THE U.S. PRESIDENCY.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 60, 4 November 1912, Page 5

THE U.S. PRESIDENCY.

THE FIRST FAVOURITE. (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press Association.) (Received A, 8.5 a.m.) New York, November 3. The betting on Wall Street favours tlie chances of Mr. Woodrow Wilson for the Presidency.

Quito apart from Roosevelt, the Progressive movement, since the moment of its inception, has been marked by an extraordinary display of moral and even religious enthusiasm (observes an exchange). The first convention held by tlie party at Chicago revealed no* sign of bitterness or jealousy between tlie leaders, and no dissension among their followers. The New York ‘Sun,’ a paper vehemently hostile to Roosevelt and his party, describing this convention, said at the time: “There was a homeliness, a heartiness, a stir, in all its features which stamped it as one of the most remarkable gatherings of recent times. There was a seeming absence of intrigue and of the chicanery of political gatherings. Some of its features resembled a tremendous religions revival.” One of the features of the gathering was the singing of hymns—- “ Onward, Christian , Soldiers” being tlie favourite, along with a popular adaptation of the old revivalist melody, “Follow, follow, we will follow Jesus,” with the name of Roosevelt substituted for that of Christ. As a sympathetic American journalist who witnessed these strange proceedings, asks expressively: “Can you beat that?” H. S. Hadley is the probable succcs*sor of the late Senator Sherman, whose death does not affect the VicoPresidential election, which selects merely the Vice-Presidential elector#, leaving the particular nominee to be named later.