The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-10-11

WILSON A SURE WINNER.


ing in Illinois for Wilson, has written
me in the course Of personal letter
as follows:
Everything in this section indi-
Gates a sweeping victory for Wilson
/. The Democrats are united as they
have not been in twenty years. The
Republicans are split about equally
between Taft and Roosevelt
The Senator will be engaged in the
campaign until election day, giving
the last week to points in the east
/ give the above extract from a letter
because | think it will interest Dem
ocrats to know how he finds things
in the northwest.
There is no longer any doubt of
Wilson's election. He has grown
stronger in the last two weeks, and
in my judgment, will increase in
strength until election day.
My private information from the
west is that the Republicans are drift
ing to Taft instead OF to Roosevelt,
and, in my opinion, the Bull Moose
movement is going to pieces. 1t is
not as strong as it was a month ago,
when Roosevelt started on his tour.
Immediately after the split in the
Republican party, RooseVelt's friends
felt inclined to follow him into a new
party, but the Republicans have real
izad that their only salvation is to
stick to the, organization which for
sixteen years has been able to poll at
each election more than seven million
votes, and which represents certain
definite government policies, If Roose'
welt represents those principles he Is
a Republican and has no claim for
Rany but Republican votes. II he does
mot represent Republican ideas, he
: cannot expect general Republican sup
port. The Republican senate and the
Republicans in the house would natur-
a1lv he expected to be in harmony
with the folks back home They
are for Taft, and it means that the
Republicans are standing by the old
organization.
The tremendous popular majority OF
two and half million votes which
Roosevelt received in 1904 was due to
Parker's unpopularity.
Let me show you.
IN 1900 Bryan received 6,358,133,
while in 1904 Parker received but s.
82,754, or 1850 fevgr than Bryan
received Bryan's vote increased in
1908 to 6,405, 545. Taft received more
votes four Years ago than Roosevelt
received so that we may say the PEG.
pie who voted were not so much
Roosevelt men or Tart men as that
they were Republicans-dye in the
wool
| look to see nearly fifteen million
votes cast Wilson will receive more
than Bryan ever received which will
be not less than seven million. If the
Republicans and Bull Moose vote to.
tails eight million and is divided even.
ly it would mean four million for
Roosevelt and four million for Taft.
But, mark my prediction, Taft will get
nearer five million and,a Roosevelt will
fall below four million, maybe not get
ting over three million.
-Four years from now Roosevelt will
be back in the Republican party, and
the Bull MOosers will have to follow
him there or drop him. A vote for him
now only assists the Republicans in
their fight on the Democratic nominee.
When i remember who gave the
negro his ballot and who sent Garnet
baggers and troops to the south and
put the horrors OF reconstruction on
our people and what party has been
the mortal enemy of the south for fifty
years, as God is my helper, I'll stand
by the Democratic party that redeemed
the south from such conditions Tho
democratic party may have it's faults
out It is true blue for all that. and 10
nearest and dearest to the southern
people.
Speaking about the negro, were Won
ever about Washington much? You
ought to see what the Republicans
have done for the Capital City.
or about three hundred and fifty
thousand population half are negroes.
Washington is the negro's heaven. The
departments are packed with blacks.
They have authority over white men
and white women. Beautiful girls take
orders from negro men. Next to me
at the table of my boarding house sat
lady whose grandfather owned five
hundred slaves. Her "boss" is a ne
gro. I pass negro policeman some
times as enter the senate Office build