Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 256, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 October 1912 — SENS IN INDIANA POINT TO G. O. P. [ARTICLE]

SENS IN INDIANA POINT TO G. O. P.

Thousands of Voters Flocking to Taft Standard. Letters From State Chairman Sims Urge Workers to Continue Thair Efforts Until Polls Close. Indianapolis. Ind.—Letters to the Republican workers in every county have been sent by Fred Sims, chairman of the Republican State Central Committee, Indianapolis, urging them to keep up their energetic efforts until the polls close, when the success of the party in this State will be assured. According to reports received by Mr. Sims from over the State, political conditions have clarified very perceptibly in the last three weeks, and he thinks that party victory now depends upon the vigilance of the workers in each precinct. Numerous signs which are highly encouraging to the Republicans are visible. One of them is in the heavy registration of the p#rty vote on October 7, indicating that the voters themselves will turn out in force on election day. Another very healthy sign is in the reports that in one county after another Republicans, who earlier in the campaign were in doubt as to what they would do, have definitely made up their minds that a vote for a Progressive candidate would really be a help to the Democrats. It is evident now that the contest is between the Republicans and the Democrats, and the thinking Republicans of the State are aroused in their determination not to turn the election over to the Democracy. Mr. Sims and all other members of the State Republican Committee call upon the Republicans of Indiana to forget animosities, to heal factional dissensions and to present an unbroken front on election day. During the campaign the State Committee has kept in close touch with its organization throughout Indiana, and as the election day draws near there is every evidence that the working forces are enthusiastic and compact In fact, it is doubtful if the Republican forces were ever so well organized as they are today, and the chief mission of the organized force is to see that the full party vote gets to the polls. Personal interviews on the part of the workers with the voters has been one of the strong factors in clearing up the atmosphere in the last few weeks, drawing back into the ranks thousands of men who were undecided as to how they should vote. The potential argument which is winning for the Republicans in city, town and country is that under a Republican administration the era of prosperity will go on —that under a change of administration the future will be marked by uncertainty. It is this argument that has very largely strengthened the Republican party in this State. While the registration of Republican voters has been highly satisfactory to the State Committee, voters are now urged not to change their residence from one precinct to another until after election, thereby endangering their chances of voting.