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THE SUN, MONDAY, APRIL 15, 1912.
"up to tills tlmc'.hnvo been confident that
Mr. Tuft would carry that State and
they Htlll profo to believe, that a large,
majority of tin delegates will ho for tho
President Tim unexpected result In
Pennsylvania, however, has thrown all
(Republicans Inlo a state or uncertainty
and very few predictions nro being mado
now ai to what is going to liappen.
While thi! llocwevell victory In Pelitl-'f-ylvania
Iris levlved In some quarters
tiie talk of a compromise candidate such
as Justice Hughes, the general elTeot
to-day xxiis to create the iinpresMoti that
a romptoiitise is now out of the question.
This lias been brought aliout through
the unexpected strength shown hy
llooeve!t 111 the Illinois and Pennsyl
vania ptlniat ies.
While many of Itoosovelt 's supporters
Ihreo weeks ago weie talking of forcing
the., nomination of a third candldato they
ric lo-d.ty declaring that Hoosevelt
himself would now cairy away the prize
and he reelected.
The stihiiinj: defeats administered to
President T.ift have the effect of increas
ing his determination to stand to the end.
Ilcpiiblic,ii(s on I tot ti sldfs of the fence
declared totiiyhl that It was now a light
to the finish, wilh ery little likelihood of
cither 'l.'dt or Hoosevelt being fleeted,
whichever one was notninnted.
Kvoti if the President should favor a
conipromi'o 1 l-em nt grave doubt whether
ho would I o able to deliver the majority
of the delegates who have been elected
for him up loth time. Thi is especially
true of 'he ."-otithern delegate.
t'ol. Unv. nvlc plans to I'onllnue his
whirlwind c.iinpaitn trip. It was learned
lo-nigh? tli."'.' Ii -.V ill next jump to Kansas
and Nobriissa and then will strike into
Arkansas i.nd the Southern States,
'1 his pl,:u of the Colonel toilisorgimize
the dMcciiies tdready elected for Tnft
in the South is leganlod by Washington
politicians us a bold stroke
From information obtained hero to
night it is a ppar.'nl that t'ol. Roosevelt's
most Iturort.int work in tlio .South will
not b. hi plitforni utterances. His
(peeches will sere their purpose, of
course, but he undoubtedly exects to
reap creator mated il lietietlt from his
personal interviews with Southern. He
publican leaders than from any iwrsiiti
iive elouiieiuv on the busting'.
Col lloo.-evdt knows most of the Hcptih
licait Kiders of fie South In the nearly
eight ye.ir th it he sat In the White House
h" wus hrouslil in personal contact with
them Many of the Federal officeholders
were appointed by him and have been le
talned by President T.ift There have
been m.it;v evidences tint some of the
IVder.tl olllcoholders who already have
been selected as deletes have Iteen in
communication with the Jtoosevelt mali
ngers About 1 10 of the .11'.' delegates instructe d
for or pledged to President Taft come
from the ijotithrii States, fl'ho Southern
delegates always have been notorious
for .lumping to a winning band wagon
iind for refusing to stay "put" and natur
ally this block ol delegates is likely to
cause the Taft managers tli greatest
concern in the nor few weeks.
The Roosevelt managers already have
announced that they will contest prac
tically all of the Southern delegates.
Several nior" Southern delegates are
to be elected and there is a strong like
lihood thrt Koosevelt will have an ad
vantage, with these men. Tor example,
Texas is likely in elect Roosevelt dele
gates. While one convention has been held In
,Iouiiana and six delegates havebeon
elected for Taft another convention will
be held later which will be dominated bv
l'enrl Wight, national committeeman
from Louisiana. This one will be a Koose
velt delegation.
In North Carolina the President will
have a hard fight to prevail over the.
Roosevelt tollowers, the indications being
now that he will only get about one-third
of the delegates. ,
The next important tost of strength
xvill oome on l'nday, on which date Stute
"Avidc primaries are to Ui held in Nebraska
and Oregon. There xvill bo three candi
dates in each of the-u States Taft. Roose
velt and la Polled? and it is the fact
that tlio progressive, strength Is to be
divided hetxveeii Itoosovelt and Ui Pol
Ictte that gives the President's fi lends
their main l-ot.
Senator I.a Pollette has been campaign
ing in Nob.-a.,l;a anil Oregon. Men who
are familiar with the Oregon situation
believe that I.a Polh tte has a chance to
carry that State. Senator Chamberlain.
Democrat end former (iovernor of the
State, who i in closo touch with condi
tions there, believes Oregon xvill elect
delegates in favor Oi l,a pollette. Some
of 'I alt's friends have expressed a hope
that a- a result of the division of the
progresixe st-ength the Taft ticket might
jxrwnll. 'I hy base their hopes of success
JH Nebraska on thefsHtno situation.
It is admiited dial thev haxe more
chance ol" rui.li.Ing their hope in Nebraska
than they have in Oregon. It is conceded
on nil hand- ilint the surpii-liig rciilts
for Koosevelt in Illinois .mil Pennsylvania
vdll favorably allect his chances in
Nehra-ka and Oregon. His peisonai
pre-oncn in Nebraska and probably in
Oregon before the election may 'also
-ervo to enlrinco his chances for success.
Other Kepublii an Presidential primaries
will be helil a- follow-: Massachuwtt.
Ariril :iu; MiO'kind. Muv u; Calitoinla.
May 14, Vc,t Virginia, May Id; Ohio,
Mav New Jersey, Miy 2s; South
Dakota, .lime I
With the sudden spurt developed Im
Roosevelt many Kepublicnns view with
alarm the possibility of Kuosox-elt and
l.a Pollette controlling the iiiitiouul con
vent ion in the matter of drat ting the plat
form even it tle-y are opposed to each
other as eimtidates. Some Republican-,
fear now taut the contest between Ruo-e-volt
and Tnfr may be so close that i.a
Pollette will hold the balance of puwer.
