Bisbee daily review., 1909-12-31
STRAW BALLOT SHOWS TAFT |S
 UNPOPULAR
Political Circles in the National Capital Are Stirred Over the Announcement of the Result by the Success Magazine.

7 WASHINGTON, b C., Dec. 2S.-- Political circles here in the national capital are stirred more than they have been since President Taft took office by the announcement of the straw ballot" taken by the Success Magazine.
 The vote was taken among the sub scribers of the magazine, and showed in a decisive manner that even the Republicans of the country are dis gusted in the extreme with Cannon and Aldrich and their domination of the making of national legislation Pol itieians have more or less respect for the ballot, because one taken by the same magazine last fall enabled 1t to predict, nearly a month before cleo tion, predicting the exact elector1el vote received by President Taft.
 Of the more than 22.0J0 persons boiled, representative citizenS scatter ed over the country, 13,1es replied. Of these S,360 classed themselves as Republicans, 3,213 Democrats, and 1929 as independents. prohibitionists, or members of other parties. On No
 
 it's life subscribers letter and bal lot containing ten questions designed to feel the public pulse on the matter of President Taft's popularity. the popular opinion of the ne wtariff bill, the political standing of Cannon and Aldrich, and the strength of the sup port of the insurgent movement.
 Question No. l asked: Do you be- Al, FD- l fa1 candidate last fall was wisely cast2"
 Of the Republicans answering SIPS voted ''yes," while 540 voted no; |" 2,323 Democrats voted yea" and 205 voted mo-
 Question No. 2: Are you satisfied with the first nine months of the ad- ministration of President Taft?"
 Of the Republicans, 3,092 voted yes" 2,490 voted mo-" and PITS de elined to vote at all Of the Demo crats 800 answered ''yes," and 2,053 I replied mo-
 Question No. 8: Do you approve of the position of Senator Aldrich in the recent tariff legislation?"
 517, while those voting mo" number ed 6,313. But forty Democrats, of whom twenty-two are in the south, in- dorsed Aldrich; 2,44s voted in the neg ative.
 Question No. 4: Do you approve the position of Speaker Cannon on Republicans voting yes numbered the recent tariff legislation? ?H
 Just a little more emphatic is the | condemnation of Mr. Cannon: 490 Re publicans and 20 Democratic votes in the entire country being cast in the affirmative. while 6.4S5 Republicans and 2,447 Democrats are recorded in the negatiye.~
 It is significant that the condemna- tion of the positions Of both MT. Aid. rich and MT. Cannon in the tariff leg. islation is almost as proa oGnced in the Atlantic and Pacific coast states as in the Central West, and there is every l evidence, not only in the votes oi those two questions, but in the gen eral votes by districts, that both Can nonism" and "Aldrichism" are nation al and general issues and do not rep resent merely local insurgency.
 Question No. 5: Do you approve the position of President Taft in the recent tariff Iegislation?"
 | Two thousand one hundred and two Republicans voted yes and 3,5SC no"
 ! Question No. 6: Is 1t your desire that President Taft should suppor and cooperate with Senator Aldricl and Speaker Cannon in the genera public policies which they represent? 9 From all sections of the country laundering NO" comes in answer tt this question, only 6S9 Republican votes being cast in the affirmative a against 6.293 in the negative. In orde
 to make quite clear what the feelin; is the question 2. Do you desire tha he should oppose them" harvested reply of 6,219 votes in the affirmativ and 46I in the negative ' Of subscribers who count them selves as independents, prohibition
 ists. etc. POI approved the president administration to date, while 994 d not approve; 130 approve his positio
 on the tariff and 1,0SS do not and 4 , desire him to cooperate with Aldric
 and Cannon, while 1864 do not.