Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-06-09
THOUSANDS CAST
PRESIDENTIAL
Results Of Nation Wide Poll, In
Which This Newspaper and
Five Hundred Others
Participated.


IA dental straw vote pOlled by
the American Press Associa-
zion which was conducted IN this sec.
tiOn by this newspaper and In which
about 600 other newspapers took part.
There was the widest interest In the
vote. and the expressions of opinion
from all parts OF the country are par.
tlculaTly interesting at this time. Not
IN years has there been such a tremen-
dous amount of speculation in the out
come OF the national election.
Comment by The VOters.
In the ballots received by the various
newspapers are interesting bits of com
1nent by the voter. Referring to Mr..
Wilson, one voter says:
"Never swap horses crossing a
stream"
Another says:
Tie should be reelected because be
Kept of war"
Still another observes;
"One good term deserves another"
Following are comments Of voters on
Mr.. Roosevelt:
The man Of tho hour"
Il like him because Of his arm stand
on preparedness"
The greatest Roman of them ALL"
OF Mr.. Hughes the following com
ments were made:
HE has a judicial mind"
''He Is clean. His judgment is
sound"
Many Favorlto Sons
In tho returns received up 60 the
'4irne Of the closing of tho contest for
sner President Roosevelt received q
total Of 1922 VotesS President Wilson,
1924; Supreme Court Justice HuaheS,
12,soo
While It IS. generally agreed that
President Wilson will be unopposed
for the Democratic nomination, some
expressed a preference for another
candidate. William Jennings Bryan
got 90 votes. while Champ Clark re-
vceived 632.
Hon. Theodore e. Burton OF Ohio.
The straw vote shows, is the choice Of
1899, running ahead OF former Sen
ator EIihu Root OF New Yor,t, who re-
ceived ,23t. Senator Albert r. Cum
minis of Iowa also received more votes
than Mr. Root. The poll shows that
ne is the choice OF 1892 voters.
Percentages Of the Vote.
Well up on the HIST arc uenry Ford
with 95I votes, Senator Lawrence Y.
sherman ot Illinois with 953 and Sen.
ator john W. Weeks Of Massachusetts
with 9O2 Senator Warren G.. Harding
OF Ohio, who win be temporary chair
man of the Republican convention, re-
ceived 276 votes. Allen l.. Benson, the
Socialist candidate. received 100 votes.
The percentages of votes for the dif,
ferent candidates received by the
newspapers and sent in In time to be
1ncluded In this article follow;
California. o+
The Index, Newman Wilson. IS per
cent; Roosevelt. 3S per cent; Hughes,
% per cent; Ford: 2 per cent
The Register, Santa Ana-Wison, %
per cent: Roosevelt 90 per cent:
Hughes. S per cent; Benson, per cent;
Borah, | per cent: Ford. I per cent
The Peoples Cause, Red Bluff-WiI.
son, 10 per cent; Roosevelt, 81 per
= cent; Clark. Z per cent; Ia Toilette, IA
per cent, Ford. 8 per cent
Colorado.
The Transcript. Golden Wilson, 62
per cent; Roosevelt. 13 per cent Root,
. per cent; Ford, per cent; Cummins.
3 per cent; BOrah, ? per cent; Taft. 2
per cent; La Toilette, per cent; Bry-
an, per cent; Clark per cent.
Connecticut.
Winsted Evening Citizen. Winsted-
Wilson, CO per cent: Roosevelt. 27 per
cent: Hughes. per cent; Du Pont, 8
per cent
Times Herald. PaIatka - Wilson, &C
per cent; Roosevelt II per cent;
Hughes, Z per cent; Root, per cent;
Ford, Z per cent
st Lucie County Tribune, Fort Pierce
Wilson, 67 per cent; Roosevelt, II
per-c cent; Hughes. per cent; Benson,
p 3 per cent,
idaho.
Tho Herald. NezDeree-W Wilson, "a
per cent; Roosevelt, % per cent;
Hughes, % per cent; BOrah, IL per
cent; Benson, II per cent
Illinois.
Inc Evening sun, EaSC 81. LOUIS
Wilson, 2S per cent; Roosevelt. ID per
cent; Hughes, 21 per cent; Root, 4 per
cent; Burton, per cent; Cummins,
per cent; Borah. per cent; Sherman,
II per cent; Fairbanks, per cent; La
Toilette. per cent; Weeks. per cent;
Du Pont, per cent; Ford, 2 per cent;
Clark, 70 per cent.
The Daily Sun, Waukegan-Roose-
welt, G3 per cent; Hughes, per cent;
Root, 10 per cent; Sherman, II per
cent; lsoss, per cent.
The Crystal Lake Herald. Crystal
Lake-W Wilson, 13 per cent; Roosevelt,
% per cent; Hughes, is per cent; sher
man. III per cent
Fair Dealer, Wilson, 5 per
rent; Roosevelt, 7S per cent; Hughes,
~ per cent; Sherman, q per cent