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) VOL. IX. NO. 30. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 3, 1012. PRICE ' FIVE CENTS COMMISSION VOTE IS CLOSE BIG BOND' MMWES'i'LW'n. -ELECTRIC FRANCHISE PASSES SA YS VERDICT IS UP TO PEOPLE VOTE Offll TICKET UfltCniHUIII IMWIH- II? HILL MM T fear mm . OF. CHRISTIANS IN CONSTANTINOPLE IF AUK 1 V1ILUU r unl ISSUES DEFEATED h , . ' ' . , - . n. Measures Tending to Increase Public Expenditures, Turned ' Down LHalf of- Registered Voters Go to Polls. Commission government .'is not to be for Portlanders.' 'at: least fop awhile. , lioth charter amendment "providing fon this method of running ths muni cipality failed At yesterdiys special election though Jthe vots on the rofft- ial" commission:, amenamenv - tremelv close. - The electorate, however, unhesitatingly net Ua foot down on the fahort;' charter TrOpose(J-br-y.- Wood. thia i, was blotted out by an enormous vote. - : ' ' A crushing" blow . waa delivered " to Mayor Rushlight's pet measure for the acquisition of Ross Island and creating a bond Issue of 1300,000, with whlch to make the purchase. iM'ttJa, project, which had the endorsement of the city park board nd scores of civic clubs, went down to- oblivion with ..-tha- disapproval of nearly SO per cent 'of all those who went to the vpolla.- Tba voting at that waa the lightest ever T recorded. v at .a similar election, less than 60 per cent of those' registered having used their right of suffrage. if-i'b;:-;--r''rVX'-:' Not content with annihilating tha Isl and project, the. bailoters went on down the line, taking healthy ewlnga at the South Portland bridge and auditorium bond measures. The former provided for the Issuance of $850,000 for the -TConttttuft-on -Pag-Fpur.h- Amendments' Vbfed, Out; Tax . . payers Not in Favor: of V; - v Increase., ' Votera of Portland do not believe in - raising salaries. This fact waa clearly demonstrated' In the vote on tha three amendments that provided for the In creasing of the salaries of the city en- . alneer. . city" attorney and" city : treas- - urer. Alt three measures were defeated . nearly, two to---one.:--n;i::-';-;;-'V--- ,The ona sided result is accounted for In part by the ' fact that the amend- ments proposed to give the city council : tha power lo fix the salaries of the of ' flclala affected. Many tax payera dls--trust the present council, fearing that ' if any- f urthepowera-re--grateUthe ---law makers, they-wlU- mlausa .It. -.a.... While the electorata evinced a Wealthy desire to cut down expenses by casting their ballots against-the big bond Is sues, they did not hesitate to express " their apnrovar of-amandments that wUl " nave atenancr-to-shnpttfy -procedure In the matter of street and sewer lm provemer.ta and extensions. - , - The amendment giving property own---era-thirty days' time Inatead of ten for -. filing applications for bonding: street - and sewer aaaessments, was passed by . a rote of five to one. The bill to permit property owners to bond their property for street exten sions .was also adopted by a heavy vote, tha proportion , of those in favor to ose against being two to one. bolltlon Of . tha . present system- of viewing street extensions waa also- ef fected, tha amendment . providing that the city engineer shall assess damages and bencf Its f or all - streets - to be opened In ' the future, carrying by a handsome majority. - -That Portland does not need a city prosecutor rto handle the criminal busi ness1 of the city attorney' office waa likewise , emphatically made known, three times as many voters being op posed to' the creation of the rofflce gg were in 'favor-of An- amendment to the Zelgler L law waa adopted by a two-to-one vote. The amendment permits the vacation of pub lic streets within the 2000-foot limit of the harbor line when the vacation la for publics purposes and when the abutting property on. both-aides of the street la owned by the city. ARE YOU INFORMED? Do you know, who are tne candidates for office upon whom you will vote next Tuesday?