The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-11-04
SILENT VOTE WILL
BE BIG FACTOR
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last minute had its best fighters in the
field. 1t seemed almost certain that
the result here was between Wilson
and Roosevelt, and that President
Taft would finish third. Vermont,
Massachusetts and Connecticut were
the other backgrounds in the New
England group. In these three states
the fight has been most bitter and the
outcome SO certainly rests with the
way the silent vote is cast that all re-
potts OF polls submitted TO headquar-
tiers contained two sets, the first very
rosy for public consumption. and the
second, very pessimistic, made IL very
plain that the party managers had
been unable TO get any real line on
the feelings of tire voters There witt
be AN early line on New England to-
morrow. II will come from Massachu-
sets where some or the polling places
close early in the afternoon. Ii will
be possible To forecast the result in
the state before 8 o'clock, and IL Will
son. Roosevelt or Taft show big gains
In the first fragmentary figures sent
out IL will be likely, Judging by past
experiences, that all OF New England
viii vote about along this line. Rhode
Island, a great manufacturing state
and a high tariff community, has
been generally conceded by all of the
campaign managers as morally certain
for Taft but during the last fortnight
the Bull Moose orators have tried to
stir up sentiment for Roosevelt, and
have claimed to be successful
New York ls Barometer?
'iAs New York goes, so goes the ma
ton" has been a slogan in every cam
paign. Only three times in the his
tory of the country has presidential
candidate been elected who failed to
get the electoral vote OF the Empire
state. The fight in New York has
been very bitter and party lines have
been smashed in every section. Old
time Republicans have aided the Bull
Moose campaign upstate, while below
the Harlem river, in the bailiwick or
Tammany Hall, old-line Democratic
warhorses have been shouting for
Roosevelt and Johnson Tammany
will poll almost its normal vote in
Manhattan and the Bronx, but there
Is grave doubt OF what the outcome
will be in Kings county where limo
thy l.. Woodruff, admittedly one OF
the cleverest of campaign managers,
has devoted his entire time for the
last three months 70 organizing the
Moose forces Most OF his strength,
the Democrats say, has come from the
regular Republican organization. II
this Is true then the Democrats ought
to carry Kings county rather easily,
but Woodruff said only today that
his personal polls indicate that the
MnnQn u1l tn
Kings than both OF the old parties
combined. Queens and Richmond,
which make up the remainder OF the
greater city, will probably vote along
normal lines and the outcome should
be at least a normal greater city
plurality for the Democratic candi.
dates. What viii happen upstate is
hard TO say. In addition TO Roose-
velt's personal popularity, he has been
aided In the state by the strength OF
Oscar S. Straus, the Progressive gu
bernatorial candidate, who is very
popular IN the cities OF the state, hav.
ing been a Cleveland Democrat until
he left the party on the gold and sill.
yer Issue. The first returns in New
York will come about 6 o'clock al
night from Buffalo where there are
voting machines, and will show the
swing. II Wilson carries Buffalo he
will probably sweep the state, accord
Ing TO the party veterans who have
kept In touch with the situation. The
fight on the state ticket is fully as
interesting as on the national. When
Tammany got control OF the legisla
uire following the election OF Gov
Dix, they amended the state election
law so that separate ballot is pro
vided for the presidential electors and
the state ticket This was TO save
me ticket I'm a presidential year wher
the .'cornfelds" voted their full
strength Republican With the split
In the Republican party, the Demo
Gratis have greatly regretted the new
law, and IL may complioate the re
fr,. ~ Gar as the state ticket is con
cerned. as IL makes splitting easy
All Claim Pennsylvania.
Roosevelt. Wilson and Taft man
aeers have been claiming Pennsyl
sanin because Of the mixed mp con
1ltions prevailing there. 1t seems
ceffaln no matter what the outcome
on the national ticket may be. thai
me Republican state ticket will be
nlccfed. While the fight on national
Issees a. threecornefed, on the state
flckot Il IL only two-handed conflict
nnd the Democratic state managers
|,flfafely have admitted that only q