The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-10
Predicts a taft yIctorv

Predicts q Taft Victory.
rake 1t from me. President Taft is
gong to be reelected" declared Ar
thur Hendricks. a leading republican
politisian OF the Pacific coast. Il have
Just finished a trip that took me
through nearly every state in the west
and southwest, and ] am now going in
to New England. I have never in all
my political experience observed so
great a change in the sentiment of
voters as has occurred in the last
month. Four weeks ago Taft appear
ed to have little or no chance of carry
ing several states in the western
n notably KaKnsas. North Dako-
ia. Wisconsin and Iowa. Today there
is every indication that the president
VIII &c the electoral votes of these
states. This change has been brought
ABOUT largely by the extreme utter
ances of Col. Roosevelt. Numerous
times men nave said to me that the
FORMER president must take all the
people OF the United States for serfs,
ana they declare hat they will not
submit to the dictatorship Of the form
er rough rider. whose popularity in
the west at one time was unbounded.
her is one state. I believe,
roosevelt will carry, and that is Cali.
fornia, but it will not be due so much
% the popularity of Roosevelt as to
the popularity Of Gov. johnson. john
son IS IN complete control Of the or
ganization and he has made a hit with
the voters, who are beyond any aues-
ton the most extreme in their ideas
OF progressiveness of any state. Cali
fornia Is willing to try anything once.
and they are bent upon trying Roose-
velt for a third term. There is a feel
Ing among the best element in the
state that Taft should get the vote Of
California, for they give him credit
Tor having sent the Panama-Pacifc
exposition to San Francisco, and they
are grateful for it, as Gov. johnson
once declared himself to be-"
Got Worried Over Vermont Result.
There's no denying that the result
OF the state election in Vermont has
some Of the republican leaders wor-
ried," remarked j. j. Montague. a
prominent lawyer Of Montpelier. Il
was not surprised at the result, and
l am not discouraged over President
Iaft's chances. I believe there is not
the slightest doubt that the president
VIII carry Vermont in November, and
oy q majority that will be a surprise
to the p~rogressives. The size Of the
progressive vote. in my Judgment,
was not due to Roosevelt's popularity
or to a desire to support the progress
siVe party, but rather to the exceed
ing popularity of the progressive can
didate, the Rev. DR.. Metzger. DR..
Metzger received the votes Of hum
dreds of republicans who undoubtedly
will vote for President Taft in No
vember. Many of them told me that
while they voted for DR.. Metzger, they
cast their ballots for Taft in
the national election.
Q course, the striking feature Of
the Vermont election was the increase
In the democratic vote, and II this
spells anything. 1t is that the demo-
cratic vote throughout the United
States Will be large this ear I doubt
very much II Gov. Wilson car carry
enough states to insure him the neces-
sary 266 electoral votes, and among
politicians with whom 1 have talked
the impression seems to be growing
that the election Of the next president
may be thrown into the house Of rep-
resentatives-and then, nobody can
tell what will happen"