Evening star., 1912-11-04
Political Managers Planning to
Get Out the Western Vote.
PROFESS ENCOURAGEMENT
Little Cessation in Activity Through
out illinois.
GAINS CLAIMED FOR DENEEN
Prohibitionists Predict That They
Will Break the Record-Assert
That They Will Garry Ohio.

CHICAGO. November 4.-Reports at the
several western headquarters of the po-
liticai parties today indicated that lead
ers both state and national, were max
ing tremendous effort to get out the
vote tomorrow. Executive officers of the
various national committees used tele-
graph and telephone almost constantly to
keep in touch with the state chairmen in
the western division of the country. All
declared they had received encouraging
reports regarding the size of the vote.
What the Managers Say.
Joseph f. Davies, manager of the west
ern democratic headquarters, said:
Il have received direct reports from
nearly all of the twenty-nine state chair
men in my division and will keep in
touch with them by telephone throughout
the day and night. Each state chairman
is in touch with the county chairmen in
his state by telephone, also.
..FrOm the reports already in hand 1t IS
apparent that there never was greater
cooperation among the democrats. The
vote will be out in full everywhere.
David W. Muvane. director of the re-
publican campaign in the west, asserted
that there was great eleventh-hour
trend toward President Taft. .
Medill Mccormick of the progressive
satisfactory reports from twenty-four
states.
volunteer workers. said Mr.. McCor-
mick will get out the progressive vote
in every precinct in these states The
volunteers, I have discovered are doing
the most effective work, despite the mex
perience of many of them. l am as
sured that the progressive poll at this
years primaries will be exceeded every
where tomorrow"
Little Cessation of Activity.
activity in Illinois today. Contrary to
custom, which sets aside the day before
election for rest and review of work done.
many candidates and their friends kept
up the speechmaking all day.
Republican, democratic and progressive
leaders alike claimed victory in the state,
but tangible basis for the predictions was
lacking. and the voters faced one of the
most puzzling situations ever developed
in Illinois politics.
Roosevelt partisans claimed to have
won over good percentage of the Bry-
an vote of 1905. but this was strenuous
" denied by Wilson men, who said their
candidate would receive his full party
vote and also a liberal share of the ball
lots cast for President Taft four years
ago.
The Taft managers acknowledged that
the prOgreSSlyeS would pront Dy repuD-
lican defections. but said neither Roose-
Welt nor Wilson would gain sufficiently
to overcome the republican plurality of
10000 recorded in 1908.
All three parties have made campaigns
for their state tickets. Friends of Gov. De-
neen expressed encoura cement because
of eleventh-hour announcement of support
for him from sources which have been
advocating the election of the progressive
national ticket. The other candidates said
this development did not worry them.
Prohibitionists Predict New Record
Confidence that the prohibition party
would poll the largest vote in its history
was expressed in the official statement is
sued today by the national committee.
Predictions that in Ohio the prohibition
candidate for governor, Daniel A. Polling.
would win and that success would come
to 3. Lee Paget and 0. A. Stillman in
their campaigns in Oregon for United
States senator and representative-at-larg
respectively. were made The Minnesota
situation also is declared favorable for
f. E. Lobeck candidate for governor.
The campaign was waged on fifty
thousa nd-dollar fund. says the statement,
which announces a party call for a meet
ing TO be held soon after election 10 start
the campaign for 1916.