The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-15

Washington, April 15-Information has been received in Washington showing the result of many interest ing polls made recently in various parts of the United States, indicat- ing a decided trend toward President Wilson,
 The vote for President Wilson in the Wisconsin, Minnesota and Illinois primaries is the subject of special comment. These States have hereto fore been considered Republican, but the strong run of President Wilson in primaries in which no special eff fort was made to bring out the Dem ocratic vote, while Republicans were active because of party contests, is considered very significant.
 The Chicago vote is especially strik- ing. In the Presidential preference primary Wilson received 79,398 votes, while the combined vote for Sherman, Roosevelt, Hughes, Root and Thomp- son was 76,592.
 In a letter from James M. Price, Bergville, Minnesota, is found the following:
 sarhe President carrred this district at the late primaries over the com bined vote of all the Republican can didates by 67S votes.' Summary
 Cumnins ............ 2943 Estabrook .-..--.-t 1910 1 Webster 400
 Total Republican vote .. 4553 wilson's district majority .... SIS In Wisconsin the rresIdent receiv- | ed ,OO0 votes in the City of MiIwau- kee, and about 25,00O votes in Mil waukee County. The total vote poll ed by the President was almost as l large as the combined votes cast for the LaFollette and Pn11ipp candidates for delegates-at-large to the Repub- | hcan convention. Henry c. Campbell, editor of the Milwaukee Journal, in aSletter to Sec retary Tumulty, characterized the ] showing as Remarkably good" The following is e1uoted from a telegram from George H. Herzog, Chairman of the Democratic Commit tee, Racine County, Wisconsin,: l wilson boiled heavy vote here to- 1 day. Surprised our opponents. Got five hundred more votes than either i LaFol1ette~ or Phillip faction. Pres | Iident's vote in Racine County will ex- ] ceed twenty-five hundred. No strife on our side. Will sweep state in No vember."
 A telegram from Frank B. shutz, l chairman of the Democratic Central l Committee, Wisconsin, says:
 Extend congratulations to the l President for remarkable primary vote Wisconsin Tuesday. Milwaukee 1 County, eight precincts missing, twen- ty-four thousand. Philipp last cleo ton twenty-two thousand Quoted from the Milwaukee Jour nal:
 I "At Fort Atkinson, Wis, the cen ter of a strong German settlement, l President Wilson, on the Democratic ator LaFollette, received buA 186 votes on the Republican prererential ball 1ot.''
 1 .'Kewahnee, wisconsin-The town of Red River a Republican strong hold in this county, gave President 1 Wilson forty-eight> votes in the pres idential preference primary. It is 1 said that the most votes any Demo cratic candidate. ever received in any nrevious election here was four | teen.''
 In 4Ozaukee County the President received 973 votes; while in this 1 county LaFolIette received 73O votes: and Roosevelt 3. In Green County Il the President was given TOO votes; + Senator I4aFoIIette, 1,036- This is I normally a Republican county. In Il commenting on this, the Milwaukee Journal says: 'eFew of the counties reporting election returns have com
 piled the results Of the presidential
 primary, but such figures as have
 been received indicate that President wilson received general indorsement throughout the State. This appears
 to be the case regardless of the To-
 cality whence the vote is reported.
 In a poI1 taken recently by the Ma
 ton, Q super critical periodical read
 by the literary and intellectual classes, inc President in a nation wide poll is shown to be greatly in
 the lead.
 Accordingly, the returns as to pref
 erences for 1916 may be stated as fol-
 lows:
 'ewi1son ....... 1.557 Hughes ........ 980 'sRooseveIt .... 376 Root ..... 355
 'fTaft 50
 In North Dakota, according to a let
 ter from F. c. Hellstron, the ''Presi-
 dent boiled a larger percentage of the 1 +otaI ,zota cast in tlis election than