The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-10-24
COOLIDGE NOW
LEADS BOB IN
POLL IN STATE
Runs Ahead of Wisconsin
Senator in Literary Digest
North Dakota Report
LAFOLLETTE is LOSING
John w. Davis Rising to Take
Second Place From lnde-
pendent Candidate p

President Coolidge is leading Sena-
tor Robert M. LaFollette and John
w. Davis in the Literary Digest poll,
appearing in the magazine tomorrow,
according to advance announcement
received today by The Tribune.
. With 1888 votes polled from
North Dakota, President Coolidge has
7,274, John w. Davis has l,4l4 and
LaFollette has 4,737. In the NORTH
Dakota vote Foster, the Workers Par
ty candidate for Presid Mt, gets "a
votes. and other. candidates got scat
tering votes.
The poll shows that LaFollette has
taken votes from the Republican col
umn in North Dakota. lie voters
reported in the poll gave their vote
in 1920 election as follows. Repub-
lcan 9,213; Democratic 1878, and
scattering for other parties.
The outstanding feature of the
Digest's poll this week is that John
W. Davis has almost overtaken La
Toilette in the nationwide presiden-
tial poll. Besides increasing his po-
ny vote, the Democratic candidate
= led ascendancy in Kentucky,
which gives him leadership in II
states. President Coolidge's vote,
however. keeps up remarkably we'll.
Coolidge has 1,293,37S votes; Davis.
4S7,7s2; and La Toilette, 496,OO6 of
the 2,30O,4s4 ballots now recorded.
Davis has brought down LaFol-
lette's lead over him from 48,455,
last week, to 1924 this week, gain
of over 10000. President Coolidge
has also increased his percentage Of
.he popular vote fraction. Sena-
Tor La Follettc's share has declined
over one per cent.
Expressed in percentages, the last
three tabuiations of the vote, includ-
ing the present one, show the stand
ipg Of the candidates as follows:
, - Hth report, Oct. II, Total Vote L.
,59l, Coolidge $3.50, Davis 1899
La Toilette 24.l9, Minor Candidates
Lib.
9Th report, Oct. 18, Total Vote l..
100000, Coolidge 56.03, Davis 20.l9
La Toilette 22.73, Minor Candidates
LOS.
9Th report, Oct. rs, Total Vote g.
2OO,4S4, Coolidge 56.22, Davis 2l.2O
La Toilette 2l.57, Minor Candidates
l0l
California and West Virginia con.
tinue in the doubtful column.
In Illinois, Coolidge is leading La
Toilette by l-2 to land Davis by
D to l. The President outnumbers
Davis nearly 4 to l and La Toilette
over 2 to l, in Iowa; Davis over 2 tt
l and La Toilette more than 5 to l
in Indiana; Davis nearly to l anc
La Toilette almost to l, in Minneso
ia; and Davis by to l and La Fol.
lette by 3 to in New York.
California Vote
"If this poll is any indication" The
Digest states, president Coolidge is
likely to receive considerably more
than sufficient number of votes ir
the Electoral College to insure his
election to succeed himself as the
next President of the United States
Kentucky, since last week, has
t., -itched from the Republican t.
"[Ae Democratic column, and West
Virginia continues to show such ar
even balance between Davis ant
Coolidge that it may be put in thu
doubtful column.
"California, with its present vote
of E6,O49 for Coolidge, to 65,050 fol
La Toilette, may also, to avoid argu
ment, be considered doubtful.
1.-The Digest figures, of course, ap
peal very differently, as to their pro
bable accuracy, according as the oh
server is on the Republican, or Dem
ocratic, side of the political fence
The Democratic National Campaign
Committee, we are informed, ha
gone so far as to send out severa