Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-10-08 | Page 24 | New York Sure for Wilson ,Declares State Leader

NEW NE YORK SURE FOR FORI WILSON DECLARES I STATE LEADER Fifty Thousand Republicans Have Switched h e d to P President President resIdent resI- resI dent Is Claim I By Telegram Special News Service NEW YORK Oct 7 The The Empire state with its its' forty-five forty electoral votes may be counted surely purely for President Wilson Never at this stage of a a national campaign have indications of Democratic Democratic Demo- Demo in New York state been cratic success so positive declares Edwin S. S Harris chairman chairman of New York state Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- 1 cratic committee who says that he has I gone carefully into detail of the state campaign He summarized his reports as follows President Wilson will carry New NewYork NewYork York Tork by more than one hundred thousand This estimate Is based on a careful canvass made by by bythe the Democratic DemocratiC Democratic Demo Demo- o cratic state committee which shows that the president has a united and militant Democratic party behind him together with the support of a large number of Republicans The Democratic party in New York is harmonious and for the re-election re of President Wilson t to toa a man This ISa Is Isa isa a strong contrast to what Is going on onn In n the Republican party Wilsons Wilson's G. G O. O P. P Strength President Wilsons Wilson's strength among the the Republicans of New York ork as indicated indicated indi indi- state committees committee's canvass canvass can- can rated by the of the most significant de developments developments de- de vass is one of the campaign No less than fifty thousand Empire s state te Rei Republicans Re- Re i publicans have openly declared their Intention of or voting for the th re election of President Wilson and say that other other oth oth- oth- oth er Republicans have told them that they are going to do the same thing There is not an election district in inthe inthe the state that has not its quota of Republicans I l know personally of one instance I in point where eleven farmers went to the postoffice to get their mail The entire eleven said they were Republicans but nine declared that they were going to vote for foy the re-election re of the president In my oun county Saratoga I have heard of similar concrete concrete concrete con con- crete examples of the presidents president's popularity popularity pop pop- among the residents of the rural districts Party Vote Increase There is a big increase In the straight Democratic party vote compared compared com corn pared with that of four years ago This increase will be 15 per cent which means that the straight party vote at atthe atthe atthe the the coming election will approximate e compared with four years ago By adding the fifty thousand thousand thousand thou thou- sand or more Wilson Republicans to toI I the Democrats who will wilt be solidly solidly sol aol idly for the president it can readily be seen seen that President Wilson will have a a- a vew ew ew York plurality of than Peace and prosperity are t the big is- is ues in this state In the Industrial raters the working men men are for the resident because of his sympathy for form h hem m El and because they are happy and contented In the rural districts little Interest tas as been manifest In the hour eight Jaw aw because it is a dollar proposition The farmers are close readers of the newspapers and their chief Interest is in what would have happened had this country been plunged Into the war Kept U U. U S. S Out of War 1 i The fathers and the mothers are LYnore interested in keeping their homes intact with their sons eons alive and un- un maimed They are for President Wilon Wilson Wilson Wil Wil- son on because he has kept the out o of ot war and they fear that thit a achan achang chan change chang of the peaceful policies policies' laid laid v t down clown by him would bring this country into It The state campaign has been started start start- ed ten days earlier than usual it will willI willbe willbe I be militant and far reaching and will 1 result in the election of Seabury and McCoombs by pluralities equal to that which will be given the president There is every indication that New NewYork York KYork will blaze the way for tor a sweeping sweep- sweep ing ng Democratic victory on November November Novem Novem- ber 7