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supported by the administration; in
each state the administration candi-
date was defeated. and in each state
the total democratic vote was far
below that OF the republican.
Tn New Jersey, Senator MARITIME,
seeking denomination, polled 50,961
votes Judge Westcott, who had the
administration support against Mar
tine. polled 29.627 This was hard
flght which attracted attention all
over the country because of the eff
forts Of President Wilson's friends to
defeat MARITIME While this bitter
contest was going on. there was q
cocd-natured campaign in the re-
publican primaries between Joseph
f'relinghuysen and Franklin Murphy,
each Of whom pOlled more votes than
both MARITIME and Westcott com
1iEed. Frelinghuysen won with 1851
90 Si.4S0 for Murphy The total re-
publican vote was 1S7.414. the total
democratic vote. 119,513. In this pri
mary the borough of Princeton, where
Mr.. Wilson is exceptionally well
known. cast 575 republican votes and
only 262 democratic votes.
-Four years ago at the election,
Wilson had SG3 and the combined
opposition EOS These figures show
what a change has occurred in Ms
Wilson's home borough.
In Massachusetts. where the demo-
cratic fight was over the gubernatorial
nomination the total vote was S1,052
while In the republican primaries Gov
'~ror Mccall. unopposed, received
1922.
Back on the Pacific coast the pri-
m7ries In the state of Washington met
with the same kind Of result. 2l4,660
voting in the republican primary, and
only 1880 in the democratic primary.
The democrats have been making some
talk about carrying Washington. That
means that they only expect about So
GOO 81 the republicans who voted in tho
primaries to vote the Democrat ticket
az the election. That is a fair sample
Of the quality Of these democratic
claims
Wisconsin. Michigan. Illinois. Kans-
as and Ohio, In the middle west have all
given the same kind Of an indication.
In Kansas for instance 1926 voters
cast ballots In the republican primaries
and only A. AS i'm the democratic pri-
mary The democratic managers have
not Yet had the audacity to claim
Kansas. but they have talked about
carrying Michigan. Illinois. Ohio and
Wisconsin, but in each Of these states
tho voters have shown at the primaries
what they viii do in November. In
Michigan 2S4640 votes were cast in the
republican primaries and only 1884 in
the democratic. In Illinois 42O,959 re-
publicans voted in the primaries
against 2SS,509 democrats.
In Ohio. 2S247S republicans voted in
the primaries against 1894 Gemo-
Gratis
IN Wisconsin s3.O72 republicans vot-
cd In the primaries and 39,6O1 demo
Gratis
New York state gave precisely the
same kind Of indication PCS, S97 repub-
hcan votes being cast at the primaries
and only l5s,71S democrats voted
OF course, the primary vote is never
as large as the vote at the election.
Election day is always a holiday, and
the polls are open all day long Primary
day TN most states is not a holiday and
the polls are usually open considerably
less than the fun day. The full vote,
therefore, Is never polled at a primary
but there is one striking feature Of all
these primary votes, the meaning OF
which is absolutely unmistakable This
feature IS the great preponderance of
interest on the republican side
in every case, without exception. II
was the republican voters who had the
interest and took the trouble to go "a