FACT AND COMMENT

The Presidential straw vote taken at Harvard, when analyzed and tabulated, shows that the University contains, as always in the past 50 years with the exception of 1884, a strong preponderance of Republicans, and it discloses that the tendency is toward radical or progressive candidates. The margin of total Republican candidates over total Democratic candidates is 815, while the margin of so-called progressive candidates, without classifying them according to party, is 247.

While Mr. Taft had a comfortable lead over Mr. Roosevelt, he failed to receive 60 per cent. of the total Republican votes, which may be significant of future events. On the other hand, Governor Wilson, in a field of six Democrats, received 77 per cent. of the total Democratic vote, and that also may be significant.