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Following the flood of prema ture regrets last night, thousands of telegrams were re ceipted At the White House this morning congratulating President Wiloh on his re-election. WILSON STILL GAINING IN CALIFORNIA. San Francisco, Nov. 8. Returns from 3,31:'; prcincts ui aiiiumia give wnson yy plurality. NEW HAMPSHIRE FOR WILSON. New Yprk, Nov. 8 Senator Hollis claims New Hamp shire for Wilson by 350. WILSON WELL IN LEAD IN MINNESOTA. St. Paul, Nov. 8. In 1,029 out of 3,024 precincts, Wil son has 92,000 to Hughes' 83,000. NORTH CAROLINA DEMOCRATIC BY 40,000. m Raleigh, N. G, Nov. 8. A solid Democratic congres sional delegation is assured and Bickett, Democratic pub ernatorial nominee, will have at least 40,000 majority.0 WILSON AND HUGHES FIGHTING TO FINISH" " IN CALIFORNIA. m Sari Francisco, Nov. 8. Wilson and Hughes are run lung neck and neck. Returns from 3,003 precincts give Hughes 218,814,, Wilson 217,8S5. This includes 5G0 nre cincts in Los Angeles, where Hughes apparently swot the section, and 342 San Francisco precincts, where Wil son is leading. WILSON AHEAD IN CALIFORNIA. San Francisco, Nov. 8. (Later) Returns from 100rary maJ()nty additional San Francisco precincts sweep Wilson into the : President Gai REPUBLICANS CLAIM OREGON; SO DO DEMOCRATS. Portland, Nov. 8. The Republicans claim Oregon by 10,000; the Democrats claim it by 15,000. REPUBLICANS CLAIM BOTH MINNESOTA AND CALIFORNIA. New York, Nov. 8. The Republican national head quarters formally claim California and Minnesota for Hughes. California managers wired that the Republic ans could safely concede all counties claimed by Demo crats and then win. PRESIDENT PLAYING GOLF, AS USUAL. Shadow Lawn, Nov. 8. With the result still doubtful President Wilson departed for his accustomed play at golf; WILSON NEEDED 18 VOTES AT 10 A. M. ' New York, Nov. 8. At 10 o'clock latest returns show ed an increase of eleven electoral votes for Wilson since o o'clock, making his total 248. Hughes was given 213, Jeavipg 40 doubtful. There was a strong Wilson drift in Minnesota,' -North; Dakota and Oregon. Wilson needed 18 votes. The following changes were noted: Wjroming transferred from Wilson to the doubtful column, Kansas conceded to Wilson, Idaho transferred from Hughes to Wilson, Indian.: conceded to Hughes. .MhuWf JViHMake Wilsofi Safe. vt (By Perry Arnold) - New.Yorky Nov. aIt; is conceded that if President Wilson carries either California or Minnesota he is elect . . He i3 conceded 256 votes in the electoral -college against Hughes 238, requiring ten votes for the neces- li in Ilia - ' ... - ..:;:,?:;-r:- " ----- iM lEliETT'S LOVE TO ALL THE DEKQCmC HOSTS OF CAROLINA Warren Claims State Dem ocratic By a Full 50,000 Majority TIDEWATER' IS STUBBORN Ciu'teret Goes Over to Ene my, While Tyrrell's .Ma jority Is Small 'Great Victory,' Declares Senator Overman LENOIR COUNTY- GIVES MUCH - INCREASED MAJORITY TO DEMOCRACY IN ELECTIONS ON TUESDAY; KINSTON CITY DOES GREAT Local Precincts Almost Double Plurality of 1914-!-Tajlor, Sheriff, Leads TicketCity On Anxious Wag on AH Tuesday Night and Mdst bf Thursday Crowds at Courthouse Following Voting to Hear Returns Woedrow Wilson, God Bless His Darlin' Old KeatJ Rcpublican Hopes Go A-Glimmering as Returns Indi cate Exp: ..jsion of Americans for Peace and Prosperity 4 if: I PRESIDENT WILSON majority. ains. Late returns indicate that North D. kota, with five votes ar.d Wyoming with 3 arc for Wilson. Wilson is ahead in Minnesota. In California the race is neck and neck, with Republican Chairman Wilcc.x claiming the state by fifteen thousand. California May Yet Be Democratic. Returns from San Francisco indicate a strong Wilson sentiment. The ouestion is as to whether