Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1912-11-05
FAIR WEATHER AND ACTIVITY OF PARTIES
GAVE PROMISE OF RECORD POLL IN NATION
Campaign Managers Of All Three Candidates Predict Success
BaOtng Begins Every State in Union, But Drift of Sen
ment Pointed to Democrats
WILSON, TAFT AND ROOSEVELT ISSUE LAST MESSAGES
Heavy Expected Maryland and Outlook for Plurality Of
Not Less Than 10000 for New Jersey Execuve-EecOn One
of Most UNIQUE in History

or capture OF the iegIslatureSmln IN
states heretofore safely Republican.
The Democrats made an organized
assault upon a number of states to
control the legislatures, so that the
majority in tne United States Senate
maybe swung to the Democratic coll
umn. Against Republican predictions
that the Senate will remain Repub-
lican, Democratic national leaders
claimed enough states to give them
the Senate and to greatly swell their
majority in the House of Represen-
tatives, which they captured in 1910.
CAMPAIGN WAS BITTER,
Few American campaigns have run
through a longer period of heated
controversy. The fight for the pres
iiency was under way early in Ft bru-
ary and has scarcely Jagged since that
time. Out of the eight meh who were
active candidates for presidential
nominations early in the summer,
three leading candidates, representing
three parties, remained to solicit the
voters support.
The influence Of women in the
campaign was probably greater than
in any previous election. Each ma
tional headquarters has had an or
ganized bureau to appeal to women
workers, presided over by women well
known in public and social life. In
the Western states where women
are voting Wyoming. Utah, Colorado,
California, Idaho and Washington their
ballots will be an important factor in
the results. In five other states
Arizona, Michigan, Kansas, Oregon
and Wisconsin the right of women to
vote was an issue at the polls.
UReEs HEAVY STATE VoTE.
William F. McCombs, Democratic
national chairman, yesterday sent Ier-
sonal kilograms to every county
chairman in Maryland urging all to
put forth special effort to increase
the Wilson plurality in their State.
This is the last prediction message
the National Committee had for the
local leaders These, after all are
the men who do the most effective
work. Ten DAYS ago each of the
Maryland chairmen was communi-
Gated with by Mr.. McCombs. The
Wilson maAagers at that time simply
reassured his lieutenants in the
State that the nation was prepared to
elect Democratic President.
LAST MESSAGES OF CANDIDATES.
"Justice will be lifted high in New
Jersey as in the rest of the nation.
We shall have reign of fairness
and equity and peace at Trenton as
at Washington. These were Cover
nor Wilson's final words last night
in the closing speech of his campaign.
The case is made up" said the
Governor earnestly. cit goes to the
jury. This jury is not locked up.
Everybody can get access to it.
Everybody can take it out to lunch if
they please. Everybody can have
the ear of any member of the jury.
You have heard what everybody has
had to say, important and unimport-
ant, true and untrue. and now you
are going to say which direction the
United States is going to move and
under what leadership"
President Taft said: "1he cam:
paign has brought the people to a
clear perception of their own inter
ests, and this means Republican sue
cess. Everybody now realizes that
the contest is between the Republican
aad Democratic parties, and that a
vote for the third party is half vote
for the Democrats.
Theodore Roosevelt said: ''We
stand at Armageddon and we battle
for the Lord.
KINDLY THOUGHT BY CoL. BRYAN.
Col. William j. Bryan projected
his voice from the scene of his activ.
ties and sent this final message preg.
nant with meaning for the Demo.
cratic party and its candidates:
1.-THE choice Of President will be
made between three candidates, either
Mr.. Wilson will be elected for a sin
gle term his platform pledging hin
to one term or Mr.. Taft will be elect
ed for second term or Mr.. Roosevelt
for third term"
The platform pledge cited by Col.
onel Bryan is:
/ AoNOA q
term, and to that end we urge th,
adoption of an amendment to tn,
Constitution making the Presiden
of the United states ineligible fol
re-electon and we pledge the eandi
date Of this convention to this prin
ciple."
The first declaration in the plat
form thus adopted is:
I'VE declare it to be a fundamen
tai principle of the Democratic part
that the Federal Government unde
the Constitution has no right or powe
to impose or collect tariff duties ex
cept for the purpose of revenue, an
we demand that the collection of sue
taxes shall be limited to the neces
sites of government honesty an
economically administered.