The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-10
Mckinley Says He Never
Counted ON Anything There.
CONDITIONS WERE PECULIAR
t. r.. Says: "We Slugged Them
Over the Ropes"
Champ Clark Is Given an OVa-
ton in the House.

in Illinois was not unexpected TO lhose
familiar with the situation" SAID Rep-
resentative Mckinley, director OF the
national Taft bureau, today, IN the
first comment from the president
side on the Illinois primary Ihe IS
sues which occupied the attention OF
the people of the state were so pecu-
1iarIv local as to cause the presidential
issue to be lost sight OF so Iar as
President Taft was concerned
Il say this advisedly," Mr. McKin-
Low continued. land for this reason:
Mr. Roosevelt recently invaded the
state and devoted the major portion OF
his addresses to subjects Whlch hao 40
relation whatever, for the most part
to the issues on which the Republican
party must meet the Democratic par
ty in November.
Roosevelt in his speeches had little to
do with the actual issues which he has
raised between himself and Mr.. Tart.
In other words, Mr.. Roosevelt par
ticipated in the campaign in llllnolS
with all the freedom of full hedge6
citizen of the state and met and talked
to voters of Illinois on the suoJects
which were uppermost IN their minus
namely, state issues.
1.-THE participation of eight candl-
dates for the Republican nomination
for governor resulted in the complete
breaking down of all party organ1za-
s'These new organizations Mr. Roose-
welt was able to reach by personal
contact, an experience Whlch PreSloehl
Taft could not enjoy
s.The result in Illinois has no bear
ing whatever on the outcome OF the
presid entail contest in the Repupllcan
party except insofar as II expresses
the desires of Illinois based on purely
local issues.
u have never, in any public state
ment, claimed single delegate from
Illinois in the Chicago convention, ana
I have never included 1t in my cal
culations when 1 have said repeated
" that President Taft will have more
votes in the Chicago convention TINS
wear than he had in 1898, when ne
received 7O2 votes. I repeat that pre-
diction now and am absolutely conf1-
dent of it's vindication.
s'In no other state in the Union are
conditions existing where Mr.. Roose-
velt can make the same kind of a cam
paign as he did in Illinois. To the
voters of other states he will have to
confine himself to the national issues,
including his proposal of the recall OF
Judges and the third term issue"
Dixon's Comment.
seThe day of the. hand picked, ma
chine made delegate to nominate
presidential candidate is over The
day of the nomination of the candi-
dates by the direct expression of the
will of the voters has come"
That was comment on the Illinois
urinary by Senator Dixon, manager
of the Roosevelt campaign committee.
The Republicans of Illinois, by an
avalanche majority of 1885, 600, have
served notice that they are unalter-
ably opposed to the reactionary poll
cies of Taft and to the reactionary
bosses to who mhe has permitted his
mana gers to commit his political for
tunes" continued Senator Dixon.
1.-The overwhelming sentiment in
(N11r R,~1I
Roosevelt has at last forced itself
home on the administration managers. |
The time has come when the Re- |
publican voters of the country will no |
White House or from the machine !
representatives of big business as to |
their candidate for the presidency"
The Roosevelt national headquar-
tiers claim for Colonel Roosevelt 130 |
delegates, with other figures as fol-
lows
Taft, 40; LaFollette, Sc; Cummins,
4; uninstructed, "a; contested, 14S.
The Taft headuarters, emitting the
IS Illinois delegates from its figures
on the ground that the final figures
as to the various districts were not
yet available, made the following
claims of delegates:
Taft, 313; Roosevelt, 80; LaFol-
Iette, Sc; Cummins, 4.
RooseveIt's Comment.
Greensburg, Pa, April 10.-"We slug
ged them over the ropes" That was
Colonel Roosevelt's comment today on
his victory in the Illinois primaries
yesterday. The colonel was in higl
spirits.
The first speech of Colonel RooseveIt's
two days tour through Pennsylvania
was at Jeanette.
Il want to see Pennsylvania do on
Saturday what Illinois did yesterday
and declare for the people against the
politicians he said.
Taft Reserves Called Out.
Washington, April 1O.-Two cabinet
officers have been added to the force |
working in the west for President
Taft's denomination. Charles Nagel |
secretary of commerce and labor. to-
day cancelled his Michigan speakins
engagements to go to Missouri, his
home state, to help care for the DO
litical situation there.
Walter L Fisher, secretary of the
interior, will leave Washington in a
day or two for Nebraska, where he is
to speak for two or three days. He
will speak at Omaha Friday night and
at Lincoln Saturday night. The Ne
braska primary will be held April 49,
In Missouri, where Governor Hadley
has been personally directing the
Roosevelt campaign, the latter's man
ayers claim an overwhelming majority
of the delegates to be elected at the
Forthcoming district conventions and
the state convention.
Houn' Dawg Is Growing Fat
Washington. April 10-Speaker Champ
Clark was given an unusual ovation
today in the house. Cheers. applause
and the shriu rebel yen'' greeted him.