The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-14
Shows Wilson Leading in 81
States With 40 Votes.
GOING BACK TO OLD PARTY
Much Evidence That Boilers
Are Returning to the Fold
In Iowa, Pennsylvania, New
York and Ohio.

Chicago, Oct 14.--IIle HloSt AON
able development of the last week as
indicated by the national pollticai pa
canvass conducted by the Recoru-
Herald and six other great metropoll-
tan Journals, reaching from coast 70
coast, has been the Strengthening - u
the Taft forces in some sectloIs' -
Chicago the president gained percep!iI- u
b-v in percentage of vote polled, Whlie
his rivals lost corresponding grouilut 't :
In the poll taken n the state 1alr az az
Springfield, one of tn. most inter ,,l =
developments was the strength AaiN
displayed among the farmers
In Chic, Taft's home state tne
president increased his strength per
5ertibIy In Iowa he gained some
what: in Pennsylvania he apparently
continued to draw rom the Roose-
vels camp; while in New YORK tnerS
were evidences of swinging pack OF
voters from the new party into the
old Republican line 1t bears Out 70
{ certain extent the assertions OF the
Taft managers that the present pros
oerity will become more and more OF
a oarcraien asset for Taft and tnat
many voter who now Is undeClueu
eventually will give ear 10 the let
well enough alone argument
Wilson Leads i'm Ghirty-Ohe STATES.
notwithstanding his apparent ac-
cessions of strength. however, Tatt ap-
pears to be far in the rear OF ms wv
rivals. The straw votes ltu Ce''S -
Wilson at this time is SO Iar IN tne
inl
- instead of November = ne Woulo
win far more than majority OF tne
electoral college SlartlnS VIII tii0
states of the south when nave nsanI sI...
tested no tendency to depart from
nenocratic tradition, the results OF
tho test vote in the debataple staIes
indicate that at present wilson hdS % - ~
,Ipper hand in at least thlrtS- -oliS
IF the straw ballot is any test OF
,,raxaiiinp sentiment it indicates that
the strength of the leading candIosle
at the present time. tn1ee re-. @oIIn1ying.
Wilson-Thirty-o STAKES; total
slectrai vote of 41O. Necessary to
cleet, 226. :.
sense as a forecast of what VIII nap
rar November 8, but merely as ldea
of how the situation now stanos as
indicated by the canvass. Toes not M M
clY,1e some states in which the test
votes favor Wilson but where sup
Elemental indications favor some other
candidate c.,...,,;a
chief of these states is Calitornia, ma
where Wilson is favored both by the
straw votes and by the fact that no
Tart electors will be on the ballot,
leading many Taft men TO declare
themselves for Wilson:
iust now are Connecticut, DelaW are,
Maine Montana, New Ham PSLlIe'
NSexv Mexico. Rhode Island and Wyo-
fF7c
some another, but still being the scene
# sl1ch hard battles that were the cleo
tior tomorrow it would De any guesS
- to who would win. rms douptrui
territory has forty-eight electoral
votes -. -
The canvass indicates that at pres
ont Roosevelt has tine undoubted lead
IN I.inois, Michigan. North Dakota,
s+atas that have sixty-five electoral
votes. Utah and Vermont, each with
four votes, are for Taft.
Kansas for Wilson.
Kansas which gave Taft plurality
of $1,000 in 1908, will give its cleo
.oraI vote to Woodrow Wilson in No
Vembe- by handsome plurality un-
less the sentiment changes radically
from that expressed by the voters who
participated in the straw vote.
In a test vote of o.S41 votes Wilson
received 3,415 ballots. while Rocse-
veit. who ran seeond, po!led only
1876. Taft ran poor third with
In no section of the state where the
ballots were taken did the president
show any strength. Roosevelt's fol-
lowing. while sufficient TO destroy any
possibility of the election of the Re
publican candidate, is not Impressive,
20 develop a large following he has
met with disappointment.
At Kansas City, Kansas, and at En-
poria. where William Allen White is
supposed to have a great following.
thu vote shows that the Progressive
movement lacks followers IN sufficient
numbers to give the leaders con-
fdence.
Lawrence, the seat of the state uni
versfty gives Wilson a majL rity of all
test ballots cast In this test vote
were ballots cast by the faculty and
students of voting age. Both the
student body and the faculty voted
largely for Wilson. as did the business
men o. the city ano the farmers who
were in town the day the vote was
taken
Hiawatha, Ottawa and Onaga,
where votes were also taken, express
ed their preference for Governor Will
son. and. while the Roosevelt followers
showed that they for outnunbered the
Taft voters, their comparatively small
number was surprising. in view OF the
prof fessions the Progressive leaders
t. r. Losing i'm Nebraska.
Omaha, Neb.. Oct 14.-Reports
from Democratic county chairmen in
all parts of Nebraska show that
Roosevelt is rapidly losing strength in
this state. The reports were in an
swer to the question. rs Roosevelt
losing or gaining"
OF thirty-seven answers from as
many counties, 81 say the Roosevelt
sentiment is decreasing decidedly in
those counties. Five are uncertain and
only one of the thirty-seven says he is
gaining in strength
Bees Make Honey Under Floor.
Cawker City. Kan, Oct 14.-Mrx.