- . ' - Are you acquainted with the 41 special measures that will be presented to "you? ' ' You should be it is your duty. , -- . t - yTP ;.'. j: " '"-..fff t'" ';i''-:-K ;":.. On nekt. Monday, the, day prior to election day, , THE .restate ballot thai no reader will have to go to. the , polls in ig norance of, the people and prop ositions that confront him Tomorrow , SUMMARY OF MEASLKES CARRIED 'KortliweHtern EI1rior franchise,'. : Apnoval'f "of - Greater rort lanfl plans. tj ', t s Three cent tolls ' for street ' caw crossing r.ll bridges, ', ' '' , Extending time for applications for afreet and Bewer assessments. - Providing for bonding ft street ex tension." assessments. , 1 Providing : ior opening' ' of "new streets. , - ' ' -Lllegulating water, front street T cations'. " .' 7.""". ----- ELECTRIC COMPANY'S : Northwestern Leads 15 to 1 -jn More Than Half of. Pre- -cincts Counted, . . The Northwestern - Elective-, company was awarded its franchise to compete In tha light, beat and power business in Portland by the voters yeaterday by an overwhelming vote. , 4 With more than : half the precincts counted early this morning. Indications, axe that the franohlsa was approved -by vote of approximately IS to. 1. The complete vote from the . first r 83"lPfe clncts etood 6125 -for the franchise and 414' against It That ratio waa main tained aa later figures capia In to the city auditor's office.' ' " ' The vote on this, measure ran higher In -many precincts than that on tm- portant bond amendments; showing the interest -tl en in "IF byt4n6tetavx 4 Tha ' Northwestern Electric company was -granted this tranchlsa.by .thai city council more than1 .a month A0 by Uilatlimdus ifvote.!; After the Portland Railway. Light & Power company, had sought uoidelay. tha rjntry ofJt; eom petitor the etty, however, by get ting signatures to - a referendum peti tton to be vpted on-In June, the council Itself referred the franchise to the voters at yesterday's election. . Herbert end Mortimer Flolshhacker of Ban Fraimiaco. preaidents, respective Contlnuedon Page Tour.). THAI TED LAW IN OATH'-BEN SELLING Primary Nominee Says Sen a- itorAfter; Flection. Gave Money to- West1 s eompaign Replying' to accuaatlonsby Jonathan 'BouOTiiaV: published in- THiS ySuraal lait' night that he had violated the corrupt practlceaact.. Ben. Selling has jwritten a letter denying - the violation either In. spirit or letter.ieounterRHrgesare made that Bourne not only violated the provisions of the act in 1910. but that he even admitted such violation under oath. Mr, Selling's letter follows: To ' the Editor of The Journal In the Journal of yesterday Is contained a communication from Senator Bourne, in whloh. i r? directly ' and by Innuendo makes the following charges against me; first, that X am his chief oppon ent, and second, he charges that I vio lated tha corrupt practices act by send ing to sixty thousand voters in the state a circular letter attacking him and making the falsa assertion that he, Bourne was not a resident of the State, notwithstanding the : fact that he had lived here J4 years, and that with the letter I enclosed aBtamped and ad drrssed envelope for: a reply. He then quotes from, two sections of the cor rupt practices act andLhftrgcsitliat I expended from six to ten thousand dol lars in circulating the letter referred to, and that I did pot file a statement of the ebtper.se, nor deliver Bourne a copy thereof, which Bourne ' says I should have done under tha law. "In reply to these-charges I wish to say that Mr. Bourne by making these charges at this time evidences an utter lack of good faith; as I shall, show in this letter. X distinctly and positively deny that I have in any way, manner or form, either violated or evaded either the spirit or letter of the provisions of the corrupt practices act. During the campaign of 1910 lt-was charged by a large