The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-11-06
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cheney.
OF most Importance. in the minds
of the leaders of the two great par
ties, is the swing which the pro-
giessiye vote of four years ago will
take tomorrow.
or the trifle under 100000 of
lopular votes cast in 1912, nearly
100000 were for Roosevelt and
Johnson, running on the third
ticket under the progressive en-
blem. That five million OF votes,
delivered in one block, would be suf-
fioient. 1t is conceded, TO elect either
Wilson or Hughes.
But leaders on both sides today
liointed out that the defections OF
l:12 were from both parties and in
the four years which have passed
cway many of that five million have
re-aligned themselves. The progress
sve split in June of this year, when
Roosevelt sought to swing endorse
raeat of the party he led in 1912 to
Hughes. has brought claims from
both republicans and democrats that
the major part of the five million
votes will be with them tomorrow.
Many prominent progressive leaders
have endorsed Wilson; possibly a
slightly larger number have endorsed
Hughes. How the rank and file will
vote is likely to determine the cleo
ticn.
The five million of progressives in
one block" vote which has been
sought after assidiously by both
parties. There are two other blocks
for which there has been considera-
ble angling the labor vote and the
hyphenate vote.
Democracy expects the labor vote
to be solidly lined up for Wilson and
democratic policies-mainly because
oe President Wilson's solution,
through the sAdamson law, OF the
threatened railroad strike. Presi-
cent Gompers, of the American Fed.
e-ation of Labor. isg actively sup
porting the present administration.
Democratic leaders also think their
present slogan Of prosperity will in
fluence workingmen to vote for Will
son and Marshall.
On the other hand, republican
leaders are confident Candidate
Hughes assault on the Adamson bill
as surrender to force" and an
abandonment of the collective princi-
pie of bargaining for which labor has
so long fought, will make labor vote
for the republican principles.
G. o. p. managers also think
powerful impression has been made
in the false prosperity revelations
Which republican orators have SO
vigorously pounded home.
AS to the "hyphen' vote-demo-
cratic leaders have sought to make
campaign material out of the out
spoken support by several "hyphe-
nate" leaders of the republican can
didates. Republican managers have
steadfastly maintained complete
ignorance of the attitude of the
hvphenates-and have flatly denied
ary agreement of any kind whatso-
ever with any faction or group OF
naturalized Americans
One other feature of interest In
the voting tomorrow will be the
part which win be played by women
voters.
In at least one state the women
kave an opportunity to decide the
electoral vote of that state. In liil-
nois there are approximately Soo,-
600 women registered and ready to
vote for the first time on presi-
GENITAL and vice presidential candi-
date. In Montana woman is run
ring on the republican ticket for
congress. In Washington and ore
gon votes of feminine balloters may
have a direct bearing on the way
the states throw their electoral
figures.