HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXV— No. 260 14 PAGES . HUGHES GAINING S DOUBTFUL STATES ARE HEARD FROM; PA. ROLLS UP SPLENDID G. O. P. VOTE DAUPHIN COUNTY FOR HUGHES WITH 2,418 PLURALITY I Senator Bcidleman Who Leads Local Ticket Gets 4,592 Over Opponent KREIDER IS RE-ELECTED McCormick Fails to Carry Pre cinct, Ward, City or State Dauphin county, which gave a ma jority to Colonel Theodore Roosevelt four years ago, swung into the Repub lican column yesterday with a plural- j ity of 2,148 for Charles Evans Hughes j and a plurality of 4,592 for Senator | Edward E. Beidleman who led his j ticket. All of the Republican candi- j dates in the city and county won, with j the exception of Augustus Wildman, j who was defeated by Ramsey Black, \ Democrat, for one of the city's legisla- | tive seats in a close fight. Much interest was attached to the ! vote in Dauphin county throughout the \ State because of the fact that it is the home county of the Democratic na tional chairman, who, by the way, failed to get a majority for Wilson in j his precinct, his ward, his city, his county or his State. Another thing which caused unusual interest in Dau phin county was the strenuous effort j made by the Democrats to win over J the Progressives, who seem to have 4# preferred the advico- oi • Rooaoyolfr-to 4- that of McCormick. Congressman Aaron S. Kreider who was re-elected by a substantial ma jority, carried Dauphin county, includ ing Harrlsburg city which gave him a fine vote, received a splendid testi monial from his neighbors in Lebanon and a good vote in Cumberland. Justice Emory A. Walling, who had the endorsement of the Dauphin county lawyers, was loyally supported not only in Dauphin but in the other counties of this district. Returns indi cate that the vote for him in the State I will run many thousands above that for Charles Palmer. Vote For President Justice Hughes carried both the citv and the county having a total of 6,551 votes in the city and 7,306 in the ! county, an aggregate of 13,877. Wil son had 6,041 votes in the city, and 5,395 in the county, a total of 11,439. Benson, Socialist, had 330 in the city, 505 in the county, a total of 835 and Hanly, Prohibition, got 195 in Har- I risburg and 213 in the county, a total I of 408. By far the most interesting contest in the county was that for State sena tor. Dr. William N. Yates, the Wash ington party candidate who was run ning on a local option platform, was a poor third despite the fact that he had the covert support of the news paper of the Democratic national chair man. Owing to this fact Alderman George D. Herbert's friends consider that he made a remarkable showing, having 4,249 votes in the city and 4,095 in the county, or a total of 8,344 as com pared with 2.256 for Yate!j in the city and 1,318 in the county, a total of 3,604. Senator Beidleman simply walked away with his two opponents, having a vote of 6,253 In Harrlsburg and 6,943 in the county outside, a grand total of 13,190. This gives him a plurality of 4,592 and a clear majority over all I of 1,248. The Senator will be re-elcted I president pro tern of the State Senate in January. For United States Senator Phil ander C. Knox pollea 6,755 votes in the city and 6,405 in the county, a to tal of 13,160 as compared with 6,191 votes for Ellis L. Orvis, the Democra tic candidate in the city and 4,360 in the county, a total of 10,155. Senator Charles A. Snyder, who is a native of the upper end of Dauphin county, won a fine vote in the city and county, having 6,985 in the city and 6,967 in the county, a total of 13 - 952. James Murrin, his rival for Audi tor General, received 4,780 votes in the city and 4,597 in the county—a total of 9,377. Harmon M. Kephart, for State Treasurer, polled a total of 13,556 in the county, the city giving him 6,671 and the county districts and boroughs 6,885. Jamos M. Cramer, Democratic candidate, had a total of 10,361, the 'ity giving 5,64 4 and the county out side 4,717. The vote for Congressman Kreider in Harrlsburg was 6,300 and in the coun ty districts 6,737, a total of 13,037 as compared with 5,727 in Harrlsburg and 4,821 in the county for H. B. Saussaman, his Democratic rival Saussaman got a total 10,548. The Republican Congressmen-at large carried the county by figures approximating those of Kreider. Justice Walllng's vote in the city was 6,388 and in the county 4,063 a total of 9.451. Charles Palmer re ceived 3,927 In the city and 2,938 in the county, or 6.85 all told. Legislative Contest The votes for the candidates for the Legislature in the two districts was as follows: First, or City District Black, Democrat, 6,6 40; Werner Democrat, 5,490; Swartz, Republican' 6,098; Wildman, Republican, 5 364 ' Second, or County District Bechtold, Republican, 6,937' uish Republican, 6,680; Martin, Democrat' [Continued on Page 9] 1 Electoral Vote For i President, by States TOTAL ELECTORAL VOTE, 531 j NECESSARY TO A CHOICE, 2(10 Hughes, Wilson, State Rep. Dem. I Alabama 12 Arizona 3 | Arkansas 9 ! 