The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-11-02
Unless All Political Signs Go
for Naught
REPUBLICAN PARTY
To Face Best Welded Forces Of Democra-
cy in so Years Next Tuesday--Much
Interest in Which Candidate
Will Run Second in Race.

Boston, Nov. Pr. L. O'Brien, editor
of the Boston Herald sums up the po'
litical situation as follows;
"Woodrow Wilson will be elected pres.
dent of the United States next Tues
day, unless all signs fail, A divided
Republican party, in Il confessedly Dem
ocratic year, will then go out to meet
the best welded forces of the Democracy
in half century. What else can be ex-
pected but Democratic victoryf
One curious mystery turks in the
situation however, and that is the in.
sistenee by Roosevelt enthusiasts that
their candidate has chance to win.
This would occasion the greatest sur
prise of any event in this country's
history. His success in the spring pri-
maries affords no counterpart, because
that was merely controversy within
the Republican party.
"The great obstacle TO Roosevelt's sue
cess next Tuesday, and the one thing
which puts il seemingly out of the ques-
tion is the solidity of the South for the
Democratic candidate. If the whole coun-
try were open fighting ground, as 1t il
in the North from California to Maine,
il would BE- a fair thesis that with the
gradual whitening OF the Taft candidacy,
as the Bull Moose ailege, and the con-
centration of the vote in consequence
on Wilson and Roosevelt, the latter
might carry as many states as the for
mcr.
"But this is not the situation wit.rt
which Tuesdays battle opens. A great
block of states having material frac
ton OF the total electoral vote are as
good as deposited in Wilson's box al
ready. He needs to get only a rela
lively small fraction of the electoral
votes of the North to bring his total
ever the line. Roosevelt must get all
Of his votes in the North. 1t is, there
fore, three to one shot against him,
even were conditions in other respects
on basis OF equality.
"A book might be complied of the
straw votes which have been taken this
year, in clubs, railroad trains, hotels, |
etc. from one end of the country to the
other. There has been this time the
most astonishing uniformity Of expert !
with support which shows united |
Democracy behind hun. The Republican /
party comes along behind broken pref
" nearly into halves and Roosevelt /
more often leading than Taft.
Massachusetts, il, OF course, an ex-
'eption. Taft has polled far heavier
traw vote here and everywhere else
n New England, except in Maine.
people do not sufficiently realize that
Democratic victory was due anyhow,
lad there been no split in the Republi
an party occasioned by Roosevelt's ac-
ivities.
at is widely reported in several of
he western states that the Republican
eaders are already giving the hint TO
heir followers to vote for Wilson to
revcnt the success of Roosevelt This
sord has been passed out in very inau-
initial quarters in Kansas Ii is the pre-
aling tip of the Penrose organization,
ven in Pennsylvania.
1T IS the open policy of the Taft men
4 California. They are SO enraged over
heir exclusion from the ballot that they II
re going to vote for Wilson Even Hi
anu Johnson's own father. Grove l.. /.
one OF the most brilliant ora {
ors ever heard in the Congress OF the !
'nited States. announces that, as an
ld-tme Republican. he has decided to
ote for Wilson. This diversion of
frength viii have unfortunate effects
! the rating of the two minority lead
rs. q
"The extent of such throwing OF
epubliean votes to Wilson depencs on 4
oel conditions. I
"The results of the election will pre- a
mt an extraordinary 'miN-up,' with ~
.ates and three parties, and local, con- '
n