The evening times., 1911-08-23

'he feHohilHdtloH OF lne president.
1T is assumed also that the dele
cations from Oregon and Washington
will be against the president, and
probably for L.aFollette Oregon has
primary law which includes the priv
ilege of declaring for presidential
preference. The Oregon delegation,
therefore, Will go to the convention
under Instructions furnished. by a. di.
rect vote OF the whole party in the
state.
More States for La Toilette.
1t remains 10 be seen how much
of hold on his state Senator Bourne
really has, and whether or not he
can make the party there respond to
his own personal dislike of the prest-
dent, The probability now seems to
be that he will, especially as the
friends of Mr.. Taft do not contem-
plate making any special fight in the
primaries. in Washington, where
Senator poindexter, another La Fol-
lette radical is in the saddle, the
delegates will also probably be in
structed for LA Toilette.
1T is recognized that La Toilette
will he the only real opponent Of the
president IN the convention, and those
delegates who will not vote for Taft
VIII have to vote for La Toilette or
throw their votes to some man who
does not represent anything and has
even less chance of effective support
than La Toilette
Coming back from the coast line,
there IS some uncertainty now as to
the outcome. 1t is in the section
west of the Mississippi river and
north of Arkansas that the greatest
opposition to he denomination of the
president may he expected to mani
fest itself The northwest inter1nonn-
tain states, and the middle west have
been the especial fields of the pro-
sressve Republicans. But they have
not yet succeeded in getting every
thiDg TO suit themselves in those
states Nevada, Wyoming, Utah and
C,hlorado may be put down as surely
IN the Taft column for next year, so
Tar as delegates 20 the convention
are concerned. Montana and Idaho
will probably also be in that column
Although Senator'S Dixon and Bo-
rah, the party leaders in those states,
have often been counted with the
neither of them Joined
The National Progressive Republican
league. the La Toilette organization.
and the president has many inhu-
entail friends in each states
North Dakota Hostile.
1t is in the Dakotas that the op-
position to the president makes it's
first real manifestation this side Of
the coast. In both these states the
Ieeling toward Mr. Taft was salts
Factory 10 his managers up to the
Of the Canadian reci-
procity agreement. Both states re-
volted at that. Recently there have
been signs Of Improvement, from the
.Iaft denomination standpoint, in
South Dakota, but in North Dakota
there Is still great opposition. North /
Dakota held a state convention dur !
ing the reciprocity fight, attended by
delegates from every county, and |
passed resolutions unanimously i'm
which the president was severely |
criticised for pushing the reciprocity /
bill
South Dakota Against Taft.
South Dakota is one Of the six |
states that have the presidential-pref- |
arenre primary law, the others be- |
ing Oregon, Nebraska, Wisconsin, |!
New Jersey and North Dakota South /
Dakota leads off, early in the spring,
and the progressives are banking on
giving the president a smashing blow !
then by showing that the people Of
he state-rot a convention subject |
to possible political manipulation +
and the temptations Of patronage
are against his denomination.
The prograssives are also hopeful I
of getting delegates for La Toilette /
in Nebraska and Kansas, but the /
friends Of the president. WHO are
looking out for his campaign for re- !
have received satisfac- !
,ory assurances from both states IN
Kansas State Chairman Eol!ey has
come out in the open for the presi- /
lent, and there have been. public dec /
larations by influential Republicans
IN Nebraska TO the same effect. The !
congressional delegation from each /
state is divided, being partly for and |:
partly against the president
In Iowa and Minnesota there is
substantial trouble in the path Of
those who are seeking the election OF
Taft delegates The probability now
is that a divided delegation will 20
to the convention from each state.
Senator Cummirs js the recognized
progressive leader in iowa and he
is friendly to la Toilette, with whom
hn has worked constantly ever since
he entered the senate Senator Ken
yon, his progressive colleague, how
ever, is not likely TO go with him N
a campaign for La Toilette delegates,
and there are several congressional
districts that the progressives will
probably not be able TO capture
THE Minnesota situation is largely
like that in Iowa. Senator Clapp,
progressive, ia stanch La Toilette
man. Senator Nelson, an insurgent
on tariff matters is not likely to go
with Clapp on the La Toilette propo-
sition The expectation now is that
the progressives will control three or
possibly four Of the congressional His-
trict conventions, and that Tafts
friends will have the others.
Taft Leads In the Fast.
Missouri, fhe home Of Secretary
Nag]e, Of The department Of COM