The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-23
SAYS TEUTON VOTE
WILL BEAT WILSON
"German HerOld" Analyses
Conditions I'm Country to
Prove Contention.
AID OF IRISH EXPECTED

The German Horold Of this city said
yesterday that there IL no chance OF the
reelection Of President Wilson. princi-
pally because Of the hostility toward him
Of Americans of German descent. The
article says in part:
THE President and his friends are
evidently thoroughly alarmed. Every
circumstance goes to show that MOTH
ing will be left undone to win back the
German Americans. MOI on account of
any special fondness for them, but WILL
son needs their votes. This view can be
automatically demonstrated to be cor
rect.
There are sal votes in the Electoral
College and IL requires 266 OF these to
elect a President. Let US nov give Mr..
Wilson the entire solid South and he
has 1t2 votes to start with. We shal
then make him "a present Of the follow
ing small doubtful States: Arizona, Colo
RADIO, Idaho. Maryland, Montana and
New Mexico. 81 votes. making In all
i73.
THE following States have gone Re-
publican in the three elections 1900,
1904 and 1905: California, Connecticut.
Illinois. Indiana, Iowa, Kansas. Maine.
Massachusetts, Michigan. Minnesota.
New Hampshire. New Jersey. New York,
North Dakota. Ohio. Oregon. Pennsyl-
vania, Rhode Island. South Dakota.
titan. Vermont. Washington. West Nir-
ginia. Wisconsin and Wyoming. That
Mr.. Wilson obtained the electoral votes
of some OF them IL due to a split in the
Republican party. Mr.. Wilson had in
the popular vote o.450.jO4 votes less
han the other candidates combined.
Where Republicans Will Win.
The New England States and Penn
sylvania are c.nched for the Republic
cans. They have So votes. OF the en-
tire number Of 53l votes We have now
awarded 255. leaving 276. These votes
were all Republican in three elections
and would have remained so II Mr..
Roosevelt nat not been able 70 hyp-
notice his followers to a sufficient de-
gree that they bolted the regular noini-
nation Of their party. But this bolt is
a thing OF the past. az the Progressive
party Is a shadow.
The parts OF the United states where
the German element Is strongest are
New York. New Jersey and tn. middle
West. Combined they have 226 cleo
toral votes. Even IL we make Mr.. Will
son u present of California, West Nir-
ginia. Washington and n few Other
states ordinarily Republican. having in
all so votes. he still lacks - votes. IL
IL impossible for the President 10 OH
tain them with the German vote or
rather tn" vote of the G~ermanophiies
against him
\ ;ihl" IL then presented giving a to-
tai population Of 1852 600 To Illinois.
Indiana. Iowa. Kansas. Michigan. Minne-
sofa. Missouri. Nebraska. New Jersey.
New York. North Dakota. Ohio. South
Dakota and Wisconsin. Il l. said that
in those states there aye S.l.S, 900 ma
tives OF the Central Empires and their
children while the natives Of Ireland,
sweden and Switzerland and their chill
dr"n coinposc 3.5l9,0OO of h popula-
tion. Continuing the article says
ITO grasp the truc signiflca,cs Of
these figures the following circumstance
should he rem, mbered
Il. All these states have gone Repub-
lican three times in succession ,lsoO.
1904 II ia"s) and even in 1912 the
vote of the Republicans combined with
that OF the I'rogress!ves exceeded that
Of the Democrats.
80, The natives from the Allies coun-
tries are of little Importance f. thes.
States. there being only few English.
French and Russians, and the Italians
are mostly not ndturaliZ.d.