number of ; Campaign speakers that Bourne was a non-resident of the state and that his wealth was Invested In cotton mills in, Massachusetts. These charges were also included in newspa per articles which s were published , in many newspapers throughout the state. Wrote to People. ,V "I was not actively a participant in the campaign of 1910, but llk every other voter, I knew that Bourne was charged with, "being a non-resident and having lils property rights in other states,' and I also knew that a very large number ef people of, Oregon felt that these charges were well grounded and that Oregon should have as its Sen ator a. man whe, not only lived In Ore gon j but whose interests were here. I travs lieefi eetnslstent-4n,"Wy,isfipport"ef the Direct Primary Law and Statement No. 1, and am a firm believer that everything of a political nature Should be referred to the people. During last fall and early winter, I was urged to become a candidate, for United States eenntor against Mr. Bourne. I did not wlah to i ccome a candidate" until I had Continued on Page Four.) FRANCHISE PPP k,...v-v. V. .- lURIADIl CITY ELECTION MEASURES DEFEATED $3,000,000 park bonds.":."";:'":"' $880,00tf tndsiorSottthrort- land bridge. ' v $300,000 bonds for pure; Ross Island. ' $200,000 Auditorium, City attorney salary measure. f City treusurei1' salary nieasu City engineer salary measure. I. Proposed city prosecutor. ' , " " Removing police front civil serv ice. ' I ' . Water, bonds-direct obligation Publio service commission. " . Wood short charter. . 1 ' I , HOSASVRES - PHOBABLV--DEFEATED . Commission government. ' $100,000 Incinerator bonds. , $200,000 publio market bondsr L POLICE IS RETAINED Voters Reject Proposition Af-Ai-fecting-Police Deptr by - -iaMority, " Portland voters rejected by a big ma jority yesterday the proposal to take the police department out of civil serv ice, ' - The only-iuesttoa -in regard -.ta- this measure Is the ize of the majority by which;' it ,wilV.. be . defeated when tha count from all the precincts in the city is complete -Tha slssa i of the .? vote against it wilL.PbabJyjaai-laaj!. The first 4 J precincts to report show how overwhelmingly . the electorate favirs' retention1 Of civil .service 'for the police department ' These precincts gave 6257 votes against the measure, and only 178 for it. The ratio may even be Increased, for. later figures all show, the same relative vote. - Storms of Applause Greet the Speakers - at; Armory hSen- Kator-(hamberiafv --iaiKSr That impending thing which presages a--poli tlcal revolution -4heworknf the - people- at - the- polle -next-Tuesday got hold of the audience at the final rally of Oregon, Democrats la the Arm ory last night.- Tha eensirir conditions about to be reversed spoke out in a -storm of ap proving applause- when that - part of Woodrow Wilson's "before the battle" message containing the words, "For the last half generation the government at Washington has not been conducted from the point of view or-in th inter est of the people of the nation," was read by John H, Stevenson. The addresses of the mass meeting were made to lead up to a climax like survey of the local, state and. national political .Situation. ? Tbe vocalised, hand smiting applause that greeted tha statement of the Dem ocratic candidate for congress, Judge M. a. -Munly, that cost of living and les sening of liberty are due to a moneyed oligarchy which, Republican administra tion has fostered, was called forth at the appearance of Harry Lane, Democratic candidate for -senator, r and, again.