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
BalOng Begins Every State UniOn But Drift of Senti
men Pointed to Democrats.
WILSON, TAFT AND ROOSEVELT ISSUE LAST ME
Heavy Vote Expected Maryland and Outlook for Plurality of
Not Less Than 10000 for New Jersey Executive One
Of Most Unique in History.

or capture of the legislatures 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 col
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 men who were
active candidates for presidential
nominations early in the sumner,
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
tlonal headquarters has had an or
ganlzed bureau to appeal to women
workers, presided over by women we'll
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 managers at that time simply
treasured his lieutenants in the
State that the nation was prepared to
elect a Democratic President.
LAST MESSAGES OF CANDIDATES.
"Justice will be lifted high in New
Jersey as in the rest of the nation.
We shall have a 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. 'flt 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
ahd Democratic parties, and that a
vote for the third party is half a vote
for the Democrats.
Theodore Roosevelt said: eve
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:
"The choice of a President will be
made between three candidates. either
Mr.. Wilson will be elected for a sim
gle term his platform pledging him
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:
I'VE favor single Presidential
term, and to that end we urge the
adoption of an amendment to the
Constitution making the President
of the United States ineligible for
reelection and we pledge the candi
date Of this convention to this prin-
ciple."
The first declaration in the plat
form thus adopted is:
We declare it to be a fundamen-
tai principle of the Democratic party
that the Federal Government under
the Constitution has no right or power
to impose or collect tariff duties ex.
cept for the purpose of revenue, and
we demand that the collection of such
taxes shall be limited to the neces-
stiles OF government honesty and
economically administered. +"