In that event nobodv undertakes to pre
dict what would happen. I,a Pollette has
now thirty-Hit delegates and is certain to
, win moio in the West.
Newell S.i id"rs, ti.. new Senator from
Tennesson, wim is Republican national
commit teem in Irom that State, does not
believe Koii'ovelt can disrupt the T.ift
delegates in the South,
"I do not tuke any stock in this tnk
nbout Southern Republicans being a lot
of office holders and olliee seekers," ho
wiid. "liny am men of Integrity mid
rnnvMon and their support of 'resident
Taft springs from the fact that they be
liexe his ad ministration should bo indorsed
by the parly,
"The Pennsylvania primaries put Mr.
Taft out of the race," said KepreeiitatiA
N'orri-', the insurgent leader of Nebraska,
"I know there is always a chutice for a
compromise, candidate in a situation of
thia Kind, but I do not think that one will
bo named in this instunce, 1 rather ex
,ij"Ct Mr. Koosuvell to bo nominated
There is no reason xvhy the party should
be sacrificed for Taft "
DELAWARE FOR TAFT.
Itouievrlt Will Have Only rive Vnlra
In State Contention.
WlLMiNCiTos-, Del,, April 14. -The six
delegates from Delaware to the Republi
can national convention xvill support
Taft. This Is made certain by tho primary
election yesterday throughout the State
fir delegates to the State convention
at Dover on Tuesday. Of the I8U dele
gates in the State convention oulv five
xvill be for Koosevelt, The remainder will
lie for Till t,
The convent Ion will elect the lx national
delegates ivs n whole, two being allotted
to each county This Is the uii.ihod cm
ployed in Delaware by both political
tt.. I'. ..I' .1... .1. ' ... ... !
I-....,.-., ti.,,, i,t mi" ai urir.tiMl U l 111.
i ii go will Im Senator liloli.irdsoii noil,
Dii Pont, Congressman llenlil and (lov i
l'i uneiMll M others two will I,., ,
how'iuii a muff i ence In Dover lo-nionow I
night. I he delegates will be iiniiisiructed I
lull they will support
lhe )(.n, iii.it, ci Suue convention to
Heel delegate to the convention ,u Haiti
in. -e v 'I l ii,.h ,,i Dover on p. il :vi .
P." pi l IHIK l w be held thlotlgho II tho I
o'at' II V I ,fl I ., I l,.t,. i,. I...I
7 , . I KM. Ill e"in All) l
is I.H'ie. n i ia,, ( ,! wilso,, wjt,
honor about even m this date.
ROOSEVELT 70, TAFT 6
TIiitm' Di'lfKntos Klcctod to tlio
Prcsirfpnt Clinih tin; Colo
nel's llnnil Wnsron.
PKNKOSK IS IIKIM'DTATKI)
Xcw XaHomil ('oimiihtcfinan
mill a Xpw T. S. StMintnr
Jfcsiills of flu Vothijr.
Plllt.AnKt.flttA. April H.- Tlieodore
Hoosevelt will get the votes of 70 of the
"0 delegates that Pennsylvania will send
to the Kepilblican national convention,
and ho may hax'e the entire delegation.
In yesterday's primary he elected nil
bill 9 of the (14 Congress district delegates
and a big majority of the delegates to the
Stale convention, which will instruct the
twelve delegates at large for the ex
President.
Tho supporters of President Taft carried
only ono Congress district west of Phila
delphia, the one that includes I-ancaster
county, where Mayor McClaln of Iiii-
casfpr has almost an unassailable organi
zation. In Philadelphia the Taft supporters
apparently carried tho Pirst, Second
and Third and elected one delegate in
the Fifth district. Hut in the First dis
trict State, Senator William S. Vurc.
tho Itepubllcau organization leader, and
Kccelver of Taxes Hugh Black, elected
as Taft delegates, have announced that
as they now see it Theodore Hoosevelt
is tho only man callable of saving the
country as a Itepiibliraii.
President of Select Council Ranslcy,
who was elected as an uniustructed dele
gate in tho Third district, to-day said:
"As Senator Vare votes so do I."
In the Fifth district in Philadelphia
ono Koosevelt delegate was elected Mid
one apparent Taft man got through: ('. A.
Dlsstoti. tho saw manufacturer, xvon on
the Taft ticket through his popularity
with his own employees.
TFT'S 8!X.
The recapitulation shows tliat Presi
dent Taft may count on tho votes of K. T.
Stotesbury and John Watmmaker, who
were elected us delegates in the Second
district: ,I.H. Bromley, who was elected
In tho Third' C. A. Jisstou of the Fifth
district and William W. Cieist and William
H. Keller, tho tx-o delegates elected in
the Lancaster district This is the sum
total of tho Taft delegates unless com
plete returns make changes
The candidates on the Taft ticket were
not pledged to him. They were selected
to run merely us friendly to the Presi
dent's candidacy. Hence, even the six
that Koosevelt did not get are at liberty
to vote for Hughes or uny other candidate,
even Koosevelt.
Not only have the Koosevelt followers
swept the State for district delegates
but they liave elected a great maioritv
of the :'.' representatives to the State
convention xvhich will elect twelve dele
gates at large tothe national convent ion
Those twelve delegates already are
counted for Koosevelt. but the meeting
of the State convention will have uiia
other and more potent inthiuuce on Penn
sylvania, It murks the nas-lngof United
States Senator Boies Penrose us a member
of the national committee, and mauy
persons are predicting tliat It also mark's
the iH-giuulug of his exit from slitics.