it is enough to (By W. J. MARTIN.) P...!.'i.uli, Nov. 8. Democratic Suu Chairman Warren, with addi licii:1! returns in hand, advances his 'Vn jeratic majority In North Caro-!'r-n in SO.OOO, with a Victory in ths Ti'i'.'h district through the election of W vor to Conpreas, giving the State a !id Democratic delegation In Con ':( on ceafraln. H? claims 'he T.;i ii !y 500, with ihe next lowest i- set majority 2,000 in the Eighth sim! tho majorities In other districts ijjcinjr from 4,000 to 8,000. .". iiiU'.il Democratic majority re ! ;-!i. today to Democratic-headf)iar- include: Richmond 950, McDow- i il 70, New Hanover 187, Dare, Dem ocralic county officers; Tyrrell, Demo crr.uc by n small majority. Returns ;';;,w Republican majorities In Wil- Ucs, l,9i)0; Davidson, .by a small' ma- jority; Cabarrus, 250; Catawba, 195; ; Carteret, by a small majority. i Party leaders ara greatly encour ap 'il ovt r the national' outlook, claim ing Wilf on's election confidently. Senator Overman today wirod Stute ' Chairman Warren as to the Stat? campaign: "You have won a great victory. I heartily congratulate you." Bickett, the next Governor, call- i ed at Democratic headquarters from Loulsburg thi? morning and said: Incomjjlete returns give the Democratic, party a Jiuij ioritv of 1.000 or more in Tuesday's elections Several remote precincts had not reported at all by 10 a. m. Wed nesday; two or three others -Bkt'fbt"yedrt-iii?fill.: Democratic leaders claimed an increase of 25 per cent, or hotter in the county ma jority -Sherin W; Taylor -led-i he ticket in the precincts heard from; Register: of Deeds Carl Pridgen was a close second., t Returns on the vote "on the constitutional amendments are very meagre. They drew little interest from Lenoir voters. -The City of Kin aton almost doubled its majority of two, years ago. ,, f 'niva tyi v lnvo tr flll trip 'fmfMtif, iTset tlie Republican majority in Southern California. hosts of tho state." Bulletins Fhirtv-.-even votes are still doubtful, including Californ :n, Minnesota,- New Hampshire, New Mexico and Oregon. ! Either California, Minnesota or all three small states would secure Wilson the election. Nearly complete re-! urns from New Hampshire favor Huirhes. A four re- daxiels says wilson count is demanded and the boxes are being guarded. An . is elected. oMHal ballot rri'ay be necessary in New Mexico. The Re-i Raleigh, Nov. 8. josephus Dan Mil.liVanc p.nntnrpd pvpvv "nivnt.al .ctnto" .with thp p'rppnt- i ,c Iclefjraphed his newspaper "i i - - - 1- j.m of Ohio, -sweeping Illinois by a hundred thousand. With 6S0 precincts out of 3,074 counted, Hughes leads by Minnesota 20,000 to Good for Wilson. St. Paul, Nov. 8. The Daily News (Independent) pre dicted this afternoon that Wilson would carry the state. Democratic headquarters claimed Minnesota by twenty thousand. . "1 Tumulty Gires Wilson Good News. By R. J. BENDER v, Asbury Pa'rk, Nov. 8. Secretary Tumulty this morn ing told President Wilson that he could feel assured of 264 electoral votes, and "things were constantly looking better." Included . in Tumulty's calculation were Min- -, (Continued on Paget Four) here at 2 p. m. that Wilson has 256 sure electoral votes, with STjt in doubt. It looks like he has Minnesota, which would elect him. SECRETARY BAKER WILL RESIGN. Cleveland, Nov. 8. Secretary War Baker will resicn after the election, -whatever may be the' result. This is definitely known. PROHIBITION GOVERNOR i ; IN FLORIDA. Jacksonville, Fla, Nor. 8-. Sydney Catts, running on an ' independent ticket and prohJW tioa platform was elected Gover nor apparently by ten thousand. Kit-.hln's Majority 9,000. Imliciutons are that Claude Kitch h majority over W. O. Dixon in the St;-a 1 'Congressional district will be hf.1v.