The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-10-28
REPUBLICANS TO MAKE
WHIRLWIND FINISH
IN THE WEST.
Taft Will Have The MaloHtles, But
They viii be Smaller Than
Those for Roosevelt.

The last week OF the campaign in
the West is going to be one continu-
GUS roar Of oratory and fireworks in
the midst Of which the battle Of the
claim artists will go merrily on until
the election returns begin to show up
the takers, says a Chicago special TO
the New York Times. Some notion of
the intensity OF the fracas for the final
seven days may be had from the fact
that the Republicans of Cook county
have arranged for 179 meetings be-
tween now and the eve of election.
The Democrats are not far behind
them.
All over the West, clear out to the
Pacific slope, the same sort of activity
is manifested all down the line from
National ticket, Congressional and
state tickets to the last and humblest
county and precinct officer In the lot
Everywhere a decided change in &C
tics on the part Of the Republicans is
observable. The state and county
faction squabbles that have hampered
the campaign are being thrust to the
background and the National ticket is
being forced to the front.
All the spellbinders are instructed
from now on to make Taft the main
point Of their oratory, and to rely. on
the popularity they can develop for
him to carry their subordinate forces
to victory. No such finish as this has
ever been undertaken in these parts,
not even in the golden days of Mark
Hanna
Meanwhile the conflict of claims has
reached the ludicrous stage The Re
publicans are almost ready to lay
claim TO the electoral vote OF Texas,
and the Democrats are very nearly per
suaded that Pennsylvania would be a
good bet for them. AT Democratic
headquarters the most rosy reports
from Iowa are received with a serious
ness that betokened a decided belief
in the possibility of carrying the Hawk
Eye state At Republican headquar-
ters reports of just as sanguine char
acter regarding Missouri were on top.
The Republican organization OF that
state is the best that has ever been
reached 1t extends into every pre-
cinct of the state and has just complet-
ed the first real poll of the Missouri
voters ever attempted by the Republi-
cans Il is the showing made by this
poll that encourages the state mana.
gers TO think they nave a good chance
Hof victory.
The new organization has set about
with lot of yigOr and enterprise II
has brought out and registered, for
one thing. 10000 negroes who have
never voted before In Missouri. II
mas found and lined up $4,000 old sol
diers on the pension rolls nearly all
of whom are for Taft Il has worked
with great energy among the farmers
and its leaders declare that they have
assurance of many converts in thai
class The miners. both Of coal anC
minerals are also largely Republicans
To add to these hopeful indications
the organization declares that II ha'
discovered that 90 least 10000 Demo
Gratis have left the state, chiefly To-
Oklahoma. since the last election
while q considerable number OF Re
publcans have moved In from lowi
and other Republican states.
The Republicans are genuinely san
guiue about Nebraska and with mucl
better reason than in the case of Mis-
souri, Their organization is extreme
ly effective IN Bryan's state. and ha
been hard a. work for a long time. /
Is in the hands of the men who havl
carried it TO victory for the last eigh
years without interruption and the
come pretty near knowing how the va
tiers of the state will stand on election
day
The Republicans are also conhden
that Taft WI carry Colorado despit
the bitter local qJareis There ar
sharp factim, ! 'rh.4 iH The two mai
counties OF lhe state. Arapahoe-Der
lyor-and ~ pa.o-- dorado Springs.
The Demo cHc campaigners her
are also stll talking boldly about wha
they are goi O. d. In Kansas an
Wisconsin Montana. Idaho Utah. wy
lOming and luc ul me states on IN
Pacific slcoo They viii probably cal
ry Nevada a.,0Oush 70 Is not certain
Montana is worry close with the char
ces just nj rt even Idaho will x
for Taft although there may be
break in the state ticket
The Republicans are talking yer
hopefully of defeating Gov Johnson q
Minnesota There IS no operatio
about the National ticket Taft bein
q sure winner by good margin. j,
cobson. the Norwegian. is not afte
Johnson. the Swede for the governo
ship and will split the Scandinavia
vote which has heretofore electe
Johnson. The third term question
also hurting Johnson. as we'll as som
of the attacks ON Jacobson put out b
the Johnson managers. which have r.
coilcd
ON the whole the West looks az thI
l stage of the game TO be Just about a
, solidly for TAFT with it's electoral vot
, as 90 was for Roosevelt. There will
nothing like such pluralities both b,
cause he is not as popular as Roos
81 Welt was and because Bryan Is vastl
, more popular than Parker was. ~
In an the states west from the Missis
! ippi that Roosevelt carried there
considerably more than n good chanc
, for TAFT.
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