The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-02-17
PRESENT CHOICE FOR PREsi-
DENT OF PAPERS WEST OF
THE ALLEGHANIEs.
LAFOLLETTE GETS THIRD
Roosevelt and Taft Are Only Two Can
didates Strongly Advanced-Huohs
Has Supporters In Every State
and Territory But Two.

HiChk"- chicago lrlDune
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
next congress and whether they in.
drosed 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 b~allot?"
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.
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 exc-p, Ten
nessee and Arizona.
Cummins and Pinchot.
Cummins and Pinchot are mention
ed by many, while Dolliver and Can
non each have a few supporters. The
cnnftnrinn untn. mao ..I;t o-.o., a.
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 hat he Is Endorsed by a
majority of the states. He is strong
ly In the lead in the lake group, where
he was 4S6 votes to Taft's APT. He
leads In the prairie state by SIT to
ATS and on the Pacific coast by 164
to 80. In the only group where Taft
leads, the presidents margin is mar
row, 1t being sc to "a In the mountain
states. .
The south is evenly divided, 35 to
SO. Roosevelt leads in 15 of the %
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 5,501, sos 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. 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 liz votes, which is
only 10 more than Roosevelt.
or the lake group. Illinois is most
strongly for Roosevelt, the vote being,
Roosevelt, 1859 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
t~rations 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 IL 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 eve strong.
err with the editor than would appear
from the figures as printed.