The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-19
Meetings to Take Action on
Presidential Timber Held
All Over the United States
Today.
POLITICIANS DO NOT
KNOW THE OUTCOME,
Element of Doubt Still Sur
rounds National Republican
Convention to Be Held
Eight Weeks Hence.

Washington, April 1S-Taking into
account the sixty-eight delegates chos-
en- in Pennsylvania a week ago. 12G
delegates to the Republican national
convention were elected during the
last week, bringing the totaI up to
546. Taft added thirty-six to his list
during the week; Knox got all of the
siXty-eight district delegates from his
State; Cannon picked up two more;
Hughes increased his showing by four,
and fourteen are uninstruCted. Four
teen district delegates were chosen in
Massachusetts during the week
Eight of these are known as Taft
preference" delegates and six are un-
instructed. Hawaii selected her two
representatives 10 the convention and
left them free to do what seems best.
Four district delegates wers chosen
in Michigan and instructed for Taft.
Taft Has Twenty-One Votes.
NiHHeSOl d enGre QelegatOn-
twenty-five vOtes-was chosen and in
structed for Taft Missouri furnished
two more instructed Taft delegates, as
did Maryland. Illinois added the two
! to Mr., CannOn's list. and New York
furnished the four additional for Mr..
Hughes. South Carolina, MARYLAND
and Louisiana each furnished two un.
instructed delegates.
OF the 546 delegates now elected
Taft has 219; Fairbanks. 30; Cannon.
So; Hughes, IS; Knox 6S; La Follette
%. Sixty are uninstructed. and for
ty-four contested. The combined in
structed vote of the favorte son can
didates is 223. four more than the in.
structed vote of the administration
candidate. The sixty uninstructed
votes are practically all inti-Taft
Each side, of course, lays claim to the
contested vote.
Everybody Up a Tree.
W Ath tilt convention only el2ht
off everybody is still in doubt as tC
what it will do. The talk of renomi
| mating Roosevelt goes on "Where
everybody shouted for Taft and
Hughes month ago. those same peo
pie are today strong supporters OF
| Roosevelt and Fairbanks" said John
A. Stewart. of New York, president
| of rhe League of Republican Clubs.
| Mr.. Stewart. who is here to see
what leading party men think of the
| situation has been on a trip Of sever
al weeks through the East The above
emhOdieS his observations of the no
litical sentiment prevailing in tha,
section.
Hughes Work Not Finished.
| The farmers of New York want
| Hughes to stay Governor. They claim
there are a number of problems 10 be
| solved by him. problems which are o-
no national importance-that it is his
| duty and that he owes il 10 the ne0
| pie to accept another term to disp0se
! of these problems.
! There is no doubt in the world
| that the people want Roosevelt tC
| serve another term. The sentiment
of the New York convention was fol
| Roosevelt; the sentiment Of the Mas
! sachusetts convention was for RoOse
/ Welt; so was that of the Missouri con
| vention, the Virginia convention anc
/ North Carolina convention. But
| when the people want a certain MAJ
! for President they are going TO have
him. And they want Roosevelt"
Workers to Discuss Candidates.
Some OF the political managers ar,
| nervously looking forward to the &C
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