Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-27
JUSTICE HUGHES PROPOSED
Jurist Forbids Use of His Name
Against the President.
ALLEGED PLAN TO BEAT TAFT
Cries by Roosevelt of Fraud An
swered-White House Receives
Many Encouraging kilograms.

that they are beaten. will shortly turn
their machinery of agitation toward the
grooming of dark horse for the re-
publican nomination.
Give us a new man and harmony" will
be the public cry.
According to the indications the name
of Associate Justice Hughes of the Su-
preme Court will be the one most used.
at least for the present. The talk has al
ready begun. In Roosevelt headquarters
there is more discussion of Hughes than
anywhere else. AS time goes on, how
ever, names other than that of Hughes
will be suggested, taken up and used by
the Roosevelt people.
The Roosevelt supporters will keep
up the noise and the fight according to
the present program. il is said. until
the Chicago convention. 1t will not
be because they have any hope of
nominating their man. They know he
cannot be nominated But they wish
to make the situation tense and as
embarrassing for Mr.. Taft as possible;
they want to fix the stage settings to
suit the cry for a man other than
Taft They declare and will continue
to declare the election of Toft impos-
sible. the disruption Of the party inev-
table with him as the leader, and the
only chaice for success to be found in
the nomination of another man.
Jurist Forbids Use of Name.
Associate Justice Hughes has been in
directly sounded by friends. He has said
emphatically that his position on the
court precludes his doing or saying any,
thing political. but that above all he will
not permit his name to be brought
the bench. His admiration for the Presi-
dent is genuine and strong II he should
be nominated for President at Chicago
IT would be only because Mr. Taft was
out Of the race
President Taft is understood tn hate
peen informed as to what is to come off
and is undiSturbed over the prospects
his friends say that the game will not
,.s,, mUIh; me republican party generally
VIII nave discounted it In advance and
VIII have adjusted itself to the second
nomination of Taft long before June.
Reports From Indiana.
In Indiana yesterday. according to ad-
wees from impartial men, not more than
forty or fifty of the Roosevelt delegates
IN the state convention participated in
the election Of boltins delegates
A telegram from Indiana today stated
mat IL was conservative estimate that
Iatt @ VIII have twenty Of the thirty dele
sates from that state and not unlikely
that he will have twenty-four
Inc fond hope of the democrats that
roosevelt will bolt and run on a third
ucket Is discouraged by those who know
= some OF the inside workings Of the men
VINO are furnishing most Of the sinews
ana much of the brains Of the Roosevelt
nght These men. 1t is known, do not
propose TO get away from the republican
trademark They have studied history
ara understand what happened to repub-
Icans who strayed away after populism
free silver and other 'isms.''
Roosevelt Fraud Cries Answered.
Attention was called by Taft leaders
who visited the White House today to
the unfairness of the Roosevelt fraud and
corruption cries. In North Dakota. II
was pointed out, the primaries were of
the precise kind the Roosevelt people ad-
vocate everywhere. Yet when they were
beaten by La Toilette they asserted that
the democrats of the state had beaten
Roosevelt. and that thousands OF demo-
Gratis voted for La Toilette. In Indiana
a 'soap-box" primary held through
ont the state. the only kind that could
ne provided where there was no law to
safeguard II.
The cry of fraud there was started be-
fore the elections were held and continues
vet In New York yesterday a legal prl-
mary. conducted under state laws at
which only reg stored republicans could
vote, brought out worse cries of fraud
than in Indiana or North Dakota Three
different kinds of primaries resulted in
the same sort of complaint from the
Roosevelt camp.
Insufhciency of Ballots Yesterday.
Senator Root and Representative Calder
Of New York told President Taft today
that the New York primaries were as fair
as could be held anywhere. There were
great difficulties in getting the ballots,
but Mr.. Calder said this was caused by
the fight in the courts, brought by the
Roosevelt people.
The courts did not settle this matter
until last Thursday night" said Mr.
Calder. "and since then the printers
have had to turn out 100000 ballots
upon which there were 10000 changes
gressional districts the ballots were
fourteen feet long. Not only did the
printers have to get this out since last
Thursday night, but they had to ship
the ballots to ali parts OF the state. If
the Roosevelt people had not conducted
this legal fight there would have been
no scarcity of ballots, as the printers
would have had their work done many
days before election"
Harvard Men Prefer Taft.
The most optimistic political tele-
grams came to the White House today
from all directions. The following
telegram was received from S. NJ. Rina-
ker. president of the Taft Club at Har-
ward. Roosevelt's alma mater:
Preferential vote today in Harvard
University. In which unprecedented in
tereet was shown. gave Taft a majority
of votes cast, Woodrow Wilson second
Roosevelt third. Two thousand votes
were cast in Harvard Law School. com
posed exclusively of college graduates
all voters. representing 144 colleges In
all parts of the country. Taft received
four times many votes for first
choice as Roosevelt did Hope you will
make most of these very remarkable
results. as most other colleges have
given Roosevelt a large majority"
Endorsements of Taft.
The republican state central COMMITTEES
at Little Rock. Ark by a vote of So tc
3. indorsed the President and recommend.
ed that all conventions instruct for him
TO the limit.
In the Scott county, Iowa. caucuses yes
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