Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 November 1908 — LOOKS LIKE TAFT; AND WATSON TOO [ARTICLE]

LOOKS LIKE TAFT; AND WATSON TOO

The Republican Presidential Candidate Practically Sure and Candidate for Governor Should Also Win.

The latest advices from' all over the country indicate the election of William Howard Taft for president, and it is probable that Indiana will go. for him by a majority of from 40,000 to 75,000.' There is no disputing the fact that Watson will not get the support of the saloon republicans, and that the influence of the breweres and retail llqnor establishments will give Marshall many hundreds of

votes, but recently many temperance democrats have determined not to ally themselves with the brewers and have decided to vote for Watson, and many democrats who voted for Roosevelt in 1904 will now vote for Taft and for Watson along with him, as it is so much easier to vote the straight ticket. This should pujl Watson through, and the majority will probably be from 8,000 to 15,000.