The Koosevelt followers will absolutely
dominate the State convention Tht-v
will noinitiale an Audit ur-( ieiicr.il and ii
State Treasurer, and for tho flrjt lime
in years and years the opposition to the
orgatiiatiou will have ai.-olute control
of the election machinery of the state
stay io I'hsiFn ri:.s-itosV
In tills same connection the twenty-tho
men nominated yesterday as candidates
for the State Senate, when elected, xxill
hold over utilil the tune comes for the
selection of a suivessnr of Senator Pen
rose. From late returns eighteen (,f
these men ure opposed to Senator Pen
rose and to tho ideas fur which lie stands.
The story of the Slate battle would
only be a story of one landullde after
uuother. In Philadelphia P.oixevelt cur
ried I" of the 47 wauls. The Taft vote
here wus u;),Ho:i and the hoosevelt vote
uil.Oli). Outside of that one dl-trict hi
Umcaster where the Tuft delegates were
elected and ill Philadelphia the vote of
Koosevelt xvas so great that, it slinolv
swamped the Taft vote, 'lhe complete
vote of the Slute probably will show that
the Koo-ex'elt delegates polled iwi.no i
morn voles than the Taft delegates.
HUSK II' KI.VtsllKS T.U'r.
The Koosevelt men have not the slight
est doubt tliat their viutury vuMerduv
eliminates Piesldetit Tuft's availability
for reiiouilnatlon. 'Ihelr conviction are
ubsolute ou this subject, but thev ure not,
however, so positive that Col. Koosevelt
can be liouilliuted. Some of them lean
to the opinion that a third man will cap
ture the prize. They refuse to speak of
this iiiuu as a compromise candidate, for
they declare there shall be no compro
mise between Taft anil Koosevelt. '1 he
luttur, they say, mii-t and shall control
the Kepiihlicau nutloiial convent ion ut
Chicago, If ut the last moment it js not
deemed advisable to nominate Koosevelt
lie and his adherents shall name the
candidate, '
The Koosevelt campaigners to-day
hud handy Hlij of u statement made In
New Vork by Senator Knot on October 2s.
1U1U, reading: "if Mr. Taft continues to
make as good u President as lie is making
now he will be the natural and inevitable
cuudidute of his party in 1BI2 unless one
thing happens that the people of the
United States shall repudiate the Admin
istration of Mr Tuft bv such it crushing
and overwhelming defeat of his party
that it will bo apparent that Mr. Taft
cannot be reelected "
The Koosevelt lieutenant Insist to-day
'Mack Of the 42oo
motor trucks
i3lUrr. in use in
Hewitt f ' eater New
every six is a Mack or
a Saurer or a I Iewitt.
Let us solve your
transportation problem.
Capacities: 1, l'i. 2. 3, 4,
5. 6H. T)i and 10 tons
CV or wtitt Jcr information
International Motor Co
5th and Urnadway
Usher's
Whisky
GREEN
STRIPE
I Mo.-,, AKinRKVV
iNDRrMJfHBfil USHER & CO.
I have been appointed
Purveyors of Whisky
to his Majesty
King George V
n. Jt. NICHOLAS & CO.
NKW VOItK. SOLKAOIINTS
that Pennsylvania, one of the greatest
uud stanchest Kepubllcan common-
wealtlm.lia reputltuteu tne iait aura n
lst rat ion and thut there is no other sig
nificance but that President Inft if re
nominated would go down in "u crushing
and overwhelming defeat."
So sure are tho Koosevelt men of tho
future that they have little hesitation
about detailing their plans. They are
positive that, the State's delegation to
the Ihlcago convention xvill make Hinn
Kepubllcan national committeeman for
the State, the post now held by Senator
Penrose.
WIS SIX CONOKKSSMKN TOO.
At thnt State convention to be held at
Uurrl.xburg on May 1 the Hoosovelt, folks
are luruierniore io iiitinn nm hia
gressmen at large for the State and to
elect their own State and district commit
ters. Next fall they are to nominate their
own State ItcUet, comprising uns year a
State treasurer, an auditor-general, the
House of Kepresentatives and on-hulf
or the State Senate, uesiues imriy-iwo
(ongressmen, at least these are tlio nil
dittonal spoils which the Koosox-elt cam
paigners in their exuberance thought
to-day would fall to them from x;ester
dav's tidal wave.
David II. Lane and other Kepubllcan
warriors hadn't caught their breath yet
to-night. Thev declined to express any
opinion of the catastrophe.
inetlgut is oxer, saiu iir. uine. ami
I do not care to sav anything, much less
criticise anything or anybody."
Senator 'Dixon. Hoosevelt 's national
campaign manager, who is hero, said:
m ....... i : i . ! . v. .. 'I'., r. ...
I Clllisvivuiliu nil Ken urn ion iui-
Kign its solar plexus blow. Senator
'tirose, the Taft boss of Pennsylx'anii,
said the other dav that he would regard
the election of ten Koosex'elt delegates
from the State as a humiliating defeat.
The whole Tuft campaign may be ex
pected to collapse, 'the Taft rout began
by Illinois is completed by Pennsylvania."
"ONI.V A HIiOINNI.S'fl."
