The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-07
Louisiana Not Protection state.

a association. n II of the first
men to declare for Woodrow Wilson
for president.
Louisiana voters are essentially
democratic. The p~rotectionists in the
state are IL mere handful. They make
Il lot of noise, and that's all. 1t is
true that the faction known as the
protection faction Won in the pri-
maries. but then anything can be
Won in a primary election. The pri-
mary system of nomination, in my
opinion. Is the worst possible system
of nominating candidates for office,
and l think the people generally will
come to this conclusion ere long. The
bosses control h primaries az sure
~ as they ever controlled conven
tons. 1t is certainly he most ex-
pensive system OF nominating candi-
dates that ever was invented.
"Primaries are necessary only in
states where there is an overwhelm-
ing majority for one party. Some
states in the south need primaries.
likewise some states in the north. In
states where the two parties are about
equally divided II there is a strong
independent votes. the partisans Of
the other and put each on its good
behaviour.
Two ears ago. when l was elected
president of the bar association. I
nominated Woodrow Wilson for presi-
dent" said Mr.. Farrar. II was for
him then. as l am now. because I saw
in him h best equipped man for
president in these days. believe he
will be elected. and while l am SEN
sible that the wish may be father to
the thought. l am satisfied that Will
son will win. unless some unlocked
for change occurs to sway the voters
toward another candidate"
Roosevelt to Get Socialist Vote.
If Colonel Roosevelt had not en-
tered the race for the presidency. the
vote since it became a party in this
country" said General Jacob S.
Coxey of Massillon. Ohio. The So
cialist strength has been increasing
in almost every section east n west
by leaps and bounds. In the last on
gressional election the socialist vote
was greater tina it had ever been,
greatly increased in the November
election had not Roosevelt become u
candidate. The former president I'M
doubtedly will get a large number of
votes that would otherwise have gone
to the socialist candidate.
Il cannot predict at this early stage
Of the campaign what the outcome of
SAS A>ONClIlpSl elSSllClI lIldS ne. L uO
not believe anybody can.
In Ohio the situation is so mixed
that nobody a tell what will hap
pen. Roosevelt certainly has a lot
of strength there. and if ne succeeds
in getting a big percentage of the
republican vote, it is not impossible
that the democratic state ticket will
be elected and that the electoral vote
will go to the democratic candidate
for president"
hat the political situation in the
western and southwestern states is
daily growing more favorable to
President Taft. n that if the east
ern states will do their part the presi-
lent will be reelected. is the view
of H. F. MacGregor of Houston, Tex.
mitteeman from the Lone Star state,
who has succeeded Colonel Cecil
Lyon as the head of the republican
organization in Texas.
IF conditions in the east will shape
up as we'll as things in the west are
coming around then we shall re-elect
President Taft" said Colonel Mac
work ahead. but from my view Of
the situation Mr.. Taft is gaining
ground all the time, and will continue
to do so. The result in Kansas and
the steadily growing strength of Mr..
Taft in other western states indicate
that the hysteria that attacked the
voters is subsiding. There is undoubt-
eddy a progressive sentiment in Kan
sas and other states out hat way.
but it is not sentiment for Colonel
Roosevelt. The republican situation
also in Oklahoma, Iowa. and other
states is clearing. with the excellent
prospect that these states will give
Taft their electoral votes.
Texas is and always has been a
Taft state. Colonel Lyons bull moose
convention was held a short time
since and Of 247 counties in the state.
only s~eventy-f1ve were represented.
OF these a majority voted to remain
within the republican party. but with
contested delegations, the Roosevelt
men We're able 20 nominate their can
didates for the state offices and Roose-
Welt electors. Under the Texas law,
the new progressive party must poll
be recognized as a political party.
Therefore, If the progressive vote in
Texas should fall short of that figure.
the new party would cease to be a
party.
Since 1896 the republican vote in
Texas has steadily decreased. In
thai year the vote was $4,000. In
Two AoAl POilcu OC,VvV reDuDIlcan
votes, and in the gubernatorial cleo
ton of 1910 h vote cast for the re-
publican ticket was $4,000. Well
managed. / think it probable tina the
progressive party will get, perhaps,
the required number of votes to con-
tinue as a party. Mr.. Taft will. i n
my judgment. poll in the neighbor-
hood Of $4,000 votes. We shall not
elect any republican congressman in
Texas this year., but we are going to
build up the party. Texas is not so
much a southern state as 1t is a west
ern state. The people are western
people rather than southern people.
and there is hope for the republican
party there"
Referring to The conditions in Mexi-
co. Colonel MacGregor said the peo-
pie of Texas generally support the
president in his attitude not to inter-
vene in Mexico unless 1t should be-
come absolutely necessary.
1T seems to me hat the president
should be given credit for his stand
In the Mexico situation, because II he
should yield to clamor and intervene,
thereby bringing on a war, in ali
probability. 1t would mean his re-
election. He has the courage Of his
convictions. and.all right-minded men
should support him."
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