Bloomington High School, The Gothic, 1916, Page 57

Description:	19 GOTHIC 16WOODROW WILSON RE-ELECTEDBY A LARGE MAJORITYWINS OVER HUGHES BY A MARGIN OF 73 VOTESBloomington High School. March 31--Returns from all four precinctsshow that Woodrow Wilson has been re-elected President of the UnitedStates by a large majority. The Democrats polled a total of 164 votes whichgives Wilson a margin of 73 votes over Justice Hughes, his nearest compete-tor. Roosevelt, the Bull-Moose candidate, was third.The Democratic campaign managers. Justin Schumann and Ernest Lind-ley, are well pleased with the showing of their candidate. Mr. Schumann.amid the cheers and applause which followed the announcement of the finalreturns, said, It is a great victory for democratic Government. The Amer-ican people have again shown their allegiance to the greatest Presidentsince Abraham Lincoln. Mr. Dale Robertson, another Democratic worker,said. The fact that Mr. Wilson received a majority of all votes cast isan undeniable proof of his universal popularity.The principal features of the Democratic platform were Woman Suf-frage, the building of a swimming pool, free school books, and the grantingof pensions to teachers who have given their lives in educating little Dem-ocrats.The official returns are as follows:Precincts SeniorJuniorSophomoreFreshmanTotalWilson, Dem 58 29 48 29 164Hughes. Rep 19 20 24 28 91Roosevelt, Prog 14 7 15 19 55Benson, Soc 6 1 0 1 8Totals 97 57 87 77 318Wilsons plurality. 73. Wilsons majority, 10.(57)Image alt-text: Two black-and-white photographs of individuals turning in ballots, the first is captioned “Getting his ballot” and the second is captioned, “”The Victor” “At the wrong poll.”” Also included is a photograph of a torn ballet with a vote for Woodrow Wilson.
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