The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-02-18
PRESENT CHOICE FOR PRESi-
DENT OF PAPERS WEST OF
THE ALLEGHANIEs.
GETS THIRD
Roosevelt and Taft Are Only Two Can
didates Strongly Advanced-Hughs
Has Supporters in Every State
and Territory But Two.

Chicaeo-The Chicago Tribune
prints the following:
When the Tribune asked the news
papers west of the A%lleghanies to ex-
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
president today, for whom would you
cast your ballot?"
About three-ffths of the editors
took advantage of the opportunity and
the result of the straw vote is pre-
sented by the Tribune, only those ed
itors recording themselves as Repub-
leans being included.
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 scat
teriag votes nearly everywhere.
Hughes has supporters In every
state and territory polled except Ten
nesse and Arizona.
Cummins and Pinchot.
Cummins and Pinchot are mention
ed by many, while Dolliver and Can
o each have a 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 a majority
Of the votes, but his strength uns so
uniformly that he is Endorsed by a
majority of the states. He Is strong
ly in the lead in the lake group, where
he was 1876 votes to Taft's 427. He
leads in the prairie state by SIT to
ATS and on the Pacific coast by 1874
to 80. In the only group where Taft
leads, the presidents margin is mar.
row, it being sc to "a in the mountain
states.
The south is evenly divided, IS to
u 1AOOo0N0lI lVduo Ia 1c vi ~ = -
states: Michigan, Indiana, Illinois,
Ia, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma,
Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana,
Washington, Oregon, California, Ken
lucky and Nevada. These states have
4 population of 5,5O1 ,665 and will poll
294 votes in the Republican national
convention. Taft leads in Ohio, Mis-
souri,, Idaho, Colorado, Wyoming,
Tennessee and Arizona
These states together, have a pOpu.
lar vote of 2,493 1857, a total of 116
votes in the Republican national con
vention, or less than half. hat Of the
Roosevelt states. La Toilette leads
in Wisconsin, while Roosevelt and
Taft divided the vote evenly in South
Dakota, Utah and New Mexico.
The vote in Ohio is of interest
There Taft has 112 votes. which is
only 10 more than Roosevelt.
OF the lake group, Illinois is most
strongly for Roosevelt, the vote being
Roosevelt, 159 and Taft, 10.
Two interesting features of the
straw vote are the ballots cast fol
Bryan and Pinchot. In many cases
the editors gave their reasons fol
these ballots. More of the 40 who
vote for Bryan say that they do sc
because they do not approve of thu
present policies Of the Republican
party. although they voted for Taf'
the last presidential election.
The Pinchot vote which appears II
all but six Of the states, is general!
coupled with doubt of the admins
trations forestry policy and disapprov
al of its attitude toward Ballinger.
No compilation was made for sec
ond choices, but a great many ballots
gave them, usually saying they were
for Taft, as the situation stood a
present, but their second choice wa
Roosevelt, or that they were fol
Roosevelt If he will run or som
other qualification.
The completion of the ballots wa
strictly impartial, but the %outcroppinl
between the lines Of many ballots ma,
be read that Roosevelt is ever strong
er with the editor than would appea
from the figures as printed.
Torpedo Boats in Race.