The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-19
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waite Hoase q more than q
week the poiitleians III he alert for
the openlng#ln arm est the pfelim.
inarles iotHe 1gos campaign: There
VIII be dsspefate playing from the
start. Tile iiIy ummer season has
PASSED. and before long ne autumn
movements in the making Of q new
president nay CONT for Something.
The Presiaeat must fight Secretary
Tafls batElesainost single handed for
whhe for me after has concluded
his tFahscoptinenta1 speaking tFour,
e1rned iFons Bryan the title Of great
postpenef aid sailed for the Philip
pines aalI the gossip that Taft's
presiaentisl opponents bring to Wash
ingson caaSbe believed the President
has md ablg coterte Of federal office.
holdef onSthe wing most.of the SUM
1ner ier ills fagorite: While some of
them isgesalread II reportedto him at
oy Jnlme IRONS visits, 1t is as
sertea within tile next few weeks.
~ re Conferences and by his own
obsargati6hssih the course Of his fortn-
coming Western trip the President ex-
pep ooa8 10 have Ills preparations
for ne tsy Wen matured.
Reports tfom the Far West are rep
as very much 10 the Presi-
DENTS liking. The Cannon, Knox and
fbaniys men say in the quiet cor
neTs Washington hotel corridors
tia members of the Cabinet secre-
tssiea Metcalf. Garfield, Wilson AMI
stran taye been travelling in that
section dbfipg the summer quite as
much 81 political as official business,
lnstbe Far West
IN any event, all bring back word
that tie three Pacific Coast States
ars foT Roossyelt's denomination, and
ii he willsaot have # for Taft's. AS
much Is claimed for several Inter.
mountain State Fairbanks has been
trying oabFaak into California, but.
WITH tpe possible exception Of that
staE ie entire country west Of the
Misslss tppf river IS behaving presi,
ientiaily much to Mr.. Rooseyelt's Tx
ing slnsas, on the south, has dem
1nstrate IA r ooseveltTaft enthrl.
laam mat extends northward to the
headWateyss o tho Mississippi.
tine delegates from the transmits
sippI, region win probably not figure
extensively IN the big game Of the
autaaln and the coming winter. Elm
mating he distinctly Southern States
Of AFsansas Louisiana and Texas and
feckoning8 Oklahoma as a State, there
viii Sc only 40 delegates in that en-
tire realess than quarter of the
eonsentio1 Most Of them, probably
ITS 81 200 WIN sbe White House dele.
afes The list Of these States and
teffitortes and the number of votes
each @ill have follows:
Alizora ..;e,......... 9
California; ............ 20
colcFaac ......,......... IL
4iffliai * x Il ~. I. Z. :, ,,,..,.. W
tSnsa .,..s.'..... ~
ioita1a .:.'''...:...
Minnesota s.. .. ........... q
ssoprt .. ~. .............. 80
ebfaslsa .... 81. ............. Il
cav Mexico g
North Dakota $
0slahoma Il
egpnss .,.,........ !
South Dakota .............. $
htng ton .t......... IL
somi1ig ......... \
\ Total Il 49,. 81. !. .. ....,,..... FAC
Certain Of these States may turn
olidcal sonersaults TO The Presl-
embarrassment II the old-line
leaders Brlngit about. Iowa, Califor
mia, Missouri and Oklahoma are the
dangeT zonesi8but federal offceholders
have been sounding the leaders and
committeeman in all these States. Pub
ia AN {r,an+, II, ave 10 NJ +ha mira