'California Colorado 6 \ Connecticut .7 Delaware 3 Klorida 6 Georgia 14 Illinois 29 Idaho 4 •Indiana lowa 13 | * Kansas j Kentucky 13 I Louisiana 10 j Maine 6 Maryland 8 ; Massachusetts 18 Michigan 15 Minnesota Mississippi .. .. 10 Missouri IS •Montana Nebraska 8 Nevada 3 New Jersey 14 New Hampshire .... 4 ♦New Mexico New York 45 North Carolina .... '.. 12 North Dakota 5 Ohio 24 Oklahoma 10 Oregon Pennsylvania 38 Rhode Island 5 South Carolina 9 South Dakota 5 Tennessee 12 Texas 20 Utah 4 Vermont 4 Virginia 12 Washington 7 West Virginia Wisconsin 13 Wyoming 3 Totals 222 253 •Results in doubt. Total electoral vote of States in doubt, 56. S€fiOOLLOAN AND JIT CHANGES WIN WITH BIG TOTALS People Authorize Borrowing of $1,250,000 For Better High Schools Harrlsburg may have gone to bed late last night or early this morning decidedly perplexed as to whether Mr. Hughes or Mr. Wilson is to be President of the United States but it had no doubt at all as to the question of the two important city problems. The $1,250,000 high school loan was passed by the comfortable ma jority of nearly 2200. Just 6549 votes were cast for the loan and 4 363 against it. The amendment to the jitney or dinance, the first try-out of the initia tive movement in Pennsylvania, was carried by nearly a thousand. Just [Continued on Page 7] ELECTION CROWDS FILL STREETS ALL NIGHT AND TODAY Nearly as Many Watch Bulle tins as Kept Eve on "Screen" Lack of decisive reports on the out come of the presidential fight kept a whole city on the qui vivo and the Telegraph bulletins were watched all day as eageily as were the Telegraph screen with their flashing returns last night. . YP.V 1 . ] iarr 'sburß: went to hod last night it felt reasonably certain that the day had been won by the Republicans and that Charles Evans Hughes bad been elected to the presidential chair The earliest dispatches of the day seemed to confirm—until reports wiT.h f "doubtful" Western States with their Republican margin clipping [Continued 011 Pago 9] CHARLES EVANS HUGHES COMPLETE UNOFFICIAL RETURNS FROM ! v II Complete unofficial returns from the 125 districts in Dauphin! county gives the following results: EOR PRESIDENT STATE SENATOR City. County. Total City. County. Total \\ ilson (D). . 6041 5395 11, l;lf Herbert (D) . <l2 111 4095 8:14 1 Hughes (R) . 0551 7300 13,857 Yates (W) 2280 1318 3004 1 HantT(P) 103 213 S8 Beldlc ' an (K) ,i2su Returns for 124 out of 125 districts (Lower Paxton township mlss ,ng) give the following results: SUPREME COURT JUDGE | CONGRESS-AT-LARGE (Nonpartisan) V City. County. Total) City. County. Total Walling ♦ !"!:! 2938 0803 Kinsley (I)) . 4959 4239 9,198 k 9451 [Moore <l>) .. 1789 1188 8,977 t livircn stitoc I Ross (1>) ... 5513 4595 10,110 j Orvis (1)> ttUlt < ! (D) 3810 4171 7,987 j Knox t " !?-- i.%K Crago (R) .. 0570 0090 13,200 (R) .. 7,0 0405 13,100, Garland (R) . 7028 0011 14,239 STATP TRP4crnv I McLaughlin R 5719 0130 11,855 STATE TREASURER | Scott (R) ... 0715 0077 13,392 Cramer (D) . 5044 4717 10,301 ! Kephart (II) 0871 0885 13,550 AUDITOR GENERAL j Murrin (1)) . 4780 4597 9,377 LEGISLATURE IN COUNTY Snyder (R) . 0985 0907 13,952 Martin (I>) .... 5 20.V Slates (D) .... REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS I 0,987 j Saussa'an (D) 5727 4821 10,548 j * ll ' •••• 0,080; Kreider (R) . 0300 0737 13,037 (COMPLETE ELECTION TABLES ON PAGE SIX) BISHOP M'DOWEIiL TO . BE HERE SATURDAY All the ministers of the Central i Pennsylvania Conference of the Meth- | cdist Episcopal Church have been In vited to the "lons table" table d'hote j luncheon to be served In the Grace Methodist Church at the noon hour on Saturday. The speaker will be' Bishop AVllllam F. McDowell, of Wash- i Ington, li. C. His topic will be "The ! Pennsylvania Convention of Methodist Men." The following local arrange ments committee will have charge of the gathering: H. B. Dickson. James W. Barker, Dr. John D. Fox, Charles W. Burtnett, John P. Melick and Ar thur Bacon. HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 8, 1916. \i —^ Results in City Election I.PKlalnture K'~ 5} nck 66 *° D.