East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-09-30
WILSON SENTIMENT
FOUND everywhere

Chicago Sept. SO.-Secretary Jo-
seph e. Davies, western manager OF
the democratic national committee, is
conducting n poll by counties of all
the states west of the Ohio river. The
poll is exhaustive and the county
chairmen have been instructed to as
certain and report the actual senti-
ment of the voters.
IL Is obvious that such a poll would
be OF no value to the national COM
mittee unless 1t reflected the real
opinions of the people. Reports are
coming in to the western headquar-
ters from all parts of the west and
the Following extracts from such re-
ports. selected at random. will indi-
cate the trend of public sentiments
Geo. w. Zinky. South Bend, Ind
The political situation in st. Joseph
county Indiana, seems very .auspic-
ious for democratic victory in No
vember. As you perhaps know, we
nave registration law in this state.
Three different times for registration
are provided for by the law and two
of these have passed, the last being
! ..
trations we find that we have been
able to get larger democratic vote
to register than have the republicans.
The next and last time for registra-
ton is october ! and We are conf
dent we can. The republican party
is about evenly divided in this county
for Taft and Roosevelt. There are
two separate organizations, with a
county ticket nominated by the re-
publican party before the national
convention at Chicago, which ticket
has withdrawn from both divisions
and organized for themselves As a
consequence it cannot work with or
support Taft or Roosevelt. We
therefore have very good chance for
victory, the only thing against us be-
ing over confidence"
George A. Bigler. Clay Center,
kan.-"I have trave,ed over the
county pretty thoroughly in my own
local campa. gn and | am very. very
enthusiastic at the prospect of DEM
ocratic victory for the national state
and local tickets in this county. You
are of course, familiar with the Kan
sas fight in the republican party over
the electors. which if it continues. or
| rather, remains where ii is now, will
mean at a reasonable estimate Of
| 40. 600 votes which can be counted
in our column in the state who have
always before voted republican"
George E. Hill, Boise, Idaho.-"We
| have an excellent opportunity to car
ry this state for Wilson, and also the
legislature who will elect a United
states senator to succeed Senator Bo-
rah. The chances for a democratic
success have increased about 10 per
cent in the last few weeks because OF
the actions of Senator Borah and the
position he has taken. He was nomi-
mated as straight republican in the
state and upon a straight republican
platform which strongly endorsed
Taft. Mr.. Borah now refuses to sup
port Taft or Roosevelt and says he
is republican, not Taft or a Roose-
welt republican, therefore We presume
he is only a Borah republican His
straddling position has greatly anger
ed the Taft and Roosevelt crowds who
have adopted platfo= ms"
". II. Merridity. Port Oxford Ore
THE democrats of this county and
section are alive and awake, hopeful
of victory, while the republicans are
discouraged and concede Governor
| Wilson'S election. The Independents
of which there are many in this Sec
ton, are lining up for Wilson. Curry
! county will cast about 500 votes at the
| coming election, of which Wilson viii
! get about 800, Roosevelt 200 and Taft
about 100. At least that is the pres
ent indication and I know of nothing
likely to change conditions materially
between this and election"
! Walter Watson, Mount Vernon. III.
The democrats in this county are
well organized and enthusiastic. I
nave not been able to hear of a sim
gle democrat in the county who will
| not vote his party ticket in Novem-
| her. The republicans are about even
| ly divided into two hostile camps
either of which will vote the demo-
cratic ticket if necessary to defeat the
| other
J. NJ. O'Reilley, Wausau. visa
meeting mas Detn called to form one
of the best organizations the demo-
Gratis Of old Lincoln county has ever
had. We gave the republicans a good
trimming up two years ago (the first
In 16 years. and we are going to try
and bury them this fall for all time.
If our plans carry out as we expect
YOU will find Lincoln county in the
democratic ranks good and strong"
j. f. Ready, Monroe Mich.-"Our
party is harmonious and enthusiastic
for Woodrow Wilson IN Monroe coun-
ty, as seems to be the case through
out Michigan. We have splendid
organization under the leadership OF
Messrs. Wood and Shields. We have
live democratic paper in the coun-
ty of Monroe; one of the few in the
state, that has always been loyal and
true, and for that reason largely | be-
ieve we have an organization that is
working harmoniously for democratic
success"