The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-11-04
LEADERS PREDICT.
VICTORY At POLLS
Both Parties Make Desperate
Attempt to Win.
.tiA6xlAs .~FNar
BATTLE IN DOUBTFUL STATES
No One Sure Of the Women's Vote
Many congressman and Senators
to Be Chosen by Voters
Today.

New York, Nov 2.-While millions
of men and women of the United
States were voting for their choice for
president in the national election to-
day, both the Democrats and the Re
publcanS were claiming victory for
their candidates.
COX and Roosevelt will win," de-
clared George White, Democratic ma
tional chairman.
VIII ii. Hayes, leader of the Repub-
iicGn forces, translated his eXpecta-
tions into figures, expressing the con-
viction that Harding will have not less
than 36S-probably 395-electoral
votes out of the possible 53l. The
number required to elect is 266.
Try to Win Doubtful States.
Interest in the last day of the great
fight centered in the final desperate at
tempt to bring over the doubtful states
with large electoral votes to deliver,
or to save United States senator's In
former doubtful states where the cleo
wi al N'AN 10 llbl Sc NhpuSh " w
considered absolutely necessary to
win. The salient example of states in
the first category Is Ohio, home state
of the two principal candidates, with
"a votes, while the outstanding case
of the second class is Nevada, with
only three.
Other states where the eleventh hour
contest is intense, with both parties
sanguine of success, are Arizona, Ken
lucky, Maryland, New Mexico, North
Carolina and Oklahoma. All these, as
well as the Buckeye state, are claimed
by both Republicans and Democrats.
Womens Vote in Doubt.
Second only in interest to the out
come of the voting is the subject:
"What will the women do?" Leaders
of both parties discaim possession of
advance information on what is to be
expected of the new class of voters ex-
ercising their franchise in all states
for the first time.
Speculation in ordinarily well in
formed political circles centers about
the numerical proportion of women
who will vote today in comparison
with the male vote, section distribu-
ton of the women's vote and the pos
Sibility of its being as a whole indie
pendent enough to overturn tables of
election probabilities compiled over
period of years in which certain states
have been normally" inclined 20 one
political faith or the other
Experts in Doubt over Women.
Most Of the wiseacres declare that
the recent Maine election, where the
EnmenS vote was well under half
that of the men. can be considered no
criterion for predicting national cleo
ton results. Women N states where
universal suffrage has obtained for
SOME years are expected to Guido Their
newly enfranchised sisters. And, on
the other hand, the experts" admit,
this hypothesis also may be wrong.
The Socialist party has made claims
for the largest propOrtionate wom-
ems vote. With the new voters prop
erly belonging to the party added to
non-SocialiSts, who, they say, VIII vote
the ticket in protest against the i'm
prisonment of the party's presidential
nominee, Eugene V. Debs, the Social
lists predict a vote of ut least 3,000,- |
900. In 1916 the Socialist vote was
less than 100000.
If any of the six national parties
- nut ont n hrnal- aIantprol
records tomorrow, they must aim at
those set up in the election of tickets |
headed by President Wilson. In 1912 |
his majority of 800 was the greatest
in the record of American elections, |
while that of 1868 vOtes-was one |
of the smallest. In 1876 Hayes (Rep.) |
was elected by a majority of one vote
over Tiden Oem.).
Fight for Control of Congress.
Washington, Nov. "A new house !
of representatives and slightly more
than one-third of the senate will he |
chosen today. While the presi- !
dental campaign has eclipsed all 9th
ers in interest, the congressional |
tests have received much attention
from the leaders of both parties
The present senate is composed of
As Republicans, | Progressive Repub.
Iican and AZ Democrats, which on n
strict party vote has given the 3epub.
Iicans n majority Of two. OF the 30
senators whose terms expire next
March and whose seats are to be filed
at the election tomorrow II are Demo.
Gratis and - Republicans.
The present membership of tba
house Is 100 Democrats, 232 Kepubu.
cans, . Independent Republicans.
Independent and Prohlbitlonist with
nine vacancies, TO obtain a minority
the Democrats must gain 81 seats ne
eight of the nine vacant seats nor.
maIly are held by Republicans.