New-York tribune., 1912-04-01
Mr.. Fishers Trip Important.

Wr. Fishers Trip important.
The outcome in Alaska is important from
another point OF view. Last fail the terri
tory was visited by Walter l.. Fisher. Sec
retary Of the Interior who explained TO
Alaskans In town meetings the policy OF
the administration toward the territory.
Certainly no one Is more interested in Alas
kan affairs than Alaskans themselves, and
in view of what followed these meetings or
Secretary Fisher the result is important.
After Secretary Fisher had left Alaska
Clifford Pinchot the leader OF the fight
against the Taft conservation policies, ac-
COmpanied by Senator Miles PoindeXter
a Pinchot Roosevelt-La Toilette follower
visited Alaska They also spoke at public
meetings and did all they could to line up
Alaskans against the administration In the
present campaign The outcome is briefly
told I'm this telegram. following the Alaska
convention YESTERDAY:
Please extend to the President greet-
ings from the nrst unanimous Republican
convention ever held IN Alaska. Convey
to him the following resolution. which
! has just been unanimously adopted by
standing vote:
Resolved. That we hereby unanimously
ndorse the administration: We commend
his wise, progressive. economic and pa
triotc course. We commend the friendly
! interest OF the President in our problems.
We instruct the delegates from Alaska 10
the national convention to vote for and
do their utmost TO secure the nomination
! OF President Taft.
GEORGE r. WALKER.
l. +. SiACKLEFORD.
CHARLES HEBRON.
Control OF the Vermont State convention
vention by the Taft forces are assured. ac-
cording to reports received at the Taft
bureau to-day. In Vermont the friends OF
the President dominate the situation and in
/ Missouri the progress of the President has
4 hoa toI l,s, ,1,, fT.ft
| forces in Speaker Clark's own district
Situation in Both States Analysed.
The situation In both states Is described
I az follows by the Taft bureau:
! Splendid progress in the Taft campaign
| In Missouri r. Indicated in n dispatch Just
received from that state. following the
| primaries in dozen counties In that state
yesterday. According TO the report, Presl-
| Congress District. which is the home OF
! Speaker Champ Clark, one Of the Demo
cratic candidates for the nomination for
| President Ho also carried Randolph Coun-
| ". i'm the "a district. and Moniteau and
Usage counties. in the sth district, and N"r-
| non County. in tho 18th district The out
| come materially Increased the probability
| that President Tafts friends Will control
| the state convention in Missouri despite
the opposition OF Governor Herbert Hadley
! and many of the offcehoders under the
| state administration.
The outcome In the primaries in Vermont
yesterday virtually assured President Taft
solid delegation At Chicago from that
state. As has been the custom in all the
New England States FOR many years, II is
highly probable that no delegates from that
| section TO the Chicago convention VIII be
| instructed for any candidate. but the md
vidual views Of the delegates 10 all OF the
| conventions in Vermont are already known
| and the outcome OF the primaries - indi-
Gated by the following telegram:
Taft will have majority in the state
convention Of at least 80 The Isl district
| convention will give Taft majority OF
l6o the 2d district has elected 1863 dele
gates pledged to TAFT lip Regsssd anG 10
unknown.
After the striking results Of last week
there will be an interim of quiet in thu
choosing of delegates. Only a handful OF
delegates will be chosen this week, but tho
week following will he unusually active.
Conventions and primaries in New York.
Chicago, ST. Louis. Vermont, Kentucky.
Pennsylvania and elsewhere will bring the
Presidents convention strength 10 fully 400
votes. Il Is estima ted. with $40 necessary
10 nomination on the first ballot
Among the Developments Of the week
iust ended is the continued drift of Re
publican sentiment toward Mr.. Taft in Iowa,
which promises his friends control Of the
state convention on April ~, and which. be-
yond the four districts that have already
instructed for him. even now assures ad-
ditonal Taft delegates from the I'd and 5th
districts.
Michigan. the home Of Governor Osborn,
continues to report Taft gains and instruct
ed Taft delegates to the state convention
and brings rumors OF Governor Osborn's
desertion OF the coloners cause. In Mis-
souri, the campaign is progressing more
than satisfactorily, with recent gains indi-
eating Taft delegates from several districts.
! In Texas. the state which Cecil Lyon pro-
fesses TO have in his pocket, the first coun-
| ~ executive committee meeting, that Of
Dallas County. resulted in vote OF Is to
| for President Taft Dallas polls more Re.
publican votes than any other county In the
state. and the action OF the committee fore
shadows the election Of Taft delegates from
that district and reflects the general poiti-
cal sentiment of the state