The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-04-14

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~-t-t rf5S week Hv the Tennessee,
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r.HH-- eHr F,arS- ttsta Faction, which
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af9E.H rfr contractor. Who WAptcd u
sHr Nsraua canal and Rcpv'ScN-
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Fr rrH hare Na> launched foN,
rr~re,tee Delegates 81 large wcu
rrFE lrt thc next 3Sv the kNanS-
FErr ee-sr hc,i 81 separate coNVep-
t- ~ thc5r eva SjhcvcniS aud elect
sri ErsHrr EE fosr, who were IN
~-errr fr- thc Secretary of War, In
~e-r-- u.s. fc- the secretary have been
,-esaF rfs> wick In tho FIRST, sixth and
~-lr-th Tennessee Congressional dis
t-.~ n-- iu the third, fourth and
rr-.h districts two sets Of delegates
fssr aefr chosen. There are four
--r-r Cr~--cSSioual conventions to be
nrrf En- DerncSScc. with prospect that
aD VIII Ser5 coutcStinC delegations.
TIE Tart campaign has been holly
c--rSef iu every southern State dur
~
Frs Republican district convention
E- tre eighth district-and elected I'M
Instructed ielerates. who are regarded
SIS certainly anti-Taft. Taft head
Quarters En- this city is much discour-
aged over DEVELOPMENTS in Kentucky,
where the Fairbanks leaders have Is
S-e1 81 urouunciamento against the ac-
-5ri-fes rf the oficeholderS. There was
81 test IN the first Kentucky district
during -he week. II IL said to be very
doubtful whether Taft viii secure any
Kentucky delegates. although he has
been counting on at least a half of the
Strte-
The action Of the Rhode Island con-
---r--1-s was not wholly to the liking
~ Secretary Taft's managers. al
-rrrcr it was hardly expected here at
any stare Of the campaign that the
Tr17e Tslarl delegates would be in
S---ete1 The renorts from all over
Nr- r1rlend. following Manager
T-r-F II. Hitcheock's recent estimate
rfr- - az the - New England dele
gates would he for Taft. have not been
altogether favourable to the leading
r-rEilate. The re~orts brought from
lT-sssrhusetts bv the Taft workers are
rH- fv any means as rosy as they
right le. Senator Gallinger and Rep
r=Seu-a-ive Currier have recently re
turned from New Hampshire. with as
s--auees that the REGULAR organization
rs On have ~rettv much its own way in
fte election Of Granite State delegates. |
and thar All Taft VIII get there, if he
~ets ANYTHING Will be bv their favor. |
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more cheering Tor the Taftites. who |
SIRE now claiming a good share of the
twelve Pine Tree State delegates.
or course. Speaker CannOn's gains
for the week were entirely in Illinois.
where fourteen delegates were added
On his column. But these included the
f7~r delegates at-large. All the Hi
-7is conventions showed more opposi-
zion % Secretary Taft. as a second
choice. than had been anticipated.
To date Secretary Taft has secured
solid delegations from but two States
Kansas and Nebraska-where iron
clad Instructions were voted in State
and an the district conventions. 1t is
not expected that the coming week
VIII contribute materially to his l
strength. There viii be five district
in Illinois. all of which
VIII he solidiy for Speaker Cannon. !
Indiana VIII hold a State convention, i
md the Fairbanks boom win be given i
ln impetus 7
The week Of April 6. however, is I
ikelv 20 be a critical one for both the ,
Taft and anti-Tsft people. Conven- 6
sons VIII he held then in Delaware, q
New York. Virginia. r
md South Dakota. The outcome of /
he contests in this widely separated =
errirorv Is likely to be very signifi- :
ant ID 70 this time there are 90 =
states in which no conventions have
ssemhled. which is pointed to as an !.
ndlcatiOn that no verv reliable statis-
ics as 10 the outcome of the pre- =
ouveution eampaign are vet obtain L
bic ERNEST G. WALKER.