Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-06

The New York republican state COM
mittee yesterday received official reports
Of congressional district meetings in forty
Of New York's fOrty-three districts for the
nomination of candidates or delegates to
the Chicago convention. Secretary Gea-
son announced that in thirty-six of the
districts candidates had been nominated
who were friendly to President Taft. In
four districts the candidates are Roose-
welt men and three districts yet to be
heard from are claimed for Taft.
The fourth Alabama congressional dis
trict yesterday instructed delegates for
Taft. The Roosevelt men bolted and will
send a contesting delegation.
At Charlottesville, Va, yesterday the
republicans Endorsed the administration of
President Taft, but did not instruct their
delegates to the district and state con-
ventiOns.
AT Sunnyside, WASH, the first Roosevelt
club OF woman voters was organized yes
terday. The women will conduct a Wig
orous campaign in behalf of the colonel s
candidacy.
Secretary Nagel will go on the stump in
behalf of President Taft's candidacy He
will speak at Evansville March 8, and at
indianapolis March IL. The Indiana state
convention for the selection Of delegates
to the Chicago convention will be held
March 70.
Secretary Nagel also will speak at
Springfield. Mass, March IL; Providence.
r. l.. March IA: Richmond, Va, March
3D. and Birmingham. Ala, April H.
The Texas state republican executive
committee by vote of q to l yesterday
Endorsed Roosevelt. The state convention
will meet in Fort Worth May %
Roosevelt headquarters last night gave
out the following. statement:
Another governor claimed by the Taft
bureau as advocating the denomination
OF the President has announced his pur-
pose to keep hands Off in the pending
nomination campaign. A telegram re-
celved this afternoon from MINNEAPOLIS
by the Roosevelt headquarters author
ICES the positive statement that Gov.
Eberhart OF Minnesota has definitely de-
clared that he is taking no part in the
presidential contest in Minnesota. His
Endorsement of Taft is purely personal,
Many Of the governors friends are open
| ly supporting Roosevelt without objec-
| ton from him."
Headquarters of the Roosevelt state Or
| ganizatiOn have been opened at Frank
fort. KY. with Thomas Walker, former
postmaster at Lexington, in charge, as
| secretary, and former Representative in
Congress Dan Edwards as treasurer
| Judge +. &. O'Rear, who resigned from
the court of appeals upon his defeat for
governor last fall, is expected to become
head of the movement Members of the
| organization express perfect confidence
in their ability to split the Kentucky dele
| cation.
| AT Salem. Ore, a petition was placed
in the hands of the secretary of state
yesterday asking that the name Of Theo-
dore Roosevelt be placed on the republi-
can state primary ticket as candidate
for the presidential nomination The pc.
| tition is said to contain ], 500 names, SOC
| more than necessary.
| The Clark and Underwood supporters
at the Capitol are still indignant over the
| charge that these two candidates are II
league against Wilson.
Judge Henry D. Clayton of Alabama
said:
such charge is not only withou,
| foundation, but it is absurd. Mr.. Under
wood is not allied with any candidate fol
| the democratic nomination for the pur
pose of defeating Gov. Wilson" Similar
| expressions came from members Of thu
Ohio delegation. Ed A. Glenn Of Louis
lana, Mo-. who managed the Clark cam
paign in Missouri, said:
| 1T seems to me that such charge
| comes with poor grace from the managers
of Gov Wilson, in view of the methods
| the Wilson managers employed in Mis-
souri, to embarrass Speaker Clark in his
/ fight for the Missouri delegation. Gov
| Folk some time before the Missouri pri
maries were held openly declared thai
Gov. Wilson was his second choice, an6
he requested his friends to support VIII.
son II he could not be nominated.
| "Folk-Wilson clubs were formed al
| through the state, and there was no at.
tempt to conceal the efforts OF the VIII
| son managers to bring about Clark's de.
feat in his own state by forming q com.
bination with Gov. Folk. The extent t
which the Wilson people went In theil
| fight against Clark was shown by the hate
hour at which Gov. Folk withdrew from
| the race. His announcement was made
at o'clock in the afternoon. but 1t die
not get to the voters of the state unit
after they had cast their ballots. Thu
sole purpose of the Wilson men In keep
ing Folk in the race until 50 late q tim