Show NO CINCH FOR WILSON henry welsh fails to see how the democrats are going to win out and gives some figures editor recard during a few moments spare time 1 bave gone over avor presidential returns of the various states as shown by tile the returns of comparatively recent years by ns as suming that the democratic party will carry the solid south it still takes lakes a lung long stretch vf tile the imagination to place electoral votes enough in the wilson Wils column to give the election tu to ill luin it doc nt seeni seem possible to place any of tile the northern or western states other than tham theose so ao placed in tiro the democratic column 11 ii unless perhaps new co and the four northern states placed in the wilson column are aia more likely to go for taft than for wilson alaine points the way let us all get in and pull them up for taft As to the democratic claim of sure thin thing for wilson I 1 confess that I 1 cannot Z seo see it that way sue see compiled electoral vote herewith solid south alabama 32 12 arkansas 9 florda 6 georgia 14 kentucky 13 louisiana 10 mississippi 12 missouri 18 north caroline 12 Okla Ok laKoma hum 10 south so uth carolina 9 12 texas 20 virgin ia 12 west virgina 8 a total of of the above missouri went republican in 1904 and 1908 and may do tile the same in 1912 can ca n the democrats demetr its carry uie the following I 1 new york 15 45 went republican last four presidential elections A illinois 2 Damo democratic cratic on only Y in in I 1 1902 republican in 1896 1900 1904 and 1908 nebraska 8 in 1901 and 1900 republican in 1904 and 1908 1903 new jorskey Je ascey 14 republican for last four presidential cleel eions should wilson carry alt all of these together with tile the solid south it would only give lidin zia seven over a bare majority but it is a certainty that lie cannot HENRY WELSH park pane city utah sept 11 1912 |