ROOSEVELT MOVEMENT DYING OUT F A L L and WINTER GOODS
THE SETTING SUN.
Reports Irom Every Section o! the Country Show Third Term
Candidate Is Dally Losing 6rounrL
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LADIES’ AND MEN’S SUITINGS
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In e v ery s t a te in w hich the people h ave had an o p p o r t u n it y to
e x p re s s th eir s e n tim e n t since the n o m i n a ti o n of P r e s id e n t T a f t, the
verdict h a s been ad v e rs e to C olonel R o o se v e lt and has d e m o n s tr a t e d
th e in c re a sin g d is in te g ra tio n and e v e n tu a l collapse of the th ird party.
T h e re s u lts of th e r e g u la r a n d p r i m a r y elec tion s th u s far held
offer c o nvincin >8
g « evidence of the stead ily d e c re a s in g s t r e n g t h of the
th i rd te r m candidate.
CHAS.
GEHLEN
R EG U LA R E L E C T IO N S .
V E R M O N T —T h e R oosevelt ticket polled o n ly a b o u t 15,000 votes
an d w as th ird in th e race.
M A I N E —T h e r e was no P r o g r e s s i v e ticket and the u n ited R e p u b ­
licans o v e rc a m e a D e m o c ra tic p lu rality of nearly 9,000 of tw o y ears
ago, elected th eir g u b e rn a to ria l tick et by a plurality of 4.000 and
g a m e d a c o n g re s sm a n .
PR IM A R Y E L E C T IO N S .
— F ro m the Chicago I n t e r Ocean.
KANSAS IS REPUBLICAN
CANVASS OF INDIANA
Roosevelt S tre n g th A m o.i] V otera la
It S how s T h a t th e Roosevelt Movs-
Decrcan'ng P erceptibly T h ro u g h ­
ment
Is Now
on
th e
o u t State.
Decline.
Topeka. Kan.. Sept. 2?.— N o tw ith­
s ta n d in g the e n th u s ia s m w hich h as
alw ays ex isted in K a n s a s for T h eo ­
dore Roosi v elt, U is u n d e u ia ’ le th .t
his s tre n g th a s a pr. mdential cat.it-
d a te is decidedly w aning th ro u gh o u t
t h e state.
If he w ere th e c a n d id a te of th e Re­
publican party, and if th e r e w ere a
ehance of his ei-vt n, he would, of
course, i » «
th e s ta te w ith o u t any
•erlous opposition.
But n e it h e r of
th o se conditions exists. T h e fact th a t
bis own le a d e rs h a v e been obliced to
yield to th e w ave o f In d ig n an t pro­
tes t which swept a s a i n s t th e m on ec-
•o u n t of th e i r effort to h a v e Roose-
v
iced in th e R epub­
lican column h as not only proven th e
s tre n g th of the T a ft s e n tim e n t, b u t ft
h..s e l i m i n a t e : ail ¡>c
sillty of
Roosevelt c a rr y 'n g th e state. T h e
w ithdraw al of his electo rs from th e
Republican colum ns has emphasized
th e feet th a t he Is not t h e R epublican
can d id a te: and K an sas is too well
satisfied with th e con d ition s which
h av e prevailed d u rin g th e p ast six­
teen y e a rs to follow an y m an , how-
e e. popular he n a y be. o u t of t h r
Republican party.
T h e R oosevelt sen tim e n t h as been
•■•rther w eak en ed by th e u niversal
r ^ - Ion t h a t th e r e is no possibility
3 hi election snd th a t th e only ef-
f. l his candidacy can possibly have
is to expose th e co u n try to th e dan-
- of a Democratic victory. K an sas
" - **om being a D em ocratic
e r w as and w ith th e sub-
’ se of th e R oosevelt ca'n-
ta t e will be found in Its
place n e a r th e head of
llcan column.
Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 30.—A c a n
ful can v ass has been made of th e
Roosevelt s en tim en t In every co un ty
In th is state. T h e Inquiry w as sta rte d
b y a p ro m in en t b u sin e ss m a n of th is
city, who w as anxious to learn for h i m ­
self th e t r u e condition of affairs. He
s e n t o u t a la-ge n u m b e r of le tte r s to
m e n in each of th e counties w o were
n o t politicians an d would have no In­
centive t o falsify th e situation. T he re­
plies showed th a t In every county In
t h e state, w ith one exception, th ere
h ad been a m a rk e d decrease In the
Roosevelt s en tim en t. T h e opinion was
u n iv ersally expressed t h a t t h e T hird
T erm can d id a te had few er followers
now In In d i a n a th a n at any tim e since
th e cam p aign opened an d th is n u m b er
was stead ily decreasing. A few of
these repo rts sum m arised follow:
W h ite co u n ty —"O u rs is an ag ricul­
tu r a l co m m unity and th e farm ers all
seem satisfied wTh conditions an d are
not calling for a change. I see no evi­
dence of Bull Mooseism spreading. On
th e con trary, it la w eak er t h a n a t first.”
