The Washington herald., 1912-10-28

eoming Governor. Bevsridge Il 1rmnine
ahead Of Col Roosevelt; <Just how IA
cannot BE- ascertained, but he = gsner.
ally conceded to draw much Of hi
strength from the Democrats. who hAvs
for years been trying 70 throw OF the
yoke Of the TaSgart machine. Prosrss-
stvss believe that Beverley may h
able to carry wfth him, II he wins, ths
electoral ticket, but straw votes and
the opinions Of political writer's who
| recently have Travelled through the
Hocsier State do not Indicate that this
win work out. always providlag that
the silent vote does not 20 ovsrWhelm-
ingiy for Roosevelt.
Deveriage Leads Colonel.
There 10 on the face good reason why
the silent Democratic contingent In In
diana should not 90 for Roosevelt on
the national ticket, In view Of the fact
that Beveridgs u known to be running
| ahead Of the colonel It 70 reasonable
to suppose that Beveridge In drawing
much Of his strength from the Demo
Gratis, because Of the Taggart issue. It
10 reasonable to suppose also that with
Beveridse to take care Of the TAgEart
issue these Democrats would find no
reason for bolting the ticket further. In
other words. they will be inclined to
s0PpOIt OctetlQBc 8uO WuDOn, p8SIlCu.
lariy AZ Gov. Marshall. Wilson's fun
ming mate. has q very strong personal
following In the Hoosier State. regard.
less OF his former aniliations with Mr.
Taggart and the latter's organization.
Indiana, with her fifteen electoral votes,
u the only one Of the Middle Western
States which the Taft leaders In New
York set down a. doubtful. claiming the
remainder for the President.
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toral college. and In Michigan Roosevelt
is running 20 strongly as to be the bet.
ting favortte over Gov. Wilson. Minne-
sofa Ia fighting ground. with q strong
Progressive vote. The Progressive vote
there. however. is not united on Col.
Roosevelt, while Wilson offers a strong
appeal to many former Republican Pro-
gressives. The feeling Is general that
the largest part Of the Progressive vote
will 90 to Roosevelt. but that very
large part will either stick by Taft. stay
at home, or vote for Wilson. Wilson II
now the favorite, with Taft cunning fair
ly close to the Bull Moose candidate.
Minnesota has twelve votes.
In Wisconsin the situation il compli.
Gated by the attitude Of Senator La Fol-
lette. the father Of the progressive move
ment In that State. and the Republican
leader. Senator La Toilette will not
support Roosevelt. and cannot. from his
past utterances. vote for or advise his
followers to vote for Taft. So he has
announced that he will not vote for any
Presidential candidate, as he will not
sacrifice his party regularity in order
to vote for Wilson.
La Toilette. however. has come out in
support Of the Progressive State ticket,
headed by McGovern, the Progressive
Governor. and McGovern IL supporting
Roosevelt. So here is a State which nor
mally is Overwhelmingly Progressive, in
danger Of casting its electoral vote for
either Taft or Wilson. though Roosevelt
Is by no means eliminated. particularly
in view Of the rush of sentiment which
came to him following the attempt on
his life at Milwaukee. Regular Repub-
Leans Of the old school are In no less
Of a quandary than members Of other
factions. inasmuch as McGovern heads
the regular State ticket, and IL himself
an ardent Roosevelt supporter. WILSON,
sin is looked upon as the prize political
puzzle Of the Middle West. and any one
Of the three big candidates seems to
have fighting chance at her thirteen |
electoral votes.