Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-09-25

from different parts of the county and
give me encouraging, reports. There
is no fight on tho county ticket and
we will elect every man nominated.
am more especially pleased at the way
matters are shaping up on the head OF
the ticket. Money is begging TO be bet
that Taft will carry Oregon"
A representative of State Commit
teeman Turner made a special tour Of
western oregon as far south as Rose
burg this week to feel the political
pulse. while a month ago Taft did
not have look in on carrying Oregon,
conditions have changed" he reported
to Mr., Turner. To-day the columns
of figures from the western Oregon
counties would stand pretty nearly
even as between Taft, Roosevelt and
Wilson. Sentiment has changed ia.
yorably to Taft. Wilson is as strong
as ever, but is not making any gains.
His Republican support has reached
It's highest mark. In bidding for Pro-
gressiye support he is dividing q radi-
cal element with Roosevelt and driv-
ing conservative Republicans, Demo-
Gratis, and Independents to Taft. Taft
will get the solid, sound-money, gold
standard Cleveland Democrats. Taft
will get almost every German-Ameri-
can vote in Oregon. That vote was
largely for Roosevelt in the primaries,
Since coming west Roosevelt has de-
clared openly for woman suffrage and
there was not a German voter In the
Bull Moose state convention the other
day at Salem. | talked with hundreds
of German voters from Portland to
Roseburg and not one voluntarily said
word in favor of Roosevelt, where
four months ago they were for him to
man. Wilson has no support to
speak of among Germans. While he is
now for local option, he is known to
have Strong leanings toward blue laws
and has talked for prohibition in the
past. Bryan's championship of VIII
sen puts that beyond controversy. Taft
will get the solid support of Catholic
voters, not as a religious proposition,
but because of his broad views and
freedom from sectarian alliances and
entanglements. He has bid for no
church support but is sound on
church-and-state views.
Wilson will lose the Italian vote and
while attacking European immigra-
tlon, has offered no practical solution
of the problem. The employers of la
Dor are silently slipping everything
over into the Taft camp. Business
men prefer the slow-going solid poll
cies, the big judicial mind, and broad
diplomacy that has built for interna-
tional peace and under which our for
eign trade has expanded. Peace with
the world, prosperity at home, respect
and goodwill abroad, are insured by
Taft's reelection and mean more to
business conditions than anything else,
THE American minister in Mexico
giving that perilous republic thirty
days TO suppress the rebellion was a
masterstroke of administrative poll
tics. 1t means more coming from cool
level-headed Taft at the national cap
ital than any amount of political blus-
ter on the frontiers Of Arizona and
New Mexico. In retiring such leaders
as Bourne, Mulkey and 0lcott, and
taking up with men like Lafferty
Burke and others, Progressivism has
lost hundreds of votes in every county
in western oregon. Bourne, Mulkeq
and olcott are organizers and each
has a large personal following Each
has made good with the people for
Progressive policies, but were slaugh-
tered by men with grievances.