-when SenatoFTTeoTge BrH3hamberlaln stood before the people. ; .; v . L Candidate Word Speaks. When Chamberlain had finished Speak ing, the bulk of the audience thought the meeting over, -but. It wasn't. Tom Word, the Democratic candidate for sheriff, had : been-sltting? well toward the front on the platform. From the departing cro-wd a hundred voices shout ed for him. The people hesitated. Word spoke one sentence: "On election day the elements of vice and corruption wlir be " solidly arrayed at the polls against me: will you, ; who represent true cltlsenahip, .be as solidly arrayed for-mer- m response,-a whole chorus of "We wilL" . ' vl ' Judge Munly -brief ly described his tariff attitude; to revise -downward. He attacked , Laf f erty charging him, and SERVICE FOR RflUSI-DEiCRAI RAIIY WARM TPimrTF u iuw . i n . v a. ' . .. (Continued on Pag, Ten.) TOlSSHWilSHLOM . elling the facts, with having fought 4he41M(ref -James Schoolcraft Sherman this irovemmenfa Interests. ' though a rep resentative In congress, In the Oregon & California land .grKnrsasesr in1 be half of his private clients. - V , Sr. laae Jpeaks. , ' Harry lne was Introduced by Bert E. Hahey, chairman, as "one of. three candidates for United States senator who alone has no writhings and explaln lngs of past condit to make, but who stands on a past' and present record of unflinching honesty and outspoken loy alty to truth." -. . ... H predicted max wooarow wuson ...... . i. a -. i iron, that -he - will be elected president of. the United States that the votes of the Republicans of thiav country will elect hlm.:..:. ' "The president." said Iane, . "nseds urport In Congress. As mayor of Port lend, I discovered how vexing, how hararslng, how herve breaking, -how fu- , Continued on J'age Four. l' Guns : of Attacking , Bulgars Heard in Capital; Foreigners 7 Prepare -.Defense --Against Fanaticism" of "Turks; OTTOMANS STILL HOLD FORTS UPON PENINSULA 1 00,000 ; Dead and Wounded in Week's Fighting Near; --.-tme: Burgas.',, (Br the IntOTDlluiMti Nwi i'BrrTiee.)' London, Nov. S. The Bulgars,.havlng achieved victory iria "battle that must rank-wltu7-lhegre4taecialva conflicts of the world's history, are tonigHt at tha very doors of Constantinople. i- Wlthln the .ancient capital Is panic Tha sultan is" ready to flee.7'rTbe resi dents are terror-stricken. 'In the streets are thousands of exolted Mohammedans, their emotions steadily rising to that fury of fanaticism which will mean horrible massacres of the Christian In nocent, " ' - . The foreign consulates have bidden their country to take-refuge In the for eign quarter, but even there the armed forces are Inadequate to withstand an attack and the foreign areas are far too restricted to harbor thoae who will seek safety. ; The Turks still hold two llnes-of forts, one at Tchatalja, 25 miles north of the capital, and the other stretching across the peninsula in front ' of Con stantinople. . . . v ; ii. The Bulgarian line extends from Mldia, on the Black sea coast, to Ro d08to. on the sea of Marmora. - Progress of the fighting tonlghf Is unknown except that artillery fire has been heard at Constantinople. One dis patch from Prague" states' ffie"Srian ople has- capitulated and tha allies have taken 40,000 prisoners.;. A well authen ticated report ays the Bulgarians last night sent a part of their army back to vAdrianople to deal the . final blow to that fortreaa. - - -W: ,It Is now definitely known that Na cltno, PaF.ha.. who was renorted killed f and later as (captured In th flghtlnr near LuJe Burgas, is alive and la com mand of his shattered forces. . , Abdul Hamld, tha deposed sultan, was todajr-ttinoved from- Salonika to the Asiatic Side1 lof the .Bosphorus on ths Oerman cruiser Lorelet.. , The Greeks end i Servians ara advanc ing on Salonika and its fall is expected tonigluLiSrave .fears ;arL entertained for the fate of the Christians in Salon ika. A massacre has already been re ported. ' - . " The powers are still at odds tonight Balkan Allies:," on' Oth.er Hand, Are Not in Conciliator)r ::::: -.Z-oor-- -"-"- (Cnlted Pret Lcuoe Wire.) Paris, Nov. J. The powers continued deadlocked tonight concerning Interven tion In the- Balkan struggle.