Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-11-01
N, 7. HERALD SUNS UP
PRESIDENTIAL VOTE

noticeably, and Mr.. Roosevelt
gaining.
President Taft has fallen off
slightly, and is now just where
he was on October 6. Mr.. Roose-
yelt has gained, and is back
where was on the same date. He
had slumped slightly in the
tables of October 13 and 20. Gov.
Wilson has fallen off, and is at a
point lower than any time,
though still we'll in the lead.
THREE PULLING FEATURES
Three of the puzzling features
of the campaign, all of whic
may cut far deeper than now ap-
pears, are:
The great silent vote in the
Republican party.
Inability to gague the extent
of the Progressive sentiment,
which is without doubt very
strong.
Impossibility of telling just
how far the back to Taft and
nrosoeritv" movement NAV ex-
tend.
The situation is most interest.
ing. 1t is being watched as have
the Developments of no CAM
paign in a generation. While
on the surface every thing APP
pears very clear and almost GER
tain at the present moment, GER
tain influences and agencies now
at work may lead to vital chan
ges. This, however, is not
looked for by the political chief
tains. AS a rule, they believe
that Urey Woodson's famons
declaration of 1904" the hogs
eye is sot," applies to the situa-
ton.
Up to the present time, 27O, 933
ballots have been taken in IS
States. They range from the
Pacific coast to Main and from
Missouri to South Dakooa and
Montana. Of this total Coy.
Wilson has received 11O,933,
Mr.. Roosevelt has received 49,.
SIS, and Mr.. Taft has 58,413 to
his credit.
Of the IS States in which these
votes were Gov, Wilson leads in
Fl, Mr.. Roosevelt in 5-Califor.
mia, Michigan, Washington.
Idaho, aud 1llinois-and Presi-
deni Taft in New Hampshire,
Rhode Island. Utah, and Wyom'
ing.
Of the IS States from which
the test ballots have been
taken, Mr.. Rooveve1t runs second
in FL, Gov. Wilson in 9, and the
President in S, The latter five
are Massachusetts,, New Mexico,
Wisconsin, Ohio, and Colorado.
DEMOCRATS EVERYWHERE CON.
FIDENT.
Some of the more enthusia site
Democratic managers assert that
Coy. Wilson will carry 40 States.
The Roosevelt leaders are fight.
ing desperately. but not with
any great expectation of winning
They hope to land in second
place and defeat the President
Republican managers are work
ing wit h more zeal than at any
other time in the campaign,
They are proclaiming in all de-
batable States that the defeat Of
Taft means industrial chaos.
TAFT DRIFT IN BIG STATES.
The drift" to Mr.. TAFT has
shown itself in parts eff New
England, in New Jersey,in Penn.
lsylvania, and in some sections Of
| the West, but it is in States
where the President has, accord.
ing to best. information, only the
!slenderest possible chance Of
winning. Republican managers
see in it cause for encourage.
ment. Some of them declare
that the President Will make
magical gains during the coming
week. Others say that the feary
the tide has turned too late.
They express but the slightest
hope that the President can
overcome the current which has
been running against him, and
that he will 90 we'll to pass
Roosevelt and land in second
place.
A significant feature of the
Herald's canvass to date is that
the test ballots in all States are
in nearly every instance borne
out BY the report of the staff men
who were sent into the different
Commonwealth to feel OUT
the sentiment.