Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-05
POLITICS DAY BY DAY

Director Mckinley of the Taft nationa,
headquarters. on returning from an ex.
tensive trip through the west, made the
following declaration last night:
II am thoroughly convinced of Mr.
Taft's success at the convention in June
mary canvass of the country shows thai
the President is gaining steadily in the
confidence of the average citizen. With
hardly an exception, every primary and
convention held to date has Endorsed the
administration, and instructed delegates
for Mr.. Taft. This is true in parts OF
the country commonly regarded as hos
tile to the President.
Il am satisfied that Mr.. Taft will have
more than two-thirds of the delegates te
the Chicago convention. The splendid
achievements of the administration, the
| steadfastness of the President to move
forward for a rational progressive pro.
gram, his refusal to play politics in the
presidential office and his square dealing
toward all classes of our people are becom.
ing understood in the country at large. He
has already won the nomination and he
will win the election
A Philadelphia newspaper yesterday
morning published the charge that Champ
Clark was a party to a combination with
Underwood and Harmon to defeat Wood
row Wilson. Speaker Clark, referring to
this publication. last night issued the
following statement:
THE story that l am in combination
with Gov. Harmon and Mr.. Underwood
to defeat Gov. wilson for the presiden-
tial nomination is a malicious lie. So are
the statements that New York is financ-
ing my campaign and that 1 am not try
ing to get the delegates in southern
states.
Representative Burleson of Texas last
night gave an interview which was cir
culated by the Woodrow Wilson publicity
agent here Mr. Burleson said. in part:
1.-The nice understanding which seems
to exist between Gov. Harmon. Repre-
sentative Underwood and Speaker Clark
certainly has all the earmarks of those
old-time trust fights against competi-
tor when the Standard Oil and it's like
went after their opponents in the days
of Mark Hanna, his prOteges and their
successors. / will not charge that there
have been Gary dinners at which the
line of joint campaign has been mapped
out, but there has been a suspicious 'di
vision of territory and apparently q
'gentleman's agreement 1t would take
but small amendment of the antitrust
law, making 1t protect political as well
as property rights, in order to convic
the whole outfit Of every offense under
the Sherman antitrust law, except per-
haps rebating, and in view of the hun
dreds of thousands of dollars that the
anti-Wilson combination is spending in
| this campaign right now it appears to me
that the burden of proof is on the com
bine to show that it is not guilty also OF
| Relating
l fch Ia
that at a critical moment in the delibera
| tons of the Allen county democratic con
ventiOn yesterday. when the convention
was about to be stampeded to Bryan.
/ hound dog wandered into the hall, CAV
the cue to the Champ Clark men and thu
| delegates swung to Clark.
Returns from the Oklahoma primarie
| thus far indicate that Roosevelt is in tn
lead. A dispatch from Oklahoma City say
| that the standing is: Roosevelt, 81 coun
ties. with 237 delegates to the state con
vention: Taft, 10 counties, with 11s dele
gates: uninstructed or equally divided,
counties. with 66 votes: unreported.
counties; to hold caucuses or convention
this week, counties.
The precinct conventions elected dele
gates to county. conventions. which vii
| elect delegates to the state convention II
Guthrie March II. There will be 54s il
the state convention, 272 being neces
| Sary TO instruct.
| In addition to the 237 instructed dele
gates, managers of the Roosevelt cam
paign claim IS Of the 66 uninstructed o
divided votes heard from. Taft support
ers make no claims.
Municipal elections in the state o
Maine yesterday made no materia
| change in the political complexion of tn
state. The republicans elected tire
| chief executives to seven for the demo
Gratis, which is about the same result a
that OF two years ago. when similar cleo
! tions were held. National issues Wer
obscured by local contests in nearly ever
instance.
Representative Cyrus Cline of TIL
twelfth Indiana district was renominate,
for Congress by the democrats.
South Carolina republicans will sen,
two delegations to the Chicago conven
ton, according to present prospects. TIL
BLACK and tan" convention, held Marcl
1, instructed delegates for Taft. TIL
Lilly whites will hold convention
mittee has refused to declare either TO
Taft or Roosevelt.
i The Delaware republican state com
mittee yesterday adopted the resolution
indorsing the Taft administration. Sim
Island republican state comrpittee.
The convention of the republicans o
the third Tennessee congressional distric
yesterday voted down resolution in
dorsing Roosevelt, ia to 4 In the sec
ond Tennessee district splits occurred
Taft has thirty-six instructed delegate
to the district convention, Roosevelt, fif
teen. and ffty-seven are contested an
| uninstructed
In Jamestown, n. D., last night Gilt
ford Pinchot declared that Roosevelt ha
never urged La Toilette to run, but ha
consistently refused to do SO.
i Gov. Goldsborough of Maryland favor
a presidential primary in his state. :
have declared myself for the renomina
ton of President Taft he said. IAN
that is where l still stand. l am con
WINGED that he is the choice of a larg
majority of the republicans of Maryland
and that he is growing stronger eac
day Every member of the party shout