Bisbee daily review., 1912-04-30
FIERCE FIGHT
 IN BAY STATE
Primaries Tomorrow Will Be War Between President Tatt and Teddy
 for Delegates
UF MUCH IMPORTANCE

 1 BOSTON, Mass, April 29.-After one ot the hottest political campaigns Massachusetts has seen in years, the statewide presidential preference pri- .lIary Nlll be held tomorrow. The pri- msries will be confined to the eiec- uon of delegates who will represent Massachusetts in the coming national conventions of the republican and uCIuOorauc parties. The names of Tatt, ] Roosevelt and La Toilette will ap- pear on the republican ballot. On the democratic ballot will appear the names of Wilson and Clark. Governor Foss withdrew his name from the ballot, though he still remains a re- captive candidate for the democratic presidential nomination and is ex- pected to receive the support of the Massachusetts delegates when the first ballot is taken at the Baltimore con vention. Tomorrows primaries will determine who is to have the sup port Of Massachusetts when it be- comes apparent that Governor Floss has no chance for the nomination.
 As early as last November astute politicians predicted that Massachu- sets would be as interesting polite
 
 states that have been known in the Past as doubtful. In verifcation of this prediction IL Is only necessary 10 point to the fact that both President Taft and Colonel Roosevelt have paid Juree visits each to the Bay state since the contest between the two be | gan in earnest
 ] Encouraged by the reelection Of | Governor FToss and the defeat of the ! regular republican candidate last fall { the progressive republicans deter mined months ago to make a hard fight in Massachusetts this year. At first they hoped for nothing more than 10 prevent a selid delegation be- ing sent to the national convention for President Taft. But developments Of the past two months have so en- outraged the progressIves that the leaders will be disappointed if they do not capture the entire delegation for Roosevelt at tomorTow's primaries
 Since the Massachusetts primaries are not complicated with local fights Of any kind they will offer a test of sentiment different from any that has gone before. It is T straight-out con test between Taft and Roosevelt, on the republican side, and not a single state or county office will be affected 1 by the results They will not even be indicative of sentiment affecting the goyeTnorsbip. or national issues, for ! that matter for the state convention is eliminated under the new primary { law and the Massachusetts delegates ! to Chicago and Baltimore will not be governed even by a platform
 
 carrying Massachusetts it will mean. ! in the opinion of his managers, that there will be no chance to check his triumphal march toward the nomina. ton. As the situation stands, the Taft people feel comparatively safe, hut at the same time they realize the moral effect of q Roosevelt victory in Massachusetts They think that If Roosevelt carries the state the dele gates from Southern States, always an uncertain quantity. will very likely ! flop over to the Roosevelt band wagon and create trouble, if not disaster. al Chicago.
 ! While the situation in Massachu. setts is not so crucial for the demo cratic candidates. both Speaker Clark and Governor Wilson are anxious % get the Massachusetts delegates to | the Baltimore convention. The Clark managers express themselves abso- lutely confident that the speaker will defeat Governor Wilson in Massachu- sets by a three-tO-one vote. While ! they are not making any definite pre- dictions as to the outcome, the Wil- son managers apparently are not wor- ried over the situation here They say 1 that Governor Wilson Is certain to get his share of the Massachusetts de- ! egates. At the same time they have taken nothing for granted and haze sent some of their strongest campaign CTS into the state during the pas week.