Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-02-15

Chicago, Feb 14.-The Chicago Tri-
bune this morning prints the follow
ing:
When the Tribune asked the news
papers west of the Alleghenies to ex-
press their opinion as to whether or
not Cannon should be speaker of the
next congress and whether they in
dressed the Aldrich tariff law, it also
asked them to give their presidential
preferences
The question was asked in this
form: "If you could vote for presi-
dent today, for whom would you cast
your ballot?"
No names of candidates we're sug
gested, but the editor was forced to
write the name of his preference and
also the name of the party with which
he affiliated.
About three-fifths of the editors took
advantage of the opportunity and the
result of the straw vote is presented
by the Tribune this morning, only
those editors recording themselves as
Republicans being included. I
| 1t shows that Theodore Roosevelt is
| the present choice of the Republican
editors for the presidency and he and
President Taft are the only two candi.
dates who are strongly favored.
La Toilette leads both Roosevelt and
Taft in Wisconsin and has scattering
votes nearly eerywhere.
Hughes has supporters in every
state and territory polled except Ten
nessee and Arizona.
Cummins and Pinchot.
Cummins and Pinchot are mentioned
by many, while Dolliver and Cannon
each have few supporters.
The scattering votes are split among
the various favorite ones but no one
of these men is mentioned by more
than one state besides his own
Roosevelt has not only majority of
the votes, but his strength runs SO uni
ity of the states.
He is strongly in the lead in the
lake group, where he has 486 otes to
Taft's 427. He leads in the prairie
states by Gil to ATS and on the Pacific
coast by 1874 to 80. In the only group
where Taft leads, the presidents mar
gin is narrow, it being &c to Ga in the
mountain states.
The south is evenely divided, 35 to
&c. Roosevelt leads in Is of the %
states: Michigan, Indiana, Illinois
Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma
Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana
, Washington, Oregon, California, Ken
lucky and Nevada.
These states have a population Of
: 5,5O1,665 and will poll 294 votes il
the Republican national convention.
) Taft leads in Ohio, Missouri, Idaho
Colorado, Wyoming, Tennessee ant
Arizona.
These states together, have popu
lar vote of 2,493,757. total of III
votes in the Republican national con
vention, or less than half that of tn,
Roosevelt states.
La Toilette leads in Wisconsin, while
, Roosevelt and Taft divide the vot,
evenly in South Dakota, Utah and New
, Mexico.
The vote in Ohio is of interest
!, There Taft has 112 votes, which il
only 10 more than Roosevelt.
!, The Pinchot vote which appears il
: all but six of the states, is general.
3 coupled with doubt of the admins
: trations forestry policy and disapproy
al of its attitude toward Ballinger.
No compilation was made for sec
ond choices, but great many ballot
gave them, usually saying they wer
for Taft, as the situation stood at pres
ent, but their second choice wa
8 Roosevelt, or that they were 70
Roosevelt if he will rum" OF som
S other qualification.
: The completion of the ballots wa
/ strictly impartial, but the outcroppin
between the lines of many ballots ma
: be read that Roosevelt is even strons
: err with the editors than would appea
q from the figures as printed.