Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1916-06-08
THE rllNPrR or PnNNsYIvANIA

lean and Editor OF the NOlkSDlatt a.
Freihets-Freund Of Pittsburgh,
throws a sidelight on the Ford cam
paign in Pennsylvania which should
interest every American who takes
the present political situation in this
country seriously to heart.
Pittsburgh, Pa, lune /, 1916.
"Straws show which way the wind
is blowing" but this adage is not
necessarily applicable to straw
votes" which are usually directed by
editorial bellows. Yet there are eX-
ceptions to this exception.
A Straw vote" that was spontan-
eous, and which could not be manip-
ulated, and which for that reason
has been overlooked by the Wall
Street controlled newspapers. was
taken in the State of Pennsylvania on
the 10th ultimO, at the state prim-
aries held on that date
You may be interested in some Of
the results. as bearing upon the can
didacies of Mr.. Wilson and Mr..
Roosevelt, and / give you them be-
low.
One may safely judge from the
results Of this vote, and from what
went before it, that MI Roosevelt is
the most perennial. persistent and
vociferous candidate for the Chief
Executive ship Of the United States.
Why should he, if he were not
such, find it necessary to rush madly
about tho country, offering to save it
from inevitably impending disaster,
upon the eve Of a Presidential cleo
ton? Or upon that of a National
Convention?
Were there not earlier, better and
more appropriate times upon which
he could have voiced his sentiments
OF Americanism? Why does he to-
day ladle out his nauseous battery
on the one hand and his angry words
Of malice on the other, only at the
eleventh political hour? A just re-
gard for the meaning of MI. Roose-
velt's candidacy demands that the
American people sum up in their
minds q few Of the results of the
recent Presidential primary in Penn
sylvania.
Though these results were ignored
by the newsgathcring agencies, they
were not unknown to Mr. Roosevelt,
and were alluded to in his Detroit
speech. The contributing editor
keeps a close tab on all matters az
fecting the fortunes OF his favorite
Presidential candidate When the
latter cannot secure the nomination
for himself, in the case Of Mr.. Roose-
velt the candidate acceptable to him
becomes Mr.. Root, whose extreme
old age would disqualify him from
denomination four years from now
and leave the track clear for the
ga Tai ~ ~ n sf,ts
Bay.
Apart from, or in conjunction with
these observations. / wish to give
you the count OF ballots in the Penn
sylvania primary, as such count was
reported in the daily press:
Five or six days before the prim
aries, a few people in the Keystone
State bethought themselves Of sug-
gesting the name of Henry Ford and
asking citizens to vote for him. by
writing or pastlng his name upon the
ballot
1t was pointed out that such a vote
would be an expression of the desire
for peace and Of their opposition to
huge armament The campaign thus
hastily launched was extended to
only a few counties Of Pennsylvania;
there was behind it no organization
worth speaking Of; such expense as
was incurred still remains mostly
unprovided for. Furthermore, every
one conversant with practical politics
understood the great difficulty of
gettingl voters to write or paste upon
the ballot q name which many Of
them may not have heard before as
a candidate.
Despite these disadvantages, the
result Of the Ford campaign in All
legheny County produced some re-
markable figures:
In the city of Pittsburgh and q
majority Of the outlying boroughs
there were cast for Governor Brum-
baugh, whose name was printed on
the ballot, 23,315 votes; for Ford,
whose name had to be written or
pasted on the ballot, 12,264 votes.
This shows a strong pacifst senti-
ment among the voters, particularly
in view of the fact that Pittsburgh
and Allegheny County are prohting
enormously from the manufacture of
munitions of war.
Still more significant were the re-
suits of the Democratic primaries, so
far as they have been revealed:
In the city of Pittsburgh and few
boroughs outside. there were cast for
Woodrow Wilson, whose name was
printed on the ballot, 4,614 votes;
and for Ford, whose name was not
on the ballot, SAG votes This shows
that more than ten voters out of
every hundred were glad to take this
means Of registering disapproval of
President Wilson's policies. I'M
doubtedly, an even greater number
of Democrats. who arc disgusted
with him, stayed away from the
polls 1t indicates tnat over one
tenth Of the unterrified followers of
the President, no doubt including
many of German and Irish extrac-
tion. are unalterably opposed to his
present activities.
Yet, as bearing upon the aspira-
tions of the doughty Theodore the
vote in the primaries Of the Wash
ington Party is most significant Of
all. The Washington Party consists
OF the Bun Moosers of Pennsylvania.
II was launched three or four years
ago BY the money of William Finn