The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-10-03
DAILY DEMOCRATIC
NEWS LETTER
(By Paul Mondou)

Chicago, H.. Oct, 5. - Political
prophets who write pieces for the pa
per have way of tossing states back
and forth from one party column to
the other, but they usually ledge their
prophecies about by saving IFS" and
"howevers. In this campaign all po-
litical signs fail and we must take
facts as we find them and judge them
not by the traditions of the past, but
in the light of conditions unexampled
in the history of American politics.
This, too, in states where republi-
can majorities are a. matter of inher-
itance. For example, Illinois. | have
been pretty well over this state and
men of al classes of life and every
field of endeavor have been quizzed
in the search for data, on which an
intelligent, fair and unprejudiced sur
vey of the present situation might be
predicted.
Wilson should carry Illinois. This
is a surprising statement to make,
perhaps, especially when one recol-
lects that this state has given its elec-
toral vote consistently to the republi-
can party since 1892. In that year
Grover Cleveland broke through the
great wall and captured the state for
the democracy No democrat has ac-
complished the feat since that time.
But with all the tangle the present
campaign presents, the sooner the
country recognizes that which the
signs portend the more comforting it
will be to everyone in the final analy-
sis Whether one is an out-andout
admirer of Woodrow Wilson or not,
the fact remains that he is the one
big candidate in the field.
Roosevelt has the enthusiasm. Taft
has the, organization. Wilson has
both, and more, for Roosevelt cannot
organize his enthusiasm nor can Taft
enthuse his organization. 1t has been
in the air for weeks, this Wilson SEN
timent, but it has never reached the
strength of the past few days. The
democratic cause is gaining daily in
most unexpected places as well as in
those places where its strength should
be. This is not true of the republican
or the progressive parties.
T., ,,,o.t of ,na oounf;ac IN Illinois
the progressives are conceded to have
drawn anywhere from 20 to 60 per
cent of the republican strength. But
in no county has there been made ap-
parent desire by democrats to do
other than vote for the democratic
ticket from top to bottom.
The natural result will be that VIII
son will carry some counties normally
republican. This will be true in the
northern part of the state, in and
around Will and McHenry counties In
the southern part of the state from
Sangamon county south the counties
are normally democratic, so the only
problem which will be presented to
the democratic leaders in that section
will be to hold the normal democratic
vote.
When the word is passed along with
the necessary authoritative indorse-
ments and the apparent signs point
unmistakaby. the party in whose
favor the signs point will have no diff
Guilty in holding its strength. This
is matter of history, not specula-
ton. There is no one keener in catch
ing the winged breath of victory than
the humble winged worker way off
somewhere in an obscure town. No
less keen, of course, are the humble
workers in the large cities. No party
can exist without humble workers.
They are the men who go to the
polls and vote, and the democratic
party has greater number of these
men in its ranks than have either the
republican or the progressive party.
They constitute the mass of toilers
manning our factories and tilling our
soil 1t is their great problem to live
and have their right of wage pro-
tected and guaranty of safety placed
around their homes.
The republican party in its admin.