Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-05-14
BELIEVED TAFT
WILL Be WINNER
National Committee Declar-
ed TO Be Largely for
His Nomination

Special Correspondence 81 The News.
Washington. y. g.. May 3D. Ev-
Ter, body around the Capitol of The
United States thinks that Mr. Roose-
welt Is going 10 be nominated Pres
ident. simply because he has won a
few States that had primary cleo
tions. and that, therefore. b. Is the
.choico OF the people Of this country
in the Republican party There new
Ter vas % greater mistake In theworld
/ siill stick 20 my prediction thai,
/ Taft Is going 20 be- nominated mover
theless and Notwithstanding The
lpe1p.c of this country DO not seem %
understand that Go the EepublcaE
National Convention, DO requires only
! a majority vote 20 nominate and that
tho Republican National committee
passes on an contested election cases.
Tho Republican National committee
/ IS LARGELY in favor OF Taft. therefor
THE National Republican committee
vii. decide an contests In favor OF
ITdtf that will nominate him hands
down
Ii ans body thinks that the Roose-
Ivolt people are going 10 stampede that
IcOuDt.Ou after Nr fart has tied II
|duVn ny tho work 90 the National
committee and the steam roller they
Iaro very badly mistaken and do no:
IKnoW politics as Il is played today
Alter that convention BIS over and
TAFT is nominated Colonel Roosevelt
I is going 10 come ont with one OF his
characteristic and enthusiastic howh
Co the effect that the people have
/ been swindled and dcfraudcd. and
. that be- Is the choice OF the people
and he is going 10 run AGAINST Mr.
Taft
/ II, however, the prediction have
made about The nomination OF Taft
should bee wrong, and the unexpected
happens. for the reason that the del
cgates after they assemble On Chi
,ago. VIII have concluded that noi-
Their Roosevelt nor Taft could De-
elected after the campai-n Of Wilt
cation they have INDUCED iu. an-
other man may be- nominated Who
this man IS, there Is no means of
knowing az This time and only shreWd
-uos-.s can Dee made II NAV De SEN
ator Burton oft Ohio or senator Cum
minis of Iowa OF 60 may bo some 9th
er Republican Possibly Justice
lliuglcs OF the Supreme Court /,
doubt f Justice Hughes would me-.
lccpt ,he nomination when he mas a
/. lifetime Job Boo o position. that suits
DS-vRirahly
1 SO far as the other men are CON
cernc they might be acceptable 10
some sections OF the Republican party
Iccrncd, they might be acceptable 10
all. and they would not get the sup
port &C both the Taft Republicans and
1.-THE Roosevelt Republicans Tba.
means that the Republican party Is
not only hopelcssy divided bat If
they should turn down TAFT. they
would bee guilty of repudiating their
own Republican administration AMI
I thereby saying 10 the people OF tie
country, We have made a failure, and
we ara not entitled 20 your further
confidence
I'm this circumstance the only am
swer The people could make would
/ c 20 say 20 them o. the rolls ncN'
/ November We don't believe that You
are competent to run the government
lot this coHntry. therefore We VIII
pat a Democrat IN yCur place
So 60 seems 10 me that any way
itheN can fiN their little old slate In
Chicago en- June Is. tn Democrats
have q ciuch 100 clcctiug @ president
lue>t November
CHARLES 4 EpV ARDS