The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1910-02-18
.LAFOLLETTE GETS THIRD
Roosevelt and Taft Are only Two Can.
didates Strongly Administrations
Has Supporters in Every State !
and Territory But Two.

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dressed the Aldrich tariff law, 1t 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?" - @.f%
About three-fifths 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:s
licans 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
tering votes nearly everywhere.
Hughes has supporters in every
state and territory polled except Ten
uessee and Arizona.
J. cummins and Pinchot.
Cummins and Pinchot are mention,
ed by many, while Dolliver and Can
non 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 runs so
uniformly that he is indorsed by a
majority of the states. He is strong.
ly in the lead in the lake group. where
he was 486 votes to Taft's 427. He
leads in the prairie state by GIT to-
475 and on the Pacific coast by 1914
to 80. In the only group where Taft
leads, the presidents margin is mar
row, it being &c to Ga in the mountain
| states.
The south is evenly divided, IS to
sc. Roosevelt leads in Is of the %
states: Michigan, Indiana, Illinois,
Ia, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma,
Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana,
Washington, Oregon, California, Ken
lucky and Nevada. These states have
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 2,493,757, a total of 116
votes in the Republican national con-
vention, or less than half, that 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, ITO.
Two interesting features of the
straw vote are the ballots cast for
Bryan and Pinchot In many cases
the editors gave their reasons for
these ballots. More of the 40 who
vote for Bryan say that they do so
because they do not approve of the
present policies of the Republican
party, although they voted for Taft
the last presidential election.
The Pinchot vote which appears On
all but six of the states, is generally
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 at
present, but their second choice was
Roosevelt, or that they were for
Roosevelt if he will rum" or some
other qualification.
The completion of the ballots was
strictly impartial, but the outcropping
between the lines of many ballots may
be read that Roosevelt<is even strong.
er with the editor than would appear
from the figures as printed.
Chicago, Ill.-The majority Of
the Republican and Independent news.
papers in every one of the congress
sional districts in Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin and
Minnesota are opposed to the re-
election of Joseph G.. Cannon as
speaker of the next congress, as de-
termined by a poll conducted by the
Chicago Tribune In no district is he
the choice of the majority of the edi-
tors poll. In several districts he has
not single supporter.
Commission Government In Illinois. \
Springfield, Illinois.-The commits
sion form Of government, bill, bear.