The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-30
DECLARE
INSURGENTS
SCATTERED
PRESIDENT TAFT WILL
HAVE MAJORITY OF OK
LAHOMA DELEGATES

That President TAFT will have the
support OF at least majority Of the
Oklahoma delegates to the Repub
lican national convention to be held
in Chicago. June s, 1912. now seems
10 be regarded as an assured fact. So
far there has been no effort made to
effect any organization of an insur
sepsn character in this state.
| Some efforts are being made by
people who are dissatisfied with
Taft's record to work UP Roose-
Welt hentiment but SO far such eli.
forts are wholly sporadic. A Roose-
Welt club was organized recently al
Ghickasha and il is understood Thar
efforts will be made to bring such or
ganizaticns into being in number
of the larger cities OF the state
The first test of the sentiment OF
the state will be found in the CON
ivention for the Fourth congressional
district, which has been called to
meet at Coalgate on January %.
That is claimed to be the first Re-
publican convention called In the
United States to elect delegates to
the 1912 convention
The indications are that the two
delegates elected at that convention
will be uninstructed The Republic.
ans who dominate the Fourth district
are not wholly favorable to Taft and
would prefer to be left free to make
their choice when the national con
yention meets. Efforts may be made
TO force a Taft Endorsement at chaI
convention, but If anything of the
sort is attempted ii will probably ro-
siilt in a split in the convention, as
was the case two years ago, VIXEN
two sets OF delegates were ekcteti
from the Fourth district .~'
In the First and secSnd districts
congressman McGMrk and Morgan
are both strongly for Taft and should
have sufficient influence Iii the CON
yentions iii their districts To secure
Taft instructions. Morgan has some
trouble on his hands as a result or
the Oklahoma ffpostoflice fight
Having alienated 4 few Of the Okla
hotna county leaders BY his action in
that matter, btft II happens that the
men who are 1lghting him the hard
est as d result of ihat appointment
are also Taft men. 50 that there
should De little question Of the result
in this. district
The Third and Fifth districts are.
uncertain There is a strong insle-
gent sentiment in the Third district
and the TAFT men may have some
trouble iii holding the delegates chos-
en- for that district in line, but there
are 50 few Republicans III the Fifth
that the postmastefs and federal APP
pointees win probably hold the bal
ance Of power which would OF course
mean Taft endorsement
As result Of the fact that Okla-
homa gets three new congressman I'M
der the new apportionment, and six
more delegates to the convention
which cannot be assigned to any dis
trict there viii be ten delegates
elected at the state convention. or
half Of the whole number, so that the
convention will really decide the com
plexion of the Oklahoma delegation
II is generally supposed that thar
convention wifi be for Taft, although
il is not So certain that a state prl-
mary woVlu show the same result 1t
is reported that state Chairman
James a Harris Is not so strong for
Taft as he used to be, but National
Committeeman &. Nj Cade win see 10
lining UP the Taft forces Having
secured the appointment OF his broth
er as United states marshal and his
son as postmaster at Shawnee, lie fs
naturally a strong Taft supporter.
a poll Of the Republican newspapers
in the state made recently shows
that Taft has a strong lead among
the editors, Opt OF 100 replies re-
ceved. forty-niIie were for Taft, nine
for La Toilette, three for Roosevelt
two for Beyeridge and the rest scat-
tering, including such men as Sen
ator Cummins, Of Iowa. Governor
Hadley. OF Missouri and others who
are more or less prominent in the Re
publican party but have not been.
spoken of seriously as presidential
Carping critics have suggested,
however that the fact that most
OF the Republican editors are also
holding postofflces may have warped
their judgment somewhat and inter
ferred with their expressing the rea
sentiment Of their respective commu
mites.
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