John J. Crout. chairman of the Roose
velt city commit lee, said:
"This victory means that without ques
tion Koosevelt will be the next President
of the United States. Taft can no longer
be considered as a candidate. His polit
ical foruines have been wiped away for
ever by I lie outcome of the Illinois and
Pennsylvania primaries. The utdn
structed delegates or the South will fall
into line. This is only the beginning;
from now on it will be a huge landslide
for Koosox-elt. a landslide unprecedented
in the history of the nation. Penro-e and
McNichol will never tecover from the
defeat. Their Hjlitical foil lines ure al
ready In the political graveyard,"
Magistrate MacPurlaud, a Koosevelt
campaigner, said:
"If is a tremendous victory for the peo
ple uud the cud of boss rule in Penny.
vatiia. it means the beginning ol u new
era xxhich will bring better, cleaner and
brighter things for everybody. This
glorious victory will smash the bonds
of the toilers and the oppressed, 'Die
political careers of these political czars,
Penrose and McNichol, have come crash
ing down and they wiil never ri-e again
They have been repudiated by the people
with one sweep or indignation. With the
free piimury the people have avenged
the wrongs put upon them by Penrose
and McNichol."
IIII.I.KS IS' I KllKS I I- II.
Secretary Ililles from the White House
us telephoned a score of times to-day to
the Taft chieftains in this and other ciiies
of the State for the veiy latest icturns.
'I here was ever)' desile to give Mr. Ililles
the lies! and most encouraging news, but
it was lucking.
'lhe result in this city xvas a comnlete
siieprise to even the Koo-eX'olt mu them
selves. The meinlsi,of the I ninn Ix'ague,
lhe Kittelihutise and the Philadelphia
clubs, most of them followers of President
Tuft, have been almost stunned by the
result, 'lhe vote of the primaries in
this city indicates that only about one
third of the votets turned" out. 'I hero
are plenty of statements to the effect that
the Taft sople felt so t-ecu re that they
allowed things to drift, us it were. Not
so lhe Koosex'ell chaps. On 'Ihuisilav
lust every one of the 1,61)0,000 voters I'll
lhe Stale leceived a posi.urd sent by
Mr. Pllnn from Pittsburg Is.Mnng the
names of Congress district delegates
fuvui'jhle to Koosevelt, together with thin
Intend and Theodore Koosovelt's algn:i
liiie. "These men stutid for the piiuciples
which 1 repieselit."
Mayor lllanlteuburg of Philadelphia,
it "is deflated. Voted 11 Koosuvelt builot
at yetet day's primary. Vet during the
contest the Muyor saw to it that tin
t'.'.oon officeholders of tho city were not
coerced or iii any way interfered with.
They knew that they could vote as t lit y
chose,
Il is the opinion of expens thai the
result of yesterday's primaries xvas
due purtly to an effort to smash the Pen
rose machine in the Slate; also that con
trary to accepted beliels Pennsylvania
is really progtessive ill its ideas. One
I'att campaigner who Munds high, xvhen
asked to explain the overturn, remarked:
lt means simply that Koosevelt is more
popular than 'luft If 1 talked for n
week 1 could not say unything different."
Asruie iiepuiiucan leaner into the
Vare, who have the credit of controlling
si,(ksi voles in Philadelphia, are advis
ing their followers to climb aboard the
Koosevelt baud wagon not liecause of
Koosevelt hut Ucause they think he will
give tlie impression that lie Is an enemy
of machine politics Senator Vare to-day
announced his ultimatum when he said
for wido publication'
"Koosevelt is now virtually assured
the Republican nomination and is, I be
lieve, the only Republican who can de
feat the Democratic candidate."
"H O H" TO I'KXKOSK.
Senator Penrose is saying nothing,
Karly this morning he went to Atlantic
City and within two hour arter reaching
there had boarded his yacht. I .at or she
lointed her nose seaward, not, however,
until Penrose had got the late oil It Ions
of the Philadelphia newspapers And had
lead of the'dofeat of his machine. Many
"S () 8 messages were tent to the yacht
in an effort to got some expression from
lhe Senator, but to ull ho was silent. He
has nothing to say.
It is piactically impossible to get any
line on anything hut the national dele
gales. Kven tho politicians seem to for
get hut there was such a thing as a Con
gressional nomination light. In Phila
delphia Congressman Reuben (). Moon
was defeated for the nominal ion, but out
side of this one district it is believed that
most of tho regular Republican puny
selections leceived the nominations, us
in u great many cases thev had the In
dorsement of the Koosevelt mople,
The Democrat Io situation is almost for
gotten. It is known that (low Wilson
got the Pennsylvania delegation, as he
nan neen indorsed ny notn tactions or
1 1 ho putty. These factions are making
a fight for the control of the State con
vention in order to elect a State chairman
and a national committeeman.
' "When la Pollette collapsed, mld on
of Roosevelt's chief campaigner in this
Statn to-night, "wo took up Uooaovelt
as the foremost Kemihlioan who stands
' for the policies we believe in. Not one
.of us believed Roosevelt could lie uorai-
I EXTRAJ
m an scars
1 I
STANDING OF THE DELEGATES.
List of Those Pledged for Taft and Roosevelt and of
the Contests.
WASHINGTON, April 14. This table shows tlie present
standing of delegates to the Republican convention:
Instructed or
Pledged. Con
State. Taft. Roosevelt, tested.
Alabama 21 20
Alaska 2
Colorado H
District of Columbia r. 2 2
Florida 12 12
Georgia 2o 24
Illinois 2 56
Indiana 20 8 12
Iowa " .' 8
Kentucky 2.5 A 10
Louisiana 6 6
Maine 12
Michigan ' 18 4 6
Mississippi 20
Missouri 14 6 8
Pennsylvania ' 6 . 70
New Mexico 6 2
New York 8.1 7
North Dakota
Oklahoma 6 8 6
Plrilippines 2
South Carolina 16 10
Tennessee 14 2 14
Virginia 24 22
Vermont 6 2
Wisconsin i.... .
Totals 346 180 152
Cummins hns four delegates from Iowa and La Follette
tliirtv-six from Wisconsin and North Dakota.
