Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-03-20
Charges That Administration Employees Are Fighting Prefer
Primary Laws Which the President Processes to Favo
Bills Blocked by Office Holders in Several States
MEASURES BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE
OF MARYLAND ARE OPPOSED
Government Apponees Ohio Insist That Delegates to Chi
cago Convention Shall be Chosen Without Appealing to the
People for An Expression OF Their Presidential Choice

1 by Morning Journai special Leased Wire,l
New York, March 19.--Theodore
| Roosevelt today issued statement In
which he discussed President Taft s
speech in Boston yesterday.
Il am exceedingly gIad chat the
president favors the presidential pri-
mary and If his campaign managers
will sincerely back him In the PROPOSE
ton he will be able at once TO get the
presidential preferential primary IN
Michigan, Illinois. Maryland, the
District of Columbia and New York, .
said Mr.. Roosevelt.
There Is pending In the legislature
Of Maryland bin providing for the
exact kind OF legally safeguarded pres
lidential preference primary which the
president says he favors.
"The collector OF customs at Balti-
more. the most active of the presi-
dents party managers of Maryland,
and the head of the office holder $
there, has been opposing the enact
ment of the measure by every means
in his power. Every Roosevelt mem
ber of the legislature of Maryland Is
for the primary bill and they have
ance of Collector stone and Governor
Goldsborough and the other support
ers of President Taft.
"An almost similar situation exists
In Michigan There the Legislature was
called in special session by Governor
Osborn to enact Il presidential primary
law The gentlemen In that state who
are leading the movement for Mr.
Taft's nomination have opposed the
bill by all means in their power II
WAS finally passed, despite that opposi-
ltion but lacked In the senate the neces-
cary two-thirds vote to wake IL inn
lmediately effective. the supporters of
the president making a desperate OPP
position and holding more than a
third OF the legislature. Governor Os-
born has now called the legislature
to reeonvane on March 20.
"If the view that the president
takes of the law that has been passed
in Massachusetts Is taken by his sup
porters in Michigan earnestly and In
good faith, there will be no difficulty
In Immediately securing the presiden.
tia preferential primary In Michigan.
In Ohio the situation is not Gar
different. Last week State Chairman
Walter f. Brown submitted to Mr..
Laylin, manager of the presidents
campaign In Ohio, proposition that
the state convention which will elect
the six delegates at large from Ohio.
should be composed of the forty-two
delegates to Chicago. chosen from the
congressional districts under the
state primary law, thus giving express
sion to the peoples wishes In the Sc
lection of the six delegates at large.
on last Saturday Mr.. Laylin In his
answer to Mr. Brown refused to ac-
cept the suggestion and has Insisted
that the delegates to the state conven-
ton shall be selected without appeal
to the people at large.
"The situation In Illinois Is similar
Governor Deneen has stated publicly
he viii convene the Legislature In spe-
cial session TO pass presidential pre-