- France, Germany, England and Russia had agreed on what diplomats referred to as the "form" -of intervention provided that they Intervene. As to the terms of division of the Ottoman empire's Euro pean, possesions, however, there were wide differences of -opinion; Austria did not even Indorse the proposed "form." Germany Insisted that inter vention, as yet, would be inopportune. Italy was silent The Balkan allies plainly said they intended to carve UP European Turkey to suit, themselves. Bulgaria gave it out flatly that it would discuss peace terms only With Turkey. Not much attempt was made to conceal the fact that the European chancellories regarded the situation as alarming. ' It was th consensus of opinion 'thai the Bulgarian army would enter Con stantinople wlthiA. a fortnight it may enter it within a few hours. Once there, it probably will be too late to inter vene, " . TAFT WEEPS AT WORDS PRAISING VICE PRESIDENT President and Government Officials Leave Utica After Sherman : Funeral. '. (United PrM trimd tVlre.V ?:Unica, N. Y.r Nov. ,2. President Taft and representatives of national and for eign governments who attended the fu afternoon,: left Utla this evening in their special train for jNew York. .To night the country's vlcw president, and Utica's most famous son, lies in the beautiful mauaoleum which Mrs?' Sher man's mother, Mrs. Carrie Babcock, erected. This city la in mourning, black draped flags hang at half mast and will so remain until Monday. President Taft was much affected by the last rites attending the burial of his colleague and running mate, and during the eloquent tribute voiced by the Rev. vv. mt cm jivci. Luccmtiin, i niiinuiun I rrr r. r . 1. ....! 1 a r.. i,. I Report Says' That Adrinnople FaDs. . tHj tS InterniKlloiml Siw Kwrli-e.i - Prague, Uov. a. Tha Bohemia prints a dispatch that Adriaaople has fallen and that the rarrison of 40,000 Turkish troops has surrendered to the Bulgar ians, " ''fT?.'" .'CHri- BO iEKil Xatest Photograph of Woodrow 'Wilson, Democratic candidate, for the ' - . .. . . . .presidency.;. .. . What the Voter May Choose ' ' CTna following; la the last word on ths oatloos for Tuesday's election, written for the United Press by Governor Wlleon,' Uemocratlo oaadidato for president. i l' t By WoodrqwJVilsqn ; The issue la now clearly made up and goes to the people.' I, for ore, do not doubt the verdict. The voters must make one or another of three choices. - - ' First, entrust the-government-to the regular Republican party, again, which always begins a campaign with promise of action and then always,-t the end,- draw back and warna egaingt change, dreads lag to attempt anything at all.'for fear It iBhould not satisfy tho8 who control credit and Whom it has so long permitted to act as trus tees for.thejpeople in every matter of policy. . ' ' Second, place the guidance .of their affai'ra In the hands of men who are aearching about for aome new way In which to perform 014 duties all along plain and imperative which can easily be performed withodt the invention of new methods-for example without shifting the whole energy and Initiative of -ef-the government. Third, go forward, without postponement experiment, or confu-? elon to effect the reforms which the whole country, waits for, and which all parties profess to believe neceasafy, through the instrumen-tality-of a great and undivided, party, clear and explicit as to its pur posesr willing to be guided by.thejcommon. counsel of.tbe nation aa a ; whole, the plain . people? with the rest, regardful of every interest, the little as well as the big, because connected with every interest by f-ymtathy and comprehensionr voice of-thoughtful mea everywhere cy a. camiuiiycQnaiaeredLBourBflu otimoderateyet c6urafeou-reformThe mere wise statement of the choices is a prediction. We shall trust ourselves and let the little efonpiTdt Blacoverers who vould have ua vest: ourrpoweraltt-them Jearn.rjnllr3gmaOmOO WLSONMMESmEEDjOE- DEMOCRATIC Candidate Makes . Final ; Plea for Working Majority in U. S. SenateDeclares Without Such Majority, drninis- . tratioh Would Be Seriously Handicapped. .