Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-31

Democratic ticket at the election. That
is a fair sample of the quality of these
Democratic claims. -.
wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Kan
sas and Ohio, in the middle. west, have
all given the same kind of an indica-
ton In Kansas, for instance, 1895
votes cast ballots in the Republican
primariCi and only 47445 in the Demo-
cratic primaries. The Democratic man
ayers 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. the voters have shown at the
primaries what they will do in Novem-
Sel In Michigan, 2S4,640 votes were
.p.st in the Republican primaries and
only 29,935 in the Democratic. In
Illinois, 42O959 Republicans voted in
the primaries against 23SSO9 Demo-
.,l,>,s. In Ohio 2S2, AIS Republicans voted
- r>e primaries agains. 1S9,343 Demo-
.,xSv. In Wisconsin S%O72 Republicans
voIed in the primaries and only 39,6Ol
Democrats.
FIGURES lNCONTESTABLE.
New York state gave precisely the
same kind OF indication. 29S.S97 Repuo-
lican votes being cast at the primaries
and only 1907 Democratic votes.
"Of course. the primary vote is never
az large as the vote at the election.
Election day is always q holiday and
the polls are open all day long. Primary
day in most states is not a holiday and
the polls are usually open considerably
less than the full day. The full vote,
therefore, is never polled at 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, it was the Re
publican voters who had the interest
and took the trouble to go to the polls.
No clearer evidence could he given of
the intention of the voters to manifest
their Republican prcqSe ence on Novem
Der Z.
I'm none of the states outside of the
solid south where a primary election
has been held this year, has the Demo-
cratic vote come within hailing distance
of the Republican vote
Down in Maryland, a similar indi-
cation has been given at the reglstra-
ton, where intending voters express
their party affiliations 1or the ensuing
year. In this registration. the Demo-
Gratis have lost more than 1000 and the
Republicans have gained more than
1000, making net change of more than
5000. or considerably more than enough
to overcome the Democratic majority at
the last election.
The Democrats have been entertain
ing themselves with amusing claims
about the possibility of their carrying
+ Pennsylvania. We are just i'll receipt OF
the figures of the enrolment in Phil
Iadelphia, which shows 242,54S voters
enrolled as Republicans, and only 3d.
go as Democrats
! "rhesc figures are incontestabie'
They show beyond possibility of ques-
ton how utterly preposterous has been
tie rainbow chasing OF the Democratic
managers. Their claims that President
wilson is going to carr half the north
ern states, including pennsylvania,
Mi ,higan, Wisconsin am several more,
are not entitled to any consideration
They are nothing but the vaporings CT
a lot of anxious politicians who don
k .ow where they are at