Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-11-02

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The victory is won mo matter how
the election goes.
Burlington, Vt-To the surprise Of
old party politicians, even to the Pro-
gressives themselves, Roose yelt is
leading in the straw votes in this
State.
Polls Indicate great increase in the
Progressive vote since the gubernato-
rial election in September, when the
new party, without organization. polled
1880 votes and threw the election
into the Legislature, the Republican
nominee, Fletcher having failed to OBJ
tain a majority. Fletcher polled 25,-
900 votes and the Democratic nominee
10000
The Essex Publishing Company
state has taken straw vote of the
towns of Essex. so goes the the State
And, further as shows tremendous
strength for the Progressive party.
Essex is a strong Republican town. It
has been said as goes Essex. so goes
the State. And further, as goes Yer
mont, so goes the nation
Return postal cards were sent to
every voter in Essex and 277 were re-
turned with the following result.
Roosevelt, Progressive. .... ,11S
Taft Republican ..........10 9
nGba Socialist
Wilson, Democrat ........ SO
Chahn, Prohibitionist. .......
Big Gain Over September.
This is more than two-thirds of the
vote of the town, which may be com
pared to township in Pennsylvania.
At the September State election, the
Progressive candidates received only
II votes, the Republican PAS and the
Democratic 100 This straw vote shows
big Progressive gain and a big loss
for both the Republicans and Demo
Gratis On this basis of this gain the
vote of Essex in November would be:
Roosevelt ..........,,.........
Taft ........=......... .167
Wilson ................... 70
1t is evident that large number of
Republicans voted the Democratic
ticket in September and Wilson is not
going to hold the vote that went to
Howe the Democratic nominee for
governor
I'm Essex this straw vote shows a
Progressive gain of "a per cent a
Republican loss of 10 per cent. and a
Democratic loss of 5 per cent
Analysing this straw vote it shows
that the chief gain for Roosevelt
comes from the farmers. The first
postal cards that came in We're large
~ for TAFT those coming from Essex
Junction village. But when the voters
outside were heard from the tide
changed very quickly. Every lot of
cards from the r, F. D. routes showed
big Progressive following The viii
lagos and the politicians are going to
support the regular Republican ticket.
but the farmers back by the hillside
are strong for Roosevelt.
In carrying out the percentage of
gain in Essex of this straw vote over
that of the State election and apply
ing it to the State, the result in Yer
mont would be:
Roosevelt ...........,....,..29,40O
Wilson OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 5000
Taft NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1890
1t is evident, though, that this would
not be possible because tahe east
side" voted strongly Progressive last
September
other PoIs Favor T, R.
other towns in the vicinity Of Essex
show strong Roosevelt sentiment par
ticularly Milton, which has a Roose-
welt club OF 612 Even If Milton polls
only 1876 votes for the Progressive can
didate as against GA in September, this
show about the same proportional gain
as Essex.
The result of the postal card vote
of Grand Isle town shows ever larger
percentage Of gain for Roosevelt than
Essex About one-third of the cards
were returned from Grand Isle with
the following result:
Roosevelt .......... O9
TAFT ..,....-...........,.,.
Wilson ....................
AT the September election the Re
publicaus had Is votes in Grand Isle,
the Democrats "a and the Progressiyes
only 49,
With only a third of the town heard
from Roosevelt gets more actual votes
than were cast for Metzger, the Pro-
gressive nominee in September This
result shows a Progressive gain of so
per cent. a Republican loss of II per
cent and a Democratic loss of IL per
cent
on this basis. with all The other
towns and cities Of the State voting
the same as Grand Isle, Roosevelt
would have more than 10000 votes al