—Werner 5940 £•— 6098 K.—Wildinan 5364 lIlKb School LORD No 4363 Jitne)' Amendment £ es 7109 , No 6046 > 3 OF 5 DISTRICTS ON WEST SHORE FOR HIGH SCHOOL West Fairview and East Pennsboro Swamp Measure Although only passed by three of five voting districts, the West Shore Central High School may be a possi bility. Whether or not Lemoyne, Camp Hill, and Wormleysburg, the districts that passed the loans in their I respective towns will proceed with a | joint school for these districts is now lup to the boards. West Fairview and East Pennsboro swamped the measure by a large majority. The lower precinct of East Penns boro township passed the project by a ! large majority but was smothered by the vote of the upper end of the dis [ Continued on Page 0] [the weather! For Harrlnburs nml vlelnltyi Fnlr tu-niKht and probably Tliurxtlnyi Marnier flo-nlKht. lowest tempera ture nliout no deureeN. For FnNtern IVniinrlvaniiit Fnlr to night and probably Thursdays uurtiicr 10-nifclit| moderate to frexli xoutli winds. Trmiirralurei 8 n. m., 42. Sunt HIHCH, 0145 a. ni.| metm, 4i54 p. in. Moon I Full moon, November 0. StIN p. jit. Illver StnKei 3.7 feet above low wuter ninrk. VeHterday'M Weather lllKhext tempera I lure, .17. liOtrfii temperature, 42. Mean temperature, no. Normal temperature, 43, I Single Copies, 2 Cents CITY EDITION HUGHES IS AHEAD WITH242VOTES TO PRESIDENT'S 241 Race Will Be Decided by Doubtful Western States; Cali fornia and Indiana Would Give Republican Nominee Required Number For Election McCORMICK CLAIMS 304 ELECTORAL BALLOTS FOR DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE Political Observers Do Not Agree With His Estimate; Claims of Tampering With Ballot Boxes May Be Filed, Necessitating Recount . ew ork, Nov. B.—l lie result of the election still was offi-* cially in doubt early to-day. Upon a dozen doubtful states from which the returns are slowly coming depends whether Mr. Wilson has been re-elected or whether the next President of the United States will be Charles E. Hughes. Chairmen of both national com- through the west, mittees claimed handsome majorities Aside from the uncertainty of the in the electoral college for their can- result the most remarkable thing didate but the actual figures early to- about the election was the sudden day made good the claims of neither, wiping out of the Hughes majorities They did however, show a steady trend toward Presidont Wilson all [Continued on Page 7] ftioux i, lis, a. U., Nov M. incomplete returns Trom t! . , ,•> ■ 38,257; Wilson 33,522. WEST. VIRGINIA FOR HUGHES Char"', • •on. V\'. V.-... ' elu- ,vn "JO pre c.-; ei. 1. i.! in ' " . . •.•. c;* ! lti:;h~; 60,905; Wilson 58,352. LATE PENNSYLVANIA RETURNS Philadelphia, No . IMur::.-, fro-, 49'3 districts out of 1 6h - Pt un- i : ,i -. ivc. \\ . 363.432; Hughes 530,104. KREIDER CARRIES HOME COUNTY Leivr.vn Con;.,, i. Kreiih-. cart icd Lebanon cou.it} hy . i■■ i;ni■, nt*;< ■ ■;, [,< .vi 11 ! a toval in the district of mote than 4,000 majority over Saussaman, the De; ... .I'. ! : ;.. mnon mty Krcid r has ;nul 5.,.t .an 30'-". He h:s apparently lost Cum berland county by a small vote, the Democratic ticket hav ing won out there. WILSON AHEAD IN OHIO Cincinnati, Nov. B.—President Wilson will carry Ohio by more than 80,000 voter, if the ratio voting continues that has prevailed throughout the ate. At noon Wilson hae 454,323; Hughes 386,032. MISSOURI FOR PRESIDENT St. Louis, Nov. B.—Returns from 2318 precincts out ol 3459 in Missouri give Wilson 295,913; Hughes 270,531. HUGHES FAVORITE IN CALIFORNIA San Francisco, Nov. 8.—3414 precincts out of 5917 in California give Hughes 269,926; Wilson 252,993. WEST VIRGINIA REPUBLICAN Charleston, W. Va., Nov. B.— Returns from 995 precincts out of 1713 in West Virginia give Hughes 49,771; Wilson 45,795. CLAIM 277 VOTES FOR HUGH ESI* New York, Nov. B.—A statement issued at Republican headquarters at 2.30 this afternoon claimed Minnesota, Oregon, California and New Hampshire and asserted that Hughes had obtained 277 electoral votes. 1 MARRIAGE LICENSES Samuel l.elun mid Hell l.yleh, Mtevlton. Steve Nntulo nml Mary \ Imkovir, city. George T. Cunkle and Mary Juscpiilne McFadden, city
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