The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-10-11
DAILY DEMOCRATIC
NEWS LETTER
CBy Paul Mondou)


the other, but they usually hedge the
prophecies about by saving "ifs" an
"howevers." In this campaign all pt
litical signs fail and we must TAX
facts as we find them and judge ther
not by the traditions of the past, bu
in the light of conditions unexample
in the history of American politics.
This, too, In states where republ
can majorities are a matter of inner
itance. For example, Illinois. hav'
been pretty well over this state ant
men of all classes Of life and ever!
field of endeavor have been quizzeC
in the search for data, on which al
intelligent, fair and unprejudlced sur
vey of the present situation might bt
predicted.
Wilson should carry Illinois. This
Is a surprising statement to make
perhaps, especially when one recol
lects that this state has given it's 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-and-out
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
In most OF the counties 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 APP
parent desire by democrats to do
other than vote for the democratic
ticket from top to bottom.
The natural result will be that vii.
son will carry some counties normally
republican This will be true in the
lorthern part of the state, in and |
around Will and McHenry counties. In
he southern part of the state from |
sangamon county south, the counties
ire normally democratic, SO the only
lroblem which will be presented to
he democratic leaders in that section
will be to hold the normal democratic
'ote.
When the word is passed along with
he necessary authoritative indorse-
nents and the apparent signs point
lnmistakably, the party in whose
avor the signs point will have no diff
ulty in holding its strength, This
5 a matter of history, not specula-
ion. There is no one keener in catch.
ne the winged breath of victory than
be humble winged worker way off +,
in an obscure town No
ess keen, of course, are the humble
'orkers in the large cities. No party
an exist without humble workers.
They are the men who go to the
oils and vote, and the democratic
arty has greater number of these
len in its ranks than have either the :
epublican or the progressive party
They constitute the mass of toilers
tanning our factories and tilling our
oil. 1t Is their great problem to live
nd have their right of wage pro-
'eted and a guaranty of safety placed
round their homes
The republican party in its admin !
trations has not met these responsi-
lities, Therefore these men. the y
-eat mass of the nations voting
over, are not prone to give the re- y
iblican party another chance Just =
seause it is the republican party 9
hese men are not going to give their =
ghts into the hands of party Of =
hich no one knows anything except
at its leader is former president 9
no failed to accomplish in two terms I
e things he is pretending to advo- u
tie now, although the same ques-
ons existed then aud he had the II
ance to do things if he desired III
Then there is but one place for the ol
,rkers of the nation to throw their a
rength and that is to the democratic y
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