Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 265, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1912 — NOTHING LEFT BUT TO COUNT VOTES [ARTICLE]

NOTHING LEFT BUT TO COUNT VOTES

Peculiar Campaign is at an End— Everything Points to Election of Woodrow Wilson, It is all over but counting the votes. Tomorrow morning the result of the election will be known. Today there is a quite clear indication that the democrats will be successful throughout the length and breadth of the land. It is reported in some sections of the country that there will be a large number of democrats, who are satisfied with conditions and don’t want to take chances with a change, vote for President Taft, but it is scarcely probable that there will be many more than will vote for Roosevelt, thus little more than offsetting the gain. The progressive party everywhere lias drawn 95 per cent or more of its support from the republican party. Wlhat percent it has drawn no one can tell until the votes are counted. In some localities it is reported that the Roosevelt sentiment seems to have almost enveloped the entine republican party. Such reports come from Chicago, Indianapolis and other places. If this is the case, it is not improbable that Roosevelt will have much greater strength than is indicated by the conservative estimates of Jhe politicians of the old parties. But there were not enough republican voters to make two parties bf and accomplish anything against an almost solid democracy. In Indiana Beveridge will doubtless run several thousand votes ahead of Roosevelt. There has been an effort the past three weeks to elect Beveridge at the expense of everything else. The effort has met Some response. It is quite certain, however, that republicans who understand\ the splendid qualities of former governor Winfield T. Durbin will vote solidly for him. That democrats will vote solidly for Ralston seems quite certain. That he will also receive the support of “wet” republicans is certain. It is not improbable that Ralston will have a plurality of 100,000 in the state. In Jasper county the outcome is as uncertain as®it is in the state and nation. From a leading progressive it is learned that a claim of 910 votes for that party is made in Jasper county. How many of these will vote the progressive county ticket remains to be seen. Probably Tess than half, possibly not more than a third. It is also possible that the estimate of the progressive vote is too high. Republicans have been claiming that there will be no more than 500 on the national ticket. The republican county candidates have made a fine campaign but it has been an uphill job since the advent of the progressive county ticket. If they win they are lucky. It is far from ar encouraging 1 outlook. The vote started to come in at an early hour. The sun was bright in the morning and a beautiful day was promised. This probably caused a number to postpone voting until later in the day. By noon it had clouded up and by 1 o’clock a rain started that has kept up a drizzle all the afternoon. By 2 o’clock about two-thirds of the registered vote had been polled iq Marion township. The election boards are being fed by. the ladies of the Baptist church, who had a kitchen in one of Dr. Baton's small rooms on Cullen street There are 28 members of the election boards and sheriffs. They receive three meals, breakfast, dinners and suppers. The ladies receive 35 cents per meal.