The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-08-17
OPINION DRIFTS
TOWARD WILSON
Democratic National Committee
Feels Well Satisfied.
PRoGREsSIvES COMING OVER
Sentiment in the Doubtful States Be-
coming More and More Favorable
to the President, Says State.
ment to the Public,

Drift of opinion In doubtful states
Is toward the reelection Of President
Wilson. according to statement is
sued by the Democratic national com.
mittee. The statement says:
1.-THE Progressives in 1912 polled A.
119.507 votes. That was 634, 551 more
votes than were cast for President
Taft. OF course, the leadership and
the personality of Colonel Roosevelt
had much to do with bringing forth
such strength of the independent vote
then.
Colonel Roosevelt is out of it now.
He has deserted the party which he
himself created. Disappointment at
the coloneis action has grown to re-
sentiment.
1.-The Progressives are reading the
record. They are waking up to the
fact that whatever advance has been
made along their highway of reform
and it is a steady, consistent advance
during the last four years-have come
through the Democratic party. The
Progresslves are studying the Demo-
cratic candidate, and they are awak-
ening to the realization that he is the
one real progressive in the field"
The drift in the doubtful states Is
toward Wilson. the statement says.
Michigan, this year," it continues,
gives every promise Of being a genu-
Grht nnvN
Reports from the different cities are
fast accommodating to prove this.
1.-The presence Of Woodrow Wilson
at Detroit, the insurrection Of the Pro-
gressives against the Perkins Roosevelt
delivery, and the great prosperity ev-
erywhere throughout Michigan are
leaning strongly in favor of Democ-
racy.
Mechanics who were getting 50 and
s. three years ago are now receiving
81 to Sc, and they are centent with
present conditions.
THE mobilization of the troops to-
ward the Mexican border has sent a
message home that no other single act
Noutu ~ AAApt CSo VIC pNopiC VI AulSAA7
gan with the full benefits to the ma
ton Of the Wilson peace policy.
ut looks very clearly from all Of
these reasons. as If Michigan with it's
former $4,000 Republican plurality
could be converted into good work
ing plurality for Democracy and Wood
row Wilson.
"A close observer of the conditions
in Ohio is even more emphatic in the
that Ohio will be posi-
tive asset to the Woodrow Wilson cleo
ton this year. Some of the most con-
business men of Cleveland,
Toledo and other important cities are
making the open declaration that Ohio
will be Democratic this year.
"The appointment of the secretary of
war and the recent appointment Of the
Supreme court justice, both of whom
are held in high esteem by the people
of Ohio. will give an added incentive
for the Ohioans TO join the ranks of
the new Democracy of Woodrow Will
son.
1.-The Golden state, too, has all the
of being added to the Demo-
cratic ranks. On account of the great
caused by the Progress
sive convention, California is sorely
nettled to degree that 1t has never
been in recent years.
Massachusetts Is turning over with
~ G., N octioD tou.o ri tho ctopdDo <toro |
Matthew Hale, one of the most con-
spicuous Of the Progressives, has open
ly come forth against any Progressive
Hughes combination. The feeling in
Boston. Lowell, Lynn, Fall River,
and Holyoke, where many
abide, is very strong in
Its resentment against the apparent
bargain and sale Of the Progressives
ut the Chicago convention"