The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-26
Taft Loses Missouri.


ST LOUIS. Aprl! 26.--Governor Her
bert 5. Hadley Roosevelt leader, Sc
cured absolute control Of the Missouri
state Republican convention this morn
ing At | O'Clock 1t looks II eight
Roosevelt delegates at large TO the ma
tional convention will be elected. The
AT large agreed upon at caucus last night
was composed OF Governor Eadley, ier-
ner state Senator Hugh McIndoe OF Jop,
a Esscn MaGr @f caXoS WaeT III 81 $ 3'5 bksr el y
Kansas City. State Fish and Game War
den Jesse 4. Toleyton. Chairman Charles
Mayor Frederick H. Kreismann OF 81.
Louis, After midnight IL developed that
j. w. Tippn OF Springfield and \. \.
Speer of Chamois were about 10 be sub
OF Morris and Kreismann. the two men
on the earlier Roosevelt caucus STATE
This would niaEc solid Roosevelt dele,
CATION to Chicago from the state a,
large.
State Representative Hiram LLOYD oi
81, Louis and Dr. f. b. Clements oi
for presidential electors. Thomss X:
Neidringhaus OF St. Louis. treasurer OF
the state committee. Roosevelt map.
was decided upon FOR national commit
teeman.
The eight sl,crna,es agreed upon a,s
W. c. Hueston Of Kansas CITY. J. H.
lngton. W c: Crews OF Kansas City. \.
Kyle Of Brookfield ". II Fields ana w.
II. Robinson of St. Louis and {. v Page,
BY vote OF llsol to sll the conYen-
ton late last night adopted the creder-
tsls committee report on contests. b.
which the Roosevelt foction secured
large majority OF the delegates.
Draws Big Crowd.
FRESNO. Cal. April Ex-senator Ron
rrt NJ. La Toilette Of Wisconsin tonight
opened his California campaign in this
city with All address before AN audience
that filled 10 ovcriiownG large evan
gelist tent. Contrary TO the expectation
Of many In the audience. the speaker
INDUCED In no comments on thc political
situation in California and made no ref
erencc TO any public men In this state.
except 10 remark toward tic close that
the issues which he had been discussing
who was governor Of the state OF Cali
fornia
Governor Johnson Of this state declared
FOR La Toilette but later placed his al
legiaDce with Roosevelt.
La Fcnettes campaign manager. W.
L. iiouser. introducing him, said that Ia
presidency last fall had the supposed
cordial cooperation OF Theodore Roose-
welt.
Those who turned from La Toilette Ia
Roosevelt after pledging the senator Their
support did so. he declared, in fun knowl-
edge that he woud not Withdraw from
the race. Their act he said, VAS in
violation OF this solemn stipulation and
those who wcr" more ANXIOUS 10 win Of
flee with Rcosnr clt than tu put pro-
gressiVp principles into the running OF
the government.
La Toilette reviewed the Roosevelt ana
Taft administrations. proncuncing Eooss-
welt a stand -1atter," who had passed
the tariff lemon on 70 Taft.
Kansas for Roosevelt.
BY International News Service.
TOPEKA. Kan. April cs.-Roosevet
has carried Kansas. Already twelve o.
the states twenty delegates TO the Re-
publican national convention are pledged
TO him through the action OF presidential
preference primaries today. Taft has
carried the eFIrs, congressional district
with its two delegates, and every effort
Is being made 10 carry the Third for him
as that Is the only district In which his
believe he has show 20 win.
districts. with two dele
gates each, have instructed for Rooss-
velt by big msjorIties, and the TAFT
managers have given up the night in the
Sixth and Seventh districts.
Roosevelt has Asa delegates 10 the state
convention. while Taft has only los. II
required $40 to control the state conven-
ion and .hs four counties holding pri-
maries fodsy gave Roosevelt control OF
the state convention. and also the four
district conventions. as the counties held
The balance of power In each district.
I<sss than half The counties Of the state
have held primaries thus far and only
one county failed TO instruct its dele
satea and VIII have about 500 when the
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