The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-23
Roosevelt Will Be Bad Third in
Race.
KANSAS MAN BREAKS RECORD
Longest Interview of Long and
Distinguished Career.
Taft Campaign Is Gaining
Strength and Steadiness.

Chicago Sept 23.-Director Mulvane,
in charge of the western bureau of the
Taft campaign, in reviewing the prog
ress of the campaign during the week.
said today:
"Col. Roosevelt will run a bad third
in the presidential race.
'.This is as certain as the fact that
he is making speeches. He is the
leader of a bolt, attacking Repuoh-
cans personally and denouncing the Re-
nuhlican party. We know, and 1 re-
peat it with all possible emphasis
we know that he will not get as DOL
Ter and a party wrecker as large vote
on election day as he received at the
primaries, when he was Republican
ready and willing to be the nominee
of the party. ,,o
'If, however, every republican Mno
was loyal to him when he was Re-
publican should be with him now
which is not the case-he would sun
he a bad third. In Illinois, Tor III
stance where he made his best snow
ing. he only received one-thlrd OF tIle
Republican vote. The Repupncan rAo llcno
ct in this state will have 1OO,oO more
11o+es than the Third Term ticket VIII
oe+ In Maryland, Roosevelt got lesS
+ban 20 900 votes out of total Repuo-
lican vote of over 1l5,OOO. rms gives
president Taft and the Repupllcedcnn l an
ticket in Maryland majority OIL oo'ooo
80 roosevelt. The same thing Is
trna Of every state in which Roosevelt
node a fight for the nomination.
won't Follow Him Out of Party
..paon1e forget that Roosevelt in the
nra-convention fight got less than "
1,ar cent of the Republican vote OF the
country. When it comes to electlon DAY @
he will get still less. From every SCI
+io,, come reports that his strength Is
41ai1I1 decreasing, due to the TACT
+bo+ Republicans will not follow nllh
o,I+ of the Marty To sum 1T up IN nVe
words RooseVelt's fight is already fose-
s.With this fact apparent, and WIN VII
the universal admission that ProI- w u /
son is not creating the shghtest en-
thusiasm anywhere, we Hllu .-e.1aa,,t
foundation for the encourageImne~ile ~ ~
which now stimulates the Republican
campaign. We are getting out OF the
fog into the clear atmosphere IN llio
oreat contest of 1896 Bryan was eject,
ed in September but the people steaoleo
down and Mckinley was Vlctorious
E'our wears ago it looked in the carry
mart of october as if Bryan would
s<yeen the country, but on election DAY
the votes went to the Republican ucA-
ct This wear will witness a similar
outcome.
AS Regards POrcn ChhDtfS'
conditions are coming our way: IN
kansas where men who made LOUD
nretensions of being virtuous were
guilty of a high handed and p1ratlcal
attempt to steal presidential electors
we are to have Taft electors under the
Repubiican emblem upon the ballot.
Col. Roosevelt is quoted as saying that
he does not want electors who desire
TO vote for him running in the Tatt
and Sherman column. If this is So let
MS see what the porch-climbers in
south Dakota will do. Will they be
seized with a spasm of belated hon
estv or will they continue in their
effort to steal the electoral vote? The
desperation of the Roosevelt cause is
shown by the confession that it must
resort to dishonest methods in order
to make any showing at all.
1--WE are more than satisfied with the
situation as it stands today Thirty
days ago no one would have said that
the Republican party had the ghost
of a show in Minnesota, yet it was
triumphant over the Third Termers this
week Every test which has been ap-
piled since President Taft was nomi-
mated has been adverse to the Roose-
Welt movement. There has been a turn
in the tide and the wave of Taft
sentiment will continue to increase un-
til he is reelected on November 81