Total in convention. 1,076: necessary to nominate. 539;
elected to date, including Pennsylvania, 526; to be elected, 398.
tinted, hut he went inlo'the fight for hi
princinle. We now believe lie xvill bo
nominated by acclamation at Chicago.
He xvill get a maioritv of the delegate
from Massachusetts. At the psyc'.to logi
cal moment, the Southern delegates will
jump over to him. Tney can hardly b"
restrained from doing so now. And
marlc xvlmt I tell you. Nexv York will folloxv
rennsyivania lean at nicann. ..iu
mark that I sav to-nlcht. Rooavelt
will be triumphantly elect I."
lUimisni'mi, Pa., April 14. The pri
mary in Pennsylvania yesterday carried
with it the defeat of the regular organira
tlons of both the Kenuhlican and Demo
cratic parties. The roorpw'rntion fac
tion of the Democrats will have three
fourth of tho delegates to tho Slate con
vention, and, like the independent Re
publicans, will elect tho national com
mitteeman.
NONE TO SERVE AT PRIMARY.
I'nlU Sot Opened
fur I. ark
Ilonrrf.
of an ,
Klretlun
Wii.KKSUAKRF. n.. April 14 - Three
hundred voters In the Sixth ward of
I arksville luroiiKh were deprived of the
privilege of voting at yesterday's primary
lieciwso no one would sit on the election
board
At the la.t election tho members of the
board tmed the ballot box as a cuspidor
and t hey were called Into court and con
victed 'of negligence. They were sen
tenced to serve six months in the Katern
Penitentiary and their cases are now
awaiting the decision of the appellate
court
John Degnan. judge of the election, xvas
at the polling place yesterday, but he was
nimble to get any one to serve with him.
lie called upon fully I on men. but all re-lu-ed
to tale a place ou the board, saying
'hey did not wisli to take a chance of
attest. Degnan could not get help and
lie could not servo alone. His apieals
to the commissioner- brought him no
help mid (lie (Hills xvere not ofiencd
THREAT TO BAR OUT
KOENIG'S DELEGATES
Voice From Roosevelt llead
(iiiirici's for War in Con
vention. The Koosevelt headquarters in this
city last night gave out a threat that the
title of the delegates to Chicago elected In
this county will be disputed at the con
vention. The statement says:
"The results in I'ennsyh-anla, Illinois,
Maine and elsewhere inaUu it certain that
Mr. i'arsons's fraud delegates from this
city xvill have to light before the ( hlcago
conx'entioti for their tuiuled title. M'liero
will be an emphatic protest against per
mitting these men to exercise rights that
are theirs only by criminal defiance of
law and decency. It xxould be an out
rage to allow them to stand equally with
rightfully and cleanly elected delegates
from States in xvhich the popular voicu
has been honestly expressed.
"The great issue before the Itepublican
national convention will be over the
fraudulent primaries in this city and the.
outrages perpetrated in Indiana aiul
Michigan. With an assured majority in
the national convention, the Koosevelt
followers could If they pleased take
the easy course and permit these fraud
delegates to cast their ineffective ballots;
but the fight for honest delegates is a
matter of principle not of merely gather
ing men into camp. We propose to brand
aa a fraud ex'ery delegate whose election
is due to fraud, and the Itoosovelt forces
will fight to the and to cast out every one
of thorn, no matter who he is and ro-'
gardless of consequences.
"The delegation from this city made tip
by Herbert Parsons and elected as u
result of this iniquitous conspiracy against
honesty and fair play will have the espe
cial consideration of the Hoosevelt major
ity at Chicago, because they are the most
conspicuous examples of the fraud prac
tised in so many places throughout the
country.
i '..u. ..1 . ,
111 uuuiuer piuw mo ru.icui.-oi nB, n. . convention al c lite ago. In this connection
"That the 'laft forces have ?en this' It must not be forgotten tliat he nas iioinl
defeat, coming has been evident from the M?Hwi.'T,!!; f" J? lp!.Z,.il"o!!,,,'i.
various well .llsgulsed suggestions ema- , 'Jl" JfK'xviXli.mV this
iiaiiug 1 roni inui uintrier mm iiurrim.y
there might tie a compromise on a mint
candidate. The Itemibllcan voters, how
ever, who have fought fur the nomination
of Koosevelt xvill not stauil for any com
promise. To lhe veiled hint recently I
mado that If Colonel Itoosovelt would ,
agree to a third candidate he would be
allowed to dictate three-fourths of the
Chicago platform there can lie but one,
answer: Colonel Hoosevelt will lie the
candidate and will be nominated at (hi-1
cago on the first ballot: the t liicago plat
form will lie written in accordance wilh
the principles and beliefs for xxhich Iho
progressives have been lighting. "
Chairman Samuel M. Ixm-nig nf the
Itepublican county committee begged
tn Im oicused yesterday from comment
ing nn the result nf the Pennsylvania
primary. Me observed that he didn't
sea how anything, hu might say could
affect the situation.
TAFT STILL IN FIGHT;
WILL STAY TO THE END
Was Xnminntptl Four Years Ago
Without State That Roose
velt Has Won.
WARNS HKPl'BLICAX PARTY
Xo Man Ever Klcctod to a Third
Term Mmingcr Resents i
Misrepresentation.
