Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1907-05-01

received here, is making headway in
Ohio. That augurs Ill for Taft. The
south, as stated is unfriendly to the
secretary OF war. Fairbanks com
trolls Indiana, and he may have Illi-
nois behind him in the event that
the republicans of the Sucker COM
monwealth conclude that "Uncle Joe"
Cannon can not be nominated. For
the sake of argument, those who take
pessimistlc view of the outlook. SO
far as the administration Is concern
ed, say that 1t is by no means a cer-
tainty that Roosevelt delegates will
be elected in New York. One of the
chapters of the $1,000, 600 conspiracy
story went on to say that favorite
sons were to be brought out in a
number of states. to the end that the
nomination of a Roosevelt man might
be forestalled. Senator Phitander G.
Knox is Pennsylvania favorite son
this year. as he will be next year.
Mr.. KnoX's friends have not nesitat-
ed to express their resentment at
the implied suggestion that the Penn
| sylvania leaders are leagued with the
| conspirators. For this reason the
I situation in Pennsylvania is not as
bright for the administration as it
I should be, still taking the view of the
| pessimistic.
South Has 284 Delegates.
The south will have 264 votes in
1
distributed among the states as fol-
| lows: Alabama %, Florida 40, Geor-
gia 20, Mississippi 30, Louisiana IS,
North Carolina "a, South Carolina
IS, Tennessee "a, Texas S6, Virginia
"a, Maryland 16, Kentucky 26.
Taft Unpopular I'm South.
In addition to the unpopularity of
| Secretary Taft in the south, the ad-
| ministration has another unfavorable
condition to contend with there. The
negroes of the country are bitter in
their denunclation of the president
for his action in dischargng the sol
diers of the twenty-fifth infantry on
! a charge of shooting up" the town
| of Brownsville. This resentment, IL
is said, win extend 10 apsu, man who
may be favored by Mr.. Roosevelt Tor
| the presidential nomination. Negro
votes don't count much in the south
on election day, but they are useful
when delegates to a republican con-
vention are being named. For ex-
/ ample, negroes have a good deal to
4 say in the election of delegates in
| Louisiana, Mississippi and South
! Carolina. Delegations from Georgia.
Alabama and Florida are as a rule
mixed in color while in Kentucky,
! Tennessee, Virginia, Maryland and
! Texas, the organiza tions are in con-
! the above table will show that the
states where the colored brother is
something of a factor are quite strong
numerically in the national conven-
! tion. Arkansas, it should be remem-
/ bered also has a habit of sending
some negro delegates TO republican
national conventions. The attitude
/ of the negroes toward the adminis-
! tration causes deep concern on the
/ part of its friends and supporters.
With trouble in the south, uncer-
| tainty In Ohio, Fairbanks making
progress in his hunt for delegates
/ the president and his advisers are
/ keenly aware that IL Mr.. Roosevelt is
7 to see the realization of his ambition
! that he shall be succeeded by a man
after his own heart, taking it for
granted that the republican candt-
date will win everybody interested
must be up and doing.