The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-11-08

The following is from the st. Louis
Republics Washington news bureau:
Washington, d. c., Nov. S-Are
three millionaire reformers pouring
money into a hopeless enterprise by
spending $4,000 a week to defeat Pres
ident Tafts denomination? Such sum
according to conservative estimates,
/ is being dispensed weekly to main
tain the progressive Republican, or
La Toilette, campaign headquarters
here
Most of the cash is coming from
the pockets of Claus Spreckles' of San
Francisco, Medill Mccormick, of Chi
cago and Clifford Pinchot, of Washing
ton. d. c. They are very rich, but
even they will feei the present pace.
In such enterprises the cost in
creases as the crisis nears, and un-
til June 10. the approximate date OF
the Republican national convention.
thirty-seven weeks are to elapse. AT
the $4,000 clip the outlay for thirty
seven weeks would come TO $1S5,00Q
So it is interesting to figure out just
what are the reasonable chances of
their getting a real return on the in
vestment OF course they themselves
and their star are extremely hope
full They believe they will beat Taft
by making showing which viii con-
vince the convention leaders when
they assemble to nominate a Repub-
lican candidate that Taft can not be
elected
They think they will succeed in
reforming the party They have
actual hope of nominating Senator
La Toilette, or if not La Toilette, a
genuine conservationist and down
ward tariff revisionist of the approx
ed insurgent brand.
They predicate their confidence up
on the popularity of Republican in
surgency throughout the territory
representatives and senators. There
fore, they will fan the blaze of insurg-
ency with the invigorating blasts
from their dol.ar-fed furnace. They
will set workers to organizing in all
debatable territory and mail "litera-
ture' to every Republican whose
name and address they can get
But, from an experienced viewpoint
they seem to be up against fairly
stiff proposition. In the Chicago con
yention Taft on the first ballot got
702 out of $50 votes. 277 being cast
for other candidates and one being
absent Hughes got So votes from
New York and two from Virginia;
Cannon got "a from illinois, one from
Michigan and three each from New
Jersey and New York; Fairbanks got
80 from Indiana. one from Georgia,
two from Kentucky, three from New
Hampshire and two from New Jersey
Knox got ga from Pennsylvania and
four from New Jersey, La Toilette
got 25 from Wisconsin; Foraker got
eight from Georgia. four from Ohio,
two from South Carolina, one from
Arizona and one from the District OF
Columbia, and Roosevelt got three
from Pennsylvania.
AS politics now stand5--and no !
change in this respect is likely
Taft is certain of all the deleg ates,
except those of Wisconsin and In
diana. from tle area hostile in 1908 |
New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, |
Illinois and the South will be 70:
give La Toilette solid delegation, |
but Indiana may go entirely for Taft, I
1r, at least, viii give him portion OF !
the states thirty delegates.
The big states will be stronger
han they were in the last conven-
ton. Among ,068 delegates, New
York next year will have 90 is com I
lared with 20 among $50 before;
76, as compared with SO. |
New Jersey 2S as compared with q,
md illinois So, as compared with 81
To make a showing equalling that
made by the "allies" in 1908 La Fol-
cite must get delegates for the most
,art from states which then support
ID Tart The four of the fve states
which hold presidential primaries
lorth Dakota, Nebraska, Wisconsin
nd Oregon. But these states have
ogether only rs delegates
Other states where the Republican
olitics is controlled by insurgency
re Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota,
Kansas and Washington
nd here is total Of 144 votes.
should La Toilette have all these
tates and win the four primaries.
e would then be given 222 votes IN
he convention He would still be
hort of the mark of q scored by tAe
llies in 1908
or course, the leaders OF the Repub-
can secession do not claim they W II
o into the convention with a ma
1rity. What they say is this
We will make such showing be
1re the convention and in the con
ention when it meets as TO convince
very sane politician that Taft will
e beaten at the polls if he is nomin-
ted We will point out that tAe great
tates, which propose to give their
ig vote for Taft, went Democratic
1910; and that many other states,
hiefly those we control are kept Re
ublican only because they are repre-
snted in congress by progressives
nd are seeking to nominate pro- :
ressive for president
Did you ever see any set OF poll ,
Clans IN any convention, who,
moving the nominee beaten from :
le minute he was nominated. con- /,
snted 10 make such a choices?
But the regular Republican stand
At politicians have ready answer :