Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-19
TAFT BOOMERS CLAIM 27S
ALL CHICAGO DELEGATES MUST
BE CHOSEN BY NAY 16.
Supporters of the War Secretary
Still Confidently Predict His
Nomination in Convention.

The next four weeks will be the rush
season for the republican presidential
candidates. Under the ruling of the re-
| publican national committee. all dele
gates to the republican convention at Chi
cago must be chosen by May 18 Up to
yesterday morning more than half of the
| total number had been selected, with the
preferences of the delegates pretty well
outlined. Conventions will be held daily
throughout the country from now on. and
by May IS the entire membership of the
national convention will have been Sc
| lected.
The Taft boomers are still making con-
fident claims that theft candidate will be
! nominated. The opposition. classified
under the general term Of the allies.
does not admit all the Taft claims. but
! that fact does not abash the Taft man.
ayers in the least. The weekend state
ment given out by the Taft managers
| yesterday was ss follows:
Taft Men Claim 27a.
'.Fifty-six delegates to the republican
national convention were elected this
| Secretary Taft. either through instruc-
| llOHS Ut DS virtue VI ISSOiutiOHS VI VI
erence-twenty-eight through the former.
twelve through the latter method.
| THE situation in Tennessee has been
| cleared by the declaration of w. J. Oliver.
| whose services as an anti-Taft leader had
been In demand. to the effect that he sup
ports the candidacy Of Secretary Taft
! loyalty. and that no matter how the con-
delegates seated will be for the War Sec
rotary. This virtually takes the eight
| delegates in Tennessee out of the con-
tested and places them in the Taft col
umn. The contests in the fourth and
| fifth Oklahoma districts may be treated
in the same way. adding twelve dele
gates to Secretary Tafts 'uncontested
strength.
1.-The total number of delegates thus
far elected is $40. Secretary Tafts sup
contested. to which should be added four
| from Oklahoma and eight from Ten
nessee. total of 2l4.
| Delegations friendly to Secretary Taft,
but otherwise uninstructed and unpledsed
| were elected in Hawaii and the second
and third Massachusetts, districts this
week. Gov. Hughes added the thirtieth
and thirtyfcurth New York to his list OF
delegates and Speaker Cannon the thir-
| teenth Illinois. Cninstructed delegates
| were chosen by the sev enth Louisiana and
! the sixth South Carolina districts.
| Minnesota finished up the work begun
| last week in the fifth district. and every
one of the eighteen district delegates and
structed for the War Secretary The
other additions to Mr.. Taft's strength this
week come from the fifth. SIXTH eighth,
tenth and fourteenth Massachusetts,. Sec
ond and eleventh Michigan. sixteenth
! Missouri. first and sixth Maryland.
| Conventions scheduled for next week
are the eighth Alabama. the third Flor
| ida. second and third Georgia, first ano
| second Louisiana. twelfth and thirteenth
Massachusetts,: Nevada. six delegates-at-
and second districts; Kentucky. state;
thirteenth Ohio and second West Var
| ginia."
Delegates Classified.
| The table prepared by the Taft boomers
! claims as follows:
Total number of delegates elected, 546;
claimed for Taft 27s: uncontested. c42
uninstructed. 81: all others. .:O7.
The following delegates. through in.
| structions. or by virtue Of resolutions Of
| Endorsements or preference are placed In
the Taft column: Alabama, :: Florida. .
| Illinois. =: Iowa. %: Kansas. 3D. Ken
lucky. .: Maryland, q; Massachusetts. IA
Michigan. 8: Minnesota, %: Mississippi. >
.: New York. 3: North Carolina, ,: Ohio
3S; Oklahoma, IA; Philippine Islands.
| South Dakota. s: Tennessee. Is: Virginia
-: West Virginia, 4; Wisconsin, /. Total
27s
Fairbanks delegates: Indiana. 80.
Cannon delegates: South Carolina, .
Illinois. A.. Total 46.
| LaFollette delegates: Wisconsin. c5.
Hughes delegates: New York. ~
| Knox delegates: Pennsylvania. g.
| Uninstructed delegates: Alabama.
Delaware, 6; Hawaii =; Illinois, 8: Louis.
ana. 6: Massachusetts,. s; Michigan, >
| New York 13; Porto Rico. .: Rhode Is.
land. 8; South Carolina. =. Total. 3d.
Claims of the Allies.
The statement of the opposition to Sec.
rotary Taft, given out last night. follows;
The end of this week finds the opposi-
ton to Secretary Taft maintaining its
substantial lead. Five hundred and sixty
four delegates to the convention have
| been elected. OF this number 1877 are in
structed for Judge Taft and 30 for the
opposition; - delegates are uninstructed
| and 20 are contested. OF the 20 unin-
structed delegates 53 are claimed by the
| opposition, making total OF ~ OF the
4!}4 uncontested delegates.
THE total of delegates uninstructed fol
Taft was increased 30 during the week
% of these being elected in Minnesota
while fourteen of the delegates elected by
the lily-white' faction in Virginia have
been removed from the Taft column tc
the contested column by reason of the
definite announcement of contests to be
| instituted against them. OF the dele
| gates elected during the week 20 are unin-
| structed: instructed for Hughes and
> for Cannon. The uninstructed delegates
| for the week comprise - from Massachu-
| sets, - from Hawaii, from South Caro-
| lima . from Maryland and , from Louisi-
ana. The two delegates from the first ILL.,
nois are added to the contested column
| formal announcement having been given
| of the intention to question the legality OF
| their election.
Official returns from Wisconsin show
that the majority against the Taft dele
! gates in that state was in excess of 5000
| This result is significant in view of the
fact that this is the first indication OF
| public sentiment given in a primary con-
! test general throughout a state with the
| lines closely drawn and an active popular
participation in the selection Of dele
| gates"
Claimed for Foraker.
| At the convention of the republican par
| ty at San Juan, Porto Rico. March 30
two delegates were appointed to the Chi
cago convention. A motion was made to
/ instruct the delegates for Taft. but it was
| rejected through the opposition of the
| leader of the party, DIR. Barbosa. OF the
delegates appointed, Mr.. Robert H. Todd
| and Mr.. Francisco Quinones. Mr.. Todd Is
a personal friend of Senator Foraker, and
| 1t is claimed that the Porto Rican .delega-
ton will stand by the senator from Ohio,
|
Reception at 2. n. c. A.
Arrangements have been made for a