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Show H THE LANDSLIDE IS ON. H The landslide has started All unprejudiced political writers have said that a laudslide means the election of Roosevelt Evi- Hm deuce of the starting of the slido is contained in the straw votes. h Yesterday a straw vote was allowed to be taken in the big depart- H ment store of "Wrights' Every presidential year the managers of n the store allow a poll of the pluce, and each time in the past the scn- H , timent expressed in this vote has proved to be the sentiment of the H ( Uetwcen the hour- of 3 and 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon the H j uerks were asked to piepare a little slip of paper with their prosi- H denlial piefercsice written thereon. Ninety-five ballots were tjif.1, H U'ulting as follows: H Roosevelt ?... .,... -J 3 H "Wilson 2d H Taft , -20 H Defcs 2 H ' Total 95 H Roosevelt, it will be noted, has more voles than 'Wilson and Tail 1 combined, and Taft occupies third place in the nsce. This vote H stands for the sentiment of the homef Ogdcn, as the young men fl and young' lad clerks undoubtedly oppressed the preference of 1 tho-e at home. They were not coached, and no influence whatever 1 vas brought to bsar; in fact, the vote was taken by a man not con-' H neeted with the store, vho asked permission to poll the employes. Hl From the east comes equally encouraging Roosevelt information Hl The Xew York -Mail is receiving test votes from all over the eoun- H try. Here are a few of them: H Roosevelt "Wilson Taft Debs H L. I. waiting room, Pa. R. R, station 10 2 3 0 H Train Jamaica to N. Y., 7.86 p. m.. Oct. 23.. . 13 11 r 4 0 H Church social, Clostfr, X. Y 25 .30 4 0 H X. Y. Mercantile Exchange , 44, 59 48 3 H Eric train, reaching Jersey City 4:22 p. in., H October 23 I ...;... 2JT - J-M ' C 0 H Downtown Social club '..;... .. .'. . 8 J' 3 0- 2 B Political class, Columbia 20 27 '9 3 H Glen's club, St Andrew's. Xewarl: 25 13- 5 . 0 B Durand & Co., Newark 47 7 21 '3 H Merchants' bank, Newark V. . . 7 3 7 0 1 "Winchester Arms Co., New Haven 43 10 7 0 H P. F. Collier & Sons 25 10 11 21 H Condit Eleo. Mfg. Co., Boston 10 7 3 0 H Teachers Brooklyn evening high school 11 7 1 H Drug house in Manhattan 59 52 38 4 H AYorkmen on Grand Central terminaL 15i 71 16 4 Hl Cohoes Rolling Mills 99 IS 17 1 H Buffalo Bolt Co., North Towanda 57 33 ' 13 10 H Doebler Planing Mill, North Towanda 17 13 2 0 H (Forty-five non-committal.) 1 College of Physicians and Surgeons, second- H year men '. . 23 24 0 0 H Opera house, Reading, Pa 37G 220 18 30 H New York ovciiing high school 46 32 ' 7 0 H Car shops, "West Albany 17 5 n 0 M Block on Riyipgton street 18 5 o 11 H Workmen on new Weber & Fields music hall. 89 14 3 2 H Empire Bridge Works, Elraira yn. gl 53 21 M i Stamford, N. Y. .'. 55 a6 27 "0 H Presbyterian Stale Snyod at (Jouvcrneur, N. Y. : H For President H Roosevelt t qg H "Wilson (5q t'Taft ..'.'..!'.'.X!;::;;.;'.;;::: -- - H " Chafiu H .lr' 1 Polh in New England by traveling men: V H , ., Koonevelt "Wilson Taft ilebs Chafin m Providence. R. 1 82 46 14 13 9 H Bangor, Me 10U 2 m 6 1 3 H Burlington. Vt 121 5 "2 4 1 H Ipnchester, x. IT 72 18 36 12 4 Worcester, Mass 210 5 8 23 15 New Haven, Conn 406 5 . 2 ' IS 12 Totals 994 SI G8 71 37 The New York Herald has discovered that Washington ir for Roosevelt. In the polls it publif-hes the Herald gives these totals: Washington, P-'C. Eobsevelt 83S Wilson ;.. o66 Taft ,.'. 433 Debs 28S Roosevelt led in 15 of the 22 polls that made up this total. Buffalo, Oct. 25. Here are somcpolls that show the strong Progressive tido in Erio county: At Montgomery Bros.' plant Roosevelt , 39 Wilson 26 Taft '. 8 I Debs ). 2 i At Bernhardt's cafe ' - I Roosevelt ..'..... . 300 Wilson k ...., .174 Taft .7 131 Rockland county Progressive '1 i Poll at machine shop, Pearl river, Roosevelt , , '..... ,91 Wjlson . ....::. .-.... j. ,22 Taft !,... v. . 29 Debs .- 13 To the Editor of the Evening Mail Sir: Having followed the straw votes, we polled our fellow workmen in the Manhattan Photo Engraving company, witih this result : Roosevelt , f . . 21 Wilson 1 Taft , , 0 ROBERT G. TURNER, 251 William Stioel, New York City. To the Editor ofthc Evening Mail Sir: The Nalionnl Players' club took a straw vote at Majestic hall Sunday evening, with the following result : Taft OS Wilson , ' . 75 Rqqsevolt . , 143 .Dabs 36 LOUIS J". BUdKIiER, SeurBtory. To the Editor of the Evening Mail Sir; A poll o voters taken here resulted : Roosevelt .. 29 Wilson 7 Tart '. . . S S. J. IIAIiIj & SON, 85 West 17th Street, New York. M. A. Brooks, managing editor of the Weekly Underwriter, sends in a. poll taken at n dinner of the Insurance society of New York j in the Drug and Chemical dub on Tuesday night. The society is composed of managers, field agents and officials cf insurance companies. com-panies. The poll follows: - Roosevelt 109 Tafl 07 Wilson 100 Debs 4 To the Editor of the Evening Mail Sir: Following was a poll taken at the open table of the National Art. club last evening: Roosevelt . . . ." . . . r.-K .-....". 21 Wilson ,'. 16 Taft '..::...; ! 34 W. ALBERT SWASEY. Oct. 21, 1912. |