Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-04

welt was so strong a month ago that
the state was generally conceded to
him, but hard work by both the Re-
publican and Democratic organiza-
tons has evened up the fight and it
appeared today to be anybody's race.
Ohio, the home of the President,
is claimed by the Democrats by the
biggest plurality in it's history. All
of the polls submitted have shown
the Democratic organization reunited
and putting up a strong fight and the
Republican strength almost equally
divided between the regular Repub-
lican organization and its younger
rival, the Bull Moose. But the man
ayers of the Roosevelt candidacy in
sisted today that when the votes are
counted another Democratic dream
will have been shattered while the
men to whom President Taft en-
trusted his campaign say that at the
very last state pride is certain to
prevail and that he will pull through
although by a very small plurality.
The returns from Ohio will probably
be late and the result may be in
doubt until Wednesday.
lllllOlS SGtUlS 10 nave Deeu COu-
coded to Roosevelt during the last
couple of weeks by some of the Re-
publican managers, but, according to
the confidential reports sem to Ma
tional Committeeman Martin Wade,
who has been handling the middle
west fight for the Democrats from
Chicago headquarters, the sentiment
for Wilson has been spreading like
wild fire in the last few days and he
claims the state for the New Jersey
governor by fifty thousand. The
state fight here is most interesting
because of the break that came be-
tween Col. Roosevelt and Governor
Deneen. This is one state that the
silent vote will absolutely decide
and where claims of campaign man.
ayers seem to be based entirely on
hope rather than definite Informal
ton.
Indiana, claimed by the Democrats
even before the campaign opened,
has been the center of great Bull
Moose activity. With former Sena-
tor Beveridge making the fight as
the gubernatorial candidate, and
with a flexible and very strong Or
ganization in every county in the
state, the fight has been very bitter
and it has been only in the last
month that the Taft men have start
ed to fight. The betting favors the
Democrats here, but the silent vote
will be large here also, and in the
final analysis will be the deciding
factor. Michigan and Iowa, because
OF the conditions prevailing, are de-
batable territory in which local mat
tiers will cut a great deal Of ice.
Wisconsin will occupy the center
Of the stage as far as the middle
western states are concerned be-
aus of the attitude taken by Sena-
tor La Toilette. The public an
nouncement by La Toilette that he
would not vote for Taft, Roosevelt
or Wilson divided his followers. The
Roosevelt men have claimed the
state ever since they opened their
campaign, but the Wilson followers
V insisted hat this claim was not
based on facts and have insisted that
most of the La Toilette Progressives
will vote for the Democratic candi-
date. The only thing that seems GER
tain is that the fight in this state is
etWeen the Progressives and Demo-
cratic candidates with the President
certain to run third.
Minnesota, the Dakotas, Kansas.
missouri, Nebraska, Colorado, Mon
tana, Idaho, and Nevada are all
claimed by the Democrats, who say
that the P~rogressives there will split
the regular Republican vote and that