The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-10-30

OR %
Governors of Many States De
clare Taft is Certain
to Be Elected.

IN response to requests from Stae
Cincinnati Tinnes-S Star. the Governors
OF several staes have sent TO that pa
sI5er tfiefr oG4nions as 70 the outcome
iiof the Presidential election. Tntr-
teen governors replied 10 the tele-.
iRr.Irns Of the Time-stars and thedF e&a-
pressions furnish unusually tnterese-
| ing reading. The states represented
In the symposium are New ork'
Ohio New HampshIEe, Idaho. Wis
consin. TItah, California, south Da-
kota, washington, Massac husetts'
I1ansas, Pennsylvania and New Jer-
! seyy All of which are placed SAFELY IN
| the Taft column by their respective
texecutives The Eubernatoria1 pre-
Idictions which were made on 3Octo-
her "a are as follows:
New york From the reports made
/ to me and from my observation I
4 have no doubt Mr.. Taft will carry
me state of New York by hand-
some maiority-Ch Charles 3. Hughes
Governor.
ohioI am confident the RePu6n-
/ can marty viii carry Ohio and Judge
lT,aft,e, plurality will be larger than IN
lany previous election, except possibly
THAT OF 19O4.-Andrew L. Harris
Governor.
New Hampshire-New Hampshire
Will give the Republican ticket sub
stantiai plurality, electing the Taft
1 men and majority OF both branches
OF the Legislature. Charles NJ. Floyd
Governor. x 81
/ Pennsylyania-1n the present cam
4 paign the people of Pennsylvania Will
| decide to maintain It's record by CIV
| ing TAFT and Sherman the largest ma ma
/ tority of amy state In the Union.
! From present indications It Will reach
\ 500 .OOO.-EdWin S. Stuart. Governor.
/ New Jersey-New Jersey will go
4 for Taft and Sherman by not less
/ than 40, 0OO Business is improving
\ and labor Is. employed. MI Tnfts
H trip throughout the State was an
/ ovation. We are as strong politically
| In New Jersey as we have been In ten
Il years-John Franklin Fort.
II Massachusetts - Republican state
campaign heartily supporting Nation
al ticket. Opposition hopelessly dl-
| vided and disorganIZed. PnlraNtles
for Republican president and govern
H or should exceed those OF 19O0-Cur-
tbs Guild, Jr., Governor.
II Kansas-I think Taft will have 49,
900 majority In Kansas. Our entire
Il congressional delegation will be re-
Il elected The legislature win be SAFE
~ republican. E. W. Hoch. Governor
II WISCONSIN, confidently expect the
II Republican majority in Wisconsin to
be from 10000 to $4,000. My 1udg-
II uent is that Taft and the state tick
ct viii be accorded about the same
vote.-James o. Davidson, Governor.
Utah-Prospectu indicates that
Utah Will surely go Republican. on
national and state tickets by big ma
II iorities.-John G. Cutler, Governor.
Idaho-Idaho will give her elector-
| al vote to william H. Taft by at least
n 20, 900 majority. We are as sure Re-
Il publican as Pennsylvan rank r.
H Gooding, Governor.
california-Taft will carry Cali
fornia by about $4,000. The legisla-
ture will be handily won by the Re
publican.-James n. .Gillett, Govern
South Dakota-south Dakota Is
safely Republican. Taft viii carry It
by from 10000 to sO.O0O.-Coe I
n Crawford, Governor.
Washington-Was will give
Taft at least $4,000 majority, 1t VIII
elect a Republican Governor and leg
Islature. Taft's nomination met with
unanimous approval OF Republicans
OF the state.-Albery Mead. Governor