Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-06-14
TAFT MEN ARE Confident
Roosevelt Partisans Now Direct
inc Their Campaign Toward
Gaining Individual Dele
gates at Chicago.

tons and pass resolutions that
progressive republicans shall vote
for Rooseve]t's election in No
vember. He said that in Penn
sylvania Roosevelt's name would
be put on the ticket.
Gov. Glassock Of West Vir-
ginia, who was standing BY, said
the same course would be fol-
lowed in West Virginia.
MAJORITY OF THIRTY-sEvEN
FOR TAFT.
In each of the four Camps
Taft, Roosevelt, La Toilette. and
Cummins-there is fairly accu-
rate knowledge as just about
what the strength of each can
didate will be after the national
committee shall have completed
its work on the contest. There
is today very general agreement
that as the situation now is the
vote will stand as follows:
Taft-577.
Rooseve1t-455.
La Follette-36.
Cummings-19.
Necessary to a choice-540.
A glance at these figures will
show that Taft, as things stand
now, has a reasonable safe mar
gin of thirty-seven votes, while
the third-term candidate is
eighty-fve votes short of enough
to nominate. These margins are
narrower than the politicians
would have them. In the Taft
camp the FIGHT is to hold for the
President what he already has.
In the camp of the third termer
the fight is to win over Taft del
egates. Apparently each side is
presenting a front without any
weak spots.
That there will be a desertion
here and there on each side is
anticipated. No one believes
enough changes will take place
materially to change the relative
positions the candidates now oc.
cupy.
ADMINISTRATION FORCES CONF.
DENT.
| 1t is significant that the ad
lninistration forces are going
right ahead with the arrange.
ments for the routin work of the
convention just as though they
int ended to control from start t.
| finish. The third-term force:
are up in the air. about thu
convention program. The Taf>
people say they are certain t.
lcontro1 the committee on creden
tials. So certain are they on this
point that they have announced
officially that Senator Clark O.
Wyoming will be the chairman
of this committee.
| Likewise they are so con.
fdent of being able to control thu
comm ittee on resolutions tina
/ they announce that former Vic,
President Charles w. Fairbank.
will be chairman of that com.
, mittee. AS for the temporar,
and permanent officers of thu
convention they have all beer
picked by the Taft men.
The situation with respect tt
the temporary Craftsmanship is al
most humorous. The Taft force.
Iare supporting Senator Root, O.
New York for both temporary ant
permanent chairman. The third
ltermers would like to hitch on t.
the LaFollette kite on the tenn
lporary chairman, but LaFollettt
refuses to show them the kite
So they are going around in q
| circle.
In accordance with the instruc.
tons from Oyster Bay kilograms
were sent to many sections of the
country asking adherents of the
Ithird-termer to hold meetings and
|adopt resolutions denouncing the
national committee. Make them
hot" say the kilograms of in
structions.
AFTER INDIVIDUAL DELEGATES.
| Frantically seeking to under
mine the made ground" upon
which they say Taft's hopes de-
pend-the delegates seated by the
national committee---the Roose-
welt men keep up their cries of
fraud to arouse sympathy in the
expectation of winning recruits
among uninstructed delegates.
At the present rate of action by
the committee it is estimated that
Taft will show a majority when
the temporary roll is made up,