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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1916
Page
6
The race for president grows tight across several states as McCormick claims Wilson could win with 268 electoral votes while Wilcox cites 320. Managers watch Ohio and other key states with results slow to come in and talk of official counts to decide the outcome.
New York at early returns shows Charles E Hughes carrying New York state by a large margin with 832 095 to 728 995 for Wilson. Governor Whitman leads Seabury by 124 711 with most districts reporting. Calder seems to defeat McCombs for US Senator while Sanders leads London in the 12th district by 49 votes in 13 of 15 districts.
Governor Dunne concedes defeat to Frank O. Lowden as Illinois shows a Republican plurality over 100,000 for Hughes outside Chicago. Chicago results were tight with Lowden facing Governor Dunne, while first time women voters mirrored men's Hughes Wilson preferences amid heavy statewide turnout.
The Republican National Committee announced on Wednesday that California Connecticut Delaware Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Dakota Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Dakota Vermont Washington West Virginia and Wisconsin total 284 electoral votes, eighteen above the 266 needed for victory.
Early tallies from Milwaukee and most precincts indicate a strong win for Hughes and the election of States Senator LaFollette and E. L. Philip as Republicans by large margins.
The Democratic National Committee stated that with the loss of California Indiana North Dakota and South Dakota Hughes did not carry those states and Wilson would be re elected by a two vote margin in the electoral college yielding 248 votes for Wilson.
Early returns leave Congress uncertain with Republicans already claiming two Senate pickups in New York and Maine, and prospects of at least three more in Indiana and New Jersey. To seize control, Republicans must net nine seats beyond holding their current ones. House gains lag with a small Republican bump due to distant September races.
In Ohio the latest counts show President Wilson leading former Justice Hughes by about 10 000 votes. With 2 289 of 5 570 precincts reporting Wilson has 260 861 to Hughes 190 922. Senator Pomerene and former Governor Cox also lead, but final results remain uncertain.
Salt Lake City reports Glenn Miller state Republican chairman says President Wilson has carried Utah by more than 5,000 votes and indicates Senator Sutherland is defeated The group hopes to save the governor and continue support for Wilson.
Early returns from 1 481 of 3 459 precincts in Missouri show Wilson ahead by about 7600 votes. The Wednesday morning update leaves uncertainty over final presidential outcome in the state.
Reported national results show Rome receiving 6,286 votes and 2144, 126,020 totals with 38,483,922 voters overall. Oklahoma had no Progressive ticket and South Dakota had no Republican electors on the official ballot. Prohibitionist candidate received 208.9 votes.
Early returns from Nebraska show a strong dry vote statewide, with Lancaster county pushing the Lancaster bequest toward a 5,000 plus majority. Wilson leads Nebraska statewide, aiding Hitchcock and Neville, while Kennedy and Sutton ride the dry surge. Wilson appears to exceed a 20,000 edge as precincts report.
Silas R. Barton Republican Congressional nominee for Nebraska's Fifth District died at 11 30 am in Grand Island Nebraska from acute pneumonia. He collapsed after an open air campaign event in his home city and had endured health strain during the five week race. He leaves a wife and one son. Barton was forty five.
Scattering state returns and partial Omaha tallies show the prohibitory amendment carrying by a small margin. In Omaha and Douglas county, 28 precincts report dry 3,409 to wet 5,134, suggesting about an 8,500 vote tipping in favor if remaining precincts follow the same pattern.
Victor Seymour, campaign manager for John L. Kennedy, predicted Kennedy's victory by a 6 000 to 12 000 majority. He expected Kennedy to win Douglas and Lancaster counties with a 10 000 margin over Hitchcock, Lancaster County about 1 000 in Kennedy's favor, and Douglas County carrying a 3 000 to 4 000 margin for Kennedy.
President Wilson's Democrats win substantial majorities in Tuesday's southern states election. Democrats gain at least one congressional seat by defeating Republican James Britt in North Carolina's Tenth District, sending the North Carolina delegation to remain wholly Democratic.
Iowa results show Hughes carried Des Moines and statewide Republican by over 50 000 votes with Harding surpassing 100 000. The GOP ticket and most congressmen also won as Harding faced church and group opposition over prohibition, yet he led the ticket in nearly every county.
South Dakota voted to adopt statewide prohibition and grant women the franchise. The electorate also backed Charles EF Hughes for president and elected a Republican slate including two or three congressmen and a full state ticket.
Tumulty announces on Wednesday that they expect President Wilson to win the election by a ten to thirty vote margin. He names West Virginia Minnesota Kansas and California as key states expected to deliver results in his projection.
Congressman A O Shallenberger learned of Silas R Barton death and sent a telegram to Mrs Barton at Grand Island offering deepest sympathy. The Nebraska race had been friendly, with Barton previously rivaling Shallenberger two years earlier.
Federal investigators will launch wholesale inquiries after alleged illegalities at the polls in Chicago. The text says confessions from prominent politicians are with inspectors and several minor arrests have been made. A grand jury may be convened immediately.
In Fargo and statewide returns Hughes carries North Dakota by about ten thousand votes. Incumbent United States Senator P. J. McComb appears reelected. Lynn J. Siare? wins the governorship as a Republican.
Topeka reports Kansas women reach first time voting for president. Campaign managers estimate 650000 Kansans cast ballots Tuesday, a new state high. The figure reflects a quarter of a million women voting.
Henry Morgenthau, chairman of the finance committee of the Democratic National Committee, said on Wednesday that the campaign had cost the party $1,850,000. The remark frames the total expenditure figure reported by the party’s finance chair.
A colored woman accused of provoking assault testified at a justice court and, after a witness, began a lengthy monologue to Justice Kiefer. She spoke for about fifteen minutes, pausing only to emphasize points, exhausting her breath, while onlookers in the doorway watched in disbelief.
In a courtroom exchange, a lawyer presses the principal witness about hearing a noise in the hall, lighting a candle, and seeing a burglar at the foot of the stairs. The witness, under oath, claims his wife stood in front of him as the truth is urged.
They sat with the ring on her finger as he asked if friends admired it. She replied that they did more than admire, noting that three of them recognized the person behind the ring.
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