The Washington herald., 1908-04-01
WILL NOT INSTRUCT
Massachusetts to Send an Tn
pledged Delegation.
SENATOR CRANE THE VICTOR
Eighth District VIII Send Unin-
structed Delegates 10 state Con-
ventiOn, While Four Are for Taft
and Two in Doubt-Some Unin-
structed Favor Secretary.

Special to The Washington Herald
Boston. Mass, March 9l-The issue be
tween a delegation 10 the Republican ma
tional convention pledged to the nOmina
ton of Secretary Taft and delegation
unpledged was fought our at the primary
elections for delegates 10 Congressional
district conventions and TO the State con-
vention throughout Massachusetts tonight.
The result is a clear victory for Senator
Cranes attitude in favor OF a delegation
free from instructions or preferences.
Returns at midnight indicate that four
Congressional districts will hold conven-
tions that will elect delegates 10 Chicago
favoring Taft. while eight districts have
approved unequivocally Senator Cranes
advocacy Of free and uninstructed dele
gates. This leaves one district in doubt
at midnight (the Fifth. that of Butler
Ames), while Senator Lodges district
the Sixth. has chosen two delegates with
out instructions. but assumed TO be in
harmony with the attitude Of Senator
Lodge.
Taft Gets Four Districts.
These returns on the surface would IN
dicate that the Fourteenth Congressional
district conventions. to be held in April
win return at least sixteen uninstruct-
ed delegates; four districts will choose
eight delegates for Taft. while ore dis
trict is in doubt and one. although unin-
structed. is with Lodge for Taft
II is understood that the State con-
vention, 10 be held in Boston April 10.
will by common consent elect Senators
Lodge and Crane and ex-GOv. Bates as
three of the four ielegates-at-large. One
other of the big four VIII be either ex-
Gov. Long, unpledged or 5. o. Bigney.
avOwedly for Taft.
The primaries tonight elected delegates
10 the State convention, as well as 20 the
district convention. so that IL would ap-
pear that the anti-instructionists viii
control the State convention and desig
nate the fourth delegate-at-large. But
there was no fight in the primaries to-
night over the issue Of instructions in the
State convention. it having been agreed
that no resolutions favOring any candi-
date shall there be adopted
+ Crane Wins in Two
The most interesting district fight To-
night was In the Second (Springfeld) and
Third worcester, each resulting fav-
orably 10 Senator Cranes attitude. and
In the Sixth Congressman Gardners dis
tricO. where Taft delegates will be
chosen. The three Boston districts all
went for uninstructed delegates, under
stood. however. 10 ne FOR Taft. There
was a specially interesting contest IN the
Eighth district which includes Cam
bridge. where the anti-instructionists
won.
The returns in detail, when available
! tomorrow, viii show an emphatic ap-
proval by a great majority Of Massachu-
cetts Republicans for the principle OF
unpledged delegates. carried into practical
effect in a majority Of the districts.
Ex-Consressman Powers. the manager
Of the Taft forces in Massachusetts,. ex-
pressed the opinion late tonight that the
people who favor the passing OF prefer
ence resolution In the State convention
have won a substantial victory Accord
ing 70 Powers. the State will probably
have eleven district delegates at the ma
tiOnal convention who viii 20 as unin-
structed and thirteen for Taft The re-
naming four delegates have leaEings to-
ward Tart, but this is not known 70 a
certainty.