Washington, April 14. Director Will
iim H. McKinley of the Taft campaign
issued this statement to-night:
'l lieoiiteotne of the I'enmylviinla primary
Is plainly iiill atlve of tlie fact that national
issues aie iilayinif only a small part In some
States In the campaign for tlie IteimliUcan
iiiiininutinu for I'lesidetit. Instead of ron
struettxe stati-iiitMislilp lieimr put forth
in nn ciTuit fo solve tlie problems before
the I'oiititr and as u bill for votes on the
trro'itid i f merit a nationwide campaign
of willful anil malicious misrepiesentatlon.
vindication and atMiiilt on the President
if the t nited .States lm been substituted
Sncli a campnlKti, amounting In fact toa
coniraey, mado not only to humiliate
the President personally but to commit
the Itepiilillcau purty to rank socialism,
Iiib nut only been countenanced but con
diutPil hy former Pieslileiit Theodore
Itonnevelt,
'Iho time has arrived to call a halt on
I such piocrerllngs,
1'ie-lileiit 'laft, alwass mindful of the
decencies if human loniliict, believing that
frU?ii(llitti Is a sacied thlni! mid that, like
troth, it should I'h maintained even at a
periMiiuil sacrifice, and also believing that
the Atiii'tli'im people expect the occupaut
of the highest ciftlce In the gift uf the nation,
as well us thope who have formerly occii-
Ipled il, to respect the dlgulty of that offlce.
lias duiiiii; the course of this campaign
patientlv submitted to misrepresentation,
vilification and insult without reply.
The result Is that his opponent has thrown
hall restraint to lhe xlnds. Senulor .losepli
II. Dixon, the national campaign manager
of former President Roosevelt, has been
permitted, without rebuke from bis cuiuii
date, to Insult the President of the t'nlted
States, lie tins not only been permitted to
charge the President wilh being "a receiver
of stolen goods" nllhoiit protest but former
Pri'Hdeut hoosevelt has I epeated the charge
ou the stump.
The time has come xlien the American
p ople will no longer sit idly by and see tills
unfair utid mallcioii-, pernenitlun and vilifi
cation t out inn t'd by a man mid by the
fi lends of a mini xtho has alruidy served
two terms In the White House, by the votes
of the Itepiihlii aii party, mid xi bo now, not
only In violation of the unwritten luw of
the republic, but in violation of his own
.oleum promise Io the nation, x olunturily
given on the night of November b, 11104, is
seeking a third lei in on a national platform
soiiii-liiepiibllcHiiiii nature that iiedtire not
discuss II himself, as Is shown by his reient
speeches III Illinois, IViiiiylviiula and New
Hampshire,
The fai t that this candidate Is now claim
ing to wear the mantle of Abraham Lincoln
is evidence that the acme of demagoglsni
In this country tins been leached
These States which have yet to elect
delegates to , the , national convention 111
Chicago might Just as well realie now thut
the republic as well ns the Republican
party has been placed In Jeopardy by tho
Issues raised by Theoditre Koosevelt. They
111 list leulln that the unwritten law of the
republic thai no man shall be President
tin en 1 ei tns Is an Instil mount a ie obstacle
to the success or (in v paily in anxr national
election in this country. 'I hey iiih'i italie
that I lie pioposul of the recall of Imp es
and uf Judicial decisions Is not only tin-
lieminiicuii.tiiit raiiK socialism lh duly
or
lepiioiicans io urn sucn a piailorm and
towuid a candldute toi the nomination on
sucn a pianoiiu is inereiore plain.
Including Pennsylvania, xvhich accord
ing to lutest advices has given President
Taft al least I ueiity-one voles in the
national convention, I lie President to-dav
has as delegates Instructed for or pledged
lo his renoiiiinatlou. lie needs only 17H
more delegates to Insure his renonilnatlnfi.
He is already assured of HS2 more dele
gates, making his support in the Chicago
convention 74 delegates, or more than ?no
luajoritv
1 lie rrestuenc is 111 this
Auht Ia disc
, He will be the nominee of the Itepublican
contest
he is a tread v assured tit nn mor.
"helming majority of Iho delegates from
Indiana and .Now York and of u large
number of delegnlev In Pennsylvania, iiniie
of which voted for him In I'.ios.
DALZELL IS BEATEN.
Admits Ills liefest h Kelly br a
mall IMaralltr.
I'itthiii'imi, I'a April II. John Dalzell,
who, following the recent death nf Con
gressman Bingham of Philadelphia, be
came father of the House, concedes his
defeat by M. Clyde Kelly of ttraddnck.
a young newspaper editor, member of
lhe Slate Legislature nnd a progrrssho
UeppbllvHii, Dnliell's mnnngrr says
Kelly s plurality will not exceed Iflti.
Kelly claims lib nomination by Hi
1 miKs our LUIxcll.
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POST OFFICE BOX 79,
AS SEEN BY EDITORS,
Opinions of President Tuft's Defeat
In Pennsylvania.
from Ihr I'hihHtlphia Xnrlh .tmrricnn.
The result of Saturday's primary election
In Pennsylvania eliminates President Taft
as a candidate for reelection worthy of
serious consideration, Whatever course
those who control Ills actions may see fit
to take to assuage the humiliation of his
retirement, the outcome will lie the same.
Ho will not be a candidate before the
tlepiibtlcnn national convention, for it Is
impossible to believe that there Is either
folly or cruelty enough In his blind sup
porters to force the party which honored
Mr. Tnft so highly four years ago to empha
size In open convention its complete repudia
tion of Mini and his Administration.
Saturday's victory will not end wilh the
removal from Iho IJepiibllcati Presidential
race of this chosen and accredited candi
date of siccl.il privilege. It xvill accom
plish a result of even greater benefit lo
the mass of the American people. It will
make tho nomination of Theodore. Hoose
velt on a genuinely progressive platform
a certainty And without much doubt
It xvill cause Ids selection to be brought
about by acclamation nt Chicago.
