Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1912 — STAR’S STRAW BALLOT FAVORS COL. ROOSEVELT. [ARTICLE]

STAR’S STRAW BALLOT FAVORS COL. ROOSEVELT.

Gives Former President Almost Three-to-one Preference of Voters Over William H. Taft. The Indianapolis Star has completed its straw vote for the Republican nomination for president of the United States. Roosevelt was easily the victor. The following is the result of the ballot: - —— Theodore Roosevelt v 18,813 - William H. Taft 6,702 Albert J. Beveridge 4,426 J. Frank Hanley 1,188 Scattering 558 The contest for the Democratic nomination, as recently conducted, favored the renomination of William Jennings Bryan. —y-—-,-