American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1912-10-24
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENTS.


Butte. Montana, October II The
worst De2saB man Ia tho unitee
States ON NOV. bth viii be Senator
Dixon. Of Montana. Careful inquiry
among well informed men OF all
parties. iaboring men and news
paper reporters, falls u disclose
either spport or sympathy for him
or Tor his presidential candidate
This II not true Of Butte alone, but
II opinions expressed In tho hotel
b0bbiew by pcopie from all parts Of
the stain are anywhere near correyt
Roosevelt will be = poor third In
svefy part OF Montana. Senator
Dixon whatever his success maybe
elsewhere has failed To impress the
people of his own state. The fight ~
close between Wilson and TAFT, with
the chances u little In favor Of
wilson. but two u OF every five
men with whom you may talk pick
Taft ~ the winner. Republicans
Roosevelt must get 10000 yotes
Ia tho state TO defeat Taft, but do
not believe he wdll get his number.
Democrats 1t will not take
more than $4,000 Roosevelt votes
to make tho state sure for Wilson,
and they express confidence that he
will got more than this number. Dur
Ing an entire evening spent Ia the
lobbtes OF Butte hotels l shw nOt u
sIigle third party emblem nor met
o single champion Of tho third party
cause. The u surprise that !
did lind IL hat all parties Practical
ly conecde tho election OF the
socialist legislative ticket In this
county.
Standpoint, Idaho. Oct. iS.-This
u the home OF MIR. Martin. the Bull
Mooae candidate for governor. and
IN the south h supposed To be
the strongest Of that party. Condor
cOmpeis the assertion that Roosevelt
sentiment In worry strong here, but
by no means IN strong ~ we In the
south are led to believe. Tho demo-
erats are confident that Wilson will
carry the county owing TO tho divi-
sion In the republican ranks. The
claim they will carry the
county for Roosevelt. butdby not
more than a few hundred. while re-
publican leaders are confident that
Taft will win along with tho entire
republican county ticket, There Is
~ ARuVt III tu0 Huft eK3 III tAo "
publican legislative ticket. am
impressed with the belief that the
electoral ticket OF the three parties
VIII have a close race In this county.
30 far M Martins carrying the
county. | do not consider that he
hha any chance at az. To say that
ho 10 Vol a strong man AT home, IL
only stating a truth which Will be-
eome apparent when the votes are
counted. II N not considered even
here that he has u ghost OF a chance
To- win. Notwithstanding the glowing
accounts OF HIS %trtumphal march
through the south which he writes
himself and supplies to the Capital
News. | saw him at Blackfoot End
talked With people who attended hAg
meeting there the 10th. and had the
pleaaure OF reading hts own account
~ Il NJ printed IN tho Capital
News Knowing the Facts as / dld
TIE printed report was quito amuss~
tug
~IFaines ard Peterson held a rood
meeting here tonight Rm not go-
Ing 20 say that the ball was hardly
large enough 20 hold the crowd nor
that the enthusiasm was wna so
grest or spontaneous as to lie tha
reef OF the buildinw | am only go.
Ing 10 tetl the truth. Thore wore
exactly niuety-nne pregs ~. but ~
a larger number than greeted Mr.
Hawlcy by eleven; II WAS moro Than
CREATED Smock by ~thirty~f0ur. and a
larger pumber than greeted Tanni-
hin. democratic candidate for H.
" senator, hy 40. II was a larger
tuFihout than Eree,cd any speaker
here this cnmpnien cNra',t porah
The other meetings were held dur
Ing good weather, white the weather
tenight was very d~lsagFecab'e aud
those who came DID 10 through the
mud and rain. Tho speakers were
given the closest attention and the
I'm IMPRESSION was good. The people
liked the plain. blunt statements
OF Haines and were impressed with
the logic OF Peterson. II N my
firm conviction that Haines viii
carry the county. and that Martin
VIII be greatly disappointed In the
vote he receives. I talked TO busi-
mesa men and workers In the graf
mills. and fail to See where
Martin has anything to hope for.
County pride will get him consid-
cradle support but l have failed to
lind any material number OF his
tow nsmen who believe that he Il
fitted for the duties OF the office.
or that he Is deserving Of recog-
milton for any service to the state
or county rendered by him.
Bonners Ferry. Oct. 19-This is
a real republican town. II Ia the
nome OF State Auditor Taylor, and
he is held in the highest esteem.
here are few. very few, moosers
'ere In the largest precinct in the
ounty, and | was told by an ardent
roosevelt mar here that the sym
athies of himself and his friends
uid not extend to Martin, and he
did not believe the latter would get
ten votes in the precinct. Hawley
is very weak here also, and the
Haines' vote promises to be very
h navy. Haines and Peterson held
good meeting here tonight. While
the hall was still large enough to I