Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-08-09
Republicans for wilson


Republicans for Wilson
The most significant thing about thu
National campaign in its early stages
is the fact that hundreds Of Thousand
of republicans, who never before votet
the democratic ticket, have voluntar
iIy written Gov. Wilson and Gov.
Marshall that they intend this year te
vote the democratic ticket.
Some days ago, when in 1ndianap
oils, Gov. Marshall told that since
the convention he had been deluged
with letters of congratulation and vol
untary pledges of support, and that
more than twenty-five per cent OF his
correspondents stated that they were
republicans, but they thought the time
had come for change in the National
administration, and that they intended
to support the ticket nominated at
Baltimore.
The special newspaper articles pub
lished, containing few extracts from
letters written to Gov. Wilson at Sea
Grit, show that the views of the cor.
respondents of the candidate for presi.
dent duplicate those of the candidate
for vice-president, ano that very
large proportion of letters offering
support are from republicans.
The correspondence that comes to
chairman McComhs and the democratic
headquarters in New York. is of the
same tenor and it comes from oil parts
of the country, showing that the demo-
cratic candidates appeal both to the
popular imagination and to the popular
confidence; and that, while the demo-
Gratis are united in the support Of the
democratic ticket, rs never before in
the life of the younger men of the
party, and the Independent vote is al
most solid for Wilson and Marshall,
there is break in the republican vote,
heretofore unknown in the history of
that party. In 1896 there was q bolt
in the republican party of the silver
republicans, but that bolt did not ap-
preciably affect any state east of the
mississippi river and as the result
showed was not large enough to change
the result in any state west of the
Mississippi, with few exceptions.
This wear the republican party is
split and republicans will divide be-
tween Mr.. Taft and Mr.. Roosevelt, that
is, those who do not intend to vote for
Wilson and Marshall; and there are
many, who, while preferring not open.
~ to join the democratic organization,
will furnish vote which, added to the
democratic vote of 1908, will put the
democratic candidate in the White
house.
As one of. many evidences of the re-
publican trend to Wilson and Marshall,
the following editorial from the New
York Press, giving the result of poll
among republicans, is Illuminating:
REPUBLICANS FOR WILSON.
Last week the editor of the New
York Press sent private letter to Re-
publican voters, selected at random
from readers on its mail subscription
lists and not living in New York City
or other large cities. The main part
Of the letter was:
For which of the following do you
intend to vote: Taft, Wilson, Roose-
welt?
Are you in favor Of the plan propos-
ed by the former President of break
ing up the present Republican party
and forming new one? For whom
did you vote in 1908?
OF the 1000 first replying virtually
all voted for Mr.. Taft four years ago.
OF the 1000 replying 442 said they
would vote for Mr. Taft this year, 335
for Mr.. Roosevelt, 1872 for Mr.. Wilson
and 81 said they would not vote at all
or we're undecided.
Most of those declaring they would
vote for Mr.. Wilson gave as their rea-
son their disgust with Republican fac
tionalism. Some were voting for him
% the surest way, in their judgment,
to defeat the Colonel and prevent him
from breaking up the Republican par
ty. Some of those in the not-voting
class said they might vote for Mr.. Taft
or Mr.. Wilson if it became necessary,
in their judgment, to do this to pre-
vent the Colonel from breaking up
their party. Some of those recording
themselves for Mr.. Taft lamented his
his nomination, but would vote for him
to prevent the Colonel from breaking
up their party.
We arrange those 1000 voters in table:
Taft, .442 Il
% Roosevelt. 1896
Wilson. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 32
Not voting. ........ 80. -. 81
Further comment on the figures and
the percentages which they make
seems unnecessary.
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