadow Lawn,
he will hear returns over private
wire from the executive Offices.
Upon his return to the capital, the
president will have before him the
problems growing out Of the German
submarine attack on the British
horse-transport Marina, with loss Of
five American lives.
An answer to this nations Quss-
lions is expected from Germany this
week.
Betting Even Money.
DENVER, Colo, Nov. 6.-Colorado
dem ocrats are so confident of carry
ing the state for Wilson that they
are betting even money that the
presidents plurality will be $4,000.
They are not so confident of electing
the state ticket, however. Governor
Carlson, republican candidate to sue
coed himself, has been making a
great race and is favored in the bet
ting to win over the democratic can
didate.
Good Weather Promised.
| WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.-United
States weather forecasters today
stood pat on their promise of fair
weather election day. Voters will
wear slickers to the polls in the north
Pacific states and northern Rocky
mountain region and some rain may
fall in the extreme upper Mississippi
valley and the upper great lakes re-
gions, but in all other sections good
weather will prevail.
Heaviest Vote Ever Cast.
CHICAGO, Nov. appropriations
! for the heaviest vote ever cast In any