The word has gone forth from the great
Indispensable Itepublican States From
New Knglsnd to North Dakota that word
Is the same And after Illinois and Penn
sylvania hax-e spoken that word Is finality
We speak with knowledge when we nay
thst this condition, cenerslly ronredei
even by the rabid Tories, has come as a
surprise as great to Col. Koosevelt and his
friends as to his enemies. We xvere present
at the conference xvhen Col. Roosevelt
consented to take up what then had the
appearand) of a hopeless contest, but one
xxhich was necessary to sustain Intact for
four years the progressive movement
In the party, a cause which to him and his
advisers seems almost sicretl.
When asked what effect the election of
txventy-fivo progressive national delegates
from Pennsylvania would have upon the
contest he replied that such a result would
do much toward defeating any reactionary
candidate. xMien asked what effect the
election of fifty auch delegates from Penn
sylvania would have lie immediately
responded that in that event the Republican
nominee would certainly be a progressive.
He added quickly, with a laugh, "But of
course the Pennsylvania machine Is strong
enough to make any such thing Just a
beautiful dreauf, " Hut the dream has come
true, and the prophecy is certain of ful
filment. The overshadowing meaning of It all Is
that the people of this State know that,
chamellontlke, the President has taken
on the color of his environment; that he
no longer expresses the principles which
he professed and won nomination nnd
election by pledging to them his support
They see the President revealed as the
pliant agent of the Irimers, the Penrosfs,
theUuggenhelms, the Aldriches, theSmuots,
the Gallingers and all special Interests,
st In all reverence wo believe that the re
sult of Saturday's primaries in Pennsyl
vania was grist from the Mills of (lod.
T Mr. Taft's Managers.
Trom ffte .Vric J'orfc Time.
In spite of Illinois, In spite of Pennsyl
vanla, tn spite of any possible dissension
that may be stirred dp In Ohio, n surx-ey
of the Meld leads Inevitably to the con
clusion that Mr. Taft will be nominated
on the first ballot, and excludes every
shadow of possibility that Mr. Hoosevelt
can rerelxe more than an Impotent
minority.
In this position of the forces it may
be appropriate to address a few xvoids to
the managers of Mr. Taft's antt-conx-en-
tlon campaign. They have not clx-en the
Impression that their efficiency Is equal to
their responsibility.
Upon the men xxho are directing Mr.
Taft's campaign rest the duty and the
responsibility of both seeing to It that
the peooln are not misled hy this raging
demagogue and of keeping their heads
In the face of these recent reverses. They
must fortify themselves against the timid
counsels of those xxho would persuade
them to accept a compromise, to turn
to some other candidate. Their candi
date, the candidate desired by the great
muss of their p.uty, run he nominated
and will be nominated on the first ballot
If they are xealous and enelgetlu In tbcli
xvork.
More Good Work by Hoosevelt.
from lie U'orM,
Mr, Hoosevelt will not be pomlnated at
Chicago for a third term. The Hepub
llcan pait.v will not deliberately seek to
commit political suicide In older to gratify
his personal ambition as a candidate. To
deny Mr. Taft the renomluatton that he
seeks xxould be not only to repudiate the
Administration but to proclaim In the
plainest terms that the party while, in
power had been false to Its trust and was
undeSerx Ing of public confidence.
But in the smashing of the I-orltner
machine in Illinois and the Penrose ma
chine In Pennsylvania, Mr, Roosevelt has
mulcted a gieat service to those States
and to the country. The two t'nlted
States Senatom, one from Chicago and
one from Philadelphia, stood for the worst
kind of politics. The best work Mr.
Hoosevelt has done in years is the break
ing of the power of these two bosses.
New Yoik went backward where Illi
nois and Pennsylvania went forward.
Willi due credit for the overthrow of
Lorliner and Penrose, Mr. Hoosevelt must
accept his full share of the blam? for re
storing Barnes to power, lie made his
personal deslra for a third term a bigger
issue than progressive principles, and at
the polls the voters of his party dealth with
the Issue as he made It.
'rnia tht f '.iutia Inijitlrrr,
Many thousands of Republicans of Penn
sylvania do not seem lo have any very
definite Ideas as to what they really do want
hi this struggle for the Presidential iionii
nation. At the Chicago convention the large bulk
of the delegation will reject a Republbuii
Administration that has been deleted to
the progress mid the interests or the people
and without regurd to the merits of 'lfi
will follow the banner nf Col. Koosevelt.
Throughout the two terms of I'riv.lilriit
Hoosevelt this Journal gne Ills admin
istration Its most punitive support II t
we could not agree with Itnosetell Hint It
was either fair or square to humiliate
President who not so iminv months ago
Col Roosevelt was lilniTlf praising n.iimly
for the great good he had done. Tift bus
liehly deserted a sei ond term Hut out.
side of that, when Kocriell threv hU hat
into the ring he folio nod It with lertiln
pnlirles of his own wbleli wrrs purrly stale
Istues pollclts or llisorlts which wt could
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
not acrcpt. Again his advent stirred
strlfo and that etrlfe has grown n violent
ns to threaten seriously Republican sue.
icss in November.
We had hoped thnt tho majority of Penn
sylvania Republicans would take the srnl
bio view; would understand that with
Pennsylvania declaring for Tnft the Room-.
xelt campaign would have been practlrslir
ended, nnd with Its hopelessness there would
hiix-o come n better reeling. Hud Tnft I,psq
given n fairly free rond to Chicago by Penn
sylvania his nomination would have. ha
preceded and followed by a return to tin
real issues upon which the November els..',
tlon must be fought. Court decisions ami
other Stato questions that Col. Rnowslt
lias been talking about would have hem
practically disregarded, and xie should
have come right down to the consideration
of the Republican policies of Taft, th.
policies which are those of the Republlcsn
party, policies whlrh haxe to do wltliths
x-ery life blood of the nation. If Taft can
not be elected on those policies no Its
publican can be. We believe he ran.
