The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1916-10-20
WILSON A WINNER
ACCORDING TO STRAW VOTE"
ALL OVER THE NATION
Two Big Dailies Practically Concede
Big Democratic Victory-Result
of STRAW Vote" Here

puDllSned the result OF the straw
vote" which its correspondent took
in Stanford on Court Day, the 9th,
on Main street among farmers and
stockmen in town that day and in the
business houses. The result was 209
for Wilson; 40 for Hughes. The
changes in vote were 1 Democrat to
Republican, 2 Republican to Demo-
crat, 5 Progressives to Republican
and A Progressives to Democrat.
There were votes for Prohibition
and two switched from Progressive
to Prohibition.
| This "straw vote" was taken alb
solutely fairly and impartially, and is
, in line with the results which are ap-
pearing in the straw vote which the
Enquirer is taking in other parts of
Kentucky and which show that with
out doubt this state will roll up an
old time majority for Woodrow Will
son on November 7th.
| The straw vote which the Enquirer
is taking all over the country in con-
nection with the New York Herald
seems to indicate the election of Will
son without shadow of doubt. No
poll is being taken in the southern
states which are always reliably DEM
! ocratic, but the vote in the central,
western, northern and eastern states,
shows that Wilson will carry a suf-
| ficient number of them to insure his
election.
One of the surprises of the straw
voting has been the runaway race
that Wilson is making in Ohio, upon
which the republicans had counted
upon carrying for a certainty. Many
are inclined to view these 'straw
votes as of no consequence or as
not indicating how the election will
go. However, it only need be said
that these two great daily papers
have been taking this straw vote be-
fore each presidential election for
the past 10 or 20 years and they
have always forecasted the result of
the following election. Not a single
time, has the general result ever
been different from what their straw
vote taken beforehand, indicated.
For this reason when such states
as New York, West Virginia, Con-
necticut, Maryland, Massachusetts,,
Rhode Island, Wisconsin, Missouri,
Oklahoma, Minnesota, South Dakota,
Washington, Idaho, Montana, Colo
are showing up with good majorites
for Wilson in the straw vote. Demo-
Gratis and many others believe that
all doubt as to the result on Nov.
18th has been removed. The states
which are showing for Hughes in the
straw votes are: New Jersey, Della
ware, Maine, New Hampshire, Yer
mont, California, Indiana, Illinois,
Iowa, Michigan, Nebraska, Kansas,
North Dakota, Oregon, Wyoming,
Nevada and New Mexico.
Of course, there will be changes
in a number of the states shown to
be favorable to one side or the 9TH
er, but the general result seems to
indicate that Wilson is a sure win
ner. The great masses of the labor
ing people, and the workingmen all
over the country are for him. A sur
prise has been thrown into republi-
can ranks everywhere also by the
practically solid support which Will
son is receiving in states where wO-
men have the right to vote. This IS
believed to be the result of Wilson's
continued policy toward keeping the
United States out of war. The wO-
men do not want their husbands and
sons sacrificed, and their homes des-
plated. They know that Wilson
stands for peace, and do not know
what might happen should Hughes
win, so seemingly are not anxious to
make a change, but want to let well
enough alone.
An indication of how things look
in Ohio, which now seems certain to
20 for Wilson, was contained in a
news story in the Cincinnati Enqui-
rer Wednesday which said that the
Republican leaders of that state had
secretly passed out the word to their
workers over the state to ''let Hughes
slide" and to devote their efforts to
saving their candidates for governor
and United States senator. Accord
! ing to the Enquirer, the republican
leaders see that Wilson is certain to
carry Ohio but think by letting the
national campaign alone, and letting
Wilson have things his own way,
| they may yet be able to elect their
candidates for the two state offices.
The New York Herald, which is
bitterly fighting Wilson, says that the
states which are in the Wilson col
umn have 312 electoral votes, of
which 266 will elect. The Herald
says that the republicans seem to be
at standstill, while the democrats
are forging ahead. The Herald de-
clares that New York, Illinois, Ohio
and Indiana will decide the election.
A special dispatch from Boston in
the Herald says: "Wilson sentiment
is growing alarmingly. The Tele-
gram, evening edition of the Herald,
probably the most vehement anti
Wilson organ in New York, says un-
der the heading, Campaign Slump
Worries Leaders of Republicans,
that fear of the loss of the labor
vote has added to other causes of
apprehension among the Republicans
and that with the presidential cleo
| ton less than four weeks off, repub-
lican managers admit that the cam
paign, so far as the Republican party