South Bend news-times., 1916-11-06
Drift TO Wilson
Becomes Marked
AsDays Go On

NEW YORK. Nov. 5.-As the
campaign draws to a close, the drift
of independent political opinion in
favor of Pres't Wilson becomes
greater
/ +. G. Benedict. "A close friend of
] the late Pres't Cleveland. who has
/ not always been a Wilson man, an
nounced his support or Pres't Will
son today
/ FROM san Francisco word came
| today that Rudolph Spreckels. a
progressive republican. who is as
active in civic reform as he is in
/ business. and who financed the san
Francisco graft prosecution. has an
nOunced himself for Pres't Wilson.
The same message brought the
news of a like decision by the noted
progressive ex-Chief Justice Matt
/ sullivan, of the California supreme
court. II also told of the resigna-
tion from the republican state COM
mittee of T.. l. Baggerly. editor OF
the San Jose Evening News, and AL
bert |. Loeb. a prominent San Fran
cisco lawyer, who was a progressive
leader. Both are working for the
reelection of Mr.. Wilson.
Bishop f. l. Mcconnell OF Mime
sofa. sent the following message to-
day 10 Joseph NJ. Price. chairman of
the Executive Committee of the
Woodrow Wilson Independent lea
que;
Il heartily favor the election of
Woodrow Wilson, and l deeply re-
/ gret that / cannot come east 10 make
speeches for him"
Mr.. Price also received word to-
| day from Seattle, Wash. that Rob
ert Moran. former mayor of Seattle.
and founder Of the great shipbuild-
ing company. The Seattle Construc-
| ton and Dry Dock Co. which built
the battleship Nebraska. a lifelong
republican, has come out for Pres't
Wilson.
The message which came from
| George II. Martin. secretary of the
Washington branch of the Indepen-
! dent league, states that there are
90 affiliated Wilson leagues in the
state. with a total membership of
2I,7O0.
SenatOre Gore OF Oklahoma wired
Chairman Mccormick from Spokane
today that he is confident that the
president will carry Colorado, Utah,
Idaho. oregon and Washington.
Chairman Mccormick received a
letter today from j. II. Kerr. Chair
man of the Democratic Central Com
mittee of Yuma, Ariz.. in which the
latter tells Of many prominent re-
publicans and brogressives in Ari-
zOna who are announcing their sup
port OF Pres't Wilson.
Mr.. Kerr declares that more than
half Of the members of the Women's 5
Woodrow Wilson clubs Of the state
are former republicans
From Pennsylvania comes equal
! ~ enthusiastic Wilson news. Adolph
Marcus, one Of the principal mer-
chants OF Scranton. a lifelong re-
publican. and John NJ. Harris. one
of the leaders of the PENNSYLVANIA
bar. who has often stumped the
state for the republican candidates.
have both announced their conver-
sion 10 the cause Of Pres't Wilson.
Even in rock-ribbed republican
/ New Hampshire. the drift is the
same. Prof. George a. Wicker. OF
/ Dartmouth college. who was chair
man OF the progressive state COM
mittee four years ago: +. W. Love
/ joy of Nashua. who was a promi-
nent member Of the committee. and
Frank \. Musgrove. editor Of the
Hanover Gazette. who was secreta-
1
\ in 1910. then speaker OF the house OF
representatives and state auditor.
secretary OF the progressive state
committee in 1912 and a delegate
/ TO the progressive convention in Chi
cago this year. all announce their
support OF Pres't Wilson.