Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 255, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1916 — EVERY STATE PRIMARY SHOWS DRIFT TOWARD REPUBLICANISM. [ARTICLE]

EVERY STATE PRIMARY SHOWS DRIFT TOWARD REPUBLICANISM.

Results of recent state-wide primaries and the Maine election tell their own story. These official figures show whioh way the political wind is blowing. Note the fact that in every state the Republican vote is far in excess of the Democratic vote—revealing the fact that the drift is unmistakably towards Republicanism. ' When a political tide once sets in there is no more chance of stemming it until it runs its course than there is of stemming the tide of the sea. That the tide has set in toward the Republican party'ts shown by the following figures: Indiana Primary. Total Republican vote 210,800 Total Democratic vote 160,423 Illinois Primary. Total Republican vote 338,104 Total Democratic vote 206,473

New Jersey Primary. Total Republican vote 154,000 Total Democratic vote „.. 88,000 Idaho Primary. Total Republican vote.~..—. 24,463 Total Democratic vote 14,000 Massachusetts Primary. Total Republican vote 104,662 Total Democratic vote 81,186 Wisconsin Primary. Total Republican vote 175,557 Total Democratic vote 39,061 ' California Primary. Total Republican vote ...302,742 Total Democratic vote 68?871 Ohio Primary.* Total Republican vote 282,478 Total Democratic vote 188,133 Maine Election. Tot ad Republican vote 80,902 Total Democratic vote 67,087