The Washington times., 1912-07-13
PROGRESSNES IN
MANY STATES TO
GET UNDER WAY
Numerous Conventions to Be
Held During Next
Three Weeks.
Continued from First Page)

the trogr.ssives are determined to
hamc complete Stutc ticket, tn have
county tickets in every county, and to
mike tn" fight all the woy lip and
Nevadl progressives will hold their
state convention July q st Reno,
'Wnere the divorce between the Repub-
lean party and its progressive element
VII he duly entered. The TAFT ma
chine In Nevada IS in a stew because
the state convention. which selected
delegates to the national convention at
Chicago neglected to make nominations
for elccturs.
there Is uncertainty whether there ,s
T. legal procedure for correcting this
oversight, short NJ new convention.
and the regulars are afraid that II thev
,aIl one, the progrcssiveP will turn out
H. force. grab It, and no',,inete a ticket
licnn emblem
Activity in Congress.
While the various State organizations
are thus being perfected, political
Washington hears Of various activities
among the Republicans in Congress-
Senator Borah. who Is a progressive,
who stands high in the confidence Of
all elements of the party. and who, as
| a member of the national committee at
Chicago, had inside opportunity 10
know the merits Of the delegation con-
|, tests, Is being pressed to make a de.
tained statement of their merits.
Mr.. Borah has not publicly sad
whether he will do this. II Is widely
desired to get his opinion, as a lawyer
| and a man of discriminating judgment,
as to whether the control Of the nation
al convention was In fact stolen.
! 1t IL said that Senator Borah has pri-
vately assured friends that beyond pos
| sibility of uncertainty. beyond ioubt
in the mind Of any honest and reason
| ing man conversant with the facts, fif-
| ty-two delegates were stolen. Concern.
| cedes that there was room for differ
| encs of opinion among sincere men,
| though he personally believed that most
Of this additional twenty-five were
! stolen.
| II. however, the smaller number were
stolen. this controlled the convention
I Without them, Mr.. Taft would have
been thirty-two votes short OF enough
to nominate on the first ballot. and 4
was universally conceded that he must
win or first ballot or not at all. There
fore, on Borah's most moderate state
ment Of the case, the nomination wai
Expect Statements.
Statements. covering with careful
analysis OF the testimony, the facts ant
law regarding the contests. are expected
| to be made public from both Senator
Borah and Cummins. the latter havinl
| indicated some time ago that he woul'
make such a declaration after he hat
had time to examine the cases will
care.
That the preponderance Of La Follett
influence will be cast in favor Of Wood
row Wilson's Presidential candidacy, j
now regarded as certain. Charles II
Crane, the most important angel OF tn
La Toilette campaign, and Charles r
Van Hise. president OF Wisconsin Stat
University, are calling on Governor VIII
son at Seagirt today, and 1t Is state
that they expect to support him.
Moreover, Senator La Toilette. In tn
current number of his magazine. ha
attacked the Roosevelt delegations 1
the Chicago convention, and charge
Roosevelt was tarred with the sam
stick as Taft, in the matter OF settin
ur bogus delegations for that gathering
Mr.. La Toilette is not going to cas-
in his fortuntes with the new ~progres
sive party at all; he will continue to b
nominaly a Republican, in the hop
that four years hence that organiZatio
may be captured by the progressiv
wing and he himself made its candidat
for President This is the purpose c
the announcement made in his behalf 1
California, where his friends have IL
sued statement that they will maiT
tain headquarters throughout the neS
four years. and that his Presidentit
can6 idacy will persist throughout ths
Deriod