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...order to determine the sentiment of the University in regard to the coming presidential election, the CRIMSON will conduct a straw ballot on Friday. The polls will be open from 8.30 until 6 and any member of the University is eligible to vote...
...straw ballot held in 1912 showed a total of 1,608 votes cast, of those 735 being for Wilson, 475 for Roosevelt, 365 for Taft, 25 for Debs, and 8 for Chafin. The voting last spring at the time of the Republican Convention reached a total of 1,788 votes cast at this time Theodore Roosevelt '80 received the highest number of votes, with a total of 660. President Wilson ran a strong second, receiving 591 votes, while Justice Hughes received the third largest number with 348. Of the total number of votes cast, 1788, 52 were unsigned anad were...
...fair-minded person conclude that the fact "that Henry Ford received thirty-two votes on the first ballot for Republican nominee is a national joke (or disgrace) that should not pass without comment"? Surely such a conclusion should not pass without comment. The author fails completely in his effort to grasp the significance of the expression given by the votes of the delegates from Michigan and Nebraska. He sees but one side of the preparedness movement,--the military; while the delegates from Michigan and Nebraska were able to see the other side,--the economic. And Henry Ford, above all others...
...were in favor of Mr. Ford as the Presidential nominee because they were desirous of making known their sympathies with the movement which Mr. Ford represents. It is very probable that the ideas of an inventive genius, such as the man who received thirty-two votes on the first ballot for Republican nominee, will be much in demand at the close of "civilization's fight for self-preservation." Respectfully, D. E. HUDSON...
...education and public libraries-a man who sailed for Europe with a following of cranks and unbalanced school teachers to bring about an international settlement whose importance and difficulty will surpass the problems that faced the Congress of Vienna-that Henry Ford received thirty-two votes on the first ballot for Republican nominee is a national joke (or disgrace) that should not pass without comment. Bismarck and Moltke must roll over in their graves, and Joffre and Sir Edward Gray turn to the American news for amusing relaxation from the colossal problems of "civilization's fight for self-preservation...