THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 94, 6 September 1912, Page 5

THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

K A BLOW TO REPUBLICANS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. New York, September 4. The result of the Vermont elections is admitted to be serious for the Republican forces. A similar result has not occurred during the fifty-six years during which the Republicans have been supreme in the State Legislature and all other offices. President* Taft has nothing to say. A VICTORY FOR ROOSEVELT. Received (i. 1.10 a.m. New York. September 5. San Francisco reports state that the primary elections have resulted in the Progressives nominating 80 out of 100 of the Republican Party's candidates lor the State Legislature. The progressives "won 6even out of eleven Congressional districts. The Progressive victory insures the nomination of Presidential (lectors pledged to the support of Roosevelt. President Taft and the Republicans are disheartened. The Democrats are jubilant, feeling that the split in the Republican Party is certain to mean a Democratic win. Mr. Roosevelt, speaking at Desmoines. said that the official Republican Party to-day bore the same resemblance to Lincoln's party as a ship captured by pirates dul to :'k- ship before its capture. Senators Barnes, Penrose, Guggenheim and others did not know the meaning of R.-yjb'ieiii principles. They repressed a crooked illianee between Brooked politics and crooked business, which had been the curse of American life. The reactionary Republicans were now tending to support Wilson and the victory meant their victory. Washington, September 5. President Taft is ill with gout and a sprained ankle sustained while plaving golf. The final vote at the Vermont clecSonfl give twenty-six thousand to the regular Republicans, twenty thousand to the Democrats and fifteen thousand to the Rooseveltians. The Prohibition Tote was fourteen thousand.