Steubon co u n ty —“T he T h ird T e r m ­
e rs a r e on th e down g. ade and will
n o t be a s stro n g a m o n th la te r as
th e y a r e now ."
L ake eo un ty—" S e n tim e n t for th e
P rogressive is w eakened, especially
a m o n g th e farm ers. S en tim en t Is
g row ing m o re and m ore fav orable to
th e a d m in is tra tio n .”
M ontgom ery
co un ty — “T he
Bull
Moose sen tim e n t h e -e Is w aning TT.e
T h ird T e rm p a rty Is losing
as th e
campaign progresses .”
De K alb county—“T h ere will n o t be
m a n y Bull Moose voters here. T aft
will get som e D em ocratic votes—quite
a n u m b e r .”
M iama co un ty—" T h e 'c h a n g e s a e
now com ing all ou r way. T here are
n o m ore desertion s from th e R epub­
lican ra n k s .”
T ippecanoe
oonnty — “T he
Bnll
Moose s e n tim e n t Is subsiding.”
R eports from Allen an d L a G ran ge
counties a r e to th e same effect.
L o l I. G IN NEBRASKA
r r o c r e s s i v e P a rty Will Die Before
Election Day Comes Around.
'- o m N e b ra s k a show th a t
< It s e n t im e n t is d ecrcasln e.
t’ T e rm p arty ,” say s one
’ ire c to r Mulvane of th e
au of th e T a ft cam paign,
c down to Pops.”
C lark of H astin g s, Neb.,
r f a larg e co m p an y w hich
fm en ts, se c u ritie s and
■ an i who h a s excep-
n ity to know th e feel-
, v e fa n n e r s, says t h a t in
farm er* a re b e g in n in g
it if th ey followed Roose-
' i l la r d now here, an d If
a D em ocratic p re s id e n t to
they will be ruined.
n. Neb., th e T h ird T erm
’f a c u l t y in se c u r in g even
t and fifty s ig n e rs to a pe-
fh elr county convention.
" stiv e p arty will die before
■-ays one rep o rt.
"Senti-
o i n g b e tt e r for T a ft every
SLIDING BACK IN NEVADA
P o o sev e't P a s Reached His L i m i t a r
Is Rapidly Receding.
M I C H I G A N — T h e th ird te rm p a r t y hail a full p ri m a ry election
ticket in th e field bu t polled only a b o u t 8.000 votes out of a to tal of
150,000. In on e c o u n ty w here the electio n officers w ere asked tor
8,000 R oosevelt tickets only 189 vote* w ere cast.
M I N N E S O T A —T h e R epub lican s n o m in a te d th e ir g o v e r n o r aiul
LTnited S ta t e s senato r, to g e t h e r w ith o t h e r officers. T h e th ird p arty
tick et ilia le a p o o r show ing.
W A S H I N G T O N — T h e R oo sev elt tick et received a b o u t 25.000 votes
ou t of 3' 0,000. T h e R epublican vote w as g r e a t e r th a n the R oosevelt
a n d D em o c ra tic vo te combined.
C O L O R A D O — T h e R epublican s n o m in a te d th e i r g u b e rn a to ria l
ticket ov er th e P ro g r e s s iv e opposition.
C A L I F O R N I A — L a st May t i e R oosevelt vote in the prim aries
In the S e p te m b e r p rim a rie s the R oo sev elt
sh o w ed 77.000 m a jo rity
m a jo rity w as less th a n 3,000.
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M innesota Republican* H ave No In­
Republican*
O u tn u m b er
t e r e s t In a T h ird T e rm P arty .
M inneapolis, Minn., S e p t 27.—T he
re c e n t p rim a rie s In th is s t a t e d em o n ­
S eattle. W ash., Sept. IS.—In th e re­
s t r a t e th a t th e RooseveR s e n tim e n t In
cent p rim a rie s In th is s ta te th e P ro­
th is s t a t e Is decidedly on th e decrease.
g re s siv e s c a s t ab ou t 25,000 votes out T h e re n o m in a tio n s of G overnor Kber-
of a to ta l vote exceeding 300,000, or h a r t a n d S e n a to r Nelson, both loyal
a b o u t e ig h t in every h un dred.
T h e R epublican s and T a ft su ppo rters, have
R epu blican v*>te w as g r e a t e r th a n e n co u rag ed the R epublicans of this
th a t of th e D em o crats an d th e T h ird s t a t e to m a k e a vigorous an d a g g re s­
T e r m e r s combined.
sive fight.
