Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-10-10
D[i(tlllES THAT
even UTAH WILL
Be FOR COLONEL
Well Known Travelling Man
aisss Up the aituati don and
says Taft Will Lose the
State.

President raft win mot even carry
Utah. the one ana only one state Of the
~ In the union that political prophets
Of all political faiths have been WILL
ing to concede him, II the cool caicu-
lation and prediction Of q. b. Schwie-
ger. well known travelling man In
Idaho and Utah. ID correct. for In an
interview given out by him today he
declares that Taft has dropped to Sec
ond IN the race and Utah will be found
in the Roosevelt column. Mr.. schwie-
ger gives az his reasons for making
this prediction that the Roosevelt Nor
mons. and there are many Of them, will
not blindly follow the lead Of Presi-
dent Smith Of the Church Of the Latter
Day Saints. who declared for Taft in
the Improvement Era, but instead re-
sent his interference in politics a. a
church dictator. A review Of the sit
uation in southern Idaho counties is
also made by Mr.. Schwieger, who has
headquarters at Twin Falls. a. a rep
resentative Of the J. I. Case threshing
Machine company, the main headquar-
tiers OF which for the west are At Salt
Lake.
Strong for prosrsssivee,
Il am confident that Utah will be
carried by Roosevelt at the November
election and not by Taft as has been
often claimed" said Mr.. Schwieger
you can find more Progressives in
Salt Lake than would be thought pos
sible. Out In the country where the
e,,,o
feeling prevails and you can find It
among the Mormons Just as strong as
among others. My work takes me out
with the threshing crews and found,
most Of the people we're for Roosevelt.
While the Utah state fair was in prog
ress at Salt Lake l had charge Of the
automobile section booth we main
tained there and took advantage Of the
opportunity to pin Bull Moose buttons
on those passing by and visiting the
booth. Practically everyone was glad
ly willing to wear them.
Resent prssIdsnt's Attitude.
"Mormons high. in the church do not
like the attitude Of President smith.
shown through his statement published
In the Era in which he declared for
TAFT They are for Roosevelt and pro-
pose to support him for president. I
found that Mormons who are for
Roosevelt and against Taft have made
1t plain they do not approve Of the
stand taken by President Smith. This
is particularly true Of the younger
Mormons. who feel they have a right
to vote for whom they please for pres
ident and should not be dictated to
by the church authorities The very
best people in Utah are with the Bull
Moose party ana Roosevelt will have
that state
Down in Twin Falls county the Bull
Moose party Is strong. Mr.. Martin,
candidate for governor, has made
very good impression. Twin Falls
county will 60 Progressive. II will also
give Addison T. Smith a good vote,
due to the fact Mr.. Smith Is looked
upon as home candidate and the peo-
pie believe they should support him.
They also believe 1t will be q mighty
good advertisement for Twin Falls
to have a congressman elected from
that county.
Reviews Idaho Counties
Il have gone over the political sit
uation in Oneida county. 1t will be
carried for the Progressive ticket, but
not by As large a vote a. Twin Falls
county. found that in American
Falls Is per cent Of the people are for
the Progressive party. Bannock coun-
ty 10 without question standpat and
will be for Taft and against the third
party ticket. Bear Lake coutty, be-
lieve, will be found in the Progress
sive column. The people there talk
that way. It should be an even
break in Lincoln county. Governor
Gooding has publicly stated he would
be with Taft. but his family would be
for Roosevelt. The county division
fight has split things there and It.
would only be safe to figure that
county will return q substantial ma
jority for the Progressive ticket.
Blaine county will be Democratic.
What Straw Vote Shows.
"etraw votes taken on the train
give an indication Of Roosevelt's
strength. On the Salt Lake Pullman
coming to Idaho we took a straw vote
which stood. Roosevelt Z, Wilson 4.
Taft 3. On a passenger train on the
4 Southwestern another
straw vote was taken again showing
TAFT to be a very poor third. This |
vote stood as follows: Roosevelt II,
Wilson 10. Taft s. As I find 1t Taft |
Ii generally conceded to be a poor
third everywhere"