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HUGE WILSON WAVE
ENGULFING THE EAST
Dependable Reports Show President
b Will Carry New York. New Jersey,
Connecticut And Delaware.

+ President Wilson will carry New
4 Y ork, New Jersey, Connecticut and
delaware. He has an even chance OF
j carrying Massachusetts, and he has
become so popular in Pennsylvania
THAT the normal Republican majori-
lty in that State is in grave danger.
The huge Wilson wave that has
ibeen sweeping through the country
has reached the East, and so tremen-
idous has it become that the breaking G
lup of the once solid Republican New
/ tEngland now seems assured. So
tserious is the Republican outlook in
pennsylvania and Massachusetts that
Senator Boies Penrose and EX-Sena-
tor Murray Crane, the Old Guard
tbosses in those States, have been
begging for help from Republican
lsshairman Wilcox.
The Hughes campaign managers
ARE badly scared as a result of the
ireportS from the Eastern States. Like
1.-The reports from the West and the
Middle West, they show so strong
Trend toward President Wilson that
lsome of Candidate Hughes closest
Friends have practically given up the
fight. Around Republican National
t~ANoAd w ShiS SAoohi 10 lhISh.
bureau heads and work
ters are filled with it. Chairman
INillcoX is doing his best to keep up
l;t show of courage, but with poor
success. What is more, the men
Iaround Republican Headquarters
don't care who knows about their
oppression. They are sick and tired
OF the liveless struggle, and only
long for the agony to be over.
~ The situation in New York State
cpuldn't be better. With militant,
loyal and united Democratic organi-
zation back of the President, there is
every indication that he will carry
the Empire State by a plurality of at
least 100000. In New York city the
workers of Tammany Hall are doing
their level best to give the President
arecord plurality. In all of the Dem
orratic districts of the city the regis |
tration shows a big increase, while !
In the Republican strongholds there |
is big falling off. Charles F. Muir
ply has sent out word that every |
Tammany orator must urge the re- !
election of President Wilson, and |
there is a corps of them in automo-
biles nightly combing the city.
Up Oldlo lHe I0pOIlS SuOW ludt
many thousands of Republican farm
e3s are going to vote for President |
WILSON'S reelection because they are,
h4ppy and prosperous and because
tie country is at peace. They are
Enthusiastic for the President be-
exuse he has kept the country out OF
t&e European war, and they are /
afraid that the election of Hughes
would mean that this country would /
IA drawn into the conflict.
President Wilson will carry New
X&rk by more than 100000 votes"
Us Edwin S. Harris, Chairman of
80 New York Democratic State Com
- t1The President has mills |,
fEu Democratic organization be- I
hind him, together with the support |
OF large number of Republicans
who believe that this reelection is .
necessary for the safety and we'll
being of the country. No less than .
fifty thousand Republicans have de-
clared their intention to vote for the |
reelection of the President, and |
many of them say that other Repub
licans have told them that they are |
going to do the same thing"
Thomas F. Smith, Secretary Of |
Tammany Hall, says that this is a
Wilson year.
despite the millions of dollars |
that Mr. Hughes is backed with, he |
is making the poorest campaign any |
Presidential candidate |
has conducted within my memory"
said Mr. Smith president Wilson |
will be reelected and by surpris-
ingly large majority. Tammany Hall |
is doing its part"
The trend toward President Will |
son in New Jersey is so pronounced |
that Edward E. Grosscup, Chairman |
of the Democratic State Committee, |
is confident of plurality of not less
than $4,000.
Reports from Connecticut are that |
not only will President Wilson carry |
the State, but also that a Demo-
cratic United States Senator will be
elected. Homer S. Cummings, Vice |
chairman of the Democratic National
Committee, is the Democratic candi-
date for Senator. The workingmen
of Connecticut are for President Will
sons reelection practically unani-
mously.
The popularity of President Will
son among the thousands of mill
workers in Massachusetts has the
Hughes managers badly scared. Met
thew Hale, the Progressive leader,
declares that the President will car
ry the State by large plurality.
''The President will hold the nor
NAL Democratic VOTE" he says, land
will have the support of huge num-