The Washington times., 1912-10-28
ROOSEVELT SWEEP
! IS NOW PREDICTED
BY KNOWING ONES
kilograms Show Great Gains
Made by Progressive
Party.
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tsmber. and indicate that the Repub-
lican party almost as a whole Is NOV
ing into the Progressive camp.
Albert p. Gardner. State chairman Of
the Progressive party In Maine. wired
q. headquarters that President Taft will
run third In the Pine Tree State. There
has been detection Of perhaps 60 per
cent from the Republican party and
at least 20 per cent from the Democratic
". Gardner says:
"a conservative. estimate is that
12,0O0 votes will be cast. The Progress
sive party will poll 5000, the Demo-
cratic party 1900. and the Republican
welt is smaller than any count that
could be made on the basis of a straw
vote. All the straw votes show better
result. One in the Portland Theater. a
Taft AS. Wilson s5s. Roosevelt. lose
These ballots were taken on three
nights. and represent the total of those
who attended and desired to vote.'
Illinois by 10000.
Chauncey Dewey. State chairman,
telegraphing from Chicago. ILL.,, says
there IL every indication Of a Roosevelt
landslide in that State. and then he
''Reports from every section of the
hard to believe them. Speaking con-
. servatiyely. put Roosevelt's plurality
: in Illinois at not les than lSo.ooo He
sboas ssoS,d .o ssss,vs ana a Fsfs rsas' "'0"
kilograms from the State chairmen
In Florida, Virginia, Arkansas, Louisi-
ana, and Mississippi are important only
30 far as they. indicate what may hap
pen In the Northern States. In the
: Southern states named all the tele-
grams say that Colonel Roosevelt WIN
receive more votes than any Republi-
can candidate ever obtained, and that,
while there is no hope Of carrying these
States for him. It Is certain that the
Progressive party has won the atten-
tion OF the electors and has drawn to
its ranks many thousands of Demo-
cratic voters. This being SO in the
South, the respective State chairmen
say II ought to encourage the party
above Mason and Dixon's line, as the
sentiment for Colonel Roosevelt ought
to run even more strongly In the great
manufacturing districts OF the East
and the farming districts of the
Landslide In New Jersey.
John Franklin Fort, former Cover
nor Of New Jersey. telegraphing from
Spring Lake yesterday. says:
There 10 not q weak spot In New
Jersey. We have gained by leaps and
bounds In the last ten days Unless
all signs should fail. New Jersey will
be In the Roosevelt and johnson COL
umn BY q surprising plurality. All the
reports to US make u q landslide.'
Medfll Mccormick, telegraphing from
Chicago In respect Of the Northwest,
wired: ..
Il have just talked to Purdy., who
assures me that we shall win Mime
sofa by from $1,000 to 60,000. From my
own reports I place the plurality In
Minnesota between $1,000 and 10000"
The report Of the State chairman in
California says that the Taft vote in
that State will be negligible. and that
In all probability the President will run
behind Debs. The State chairman says
that 100000 votes will be cast and he
regards 1t as safe to give Colonel Roose-
welt one-half Of them. Los Angeles
county will show 5000 plurality for the
Progressive ticket.
Roosevelt Surely First.
The situation In Iowa is we'll told by
c. F. frankie, concededly one Of the
best politicians in the State, and a
leader in the Progressive party. Reply
Ing to telegram. he pointed out that
the Progressives have a perfect organI-
zation to every county; that Taft has
ceased to be factor in the fight; that
the battle is between Roosevelt and
Wilson: that the farmers are against
Wilson 6 free trade policy; that the men
In the factories are opposed to Wilson's