Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 241, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1912 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

ROOSEVELT i MOVEMENT; DYING OUT i Reports From Every Section Show Third TermtCandidate Is Daily Losing Ground. —■— - ■ / REPUBLICANS RETURNING TO PARTY The Effort to Organize a Bolt Has Completely Failed,*and President Taft Is Gaining Because the Tide Is Now Turning in Hts Direction. \■ • •

POPULAR VERDICT AGAINST ROOSEVELT In every state In which the people have had an opportunity to express their sentiment slnoe the nomination of President Taft, the verdict hse been adverse to Colonel Roosevelt and has demonstrated the Increasing disintegration and eventual coßapae of the third party. The results of the regular and primary elections thus far held offer convincing evidence of the steadily decreasing strength of the third term candidate. REGULAR ELECTIONS. VERMONT —The Roosevelt ticket polled only about 15,000 votes and was third In the race. MAINE —There was no Progressive ticket and the united Republicans overcame a Democratic plurality of nearly 9,000 of two years ago, elected their gubernatorial ticket by a plurality of 4,000 and gained a congressman. PRIMARY ELECTIONS. MICHIGAN —The third term party had a fall primary election ticket in the field but polled only about 8,000 votes out of a total of 150,000. In one county whese the election officers were asked for 8,0000 Roosevelt tickets only 189 votes were oast MINNESOTA —The Republicans nominated their governor and United States senator, together with other officers. The third party ticket made a poor showing. WASHINGTON —The Roosevelt ticket received about 25,000 votes, out of 300,000. The Republican vote was greater than the Roosevelt and Democratic vote combined. COLORADO —The Republicans nominated their gubernatorial ticket over the Progressive opposition. CALIFORNIA —Last May the Roosevelt vote in the primaries Showed 77,000 majority. In the September primaries the Roosevelt majority was less than 8,000. «• 1 "" ' ■ 1 ■ r 'iei