Williams news., 1916-08-31
OPINION DRIFTS
 TOWARD WILSON
Democratic National Committee
 Feels Well Satisfied.
PRoGREssIvEs COMING OVER
Sentiment In the Doubtful States Be- coming More 2 2 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 a statement is- sued by the Democratic national com mittee. The statement says:
 ''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 1t now. He has deserted the party which he himself created. Disappointment at the colonel's action has grown to re- sentiment.
 '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 1t is steady, consistent advance during the last four years-have come through the Democratic party. The Progressives 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." 1t continues, gives every promise of being genu- inc fighting ground for Democracy. Reports from the different cities are fast accommodating to prove this.
 "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 $2 and $3 three years ago are now receiving $4 to $6, and they are centent with present conditions.
 "The mobilization of the troops to- ward the Mexican border has sent message home that no other single act could to impress the people of Michi- gall with the full benefits to the na- ton of the Wilson peace policy.
 '1t looks very clearly from all of these reasons as if Michigan with it's former 75,OO0 Republican plurality could be converted into a good work ing plurality for Democracy and Wood row Wilson.
 "A close observer of the conditions in Ohio is even more emphatic in the declaration that Ohio will be a posi- tive asset to the Woodrow Wilson cleo flo, I,f ,f T, servative 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 son.
 "The Golden state, too, has all the earmarks of being added to the Demo cratic ranks. On account of the great disaffection caused by the Progress sive convention, California is sorely nettled to a degree that it has never been in recent years.
 Massachusetts is turning over with disaffectiOn toward the standpatters. 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, Springfield, and Holyoke, where many Progressives abide, is very strong in its resentment against the apparent bargain and sale of the Progressives at the Chicago convention"