(OnlUd Pr Leued WIre. , Long BranchN-rNov. 2.-"If . I knew 1 could have, the presidency", and couldLknow J would not have the sup port of both 'bouses of. congress, 'I would decline it," naidf Governor' "Wil son here tonight - ,-"'"-"-:.' '...'- . s The Democratic candidate , was dis cussing the possible election of a Dem ocratic legislature to elect a Demo cratic senator. He expressed the hope alee- that he-would-bava. ft State body to hlp blm In carrying out -his work while he remains governor. . "I haven . t stopped being governoryet. he said. "It U my ambition to be associated fur ther with the work of reform In New JCfgCy." "" " " 7 4" : Enlarging on his statement that he would not care for the presidency un less he had, a Democratic senate. Gov ernor Wilson said: , f "It would be no doubt a very con-splcuot-s, noticeable - place to occupy, but It would be desperately lonely. And not only that, but It would ruLuman In a position which ought to break any man's heart, if anything will, a posi tion of knowing what ought to be done for the people of the United .States and longing to do It ..and being , absolutely powerless to accomplish it. .' "I cannot imagine anything that would TAFT'S CHOICE HADLEY , OR WANAMAKER FOR V. P. I United Prewi U& Wire. New York, Nov. 2. An annoSncement was made by President Taft that in all probability his choice 1 for vice presl dlnt wouIMe mads public tomorrow; Two name; said to be conaldered most prominently are those of Governor Had ley of .Missouri, and John Wanamaker of Philadelphia. Argument in favor - ... ai ... I. Dwi.m.,!u a 01 nauicy in wmw a, j. lrnameQoremaI)lttCeTn of Wanasmoker, the claim Is made that he w6Uifl save Pennsylvania for Taft. Some of Taft's advisers urged Governor Hadley on the ground that in case of a deadlock in the - electoral college and in the house of representatives Hadley might receive the votes or hnth the 1'roKrfnsjves and regular ' Kepubllcans 1(1 tli 9 senate,. " "1 ', -i ' . ' ;;: ySvfi BMlll I IHIIU I l toll .111 fc. v -' I t y'x the law to the executive branch -and soberly .determined to obey the wear the heart out of man more than that 'of seeing' special intereats ' still entrenched In that ultimate strongfiold. the United States ' senate; of seeing every impulse of the people of the Unit ed States balked .and defeated because there was one part of their own gov ernment which was withheld from them. I do not know what J might be tempted to say if I were in a. position like that A,nd I am of. the confident expectation that .the: people of New- Jersey and the Continued on. Page rive.) 41 W ; '! J tt y 4 ' PmMM Returns In order to serve the greatest number of people with information con cerning the election at the earliest possible moment, THE JOURNAL announces the following arrangements for Tuesday night: " By Council Crest Searchlight ' The searchlight, tower at Council Crest Amusement Fark will be in dtrecf telephonic communication with THE JOURNAL, AH important bulletins on the presidential election will be flashed there without delay, Then watch the searchlight. - 1 A horizontal sweep of the great light will indicate news favorable to Wilson. , . , A vertical sweep wilt mean nevri favorable to Roosevelt. , - A steady fay In atiy direction of one minute's duration will mean that Taft leads. , ' , " - , . , ... By Colored Lights on the Journal T owcr - Signal lights will be displayed upon the four corners of the tower of THE JOURNAL building upon the receipt of vital news 'bulletins.-' , Red lights will indicate that WHson leads. ' -? Green lights will mean a lead for Roosevelt Amber lights will show that Taft is' ahead. ' JReiurnsbySlercopticon. .,. More .detailed returns from the, national and state election v i!l 1 -shown by stereopticon -unom screens, one upon ..the . Unitarian Cr. ' across Seventh from, THE, JOURNAL buildirg, and the cthrr ;t , n t YamhiH street side of the Tortland hotel. '' ' TUESDAY war ' Ten-SafalasternlStatcsf Jo-. gether With "Solid South,' 7 Insure Success for New Jcr - scy- Man -NextTucsday. ROOSEVELT'S C0NDIDACY IS" NOT OVER-PROMISING Indications v Favorable ;to ; Bull ' Moose Leader Seen in Only 'h ' 4 of State3 Reviewed. - . , Cy-Jaiiics J. Montague. New Yorkr Nov. 2.