- n fiOOO and 10,000. His pri vate r-rttary, E. 1?. Lewis, Tues day :;i';iit claimod a 9,000 majority for tli? Democratic Floor Leader. Onslow, Duplin, Greene, Jones Returns. Onflow county, regarded 'a3 the p: ir-.c::i.il liatl.k'frrountl of this part of the S al ', and Duplin, earlier in the we! k openly claimed by the Republi can, ih gave handsome majori ties for tho party In power. Morn ins; newspaper reports placed the ma jority In Onslow at 400, Duplin 450, Good old Greene increased its ma jority from around" 500 to between 7."0 end 1,000, reports early Wed nesday indicated. Jonts went Demo erali? by 500. A hi?, vo'.c was polled in each coun ty. The Ra!-irh News and Observer Wednesday estimated Blckett's ma jority over Linney for Governor at .".0,000. The plurality was record brcai 'jiK, the paper say3. A hand- .rome majority was polled by every Kiate Democratic candidate. A !)!(? crowd saw the local returns bulli'lined in the Court.houise early Tuesday niffhfc. The crowd remained, p acticaHy undiminished, until well p.-..;t midnight to hear telegraphic re ports of how the Nation was going. For two or three hours nearly every bulletin favored Hug-hes. LDng be fore 12 oV-lcck Hug-hos claimed the victory, Roosevelt issued a statement declaring he was doubly thankful to the American people, and various Northern papers flashed the news to the country that the G. O. P. cause had triumphed. But the tide 'gan changing lat:r on. Democratic en thusiasm arose steadily until, at 1:10, it was shown that the President had around 2-5 electoral votes dead sure and a good chance of getting the es sential remainder out of the doubtful votes. The scenes in the Courtroom were interesting. At times there was a tenseness lhat showed as nothing else could just how deeply Interested the audience was; sometimes one could have heard a pin drop, nearly. Ia 'tween the readings of the bullet- ins, inougnv utmocrata ana radicals chaffed each other,, hundreds of men predicted and ciphered, "Uncle Wat" Tut en shouted "Hurrah for Wilson" a few little bets were made. Cheer ing was unstinted at the announce nc:'. oF every gain for either candi dal?. "Uncle Wat" grew red about the eye 8 and a tear, or two crept forth occa loaatly when he 'liad to tell the "beys" tlat it looked like things "is gobi' ag'in us." BtfV every other minute he remembered to "God bless Woo l row bless his da.riing old heart." Col. W. D. Pollock, who to the State Senate from this district as the result of the election Tuc ..day, would not give up hope when it seemed that the case was hopeless, hinted at corruption in oth -t regions 0f the country and declar ed that he would gladly give up his newly won honor if it could help Wil sn hack into the White House. The imdi'-ors grumbled sometimes when bulletins from Southem points" were read. They were not interested In those tense moments in what the South had done nor the local results. I The onth had done its share giv en nearly half enough electoral votes to put Wilson back into the Presiden cy including Missouri, Kentucky and Oklahoma had done far inore than its share. ' ' K Interest Intense and Feverish. Wednesday morning Kington waj excited, with the. Nationa election still in doubt. Many 'reports were hoar ! on the streets from 6 until 10 o'clock some gave Wilson a good, safe lead".: - The Free .Press bulletin ed a statement -.from.-, th United : Press whose word is. beyond ' dis pute between 9 and 10 to ihe effect that Wilson, leading, with five elect oral vote., still had to get 29 out of 62 doubtful votes,, with California in balance and little New Hampshire as ' weU, included. ; '. ; COTTON Cotton waa at 3 p. m, Wedr pie sold here at Ill
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