The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-10-22
TAFT Confident of Reelection.

When President Taft was visiting
his brother in New York Few days
ago the newspaper reporters called
upon him. After a pleasant chat the
President made q formal statement OF
his views on the political situation:
when l declared, few weeks ago,
that felt reasonably sure OF my own
reelection in November, and the sue
cess of the Republican Party, l was
regarded by some, as entirely over
sanguine, and unaware of the sltua-
ton. Today, however, after number
of indications that the Republican
Party is still the dominant party, and
that the expected growth of Democra-
tic strength has failed to materialize,
my early declaration is shown to be
entitled to respect. The Republi-
cans necessarily will have reduced
majority over 1908 because OF the
presence of three tickets in the field,
but the Democratic party will suffer,
also. The combined strength of the
Third Term party will not be enough
to change the ultimate result.
Five or six weeks ago it was as
serted generally that the Republican
Party would secure the vote of the
Solid East, including all of the New
England States, with the exception of
Maine and Vermont that the Democra-
tic Party would maintain its hold on
the Solid South, and that the Third
Term party would secure the Solid
West, leaving only the Middle West as
debatable ground. Today, with the
election still one month away, the Re-
publican Party finds itself with a
strengthened hold on the Solid East,
having routed the Third Term party
In Vermont, and the Democratic Par
ty in Maine. The Third Term leaders
recently conceded that we would pick
the State of Utah out of the Solid
West, and, after comforting with Chair
man Hilles and others recently in the
West. there is every reason to believe
that the Republican Party will carry
Michigan, Washington, Idaho and
Wyoming. Moreover, II the proper
kind of a campaign Is waged, we will
carry Oregon, Kansas and Minnesota
where the Third Term strength has
rapidly waned since the recent toul
through that section by the party''
candidate.
81 am not familiar with the develop
ments in other Western States, al
though many good reports have come
to me at Beverly concerning them
but even with the States already men
toned 1t can be seen that there is nj
longer a Solid West back of the new
party, but, more nearly, Solid Yves
reunited in support of the Republican
ticket. This strength, added to the in
disputable hold on the Eastern States
constitutes, in itself, suficien
strength to give success to the party
1T Is scarcely necessary for me t.
point to the necessity of re-establish
ing a Republican majority In tn,
House of Representatives. If this Il
| done, l feel confident that l will b.
able to have placed ON the statute
| books the workmen's compensation
! law which l urged upon the last ses
sion, but which was sent to oblivion
by the Democratic House. II tn,
country will give the Republican Party
a complete victory in rs COMPRESSION
nj. as well as its Presidential. ticket, I
proper tariff revision will be speedily
sMected, with knowledge Of ths fact
ascertainsd by q tariff commission
which will harm no enc and rsAss'
sts present defsotA."