The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-10-12
SAYS ROOSEVELT IS
SWEEPING COUNTRY
Vice Chairman Mccormick Sat-
iSfied With the Situation
in Minnesota.

to Chicago after spending Friday In
st. Paul and Minneapolis looking over
the situation in this state. II came
up here under the impression that you
needed extra help to carry the state
for the Progressive ticket. My infor.
nation was faulty, for the situation in
Minnesota Is as promising as in any
state have visited, and have visited
many Of the states.
What is the outlook? Fine and as
surfing. You have been having a few
differences of opinion on minor mat
tiers, and in that respect are no differ
ent from other states where Roose-
welt sentiment is strong. These diff
ferences have been magnified by news
paper reports, and when you run them
down they amount to very little and
have no bearing on the success Of the
Progressive cause.
1T is the history of new political
movements that men differ on minor
matters, but where they have some
thing tangible to fight for, you find
them standing together In the real
night. That IL the situation in Min
nesota, as see it, and the same state.
ment prevails throughout the nation.
The Progressive party is not in shape
to muzzle individual opinion, nor does
It want to-"
Mr.. Mccormick said Roosevelt will
carry Illinois by 100000, the Progress
sives will sweep Indiana and carry
Vermont, Connecticut and Utah,
which, with the exception Of Indiana,
the Taft men are claiming.
Mr.. Mccormick met with members
Of the campaign committee and the
state situation was thoroughly dis
cussed. 1t was agreed that the fight
in Minnesota be made for the entire
Progressive ticket.
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p. v. Collins, Progressive candidate
for governor. has received a telegram
from Colonel Roosevelt endorsing The
Minneapolis mans candidacy for gov.
ernor. Colonel Roosevelt said:
Il congratulate you on your nomina.
ton on the Progressive state ticket
for governor. feel that in the name
OF Progressive principles and in the
Lame OF decency and honesty in pol
itics we have the right to appeal to
oil good citizens, to all upright and far.
seeing men and women to support the
national and state Progressive tickets
In this campaign
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the senate committee investigating
campaign contributions, in session at
Washington, in the opinion of Mime
sofa Progressives Is one Of the biggest
assets Of the campaign. On the wit
ness stand an entire day, Colonel
Roosevelt was explicit and forceful in
refutation of the Penrose.Archbold
charges. He declared that Senator
Penrose should be unseated by the
senate because of his relations with
the Standard Oil company, and de.
handed that the committee investigate
Republican and Democratic campaign
funds before election. Our CON-
plant" he said, lis not that we were
called here, but that the men who
made the charges were not called
first"
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II was announced from New York
that Colonel Roosevelt will again visit
Minnesota before election. He will
speak at Duluth Oct. TO-.
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Petitions placing in nomination Pro
gressive candidates for state Offices
were fled with the secretary of state
Saturday, petitions for presidential
electors being filed at the same time.
The filing of these petitions completes
all preliminary work of the campaign,
and from now on the state committee
will pay undivided attention to pro-
noting the success Of the entire ticket.
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The official canvass OF the primary
vote, completed last week, concededly
shows the strength of Progressive
principles with Minnesota voters. Pol
iticians have settled down to a calm
analysis Of the figures, and the con-
clusion is that Minnesota is Progress
sive and will remain so. The total
Republican vote on governor was 1884,
OCT, Eberhart getting 62,40S, the other
100, 665 votes going to the progressive
candidates, amounting to nearly two
thirds protest within the party against
standpatism. The Democrats made
such a poor showing that talk Of car
rying the state. for Wilson has abated.
The total Democratic vote approx
mated $1,000 Something like $4,000
voters did not attend the primaries.
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Progressives at state headquarters
are enthusiastic over the result Of .
presidential poll of thirty-six states
made by the New York Herald. SEN
ator Dixon, chairman Of the national
committee, said when the figures were
announced: "The we'll known hostil.
ity of the Herald to the election of
Roosevelt will leave no suspicion that
he was favored II the poll means
anything, II means the election Of
Roosevelt and Johnson"