--Tha eleotoral eni lege which will determine who is to be the next president of the United States, will cast S31 votes, coming from tha . 48 states 6t the Union." The candidate receiving 268 votes of this 631 will for the next four years preside At the WhlU House. ' ' -. . - Let us begin this forecast by conced ing to Woodrow Wilson these states, whose Democracy neither moth nor runt can corrupt nor thieves break through and steal. These are Alabama. Arkan sas, Florida, Georgia Kentucky, Lou isiana, Mississippi, r North Carolina, , South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. Add to these Missouri, which Taft carried four years ago by 639 votes; and which is as certain as. death and taxes to go for Wilson this year, the total Is 157 votes. Given., these states, Wilson still needs 109 votes In the electoral college to win. - ' : . Ten Important States Bevlewed. - To- elect Woodrow Wilson by a "tre mendous' plurality, the Democrats need . only vote the Democratic tloket A tour of tha .10 most important states in the middle of " the most exciting campaign this country has witnessed for many years, bas led to the conviction that tha Democrat will vote the Democratio ticket" Only InllInoia,"Tdwa,"lJInne--" sota and Indiana are there indicatloss of the Roosevelt landslide that Is su confidently predicted by the Bull Moos erS.-rf-Si-i.i:.; '.. '. i The 10 states "oovered by the writer have 221 " electoral -votes among them, enough with the sure Wilson votes la the south 4 to give-'Wilson, the victory. TWs- Is without' reference to any -far , Western state or to -New Bngland, In Ohio most 'of .the Jiollticlans be lieve that Taft will be a uad third and half of them concede that Wilson will carry the state. The Wilson forces have James cox, the candidate for gov ernor, to help out the ticket Cox Is far stronger than either Garford, the Bull Mqn'ioandidata, or. ; 3eneral Boberc - Burns Brown, the Republican. " J Indiana has alredhot fight for the governorship, to which Office Albert J. Beveridge aspires. Beverldgej(viIl prob ably lead Roosevelt by, twenty or thirty thousand votesuu;i::M',.i --miBols- Is Bonbtfnl. , Illinois, claimed-by- thBu W oosers by 100,000, is doubtful, : ln;an unpreju diced view. .While there la touch Roose velt sentiment in the mining districts, fheTJemomtrararhC'ldmsLJtheir own in (IcagoWhereiTnostof the-yotes -are. Roosevelt will absorb BO or 75 per cent of the Taft vote, but that will not give - ttithe-rBtate.'J!' T " - " " ' "v ' -The tanKle-in Wiaconaln. j such tliat nobody-dares-make-any-prophecy about it La Toilette la out after Roosevelt's scalp, and will take part of his follow ing with him, sending them probably to Wilson: r' The --Taft- people -are sup porting TCarelrth-lenTOcratiir-nMninee. -for governor and will vote for Wilson If they think Roosevelt has a chance in the state. . McGovern. the Republican candidate who has declared for Roose velt,3 has- the-JeatchancaiOf election. -- -'smanesota Democrats righting. 7 Minnesota ' Democrats are making a hard fight for first place, and will get it if the Taft people throw any strength to Wilson. Otherwise Rooscevelt, run ning away ahead of Taft, will get ths 12 electoral votes of the state. In Iowa, Senator Cummins, who will vote for Roosevelt believes Wilson will carry the state.", SO doea Lafe Young, editor Of the Des Moines, Capital, and an ardent standpatter. ..".'. t . Missouri went for Taft by only 839 votea four years ago, and there seems to be no possibility that it will not go for Wilson this year. v . Michigan, ' another ' manufacturing State, is full of Progressive sentiment and ths Bull ' Moose ' leaders are very ' (Continued on Page Ive.) ,