Albuquerque citizen., 1908-03-30
Secretary Has a Total of l26
UnConteSted and Thirty
four Delegates
Contested.
CONVENTION WILL Be
A RECORD BREAKER
National Meet viii Have Largest
Number of Instructed Delegates
and Largest Number OF Con-
tested Delegations of Any
Yet Held by Republicans.

Washington, March 30.-Conven-
tions held last week brought the num-
Der of delegates elected to the Repub
lican national convention to more
than one-fourth the total number en-
titled to seats. With one-fourth of
the delegates chosen the secretary has
instructed for him and not contested
approximately one-third enough votes
to nominate him.
If the thirty-four delegates instruct
ed for Taft who are being contested
are seated, already the secretary Of
war has secured. with only one
fourth the convention chosen, more
than 40 per cent the number of dele
gates required to nominate him.
Twelve Contested Delegates.
In the week the secretary gained
twelve contested delegates. In Ten
nessee there were contesting delegates
elected by the state convention. Both
factions declared their intention of
supporting Taft, but since the conven-
tion has acted the "allies" say that
the Brownlow-Oliver delegates, If
seated, will not vote for the secretary
of war.
In Rhode Island there were no in
structions, and it is asserted that Sen
ator Aldrich will dominate the dele
cation.
Speaker Cannon, By v'ttde of Illi-
nois conventions, added fourteen dele
gates to his list, those from lllioins
at large and from the Second, Third,
Eighth and Nineteenth districts all in
structed for him except those from
irl
retary Taft added the New Mexico
| delegates, those from the Fourth and
Second Tennessee, the Second and
Fifth Virginia and Sixth Kansas to his
collection. These are not questioned,
as both contestants in the Second and
Fourth Tennessee districts are among
Taft partisans. The friends of the
war secretary also claim the Third
| Tennessee and the Eighth Mississippi.
! both of which are contested. The
| Eighth Michigan, Congressman Ford
neys district, which held an irregular
! convention prior to the issue of the
| call of the national Republican COM
mittee and instructed its delegates for
Cannon, had to do the work over
again last week and chose uninstruct-
ed delegates.
\ Record Breaker In Two Days.
/ Already it is apparent that the Re-
publican national convention of 1908
will be unusual in two respects. 1t
will have the largest number of in
structed delegates ever sent to Re-
publican convention and the largest
number of contests. In each of the
favorite son states there will be in
struCtiOns, giving total of 256 in
structed delegates. Each of the south
cru states will send instructed dele
gates ana a majority Of them two In
structed delegations. To date the only
state convention which has failed to
! instruct is Rhode Island, and the in
dicatious are that none Of the New
England states Will send instructed
delegates. Unless indications are at
fault more than three-fourths of the
delegates TO the convention will be
tied up with instructions.
The conventions scheduled for
next week are:
The state convention Of Indiana,
which VIII swell Vice President Fair
banks strength to thirty delegates;
tine FIRST. Fourth, Twelfth and Four
tcculh Illinois, which viii give Speak
er Cannon eight more or "a total Of
w,nN-r.ght; the Tonth Virginia,
Sixth Mauup aud Porto Rico.