Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-28
OF VICTORY
AS POLLS OPEN

fCou4Iwu.d S.ou, Earst pauo
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thinks for itself. South Jersey is for
Taft, and here in the northern end. In
the committing district, the sentiment is
largely the sentiment of New York city.
That also is ia Taft.
IF 81 per cent. of the Republican vote
Is east today 1t will be Taft overwhelm-
ingly. If the vote is only 20 per cent
well, in that case would not predict"
John L.. Armitage, head of the Wilson
movement, said: 1--WE are going to win,
md the percentage of the Democratic
vote will be vastly larger than that of
last September"
George NJ. Judd, of the La Toilette or
ganization, declared that the Wisconsin
senator will get 10000 votes In the State,
including 1000 in Essex county. He
added that the senator has made a ire
mendous lumber of friends.
They remember" he said, that there
were a thousand illegal corporations when
Mr.. Roosevelt took office, and 1O,02O when
he left office. This has hurt Mr.. Roose-
welt greatly ana has AIDED our cause.
Colonel Roosevelt "ound up MS cam
paign In the state last night, speaking
III hudson county. fresident Iafts cam
paign continued until TINS noon, MS
speeches mostly being made In Glouces-
ter county. The Republican vote is ex-
pected to be especially large.
Ihere Will also be a large vote. 1t
appears, IN the. Democratic primaries,
especially IN HUDSON and Esse3 counties.
All the North Jersey districts are llkeiy
to administer a severe repuke to Gov
ernor wilson by rejecting the candidates
pledged 10 his nomination at Baltimore.
In south Jersey he races a stin night
also.
me outcome OF the direct primaries In
otper states mas settled the rate or the
Wilson candidacy, backed though 1T has
been oy hmltless money n endless
advertising.
win MS sweep OF kentucky last week
champ clark has now more than 500
deiegates literally tied up to him In the
democratic convention. The most opti-
MYSTIC claims Tor wilson give him little
more than lW, out the table OF the clark
heaoquarters at washington, winch is
In close touch with the situation in the
country conceoe the professor only 81.
II Is a Significant fact thai Wilson has
peen strong only In those States that
never give a democratic majority on
election day. For instance, his best
howin was IN pennsylvania, which VIII
nave no Democratic votes In the cleo
toral college and which has been hide
bound Republican Tor years. His next
best showing was In Wisconsin,, also n
OF the states that never yield a Demo
cratic vote in the electoral college.
IN the neN electoral coiege zoe votes
Will De required 10 WIN. I'D a hst OF
states That have held primaries or con-
ventions' states that are expected to go
electoral votes out of the 26S necessary,
Wilson has so far been able to carry
only two in the primaries or conventions
that have been held to name delegates
to Baltimore.
These States are Delaware and Oregon,
the least probable in the list of being
Democratic. and they have a total of
only eight votes of the 1853 necessary to
win in the electoral college.
On the other hand, the States that
Speaker Clark has carried In the direct
primaries or conventions nave 1872 votes
In the electoral college and they are
universally regarded as being Demo
The States that Underwood has carried,
which NAV reasonably be placed in the
Democratic column next fall, have forty
two votes in the electoral college; Ohio,
carried by Governor Harmon, has
twenty -four votes in the electoral col
iege, Indiana, carried by Governor
Marshall, has fifteen votes in the electoral