The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-03
BY JAMES y. MONTACUw

:
NEW YORK. Nov. THE -
torai college. which will detrminS NJ ~
are TO be the next president and vfess
president of the United States VIII
cast o5I votes. coming from tAk- faees.s
eight states of the union. accor0iS
10 popuiat on. The candidates -
ceiv-ng 2ss votes Of this sal wfIls
Tor the next four years preside -;
spectively at the White House an6'
over the United States senate.
Let Us begin this forecast BY coIn.S
cec1ng to Woodrow Wilson and Thon.-s
as H. Marshall those States wfa0SFss
democracy neither moth nor rust CO.
corrupt, nor thieves break throunh
and steal. These are Alabama, Al
kansas. Florida Georgia, KentucitrE
LOUISIANA, NJ ssissippi, North Carolfrrs
south Carolina. Tennessee. Texas ard.
virginia. Add to these Missouff
which Taft carried four years arc ~
$50 votes, and which is as certain ~
. death and taxes to go for Wilson TIL
year. the total is f57 votes.
Given these States Wilson and MnSS
shall still need 109 votes In the Ele&.S
toral college to win. Will they ri
them? Let me review the sftuati93
The candidacy OF Theodore Roe
vet heading new party. has naAl
tbs the. most interesting camps
for the presidency this country r.
witnessed within the memory OF NJ
now living. Rumors of an undercl r
rent for Roosevelt that may dav0l
| into landslide. are In the air. W
Roosevelt leaders are max ng extray
CANT claims. Listen to them and ~
VIII be convinced that the COLES
will be the next president But M01
minute.
Cold Mathematics.
| Reduce the situation to cold naAt1S&s
! matics. Taft pluralities four y&GI
| ago ranged from $50 In Missouri. <
! Ten States with New York a fS1
| easteriy end. and Iowl at the wet
! ly end, can upset that plurality r.
| give the election to Wilson and W17
| shall. In each OF these ten St6
! the writer has spent some time.
unless the Roosevelt ''undercurT1
amounts to far more than Is discG
ible at the present writing. Win
and Marshall. merely by holding
normal Democratic vote. will
enough votes to keep the elect6
safely out of the house OF repr<
| tatfves, and install them In. w.
! ington by both eiectds4l and pop1
majorit.es. This. Of course. q ~
oning without the Roosevelt -
slide. sss 8S&
Grant the Full Moose cause M
/ strength that is claimed for 81:
| remember that 1t is stubbCrnly o.
/! ed. not only by a minority marty III
buoyed by the hope Of victory
| vote almost as a unit. but bv
| Fed stand pat wing of the Repub11
| party which. rather than re Hd<
gelt win. viii cheerfuily vote IL
| mccratic ticket.
Give Roosevelt. Minnesota, III
| gan. Tcwa, Illinois and New 31S
all OF which his managers conl1N
| " clam. These States am0n1 t
number eighty-three votes Cox
TO Wilssn Ohio. Wisconsin. m1
| New York and any ore Of the
| EngtId States, and he y 0@N
This In ignoring many States
| Wi, on is sure to carry, And n ~
1 ing Into account California and
irgfon. which Roosevelt may IN
carry, but which win not avA1
Their than to give him oec0nf
Y In tfe running. IS III
No RooseveIt Tand1nl0
| The writer has Just rekurn
Il tour cf ten Central States
4 date. went into factories G&o&&
taix.d to men N hcteIas cmzS
/ and In the streetA H6 n61
I 10 finn amy real ~ icAfi0n1 ~
| Welt landslide. a1thom9A
sentiment y abundant
Michigan. illinois,. 3eNo
ana most AZ m NoWE 1eS IN }|8
peap1ta 90 1eeo