East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-10-04
STRAW BALLOTS IN
FAVOR OF WILSON

Portland, Ore, oct 4.-Straw shows
which way the wind. blows. And,
therefore, If straw ballots are any in
| dication of which way the political
wind is blowing, Wilson and Mar
shall are as good as elected al
ready. Such reports are coming into
state democratic headquarters every
| day. Dozens of straw votes are re-
ceived, but these will suffice as a
sample:
A party of Gillian county wheat
workers on the way from Condor to
Arlington a few days ago voted the
| question out and 1t stood this way:
| Wilson 22; Taft IL and Roosevelt 2.
one hundred ballots We're cast at
Laurelwood recently and the count
| showed up as follows: Wilson, 50;
Taft, 13; Roosevelt, IL. and Debs 2.
| Results like these and many others
that might be cited, in a state that
is nominally strong for the republican
presidential candidate have boosted
democratic hopes to leved with the
snow line. But the state committee
is not going to sleep on mere assur-
ances and has planned lively effort
to open with statewide stump cam
paign early in October. The list
of national speakers has not been
| entirely made up, as yet, but State
! Chairman Haney expects to be able
! to announce it within a few days. In
the meantime large amount of edu
! cative campaign literature will be sent
out over the state for use in local
campaigns.
| Ben Selling, our leading clothier,"
dropped back into town the other day
with the announcement that every
thing looks lovely. 1t is hard TO
guess just where the leading clothier
looked when he saw it. Surely he
must have been thinking of the seem
cry when he spoke, for the scenery
is fine up the valley just now with
the poetic tinge of early autumn ev-
erywhere, but certainly Brother Ben
could have had no serious reference
to the senatorship. For if ever any
thing looked unlovely it is that same
senatorship viewed honestly from Mr.
Settings angle.
The leading cloth'er." is posing as
a progressive" Just what he means
by this he hasn't said. He merely
| says he is progressive" Even with
that he is for Taft but is not saying
| anything. Forsooth, the leading
| clothier" has a habit of not saying
| anything, unless he has to. Wher
the cold, dank dOuche of the frs
Chicago convention settled over tn,
country with Taft's nomination, the
leading clothier," who had no
committed himself, pending tn,
/ jumping of the cat, slid out of towr
/ for several weeks and nobody coulC
II find him. When he did finally re
appear Fred Mulkey had come ou
as a progressive candidate and tn,
II leading clothier" was forced to tax,
the other stand. Then he meekly saiC
he was for Taft and added loudly tina
he was progressive" Since then h,
U has progressively gumshoed arounC
Il up the valley. but nothing more. Hi
stand on the great questions that 9th
II er candidates are discussing is th'
II same the Sphinx has been talking fo
II 5000 years.
II DR.. Lane. the democratic candidate
II has not returned home. He is to-
\ busy telling the voters of the stat
II just where he stands. He is progres
sive and is not supporting a stand
patter, either. He couldn't. The doc
II tor knows they won't mix If he want
ed them to, but the leading clothier'
hasn't discovered the fact. Night af
ter night DR.. Lane is addressing bi,
crowds and is making a good impres
sion. His record as a progressive i
already written into the political his
tory of Oregon and the people hav,
II no doubt on the subject There ar,
no conditions attached to the predic
tiOn here that DR.. Lane is going to b.
ii elected
III A. +. Clarks nomination by th
III Bull Moose convention a Salem is on,
II of the biggest political jokes that ha
II been sprung on an unsuspecting pub
lie in many a day. Some good guess
ers have been trying to figure on
just why A. f. should have been nom
mated but at this writing they arr
still up tree. Still. there linger
just good shade of a suspicion tina
II the prevalence in the convention o
II gOodly number of delegates" wht
II are supposed to be good friends o
II Selling probably sheds a little ligh
II on the subject. However. 1t is
II mighty good advert sing stunt for A
II +. and won't do anybody else an!
II particular harm.