The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1912-11-04

trot ot thv tcxtntnture touoWthk t"s
election OF Governor plx. the,
amended the stats election Law %
that = separate ballot 10 provided fo'
the prssldentiai electors and tho stats
ticket. THIS was 10 "savs" the ticket
In presidsntiAl year. whom the "coru
aslds" voted their full strength rc'
publican. With the split In tho re'
publican party the democrats have
greatly rssrsstsd the new law. and 4
may complicate tho result 80 far NJ
the slats ticket II concerned. ~ Il
makes splittins easy.
Roosevelt. Wilson and Taft man
asers have been claiming psnnsyl'
vania because Of the mixed up con-
!. ditions prevailing thcrc. II seems
certain NO matter what tho outcome
on the national ticket may be. that
the republican state ticket will BE-
elected. whils the asht on national
issues u thres-cornercd. on the state
ticket u is only n two-handed con-
:'ict. aud the democratic statc man
ayers privately have admitted that
only a landslids will pull their ticket
through.
Delaware and Maryland are dsbat-
abls ground. ~ In former yeArs. al
though the democratic organizations
arc more united than ever before.
and Mcconbs insists that his reports
show . swssplng democratic victory
certain. 30 far - New sJrssy 10 con.
cernsd. although the bull moose sen
eimsat has been very strong here.
the general expectation OF the cam
palgn manasers has bcen that local
pride viii rssult In GovsrAor Wilson
polling = plurality VI the vote. and
getting the states representation In
the electoral college.
Il 10 not bslisved there viii b. any
break 10 the Solid South. The hui.
moose leaders have been claiming
that they would make great inroads
on the democratic control In Georgia.
North Carolina and fenncssee. but
privately the managers have admitted
that they did not get started early
enough this year to sweep the control
away from the democrats.
wsst Virginia is In the doubtful
column. and the silcnt vote here will
decide. The sentiment fos Roosevelt
~as % strong . month ago that the
state was generally conceded to him.
but hard work By both tho republican
and democratic organizations has ev-
ensd up the nghs. and it appeared to-
cay 10 b anybody's rses.
OAio. the homs Of the president. 10
claimed by the democrats by the big
gsst plurality In in history. AL Of
The polls subnittsd have shown the
democrats osGaniNsios ssunitsd and
putting up . strong dsht. and the rs-
publican strength almost equally d.
sided between the regular republican
Organization and its younger rival.
the bull moose. But the managers
Of the Roosevelt candidacy insisted
today that whom the votes arc count
I'd another democratic dream" will
have been shattered. while the hsn to
whom President Taft entrusted his
campaign say that at the very last
state pride IL certain TO prevail. and
that he will pull through. although BY
q very small plurality. The returns
from Ohio will probably be late. and
the result may be In doubt until
Wednesday.
Illinois seems TO have been conced-
Cd 70 Roosevelt during the last cou-
r,e Of weeks BY some Of tho rspub-
liean managers. but. according 10 the
eonfdsntial reports sent 10 National
Committeeman Wade. who has oecn
handling the Middle West nght Tor
the democrats from Chicago bead
quarters. the sentiment for Wilson
has been spreading like wiidnrs In
the last few days. and hs claims the
state for the Nsv Jersey governor
BY 50.oeo. The state nght here Is
most Interesting because Of the break
that came between Colonel Roosevelt
and Governor Denssn. This is ono
state that the silent vote will abso-
Iutely decide. and where the claims
Of campaign managsrs seem to be
based entirely on hope rather than
Definite information.
Indiana. claimed BY the democrats
even before the campaign opened. has
bssp the center Of great bull moose
activity. with former Senator Bev-l
sridss making the fight ~ the gubsr-
nstortai candidate. and with a nexi-
bic and very strong organization In
every county In the state. the fight
has bean vary bltfav and N has hs.,.