And now at this late hour says the defeated candidate to
President Wilson, “excuse me, I am late in sending in my congratulations, but
because the election was close I hoped I would win, and you lose, so I have
waited as long as there was a shred of hope.”
So the republicans are at it again in Buncombe county in
demanding that the canvassing board should certify the returns of November 9th,
in other words, without further argument, declare Britt, the republican
candidate elected, and not Weaver, whom they say has won.
California’s
Secretary Balks
The cat is out of the bag. There always appeared a reason
why Hughes and his manager returned to the fastness of their summer homes in
November without admitting, or conceding, the election to Wilson.
Now it appears that Frank C. Jordan, Secretary of State for
California, refuses to certify the election, and will not issue certificates to
presidential electors, because he says that precinct No. 3 of Marysville, an
insignificant borough, and the county of Orange, have been slightly irregular
in the form of sending in their official returns.
It is stated that this may be a serious matter, and even
invalidate the election of President Wilson, though Mr. O.K. Cushing, chairman
of the democratic state central committee, does not attach much importance to
it, nevertheless it is safe to predict that there is danger in this attitude of
the state secretary, and none at this writing can prophecy the outcome, for the
republicans are wily and will not be ousted without a great struggle.
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