Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-11-04
RECORD VOTE IN
THREE-CORNERED
FIGHT EXPECTED
Leaders Unusually
Active. in Getting
Men to Polls.
ROOSEVELT ACCUSES
REPUBLICAN OPPONENTS
Declares Aim of Republicans Is
to Defeat Progressive
Candidates.

NEW YORK, Nov 4.--The vote cast
for President at tomorrow's election
throughout the United States will ex-
coed all previous records If today's
predictions are fulfilled. Reports from
all States Indicate intense partisan
ship as the election draws near; an
unusual activity on the part of cam
paign leaders to "get OUT the vote"
and developments in the three-cor-
nered presidential contest which in
dicate determination to bring every
voter to the polls
Colonel Roosevelt. in statement
from oyster Bay today. made the
direct charge that in New York Re-
publican leaders are urging voters to
support Wilson to make the defeat of
Roosevelt certain
The coloneIs statement follows:
Several gentlemen have told me
that severai OF the lesser bosses who
were Barnes's henchmen-Mr. Abe
Gruber. for instance, have recently
been publicly advising their hearers
to vote the Democratic ticket ii they
didn't feel like voting the Republican
ticket. This Is interesting as fresh
proof of how close and intimate the
alliance is between the machines il
they can only beat the Progressives.
Mr.. Gruber's attitude merely Illus
trates what has already been shown
by the conduct of Messrs. Penrose,
Barnes and Crane and the other Re-
publican bosses in New Jersey, IL
linois and Indiana, precisely as in
- taf
they had not the slightest expecta-
ton of winning this election. and that
their one purpose is directly or indi-
rectIy to aid the Democrats In order
that the Progressives may be beaten.
"The financiers and bosses of this
type are really non-partisan in their
feeling. The men mentioned are
nominally Republican In their feel
ings. but they know they can always
make terms with the corresponding
bosses in the Democratic party. II
they cannot keep their own party
under their own control and at the
same time in control Of the nation.
then the next best thing, from thqir
standpoint, is to put the Democratic
boss in control of the nation.
When the Abe Grubers, without re-
gard to party, are both ready and
eager to support either of the old
parties in order to beat the Pro-
gressive movement then it is surely
time for all honest and decent citi-
zens, without regard to their past
political Affiliations, to support the
Progressive party.
This is in no ordinary sense Of the
word a mere partisan movement. 1t
is movement for honesty and de-
cency and for fair play in the world
of industry no less than in the world
of politics, and we have the right to
'appeal to all good citizens to sup
port it."
This statement was met with gen.
eral denials from the Republican
State leaders.
Wilson Wants Full Vote.
From Governor Wilson and from
his New York headquarters came fur
ther admonitions to Democratic lead
ers to get the voters to the polls SO
that the maximum Democratic vote
would be cast
1H6 cAlonl 10 WHlCA tuC OCSAdhiS'
party, with Eugene v. Debs as its
presidential candidate, will cut into
the vote of Taft. Roosevelt and VIII
son has become a matter of lively
conjecture in the committee head
quarters of the latter candidates
The Progressive leaders assert that
the Socialists will poll a heavy vote
drawing largely from the Republi-
can and Democratic ranks.
In the majority of States the polls
will be open between 5 and O'Clock
tomorrow morning. Full reports will
not be available from any section
until after O'Clock eastern timel
in the afternoon, and comprehensive
returns from any States or con-
gressional districts will probably
not be had before 9 or 10 o'clock to-
morrow night. The presidential can
didates have prepared to receive re-
turns from State and local leaders
in all sections of the country.