The Brunswick news., 1912-10-30
They're In The home Stretch.

The presidential handicap is in the last quarter
stretch One week from yesterday the national cleo
ton will be held, and in all probability before mid
night of Tuesday the night the great majority of the
American people-amOng whom Woodrow Wilson. of
Trenton N j., included since he has stated
that he would rather sleep and get the fun re-
turns in the morning-wi know whom they have elect
ed president the United States 1t is still more than
reasonable probability that Woodrow Wilson will oe
the man chosen. Everything has pointed to such a
result since the day in July when he was chosen by
the democratic national gention at Baltimore AZ its
candidate and there has been practically no variation
of the first judgment country that he would be
the next occupant of the white house no change in
its disposition and desire to have him as such
All sorts OF estimates are being made as to the dis
tr1buton OF the vote and they vary as maorities
but are practically in agreement the result With
the exception OF President Taft himself there are mighty
few in the country who the emerity to predict
the reelection of he president and except in what Tom
Lawson calls "a general way" the most vocifer-
Gus of the Bull Moose scarcely undertake to predict the
election of Colonel Roosevelt
The New York Herald. which has been making an
unusually exhaustive and efficient canvass of the sit
uaton finds Wilson still with big lead and heavy
hight between Taft and Roosevelt second place the
Bull Moose running strong and the president showing
slight falling off in some sections The New YORK
American makes an estimate, with specification of
method that Wilson will poll 6,96S 479 votes Taft A.
1929 and Roosevelt 3780732 and that Wilson will
nave 4oz electoral votes Taft 46 and Roosevelt
That is pretty strong prophecy yet it may not be
fantastic after ALL can be no doubt that the
contest between Taft and is mutually destruc
tive OF the fortunes of each in the republican states and
there may be number these that will give their
votes to Wilson on plurality resulting from this con
hic OF republican isterests and candidates. The Wash
ingon Stars political correspondent careful and con-
servative observer, that his early estimate of
2SO electoral votes for Wilson, fourteen more than
majority Is the minimum estimate that NAV be consd-
cred and that to this should added Indiana and Ohio
as certain New Jersey Illinois as probable and New
York as more than probable. These additions would
make total of 407 Wilson, leaving only 141
TO be divided between. Taft and Roosevelt This would
De tremendous and sweeping majority for candidate
one OF the largest ever recorded in presidential cleo
tons Is this country and it is impressive that
it is not considered extravagant by careful men
The last week of the campaign will show more life
ana spirit than the past two weeks have shown as Col
Roosevelt is expected get upon stump again. for
at least address, and Governor Wilson will engage
test of 1912 epng is considered its newt
with degree Of repose calm philosophy quite re-
markable in view of the issues and the heat
ehgendered in the early stages of the conflict
There is practically no excitement in the country.
though is certain that there absorbing interest
is the election that will have expression great vote
on the day of the ballot