The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-02-18
PRESENT CHOICE FOR PRES|
DENT OF PAPERS WEST OF
THE ALLEGHANIES
LAFOLLETTE GETS Third
Roosevelt and Taft Are Only Two Can.
didates Strongly Advanced-Hughs
Has Supporters in Every State
and Territory But Two.


prints the following:
When the Tribune asked the news
papers west OF the Alleghanies to ex-
press their opinion as to whether or
not Cannon should be speaker of the
mex congress and whether they in
drosed 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 threefifths 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-
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
/ y w Z.
Hughes has supporters in every
state and territory polled except Ten
neSSee and Arizona.
Cummins and Pinchot
Cummins and Pinchot are mention
ed by many, while Dolliver and Can
non 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 a majority
OF the votes, but his strength runs so
uniformly that he is indorsed by
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 617 to
to 90 In the only group where Taft
leads, the presidents margin is mar
row, ii being &C to "a in the mountain
states
The south is evenly divided, 35 to
80. Roosevelt leads in 15 of the 22
states: Michigan, Indiana, Illinois,
Ia. 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 in the Republican national
convention. Taft leads in Ohio, Mis-
souri,, Idaho. Colorado, Wyoming,
Tennessee and Arizona.
These states together, have 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 1l2 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 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 in
all but six Of the states, is generally
coupled with doubt of the admins
trations forestry policy and disapprov.
al of it's attitude toward Ballinger.
No compilation was made for Sec
ond choices, but 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 run" or some
other qualification
The cOmpilition 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
AOAu lHC HSuTeS DIS printed.
Chicago, Ill.-The majority of
the Republican and indie pendent 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 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