Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-02-17

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Chicago, Feb. 1.-THE Chicago Tri.
bune this morning prints the follow.
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| 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.
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 presi.
dent today, for whom would you cast
your ballot?" ~
No names of candidates we're suR.
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-flfths 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.
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. o-=<
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
formly that he is Endorsed by a major.
ity of the states.
He is strongly in the lead in the
Taft's 427. He leads in the prairie
states by 617 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 81 in the
mountain states.
The south is evenely divided, IS to
36. 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
5,501 sos and will poll 294 votes in
the Republican national convention.
Taft leads in Ohio, Missouri, 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 tho
Roosevelt states.
La Toilette leads in Wisconsin, while
Roosevelt and Taft divide the vote
evenly in South Dakota, Utah and New
Mexico. .s..
: The vote in Ohio is Of interest.
There Taft has 112 votes, which is
only 10 more than Roosevelt.
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 we're
for Taft, as the situation stood at pres
ent, but their second choice was
Roosevelt, or that they were for
Roosevelt If he will rum" or some
; other qualification.
The completion 81 the ballots waa
strictly impartial. but the outcroppina
} between the lines Of many ballots may
be read that Roosevelt is even strong
!. Or with the editors than would appea,
from tho figures az printed.
MOTHER SEES BABY BURN.
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