Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-02
REMARKABLE CAMPAIGN NFARS
AN END; INTEREST CENTERS
IN PRESIDENTIAL RACE

New York, Nov. 2.-With the close Of
the last week before election, the last
week of one of the most remarkable
political campaigns the country has
ever known, little is left to be done
but to indulge in forecasts and wait
for the returns. As the saying is. it's
all over but the shouting. Nobody
knows as yet who will do the shout
ing, but the minds Of the people are
made up. the campaign is at an end,
and the election of Tuesday will only
be to secure an official record of a
decision already made.
Five national conventions have NOM
mated candidates for president and
vice president of the United States.
William Howard Taft of Ohio and
James S. Sherman Of New York were
renominated for president and vice
president respectively: by the Republic
cans at Chicago Woodrow Wilson of
New Jersey and Thomas r. Marshall
Of Indiana were named by the Demo-
cratic convention at Baltimore. The
new Progressive party in convention at
Chicago, nominated Theodore Roose-
welt of New York for president and
| Hiram w. johnson Of California for
vice president. The Prohibitionists at
their convention at Atlantic City put
up Eugene w. Chain of Illinois for
president and Aaron S. Watkins OF
Ohio for vice president. The Socialist
party at Indianapolis brought out the
names of Eugene V. Debs of Indiana
for president and Emil Seidel of Wis.,
consin for vice president.
1 Of q
sundering of political ties as does not
often occur in America, but 1t is al
referable to so-called "progressivism,'
just as slavery was responsible for the
diverse tickets in 1860 and the none
tary question for the split-up Of the
Democratic party in 1895.
The Democrats this year present
more united front than for many years
past. Though the campaign that pre-
coded the Baltimore convention was al
exceedingly spirited one. 1t APPARENT!
left no bitterness, for the restoration
Of harmony was almost instantaneous
Within a week after the delegates ad
tourned at Baltimore the several far
lions had come together with the singh
purpose OF electing the national ticket
The unsuccessful opponents of Wilson
at Baltimore took to the stump In hi
behalf and the Bryanites and anti
Bryanites OF the olden days have re
peatedly spoken from the same plat
form during the campaign that ha
just closed.
The Republican party on the othe
hand, has found itself divided for tn
first time since the civil war. TIL
''insurgents" who bolted the Republi
can national convention at Chicag
after the denomination of Presiden
Taft met in the same city a few week
e later and formed the Progressive part!
e Colonel Theodore Roosevelt. who ha
3 fought vainly to secure the regular
g Republican nomination, was named 70
t Lpresident, and Governor Johnson O
California was selected as his runnin
0 mate
h The situation on the Republican sid
then became complicated by the fac
that the political affiliations of tn
electors in many states were IN douD
!, being claimed by both the Taft an
2 Roosevelt factions. The electoral con
troversies were finally settled In
s manner more or less satisfactory
8 both sides. though new and more SER
: GUS perplexities may result from III
8 same source in case the balloting
: close next Tuesday.
A court decision has left TAFT with
out representation on the electors
ticket in California. where the Roost
lvelt electors appear as Republicans.
|. Oklahoma the two Roosevelt electol
appearing on the Republican tick'
have agreed to vote for Taft II he cal