New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-16
Reports from All Parts Of the
Country Show the Political
Swing Is Favorable to
His Candidacy.
TIRED OF THIRD TERMERS
Novelty of the Movement Has
Worn Off, While Wilson Has
Failed to Meet Expecta-
tions of His Party-Re-
ports from the States.

frror staff Correspondent Of The Tribune
Beverlv. Mass. Sept. 15.-The tide
has turned. President Taft is coming
info his own. The novelty Of the third
..rr, movement has worn off and, as
vas expected. the political pedagogue
cbosen at Baltimore hassfailed to meet
,h. evnectations of his own party or
- that great army of independent
,.,tors ON whom. i'm the last analysis,
denend the verdict of the electors. This
:. the conclusion drawn by President
Taft and those close to him from the
ronorts which have reached him from
al sections of the country during the
last few days.
Not alone do. the national headquar-
ters al New York and Chicago report a
radical change in popular sentiment
hut state chairmen and local observers,
writing from all parts of the country
confirm the assertions Of the ~enerais
Of the Republican army. From Ne"
York CITY alone are the reports dis
couraging, and there, it is conceded
the nomination Of oscar 5. Straus has
lent strength To the Third Term party,
although il has discouraged both Re
publicans and Democrats, from whose
ranks alike Mr.. Straus is expected 70
draw many votes.
From the headquarters in New York
Chairman HiHes reports many highly
favorable indications. From Chicago
come like reports from National Com
nlitteeman Mulvane and Representa-
tive Diekema. From Washington Ma
tional Committeeman Perkins tele-
graphs in the most encouraging tone,
and from Los Angeles il is learned that
the conduct of the Third Term party in
the recent local election there was
such as to disgust and ALLEVIATE many
who had purposed TO support Roose-
Welt and Johnson. marked ballots being
employed At most of the polling places.
From Chicago comes the following
from one Of the heads of the Organiza-
ton:
| have been here since Monday and
have spent most of my time looking over
The field and getting ready To help TO
push along the organization. am sat
ished thai they are doing everything
they can TO push the cause along. | be
lievc in the last two weeks the situa-
ton all over - getting better, and
know IL is in Indiana.
They are working like dogs down there
al the time and surely deserve TO win
from the amount of work they are doing.
L. II. Schmidt, Of indianapolis,
writes
A. 20 the political situation. We arc
making headWaN and very substantial
lot Of it our business people are now
falling i'm line. and ] know a number or
Instances whore their employees ale dong
likewise. Prosperity talk aud letting
well enough alone appear TO be the meat
Of their argument. Anon" the farmers
the high prices they have received Tor
lhcir products tho last few Years are
holding them iU line. our local pucS-
tiopS arc being slowly SubOrdinated 10
Tho big questions Of protective tariff pol
Icy aud consequent prosperity. " ~
Still too early and too mixed to make
dehnit. estimate. but believe We can
carry the state FOR TAFT our Bun
Moose friends are no longer - noisy as
formerly. seeming TO have lost a good
deal OF their outhusis ~m. Doubtless
they are waking to the impossibility OF
RooseyeltS election Since our state
convention our fellows have donucd their
fighting clothes and il is really surpris-
ing the progress We have made.
Hopeless for Third Termers.
The Maine and Vermont elections
hopelessncss Of victory for the Third
Term party and TO prove that the OK
Iected Democratic landslide will not
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