The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-04-09
TAFT Sen TIM ENT
PREVAILS
VARIOUS SECTIONS OF STATE
LINE UP FOR THE OHIO MAN
Instructed Delegation May Be Named
Here on April goth, to Attend the
National Convention.

| In various sections of the state the
sentiment that prevails in favor of w
| II. Taft as the logical successor t,
President Roosevelt is being manifest
ed as the time draws near for the
state convention to be held here on
the Goth of this month, when the Re
publican delegates from Nevada to the
national convention at Chicago will be
named. The efforts of Republican
leaders to gain at least an uninstructed
delegation or better, one favoring the
candidacy of Governor Hughes of New
| York, has been unavailing, except in
Washoe county, and the report from
there is to the effect that the senti-
ment is divided, and at least half of
the delegates from Washoe county to
the state convention will come here
in favor of passing resolutions back
| ing up the candidacy of Taft.
| Goldfed and the southern country
has sounded the loudest trumpet blast
in favor of Taft yet heard in the
state. The sentiment there is of the
| fighting kind and one brooking no at
tempt to line Nevada up in the ranks
of the deserters from the Roosevelt
! hSPuRliSduiShi. w utn lnt uOiuHtlu
delegation to the state convention was
named, the following resolutions were
passed:
. Resolved, by the Republican coun-
| ty Central Committee of Esmeralda
county, Nevada. that we heartily en-
dorse and commend the administration
of Theodore Roosevelt as President Of
the United States for its courage and
integrity of purpose in safeguarding
the best interests of the American peo-
| pie as a whole.
Further Resolved. that it is the
sentiment of this committee that the
Republican state convention to be held
at Winnemucca, New. on April goth,
1905 endorse the administration of
Theodore Roosevelt, as president, and
that it instruct the delegates from Ne
vada to the national convention of the
| Republican party, to be held at Chica-
go, ILL.,, on June 10th, 1908, to vote
for the nomination as president of the
United States William H. Taft or some
other Republican who will sustain and
continue the policies of President
Roosevelt -
The delegation selected was fol
lows:
From Goldfeld. w. NJ. Morehouse.
J. G. Thompson. j. F. Douglas, Geo.
Springmeyer, l.. II. Rogers, c. c. Stan
ley, j p. Marshall. j. f. Mitchell and
! J. NJ. Fairfield From Silver Peak:
u. Wort. From Nina: John Miller.
From Hawthorne: j. G. Atchison.
The committee also decided to at
tempt to seat three delegates to re-
present Rawhide, and made the follow
ing appointments for that purpose: j.
W. Deane, A. w. Liechti and j. H.
Fay
In northern and central Nevada Taft
sentiment prevails. Although no inst
ruction were given the Humboldt coun-
ty delegation the sentiment expressed
at the meeting of the County Central
Committee was very strongly in favor
of W. II. 4aft.
National Committeeman Flanagan
mas Just returned from trip to Wash
ington, and he is, in common with the
other leaders, are urging an uninstruct-
ed delegation. Mr. Flpannigan says
that it is possible that Roosevelt may
be nominated, and it is felt in the east
with split between the Hughes and
Tart forces may lead to the nomination
OF Roosevelt on a compromise ballot.
Senator Flanagan has been an avowed
opponent to the policies of President
Roosevelt, and voiced himself at some
length against Roosevelt in the col
umns of the Reno Journal a few months
back
The White Pine delegation to the
state convention at Winnemucca will
go practically committed to William
ii. Taft for the nomination as the
presidential candidate of the republi-
can party. After the delegates were
elected a meeting was held and the
matter was considered c. R. Reeves,
one of the delegates aroseand stated
that at one time he had favored Mr..
Hughes for president, but that after
considerable investigation and think
in CHE had concluded that Taft was the
logical man and should be the candi-
date. A vote of the eleven delegates
followed and it showed that nine of
them favored Taft for first choice and
the other two for Taft for second
choice. Hughes the first choice of one
an dthe second choice of seven: Roose-
welt the first choice of one and Fair
banks the secnod choice of two; The
delegates will, therefore, while going
uninstructed, bear in mind that Taft
is decided favorite.
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