The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-04
PENNSYL vANiA IN
 DOUBTFUL COLUMN
CANVASS GIVES WILSON LEAD OF 12,70O OVER COLONEL AND | 191,70O OVER TAFT.
ALL DEPENDS ON MAGEE
Colonel May Carry the State if Mayor
 of Pittsburgh Supports Him.

Philadelphia, Nov. 4-No withstand. ing the broad claims of the leaders o1 the three parties, Pennsylvania, here tofore a buIwark of Republicanism must be placed in the doubtful column A canvass of the State. shows that Gov Wilson leads Col. Roosevelt by 2.70t prospective votes and President Ta3t by 191, 700.
 From this it is clear that a. diversion of 1000 votes from Gov. Wilson to Col Roosevelt will place the thirty-eighi electoral votes of Penneylvania in the Progressive column.
 President Taft's vote will be the smallest boiled by 8 Republican can- didate in Pennsylvania in years and may be accounted for by the fact that following the priInary which was Sc decisively won by Col. Roosevelt, the Iaft State leaders sIiked an and .bn ,nsteao tea remained in. their office figuring how they would save themselves and the State ticket.
 There is one clement that must be reckoned with in Pennsylvania, and it's strength cannot be sestinated-this is the Socialist vote. In 1908. the So- cialists polled a few less than 54,eOe votes. This year 1t would not be sur 50, 600. . dates on the Prohibition ticket boiled nearly 37.o0o votes, This year 1t Is ex- pected to poll very few. owing to the been lost sight Of in the three corner ed fight between the Democrats, Re publicans and Progressives. Most of these former Prohibition votes will be found in the Wilson column.
 Thomas L. Hicks. State chairman oi the Washington party. the State name for the Progressive party, claims and concedes z5o, ,ooo to wilson, leaving the balance to be divided between Taft and Debs. He thir'-s President Taft may poll 2zO.ooo vote.
 Henry G. Waseon chairman of the Republican party, refuses to give any estimate beyond declaring that tf Democratic vote will not exceed the ago, which was the banner Dexnocra tic year in Pennsylvania, when the Dem ocratic electors boiled 44s. TSP votes. Ae also predicts, ,o that nat the Socialist vose
 George W. Guthrie. the Democratic State chairman, believes the Demo cratic electors will poll at least soo, ,o0t
 William Finn. the Roosevelt leader predicts PennsyiyaFiaL L win m go for th< th< claims everything in sight. A..ss N>S<
 David H. Lane. the veteran Repub- lican leader of Philadelphia. claims the to ss, 600. while ConRreseman J. aHafnp- ton Moore who has had charge of the Congrees carnpaign fin the State, as- serts .tf1e Deinocfatie Congress repre- seAtaxion from. PennsyIvania will be cut from eight to five members, the Republics gaining three naembere lost sat the last electfon. s..f
 Close observers Of the ConEress situ- alton predict that the. pena6craHc rep resentation wiI1e be increased rather than 5decEeased. sss~ i,:.s4..- 5ss- -.s4zz.-
 In the cumming up as to the cleo toral vote it might be well to state that for the first time in many years PhiladelphtaT will not dominate the William F5inn. will be the weight or the scales If F1inn can carry with him the votes controlled by Mayor Magee of Pfttsburg Col. Roosevelt will overcome the apparent, Wilson lead but. if Mayor Magee remains loyal te President raft the Presidential cleo Gov. Wilson.