THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY

Mataura Ensign, 9 November 1916, Page 5

THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY

| 4 MR HUGHES' ELECTION. ADMTTTE/DT,V~A~ SITRIPRISE. PER UNITF.n PRESS ASSOCIATION. NEW VORK, Nov. 8. The result of the election was admit- • tedly a surprise. The predicted landslide for Mr Wilson in the .Middle'Wesi, did not eventuate, and despite the eight hours' concession Dr. Wilson did not receive a solid Labor vote. It is evident that the Republican Party is completely reunited. German-Americans celebrated the victory hilariously in -German cafes. .Although tne returns are incomplete they indicate that .'Mr Hughes is nearly 300 ahead. Electoral College votes in a few States are doubtful but will not affect the result. The Republicans have won the House of Representatives, the composition of 'which will probably be: Democrats, 21.'{: Republicans, 210; .Independents, four. In the Senate the Democratic majority of B> will be reduced to four, and possibly less. BIG REPUBLICAN MAJORITY. | (Au.>tru!ian and' N.Z. Cable Association j and Renter.) j V-'ANCOUVKR; Nov. s. | The Republicans announce that the | majority is greater than was hoped. I The present outlook indicates a (dean 1 1-weep and that 'both .Houses of Congress will- be Republican. An out;standing feature of the contest is the record size of the vote throughout all States. Exactly what part ihe German-Ameri-can vote played is being discussed on every hand. Hamilton County, Ohio, a well-populated German settlement, gave Mr Hughes a handsome pluralty. On the other hand, the 'Tribune' comments thai Mr Hughes' election is a fitting reply to Germany's Lusitania atrocities, and thinks that after Mr Hughes takes hold a different treatment for further F-o.'i attacks may be ! expected. CLOSEST IN HISTORY. I I -Received November !'). S.-lo a m | NEW YORK, Nov. k. I There is an unprecedented drvolopj ment in the Presidential election. ; The first- indications appeared io rrive Mr Hughes a majority, but later showed that the Western States unexpectedly rallied to Dr. Wilson. With' -IO Klectoral College votes s iill doubtful Air Hughes its leading. The election is the closest in AmeriI can history. The President of the Enitod States of America is elected every four -ears. His salary is I'lo.OOO a year, with an ; additional .IioOOO for travelling' expenses. j When Charles Evans Hughes was I nominated for Governor of New York. 10 years ago. his father. Rev. David C. Hughes, said of him :" "Although he now denies ihe allegation, my son was really precocious. When he was not yet four years old he could read readily, and when he was five he was very anxious to go to >ehool. At first hj? eaino. back from the schoolhouse with ".lowing" accounts of his experiences but inside of two weeks we noticed that a change had come over his spirits. One. afternoon he walked into my study and handed me a paper on which he hat written. 'Charles F. Hughes' Plan ol Study. 'Father.' he said, •] don't want to go to school any more. The scholars are very slow in getting their lesson,and the teacher goes over the same thing time after time. 1 would like to study at home with you and mother, and I am sure 1 would have more time to play.' That was the last of Charl e'« school attendance for some ye.irs. Hi mother taught- him the elementary branches and finally French ami German, and later 1 instructed him in Greek and Latin." And Charles E. Hughes entered college at 1-L—■■'N'low York Sun.' Air ('has. F.van-.s Hughes was,boi:n in 1802. He secured. li: s LL.B. at Colum bia University in IHS4, and was admitted to the -Sew York Bar the same year. He practised law there till 1801, and then -look up a professorship for a couple of years, with lectureships, but returned to practice in ISO.'f. H 0 was counsel to ihe. Steven. s Gas Commission (New York Legislature) in UX)o, andto thr> Armstrong Insurance Commission in HJOo-fi. In IfX).") he refinsed nomination for the mayoralty of New York. He acted as- special, assistant to the United States Attorney-General in the coal inves'tigation of IflOfi. He was Governor of New York Stato for two term- —IDO7-S and 1909-10 —and in 1010 became at-so.:iate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.