We do not see how it Is possible to brlnt
about a compromise on a third candidate,
as some Republicans In Washington seem
to think might be done. So the light will
go on, much to the satisfaction of the Demo
crats. We hax-e reached a political crisis nut of
which eventually must come a continuation
of Republican principles or the establish
ment at Washington of Democratic pollcist,
"People Asratn Itnle."
From the PMladepMa Pre$t.
The result of the State primaries on
Saturday show a desiro for a chance In
the management of tho Republican party
in rennsyivania.
It will be regarded throughout ths
country as a great Itoosevclt victory an4
will probably havo a greater effect on ths
sentiment of the country ns to who should
be the standard bearer of the Republican
party to be nominated In Chicago than
the number of Hoosevelt delegates would
alone indicate.
Tho victory clearly signifies that tho
people arc against bo-slum nnd ngnlnt
that leadership which they think Is allied
with corporate Interests. This xvas phowti
in the last Mayoralty campaign, nnd th.)
voters hax'o emphasized their feeling In
this campaign. Their x-erdlct can l? iv
garded as not necessarily an nppruxu!
of the policies advocated by nooMVilt.
but n protest against the Kind of IciuVi
shlp that they havo had in recent yeam.
The people of Philadelphia and the
Stnto want leadership that they lecanl
as more alive to their interests and lorn
active In behalf of special Inlerrsts and
special privileges. Col. Roosevelt's com
manding personality furnished thrm a
leader In X'otlng for whom they ootiM
x'olco their protest without committing
themselx'es to a blind acceptance of Ids
principles.
At the same time It cannot be over
looked that he found in the Judicial in
cisions of the courts of Inst resort In .Nw
York nnd somo other States material fo:
telling popular appeals In a gieat livlus
trial State llko Pennsylvania.
About half the Stntes hax-e now chesen
delegates to the Republican national con-x-entlon,
and President Taft Is still well
in the lead. But Pennsylx'anla's vote sug
gests the possibility of like results In
Ne,xv Jersey and Ohio, while the Pacific
states are In doubt and may return a
large Roosevelt vote. So the nomination,
xxhich a week ago seemed to be almost
certainly assured for Taft, must now bs
conceded to be In doubt.
One Man Itnle Loom.
from the PitttburB Pout,
Col. Roosevelt has swept the good old
State of Pennsylvania. The stamped" is
on. Col, Roosevelt and evolution take th
place of some other man and revolution.
Conditions have changed to a reninrkahlx
degree within a xveek, and "one man rule"
looms up with a force that Impresses Itself
upon the most thoughtful citizens.
Those who have been led to believe that
Roosevelt has been fighting a lost cause
will have to change their minds. Theodora
Hoosevelt Is stronger to-day than he hat
been ut uny time since his hat was cast Into
the ring. The people ariflbelng swept c.ff
their feet and "one mull rule" is not only a
possibility but a strong probability pro
vided it is not checked by a Ileiiiocriltlc
uprising.
"sjolhlnar Bat Heath."
f'Vom thf fiprwuti'l'l KepiiWiitfil
II would bo taken for granted that Presi
dent Tuft, In view of the very disastrous
week he has Just experienced ns a iaiiilld.il
for reiioinlnaf Ion, xxill now nmko hi op
ponents understand as they havo not before
the unalterable purpose which Inspired his
statement thai, "nothing but death" lould
remove him from the contest
If such a spirit on his part wns appro
priate two months ago. It is much mors
nppropilntc to-dny He should now prei
on, determined to have Justice at the hands
or his party or to force It to (rumple him
to bis political death There should he no
compromise, no withdrawal, no siirieiuler
The character of the campaign Mr Roose
velt Is iniik Ing leaves the President no honor
able alternative lo tin Inflexible, stubborn
niaintenani e of his position ns a candiiUio
who will stay n cuiidldate If nerear
the last gasp. There might bo a do.'fu
rexertes like this In Illinois nnd IVihimI
vanla and still the President would Le under
a heavy moral obligation, not merely 10
friends and himself but to the count rr to
continue this buttle to the end,
'I he Issues that have been raised bet nee 1
Mr. 'lull and Mr. lioosexelt are so Inii'iT'
tant In themselves, they transcend P-'r-sonal
interests and consideration.' so, W'1.
pletely that the Republican party idumt'l
be forced to choose between them ek'i
If the set of choosing Involved Its ow.i
destruct ion,
CHALLENGE TO ROOSEVELT.
Gardner Invites Htm tn a Joint -bate
In Massachusetts,
W'ASiusaro.v, April H. Represent at iv
"Ousfcle" (la niner of Massachusetts, Sena
tor Iodge's son-in-law and an old friend
or Col. Hoosevelt, to-night challenged ih"
Colonel to n debate on campaign i'siic.
Kepieseiitiitlvn (Inrdner recently turned
against theColonel becmiseofliisjuilict.liy
recall theories. Hero Is a letter sent by
(limine!' to HooHoxi'lt: .
i"l see by (1H newspapers that yon intern'
soon to sH'iik ill Massachusetts,
-I .... !.,, l,n ei.nl Issues ill
this campaign are lieltic lost sight of and
that an endeavor Is being made to imt
the name of President Taft wilh 1I111
Senator l.nrliner nnd other mI'1" ,r
peisous whom the lreidenl has u I 11 v.
opposed. During vour Massaclm"'!'
tour I respectfully Invite yiut to a J""11
debate on tlin principles at Uue in ""r
campaign, Tim time and phec fei 1 '
debate I Icavo entirely for your deoi-siou."