The Washington herald., 1907-09-16
FOR TAFT OR HUGHES
New England Picks Favor
ties for Presidency.
APPROVES ROOSEVELT POLICY
Cannon Leads Fairbanks and Knox,
but Taft Has More Votes in Chi
cnEo TribuneIs Fest Than All other
Candidates Pat Together-HuEhes
shows Remarkable strength.
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| Special 10 The Washington Herald
Chicago, H., Sept 15.-The nearer the
ballots sent out by the Tribune 10 differ
ent States Of the Union are arranged for
final tabulation. the clearer appears To
become the remarkable forecast Of the
coming Presidential election.
Not only do the results emphasize
those obtained from the Western States,
but they show that even in conservative
New England, President Roosevelt S
/ progressive policy is directly ratified by
about s. per cent Of al the Republicans
vino reported.
/ Furthermore. there is an overwhelm-
ling sentiment in favor OF the nomination
of Taft or Hughes, and there is a con-
junction Of their plans which seems to
indicate the probability of both names
being on the Republican ticket.
Taft Has Large Lead Over Hughes.
/ Taft. Of course. is largely in the lead.
having received 2S9 votes for first choice
out Of the total Of go, while Hughes was
given 139 first choice preferences, a re-
markable and significant showing for a
public man who has been before the peo-
/ pie for so short a time. A year ago he
was scarcely known, except for his prog
ress in the insurance investigation, while
/ to-day he is mentioned as first, second. or
third choice on 39s out of $40 ballots. while
/ Taft is first, second. or third in the run
/ ming on 414. The figures for the Secretary
| Of War show that in New England more
/ than half of the ballots mentioned him as
| first choice, one-ffth were for second
choice, and 10 per cent were for third.
New England for PrOgressives.
What IS perhaps most surprising Of
all is that while the two candidates. Taft
and Hughes. who have most frequently
been classed as progressive, were so
abundantly popular in New England, men
like Cannon, Fairbanks, Knox, and others
of a distinctively conservative type, have
a comparatively small following.
Taking the ballots for first choice. #
! will be seen that Taft has more than all
the others put together, and his only real
competitor is Hughes.
For second choice, Hughes leads Taft.
and for third choice as well. There were
/ in fact, but a few scattering ballots in
which neither Hughes nor Taft was indi-
Gated for first choice, the result of which
was that on the first choice preference
Cannon had only Is votes, Fairbanks
and Knox 6.
Cannon Leads Fairbanks and Enox.
Yet it happened that all of these three
conservative candidates, if such they may
be called. gained largely as second and
third choices. Apparently the voters
wished to make it clear that thew con-
ceded Taft and Hughes as men of tba
Roosevelt type. who would be likely n
follow up his party policies.
Having indicated their first choice in
such a way that practically only Hughes
and Taft were in the running. the voters
proceeded to register their appreciation
Of the three older candidates in such =
way that Cannon leads. Summing M his
total ballot for the three choices shows
a vote of more than 20 per cent. and he
leads Fairbanks and Knox to a marked
degree.
For obvious reasons the first question
prepared By the Tribune for submission