Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-05
Gives Democratic Candidate
2O7 Sure, Republican 158,
With 1865 Uncertain.
HUGHES MUST GET OHIO
OR ILLINOIS TO WIN OUT
Women Believed to Hold Balance OF
Power and Nobody Knows How
They Will Vote.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


NEW YORK. November 4.-As the
campaign closes. dispatches from cor
respondents of the New York Times
throughout the country indicate that
the result of Tuesdays election still
remains in doubt. In the middle west,
the northwest and the far west, ten
states which have been storm centers
during the closing weeks of the cam
paign and which together cast III
votes in the electoral college. are re-
ported to present a situation too
battling to enable trained political OBJ
servers accurately to forecast the re-
suit.
Some of these doubtful states are re-
ported to have decided leanings toward
President Wilson; in others the situa-
ton is regarded as favoring the pros
poets of Charles E. Hughes, the re-
publican nominee.
New York state is claimed by both
the republican and democratic leaders.
but reports from upstate counties,
while showing trend toward Wilson.
indicate that New York city must roll
up a majority for President Wilson
above normal to give the state to him
The Times does not assign New York
therefore, do not appear in the sub
Joined table.
Shows Eleven States Doubtful.
Here is a summary of the prognostica-
tions made by the correspondents in
their dispatches. after interviewing po-
Iitical leaders of both the leading par
ties and making survey and analysis
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states:
Electoral vote from safe Wilson states. +. 2O7
Electoral vote from safe" Hughes states. 15s
Vote from ten doubtful states ....-.....--. 121
New York unassigned ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 45
Total 5s1
Necessary to choice -..-..........-..... 266
correspondents 1t appears that the truly
pivotal states in Tuesdays election are
Ohio and Illinois. Both are in the doubt
full column
Ohio. with its twenty-four votes in the
electoral college. Is reported to have
leanings toward President Wilson so
strong that there Is every probability the
state, which for weeks has been bat
tleground in the national fight. will wind
up in the democratic column.
Illinois. with it's twenty-nine electoral
votes, is claimed by the republican lead
ers for Hughes. and is held by unbiased
observers to have leanings toward the
republican nominee. But the women. who
vote there for the first time in a presi-
Dental election. hold the balance of
power.
Great uncertainty prevails in both
political camps as to the trend of the
woman vote, which may decide the re-
suit in Illinois. and possibly in the ma
ton. for it appears probable from the
Times dispatches that Mr.. Hughes can
not lose both Ohio and Illinois and win
the election.
How Times Lines Up the States.
Here are figures showing how the
Times dispatches indicate the cleo
toral vote will be divided, with the
votes of the various states in the
electoral college:
For Wilson-Alabama. 12: Arizona, 3;
Arkansas. 8: Colorado. s: Florida. s;
Georgia. IA; Kentucky. 13: Louisiana,
10: MARYLAND. S; Mississippi. 10: Mis-
souri,. Is; Montana. 4; Nebraska. s:
Nevada. 3: North Carolina. I2; Okla
homa. 10: South Carolina. 3; Tennessee,
ginia. s. Total. 2o7.
For Hughes-California ID: Della
ware. 3; Idaho. 4: Iowa. 13; Kansas
10: Maine. 6; Massachusetts. Is: New
Dakota. 5: Oregon 5: Pennsylvania, IS;
Rhode Island, ;: Vermont. 4: Wiscon-
sin: 10; Wyoming, 3. Total. 15s.
Here are figures showing states des-
iEns'ed by The Times correspondents
As doubtful:
Connecticut. 7: Illinois. %; Indiana
10: Michigan. Is: Minnesota IL: New
Mexico. 3: Ohio. "a; South Dakota, 5;
Utah. 4; Washington. I. Total. 12I
ReDorts from such states as Ohio
Michigan. Minnesota. Illinois and In
diana, where three weeks ago condi
tons favored President Wilson. indi-
cate that the republicans have taken
hold of the situation aggressively in
the hope of checking the drift to will
son and turning IL to Hughes How
far they may have succeeded cannot
be known until the votes are counted