The Washington herald., 1908-04-26

unanimously for Taft, and that failure
/ 10 pass instructions would be only
/ through tolerance on the part of Taft
managers. a mild resolution OF preference
/ for Taft was defeated by a vote OF 7a
10 . In Nevada, also claimed for Taft,
/ Taft instructions were defeated by a
| vote Of 81 to a. The regular convention
/ in Arizona elected anti-Taft delegates,
and the Federal governor Of the Terri
tory was compelled to organize a boiling
convention in order to avert defeat.
Conceded Eight Votes.
During the week forty-eight delegates
were elected. OF these. eight We're in
structed for Taft-two in North Carolina.
four in West Virginia, and two in Michi-
gan. Eight in New York were instructed
for Hughes. Twenty delegates are unin-
structed New Hampshire contributes
eight to this column. Nevada six. Massa-
chusetts four, and North Carolina two.
Two are contested from Florida, four
from Alabama two from Arizona, and
two from Tennessee.
Five hundred and ninety-two dele
gates have been chosen. OF this number
I95 are instructed for Taft, 50 are unin-
structed. IS are contested. and 237 are in
structed for the opposition. a liberal
estimate of the Taft strength would be
go votes, which leaves TO the opposition
S42 votes. During the past two weeks 2S
votes have been added to the Taft col
umn, while during the same period ISS
delegates instructed for others, contested
or uninstructed. have been elected"
Claims of Taft's Friends.
The following statement was given out
at the Taft headquarters last night:
Although forty-eight delegates to the
Chicago convention were selected since
last Saturday. only four Of these were
instructed against Secretary Taft being
the Hughes delegates from the Twenty
seventh and Thirty-frst New York dis
triets. Of the remaining forty-four,
eighteen were instructed for Secretary
Taft. four more are contested, and more
than half of the twenty-five who are un-
instructed have declared their preference
for the War Secretary.
''The total number of delegates now
elected is 594. OF this number an even
300 are claimed for Secretary Taft. with
out taking into consideration any of the
50 uninstructed delegates, Of whom a ma
joTity are his supporters Two hundred
and seventy-two delegates are Mr.. Taft's
without a contest, this including the con-
tested delegations in Tennessee and
Oklahoma, where the contests are among
Taft adherents
Gains for the Week,
The delegates pledged to Taft this
week are from the Fourth and Twelfth
Massachusetts districts, the First and
Second West Virginia. Twelfth Micht-
gan, Eighth Alabama. Fourth and Eighth
North Carolina. The contests are in
Arizona and the Third Florida The
uninstrueted delegates are from the
Twenty-irst and Twenty-sixth New
York, Nevada's six delegates-at-large.
New Hampshire's four delegates-at-large.
the First and Second New HAMPSHIRE
and the Firstand Thirteenth Massachu-
sets.
Ten State conventions are scheduled
for next week, those of West Virginia
Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Arkansas
Maine, Colorado. Vermont. MARYLAND
and South Carolina. One of |
the Alabama State conventions viii be |
held, two having been announced. The
Alaska convention and the primaries of
the District of Columbia are among the
political events Of the coming week. and
district conventions TO the number of |
nearly two score.