S. W. P erk in s, R epublican national
L ittle s e n t im e n t Is found In W iscon­
c o m m itte e m a n for W ashington, who sin for Roosevelt, and th e contest,
h a s b een en g ag ed In m ak in g a canvas* w ith o u t doubt. Is n a rro w e d down be­
of th e political situation In th is state, tw een T a ft and Wilson.
T h e busi­
say s th a t he Is In receipt of lotte: a n ess m en of Milwaukee, and o th e r
from every section Indicating a re­ W isco n sin cities, a r e rallying to the
m a r k a b le falling off of R o osevelt’s s u p p o r t of the R epublican tic k e t and
stre n g th .
T he figures or the prim ary volu n teerin g th e i r serv ices to elect
d e m o n s tr a t e th a t th e s e le t te r s accu­ T aft.
T h e pro s p ero u s condition of
ra te ly p re s e n t po pu lar ccn tlm ent.
th e i r b u sin e ss u rg es th e m to supi>ort
Mr. R oo sevelt claim ed th e W a s h ­ th e p r e s e n t a d m in is tratio n .
in gton delegation in th e R epublican
N atio nal c o nv ention In Chicago.
T he
R O O S EV E LT VOTE S M A LL
ab su rd ity , n o t to say dishonesty, of
his claim, is proven by th e poor show­
ing m ade by his followers In th e re­ P r im a rie s In Michigan Chow T h a i
c e n t prim ary .
R epublicans A re Loyat.
IN C O L O R A D O
D etroit, Mich., Sept. 2S.— C harles p.
H llles of th e R epublican national
W h y th e R oosevelt M ovem ent H as co m m itte e , who re c e n tly s p en t a day
In th is sta te , hold a co nference with
Failed to Materialice.
th e R epublican county c h a ir m a n —
(3 c o u n tie s being re p r e se n te d by
" T h e R oosevelt m o v em en t Is a fail
t h e s e le ader* of eo u n ty o rg an isatio n s
u re in C olorado," said David H eaton E ig h ty of th e cou nty ch a ir m e n re­
I of Salida, Colo., du rin g a re c e n t visit ported th a t th e i r coun ties would vote
to Chicago, while discussin g the po­ fo r T a f t and only t h r e e sta te d th a t
litical situation In his state. He Is c ondition s w ere doubtful.
p re s id e n t and g en eral m a n a g e r of the
T h e s e r e p o r ts a r e th e logical se­
F ederal
C onsolidated
M o num en tal q u e n c e of th e re e o n t
p rim ary
In
G ra n ite com pany, an d is also Identl
Michigan w h e re th e vote for the
fled with large m in in g Interests.
T h ird T e rm p a rt y tic k e t was piti­
"W e a r e tired of in d u s trial an d po­ fully small.
litical p y ro tech n ics in C olorado,” h"
R e p re s e n ta tiv e McLaughlin of the
continued. “W e have been th rou gh N inth Michigan D istrict, In speaking
all so rts of d is tu rb a n c e s In o u r state. of conditio ns In th a t state, says th at
W e h a v e seen w h at w ere called ‘dy ­ R oosevelt Is losing ground dally and
n a m ite d ay s.’ W e have had o u r wild th e outlook for a splendid m ajority
and wooly exp eriences and we h ave for T a ft is grow ing ev ery day.
1 know n w h at lt 1* to deal with strik e s
T h e re c e n t s t a te R epublican c o n ­
and strik e r s. Mr. Roosevelt Is now a vention was a tte n d e d by nearly 1,50«
d a n g e ro u s ty pe of political s trik er, do­ deleg a tes.
G reat e n th u s ia sm was
ing nothing but raisin g trouble. We m a n ife ste d and th e s p e a k e r s w ere a p ­
do not w ant a m an of his te m p e ra ­ plauded.
R oosevelt'a n a m e waa not
m e n t in th e W h ite House. W e prefe- m entio ned, while P r e s id e n t T a f t ’s
to su p p o rt P re s id e n t T a f t.”
n a m e w as loudly cheered.
He no. No r.. S e p t 2S.—T h e decl i
o f th e Do­ e e t m ovem ent, notice
ab le thrt ’g .it th e co un try, is vc:
a p p a re n t in Nevada.
