The Sentinel=record., 1912-11-05
THE ELECTION TO-DAY

The people Of the United States. the worlds foremost nation, will today make their selection for chief ex ecutive for the next four yeass--ana as in the past. the American people may be relied on to perform that mis- sion we'll
 Tho campaign has been q strenuous une--at least was at white heat up 'o that unforeseen incident in Milwaukee, when Rnoserelt shot :a.:s:s. assa fis ;;ii ;.ss caly incapacisated from keeping up the dizzy pace he had set.
 Not half the things the candidates are accused of are true, in fact muca sillification has been induIged in. and such sillifIcation is not justified
 WiIscn. Taft and Roosevelt, all big men, have presented their views Wilson represents more than the Democratic platform for he has theo ries and ideas of his own and he ex- pounds these to the plaudits of thous- ands.
 President Taft and Roosevelt have waged fight between themselves. Theirs is fight for controI of the Re.
 
 publican organization. In fighting for control of that organization they have made tt valueIess prize. for the par ty may never recover from the blow dea3t it
 Everywhere it Is conceded thas Wilson has far the best chance of win. ming in the issue of ballots today. The South will give Wilson the usual ma. Nrlty probably larger majority than it has been giving the Democrat ic ticket in recent campaigns.
 Wilson has whole lot of strength in the East, and has an equal chance to carry New York. The split in Ohio gives him chance in that state. In diana and Illinois with their normal Republican vote split may fall to MT. Wilson. These states and the South are about suclcient
 The West is an uncertain quantity. MT Roosevelt has waged a great cam paign for western support. He has always lauded the western people. An easterner himself he has typificd the western spirit, and the western pco- pie like him. They may support nin Heartily in states claimed by both Wilson and Taft
 The returns may show a landslide. Elections. like jury yerdicts, are un- certain things If there is landslide nobody can guess which way it will trend The Democrats claim that f will be to Wilson, and even now some of the leaders are calming a malors- ty vote in every state in the union. oi course taking into consideration the split Republican vote
 The administration candidate Pres. Taft. has followers who believe the landslide will come their way. They believe the American people. always heretofore willing to give a presiden, a second term. viii vote for Taft as 2 compliment to his spendid efforts ana as a rebuke to those who have at lacked him.
 The progressiycs. headed by Roose- welt are also looking for the landslide to come their way It will not De dit. ticuit this morning to find Progres sives who are thoroughly confident that the people will rally around the fag of their great hero and put Roosevelt back in the white house.
 So there you are. But the day will be short, and the predictions will De justified CT reversed early this eve ming. h some of the states where tbey have modern methods of count ing ballots the returns will be indi- catcd by the time the polls close By 70 o'clock tonight the people should have 2 pretty good idea who Is to stand at the helm Of government four years after the 4tb day of next Marcn.
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 Wonder if the ends will justify the odds.