Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 November 1916 — LANDSLIDE IN NATION FOR HUGHES [ARTICLE]

LANDSLIDE IN NATION FOR HUGHES

RepublicansToHave Over 300 Votes. EAST AND WEST FOR KIM Republicans Claim Both Houses ol Congress. 6.0. P. GETS GERMAN VOTE ■i No Evidence That Labor Vote Cut Any Particular Figure in Result. Democrats Early Hope Stirred by Returns from Kansas, Colorado and Massachusetts—New York, Illinois and Wisconsin Returns Quickly Chill Enthusiasm. Chicago, Nov. 8. —Charles E. Hughes has been elected president and Charles W. Fairbanks vice' president of the United States by a vote very much the size of the old time Republican strength before the Progressives split away from the party. The presidentelect and big running mate will have a majority in the electoral college exceeding 300. The early returns of the national contest were so favorable to President Wilson that the betting odds shifted to 9 to 5 in his favor. These returns were from Topeka, Kan., Denver, Col., and towns in Massachusetts. They indicated that the President would run close or carry the sunflower state, had carried by a large plurality Colorado,*and had held the Republicans to an even break in the Bay state./The conclusion at once was reached that these early indications presaged a aweepftig Democratic victory in states where the party was conceded a bet- i ter chance of success. Optimism Short Lived.

This optimism, however, proved short-lived, for when the returns from New York, the first of the big doubtful states, the ore which in past political mathematics was essential for either party’s success, began to come In, it was plain that this commonwealth with its 35 electoral votes had aligned itself for Hughes. Massachusetts, concededlv Republican was at the same time showing a remarkable closeness, in the race, but showing a Hughes margin. Democratic Hopes Shift. Then Democratic hopes shiftfed to ; the west, and Democratic eyes focused ' on Chicago and IJlinois. The first returns from the" western metropolis were encouraging, but after a score of precincts from all parts of the city had reported, it was plain that a combination that needed this less leading middle western state to win, was not to be gained by the Democrats. Again hope was recast with states, further west, and including Wisconsin as a basis of party hopes. Wisconsin Shocks Democrats. But the Badcei state brought the heaviest and the staggering blow to the Wilson hopes Towns and villages carried by the President in 1912 with the Republican vote split between Wm. H. Taft and failed in instances the President even half the 'fote it gave him four years before Hyphen Vpte Does It. It was plain at once that the Ger-man-American, or hyphen vote, so-call-ed, had carried out its threat made at the beginning of the campaign, to punish the President for his position toward Germanv in the submarine controversy, for Wisconsin is the Gibraltar of German-Americanism 'in the sisterhood of American states. The President had made magnificent showing compared with his 1912 vote in those sections such as Kansas and Nebraska made up largely of American stock, but at once it was seen the German-Amer’cans had gone largely to his opponent, and the election of the latter was no longer in doubt. Industrial Centers Unaffected.

It is apparent that in large industrial centers from coast to coast arty gains that the President may have acquired through averting a railroad strike was offset, first by workers outside labor unions and workers insida and outside such organizations who Were impressed with the Republican plea hard times and suffering awaited them by reason of the Democratic tariff after the war was over, When Europeans would resume the Sursuit of production instead of detruction. Mexico Kurt Some. The President’s Mexican policj probably hurt him some, the fierce attacks on it by Colonel xtoosevelt and a large section of the Republican press stirring to action that portion of the American people who want a more rigorous policy pursued toward the torn and distracted country to the *©th Houses Republican— Wilcox. Republican Chairman WiJcox claims that hot** booses of congress are R e - Gain* were made In New

York, New Jersev, two in Indiana, and enough from other states to overturn the present Democratic majority, it is claimed. Drys Gain Five States. South Dakota, Michigan, Nebraska, Montana and Utah have voted dry. California and Maryland seem to have favored the wets. Missouri returns on amendment to the constitution are belated,