The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-22

far west In the Central west and up in the Northwest s,s'v E
 Present calculations do not give Secretary Taft any marked following
 in the middle and New England states.
 For the time being all those states are
 believed to be subject to the control or
 powerful elements In the Republican
 party who are stubbornly opposed to
 the Roosevelt policies. The contest ts
 being planned on the lines of "the
 field" against Taft. and that will un-
 doubtedly be the program of the anti Taft cohorts right along. or at least
 until 1t becomes definitely known that
 there Is a show of defeating his nomi.
 nation
 From the southern States there will
 be 29s delegates in the convention, as
 follows: Alabama 22 Arkansas 1S,
 Florida 10, Georgia 2s. Kentucky ss, Louisiana ls. Maryland is. Mississip- pi 20. North Carolina 24. South, Caro- lima IS. Tennessee 24. Texas ss. vir-
 ginia 24, West virgintas
 It Is now very doubtful as to whether any of the delegates from
 Maryland and West yirgtnis will : be for Taft.
 The Taft boomers appear to be posi- practically . clean sweep of the dele gations in the. states of the far West with Alaska and Hawai- thrown in. These are as follows. the number of deiegats in the convention being also given: California 20. Colorado 10. Idaho 6, Montana 6, Nevada 6, North Dakota s. oregon S.. South Dakota 8, Utah g. Washington 1o. Wyoming z Alaska 6. Arizona 6, Hawaii 6, ana New Mexico S--total 118. LooIs to Mlssouri.
 1 Missouri will have thirty-six votes in the convention. At present when the Republican Congressmen from that big state are trying to induce President ments they are assuring him that Mis- souri is virtually solid for Taft. Sena- tor Stone. although on the other side of the political fence. in conversa- : tion today with yofr correspondent said eI do not care what the Re- publicans say. I think that If the | other candidates make the effort they will not only take a number of the delegates away from the Secretary but they would have a good chance or scooping In the whole delegation" Well. for arguments sake let Mis- souri be placed In the Taft column. Then add the following states with their delegates to those the Taft sup. porters are cleaning, and they will De l able to account for 200 more votes Tn the convention: Kansas 20. Nebraska l Is, Ohio 46, Delaware 6. Iowa 20, Michigan 2S, Minnesota 22.
 If the claims of the Taft managers are reliable and the election of deie- gates turns out as they hope and De, lieve 1t will here is how matters VIII l stand when the balloting commences and this does not include any scatter l ing votes in states that either have ayowed candidates of their own TOT the Presidency. or are supposed to De n | a general sense opposed to nominating | the Secretary because he is the Roose- welt candidate and has declared nina | self in favor of tariff revision, much | to the disgust of the stand pas | Delegates from Southern States 2s6 | From the Far West and territories 1lS I Middle West and Northwest with Delaware thrown in 2oo Total ...... ....s............. ..oAf Nasa ,o nominate. 4s5 I No matter how many denials may be sent out the word has certainly been passed that the South will be expected | to stand by the administration. The | President is out of it, it Is true, but l Taft is his man: and the government 1 officials realize that if the "reactjon- | ary" crowd obtain control of the Chicago convention 1t means farewell l to- the policies of President Roosevelt as soon as his term expires. For this | reason there is bound to be one or tne | liyeIiest fights that hHssever been pull ed off within the ranks of the Hepubii- kcan party tSl
 Taft supporters are confident. They will not admit thatShe can possibly De | defeated. But 1t should be borne In | mind that the contest has only com | menced The developments in the next | two months will therefore be decfdeoiy i Interesting. e,'