Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 194, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 August 1914 — Straws Showing Which Way the Wind Blows. [ARTICLE]

Straws Showing Which Way the Wind Blows.

Bt. Louis, Mo., Aug. 17.—The progressives east but 5,614 votes in the recent Missouri state wide primary. In 1912 the progressives cast 124,371 votes. In the recent primary the republicans cast 75,368 votes. Louisville, Ky., Aug. 17.—>In the recent Kentucky primary the pro gressives cast but 2,968 votes as against 50,235 republican votes. The progressive vote in Kentucky in 1912 was 102,766. Columbus Ohio, Aug. 17.—The vote in the recent Ohio primary was distributed as follows: Republican 227,000; democrat 203,000; progressive 12,000. In 1912 the pfcogres gives cast 229,000 votes in Ohio. Plenty of nice apples and huckleberries, at John Eger’s.