The Washington herald., 1912-03-24
PRESIDENT SAFE
IN HOME STATE
Taft Bureau Says He Win
Have a Large Majority
efthe Delegates.
REPORTS ARE RECEIVED

According 10 statement issued last
night by the Taft national bureau. the
Presidents friends and supporters are
more than satisfied with the alignment Of
the Republican forces In his home State.
The latest reports from the cities and
counties of Ohio, based upon facts and
not upon conjecture says the statement
'iand prepared on the ground and not at
long range. indicate clearly that Presi-.
det Taft win have large majority. of
the delegates. There are several districts
In which the Roosevelt forces are putting
up bitter fights and where local condi-
tions have been such shat the Presidents
friends have fought against heavy odds.
But men who have studied conditions In
the Buckeye State through q long pc
riod OF years. even allowing these dis
tricts as lost, consider Il incontrovertible
that President Taft will win his own
State otsOhio by as proportionately de-
cisive a majority as Col Roosevelt will be
defeated in his own home State Of New
York.
Ohio, while extremely gratifying to the
Presidents friends, was not entirely un-
expected. The apathy which prevailed
some time ago has disappeared. = The
voters IN every section are weighing the
issues and the men involved In the pre-
convention campaign. The bench and bar
are solidly behind the President, and the
business interests of the State, from the
little shopkeeper to the bank president,
are with him"
Results I'm Indiana.
The Taft bureau also announced that
at a primary held in Indianapolis to
elect delegates at the Republican State
convention, the vote was as follows:
Taft, 6,16s; Roosevelt, 1.4sT. President
Taft will get the entire delegation from
Marion County. In Terre Haute. in the
Fifth Congressional district. delegates to
the district convention were elected yes
terday. President Taft will have sixty
seven delegates and Mr.. Roosevelt
twenty-nine. This insures Mr.. Taft two
delegates to the national convention from
the Fifth Indiana district.
dispatch from Vicksburg. Miss.
dated March .. was made public as
follows:
Sidney Bieber was here this evening.
working quietly. and stated he would be
in this State few days and then Louisi-
ana. He wears gum shoes. but they
creak. Labor lost here"
News from Other Sections.
Other statements given out by the Taft
bureau were to the effect that he situa-
tion in New Jersey Is particularly encour-
ing; convention of Delta County, Mich,
elected Taft delegates; President Scar
of wilberforce University,
Ohio declares for Taft, although a per-
sonal friend OF Roosevelt; Kootenai
County. Idaho, elects Taft delegates. and
that in Iowa So out OF 90 counties that
have either held conventions or by eau
Gus definitely decided their delegation,
give Taft 5se delegates, Cummins 26s,
and Roosevelt 50.
Reports from the Upper Peninsula.
Michigan, show that in Congressman
Young's district II out of 104 delegates
are for President Taft. Reports from
Chippewa County, which is Gov. Os-
born's own county. indicate that while
the contest is close It will be for Presi-
dent Taft Gov. Osborn has lost his
home town, Sault Ste. Marie, and he
has also lost his own ward.