The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1912-11-05
WHAT We ARE
VOTING FOR TODAY
The Presidency the Center Of
Interest,"
ELEC1lNG MANY GOVERNORS
n Thirty States Legislatures Are Be-
inc Chosen, Which Will In Turn
Choose senators-voting In Forty
eight States.
By ARTHUR w. DUNN.

Washington, Nov. 5.-[Special.I-
The American people today are decid-
ing who shall be their chief magistrate
for the next four years and will at
the same time give into the hands OF
one of three political parties the con-
troll of the government.
l say three political parties, al
though the Progressive organlzatlon
is generally considered to be but
faction of the Republican party, draw
ing only small per cent OF its
strength from the Democracy.
But under three different party
names three different candidates are
before the people, each believing that
he will be elected and each an import
ant factor in determining the result.
And tonight we shall know all about
it, and on a thousand screens will be
flashed the figures of the election now
in progress. Upon those same screens
will be picture of the next president
of the United States. Will it be VIII
son, Roosevelt or Taft?
The most important event in poll
tics this year was the split In the Re
publican ranks, raising the hopes OF
Democracy and causing correspond
ing depression among Republicans
who really wanted to win. When the
Republicans assembled in Chicago to
name a candidate the intense feeling
of bitterness was everywhere appar-
ent, and from the time the national
committee began to decide the con-
tests until Taft and Sherman were de-
clared the nominees there was such a
division as to darken the November
outlook.
Roosevelt, who had been president,
elected by the Republicans; Taft, who
was president, elected by the Republi-
cans, created a novel spectacle in con-
tending for the Republican nomination
and presented an astonishing political
situation when heading rival tickets
and leading rival factions in the race
for the presidency.
In a convention with many posi-
bilities for disruption, where fierce
denunciation and abuse of Democrats
personally and New York Democfncy
collectively filed the air the p1rty
which SO long had been dfvfded 1Es1Sd
upon candidates and adjourned In har
mony. While the bitterness of defeat
ranked in the minds of those who
saw victory almost in sight, they con-
graduated the winner and promised
him their support.
Arthur Brisbane, the famous New
York editor, builded better than he
imagined when he facetiously called
Theodore Roosevelt the bull moose
during the Republican convention.
The name stuck. For some reason 1t
proved attractive, wiped out the Teddy
bear and was adopted by the follow
ers of the militant colonel and became
the badge of the party as we'll as the
voting emblem.
The bull moose has taken it's place
with the G. o. P. elephant, the Demo
cratic donkey and other members of
the political zoo. We are yet SO near
the cave man and savage that We
make animals our emblems and sym
bols. And the bull moose serves as
well as another for the Progressive
party. Should Theodore Roosevelt
win or be second in the race after the
votes are counted tonight the bull
moose will be very important factor
in national politics of the future.
For the first time forty-eight states,
embracing all the contiguous territory
of the United States, are voting to
day for president. The people are
electing 531 electors, of whom a ma
jority is 266, and these electors will
choose the president and vice presi
dent for the next four years.
In thirty states legislatures will be
elected which will choose senators,
three >of the states, Illinois, Idaho and
Colorado, choosing two on account Of
vacancies. The political complexion
of the United States senate will be
determined by today's election.
A house of representatives of 435
members, the largest ever known, will
be elected today, with the exception
81 two in Vermont and four in Maine
already elected. 1t has been the his
tory of eelctions that the house al
ways goes with the presidency.
The following states are to elect
governors: Arkansas, Colorado, Con
necticut, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, IL
linois, Indiana, Iowa, Kanas, Maine.
Massachusetts, Michigan, Minneso a,
Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New
Hampshire, New York, North Caro-
iina, North Dakota, Rhode Island.
South Carolina. South Dakota, Ten
nessee, Texas, Utah, Washington,
West Virginia, Wisconsin and Ari-
Zona.
What will make the campaign of
1912 memorable is the fact that threa