THE PRESIDENCY.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1637, 14 November 1916, Page 3

THE PRESIDENCY.

RECORD DEMOCRATIC VOTE. WILSON' LEADING' EOR OEEICE. OERM ANY DTS APP OTNTED. New York, Novem. 12. President Wilson's present vote is ;i record, being over 8,500,000, an increase of; 2,250,000 over tliat eas‘( al the previous election. Although (he liepnhlicans are anxious to contest the election in (lie Courts, Judge ]lushes does nol agree, unless serious discrepaneies are revealed by the official counts. Indications are that live ladedendenls will hold the balance of power in the House of Representatives. London, Novem. .10. The Exchange Telegraph News Agency states llmi President Wilson is now 272 and Judge Hughes 243. News from Berlin slates that the re-election of President Wilson was a great disappointment in German political circles, who bad found ed great hopes on the President's del'ea i, The newspapers, however, point out that Germany knows President Wilson, but it does not know Judge Hughes, who might make matters worse for (he ('mitral Powers. Now that President Wilson is head of the Republic for four years more, he may wish to begin (In* work of mediation in order to place America’s moral standing on an unassailable basis. AMERICAN AND JAPANESE RELATIONS. Tokio, Novem. 12. Tin l newspapers stale that President Wilson’s continuance in office means the furtherance -of American and Japanese friendship. The press is pleased that there will be no changes in the tariff.