The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-01-30

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such strength as to make5aay further
Iopposition fatal TO the. TAFT Head ers
was any letter written. %.s 81 IS
! In the next state convention there
VIII be % bitter fight oyer the four
delegates-at-large to Chicago, the
o1S t,lonr:'% The Federal machine will
ehdea NorEnto name men Who will be
freally loyalEtos Taft and, ready to 20
! over TO him at the -sh ortest EpossibIe
notice. woodruff, secretsry \. Root,
| CONGRESSMAN Parsons and Greiner-
Iall ,Rooseyelt-Taft men. viii .prob-
Iably be the atlti-Hnghes choice. For
mer Goysrnor Black \ President J. G.
Schurmaria OF congress-, Senator Ed:
gar TsS Braekett. and S4sth Low are
tsuggestfons for the Hugh $50 dell
tforces. - $3.50 y t@E% ~ >%.s1 7 5,r- :
= Almost OF equal Importance is tie
news OF today that there lis to be
no Iaft rider, In the resolutions to be
adopted by the New York County
committee, milking the secretary of
war the second. choice ,ofthe New
York repubDcans.% e.. -. w
4 The resolution viii be FOR Hughes
alone. Eledgtng the members OF the
county committee to do ain in their
i:pPwer to secure the ,nofninatiaM of
Tue eoNernor.".and not ;Ssetsing, the
.questlon OF second, choice at, all:
Friends OF Governor Hughes are in
s1stlns- that the action oftthe. county
comm1ttee must be an ott5and- out
declaration forf the governor, with
out any Taft string attached,
=. Reduces, Taft's Vote.
They declared that 'front.' this time
forward all their efforts wiIl>>be di-
rected toward -electing loyal Hughes
delegates, who are not allied to the
laft force, The 'anti-Hughes, leaders
are conceding t5 Hughes, New York
with its rs delegates In the national
conventions; New England with so
delegates among Its six states. is
claimed by Senator Redfeld Proctor
or vermont, to be for Hughes, Sena-
knr'Proctor expects part of Connecti-
cut, which has votes, and does not
tspealN for Massachusetts. but Senator
murray Crane can speak for Massa-
Chasetts, and his attitude is definite
~ known to be against Taft
'h"o vic utFeIopulentS OVerulg ght
the Taft withdrawal letter and
the Proctor announcement leave
I>Mr. Taft without the. 90 votes from
tn1sf soiidly Republican territory.
Further, observation Of, the situation.
spn:f he part. fof the, Hughes leaders
reveals thsefaet 'th&fFMP TaFe,s 8. st5wf,
ts ae sast
of&the Nftssissi pA ffd tAoRtl1 Eiof the
Ohio riXsr=rin: whieh be will have
any number Of votes on the first bal
lot. That is to say that Wisconsin
Illinois. Indiana, Michigan, : New
York, Pennsylvania and the New
England states are either supporting
sons of their own or have declared
for candidates, other than Taft. Ny
Jersey could we'll be iifaluded in this
ilst% but New Jersey has not yet taks
, EN- Its stand publicly, while the other
states mentioned haye done SO. y
These states will have 1873 votes
in the Electoral Callege without
New Jersey, and VIII thus contrf-
bute almost two thirds of; the entire
republican electoral vote, ~ >%%.
+ Assuming that Foyaker .'can get
only six of Ohto's As delegates to-
the convention, The Hughesites are
| recording 1t tttak from the ,Missis-
sippi river to. the Atlantic ocean an
unbroken line Of republican states
the battle ground Of the next natioon-
al campaign-stands against. Secre-
| tary Taft, except, ,4tas. stated Ohio.
| This conditions has STA ggered the
/ Taft men hereabouts, and it is un-
derstood a tremendods effort is to
be made to-overcome 1t. - -r-
They hope to hold Connecticut and
to get some votes In New Jersey and
Michigan, but the present indications
are that the last two states are hope
lessly gone from Taft. at least in
the early stages Of the battle in the
national convention.
a Bankers to Support Hughes.
V 1t is conceded now that the Taft
movement In New York was jill ad-
vised' 1t was begin last summer
| by former state Insurance commits
sionar .Vorys, or Ohio, the man OF
| many mistakes, as he has now come
to be known in the east.
! 1t was then taken up by Parsons.
and subsequently, by Woodruff, but
both men woul d be feeling more COM
Portable today If they had aeceded to
the Washington view, urged upon
| them in December, that it would be
wiser to let. New York go to Hughes
without contest. q.
Influential bankers. It was learned
| today, are planning the formation Of
ap organization to support Hughes.
Nothing definite has been done thus
! far, but 1T Is, understood that by the
, middle of next week some definite
| arrangement will be Forthcoming.
| Inc sick men Of rSPWb!lrr - "a