“T h e in te re s t in th e Bull Mtmrc
qjovemenf is crystallized in Rco*-
v eil,” says th e E vening Gazette, "at i
th a t in te re s t is w aning.” T he Gazette
fu r th e r s ta te s t h a t R oosevelt's d is ap ­
p o in tin g speech In this state, th e fa I
t h a t ho is receiving funds from
George W. P e r k i n s and is being s u p ­
ported only by cast-off politicians, ar
drag Eton-s a b o u t his neck. The*Ga
t e t t e sum s up th e situation in Nevada
Roosevelt a F ro s t in Oregon.
as foil njrs:
A. V. Spalding, a widely known con­
“I t ' onevelt has reached th e lim it of
v ... .... „„ a „,j | , «tiding b a rk raoldly.”' tr a c t i n g e n g in e e r of P o rtlan d, Ore.,
w hile on Ids way e a s t from P ortland,
r e p o r t s t h a t th e
Roosevelt to u r
! HY ROOSEVELT IS LOSING GROUND.
th r o u g h W ash in gto n. Oregon and the
Pacific co ast s t a te s w ere a frost.
• . :.:d loyal R epublicans will not follow him o u t of th e 2
A le t te r received a t th e T a f t head
lican party.
.
X q u a r t e r s from E d w ard I). Baldwin. *er
in
people will not
ratify t ’:e ' “app oin ted a m b itio n J
r e t a r y of th e Oregan s ta te c en tm l
w i o. in a spirit of revenue.
juld v . t m . tile R epu blican ^
ausc it r e f i t - 'd him a p residential n om ination .
5 com m ittee, say s :
" T h i n e s a r e looking b e tt e r h ere
•itrv
■ - n o t w ant f> r pr>- i<l< t a man w ho e a g e rly +
T h e lu k ew arm
a' el« y wild •• 1 rad' ul the ry : . rely to . .. u \ ■ t ■>.
X e v ery day for Taft.
-t in'.n
i n 't
. o rt
; v. 1
titiit* I d is h o n e st w re cep tio n given R oosevelt in P ortlan d
help ns nomination and who accepts m
for his cam-
th e o t h e r day h a s given cou rag e t
o m th e li a r v e s tc r an d Steel tr u st directory.
ou r people.”
i o u s a n d s of R epublicans do n o t believe tl t ;i en of un b lem is h ed
■w
c h a r a c t e r w h o di -auree with R o o sev elt are th ie v e , an d liars,
D ecreasing In Iowa.
Right-thinkin j peop le c a n n o t t r u s t a candidate w ho violates his
;
- i pledges.
C e d a r Rapids, la., Sept. 29.— J a m ' '
uhlican* a re b e g in n in g to realize that the on ly possible effect
T r r m i n and L u th e r A. B re w e r of
" id id a c y m a y he th e election of W ilso n , an d th e y are not
th is state, officers of th e Iowa League
b r i n g u p o n th e c o u n tr y th e d isaster of a D em o c ra tic adtnin-
of T a ft Clubs, w ho h av e been a ssist
■erely to g r a t if y o n e m a n 's h a tr e d o r ambition,
Inp In th e org an ization of Republican?
ople will n o t M exicanize the U n ited S ta te s by electing to
In th e state, h av e received report?
icy a man w ho declares that lie sees no objection to any
from every co u n ty show ing th e dr
terms provided there is a recall. That is, if again made
c re a s e of R oosevelt s e n tim e n t, an d st
p r e s id e n t he w o u ld e x p e c t to rem ain in th a t office until the people
se rt th a t fh« R epublican s t r e n g th of
d ro v e him out. W h a t W a s h i n g t o n would n o t take, w h at G ra n t could
t h e s ta te Is cry stallisin g a m o n g Presl
n o t get, R o o se v e lt shall n o t have.
d e n t Taft.
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New Mexico R ep ublicans P re f e r
R em ain W ith T h e ir P arty.
to
S a n ta Fe, N. M„ Sept. 27.— United
S ta t e s S e n a to r T h o m a s B. C atron of
th is s t a t e sa y s t h a t a large n u m b er
of the P ro g re ssiv e s a r e refu sin g to go
Into th e new party. T hey prefer to
re m a in with th e R epublican party.
" I t looks to me now,” he says, “as If
th e elec to ral vote of New Mexico Is
c e rta in to be given to P re s id e n t T a ft.”
Alb uquerque, N. M., Sept. 27.— "So
far as th e th ird p a rty la concerned In
New Mexico, It Is as dead as Julius
C e a s a r,” Is th e a se rtlo n of the Al­
buq u erq u e Morning J o u r n a l, th e offi­
cial n e w s p a p e r of th is state.
T h e J o u r n a l n a m e s a n u m b e r of
men. Including f o r m e r G overnor IT. J
H a g e rtn a n and A ssociate J u s tic e R
H. H ann a, who h a r e fo ught the b a t ­
tles of th e P rogressive movem ent, but
who h a v e quit In disgust.
T h e th ird p a rt y In New Mexico Is
c h a ra c te riz e d a s a “dead duck.”
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