The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-02-06
THINK TAFT SURE
TOBERE-ELECTED
Secretary HiIles Confident There
viii Be Little Opposition in Ma
tionai Convention to President q
denomination.

Washington, Feb. LIN the first
authorized statement he has issued
in Connection with the Taft campai gu,
CHARLES ID. Hilles, secretary to the
president, predicted today President
Taft would be nominated aud elected.
President Tafts nomination in
June Is as certain as anything could
be-" said Mr.. Hilles in his statement
Iaratively lite opposition to him in
the national convention, and when the
nomination Is made the Republicans OF
the country will rally to the party
standard and win great victory IN
November.
II would not make this prediction
did ] not feel that my information
from all parts of the country warrants
me in doing so. II is easy to make big
claims and to try to deceive people,
and l think that man who does so
without facts and figures to Justify It
rs guilty of deception.
"A month ago, before had gotten
in touch with Republicans in all the
states, would not have said this
much. In that month have seen the
lines drawn closer and closer. In the
last week the situation has cleared
wonderfully, with Republicans in all
directions falling into line for the
President and manifesting determi.
nation to bring about his nomination.
1T is useless to speak in general
terms or to undertake at short notice
TO go into conditions in each state,
but developments in three of the big
states within a few days ought 20
point conclusively to the present
trend"
Reviews Conditions.
MIR. Hilles goes on to review conci.
lions in New York, Ohio and Indiana
claiming that President Taft has re-
ceived Endorsement in those states
which Indicate they will give their
delegates to him in The convention
There has been lots of noise in
Ohio" said Mr. Hilles, but the sub
stantial Republicans in every congress.
sional district are determined that the
President shall have the delegates and
he will get them too.
Il have a telegram from lndianapo-
lis saying that every single member
Of the Republican state committee
elected in the thirteen congressional
districts yesterday is for Mr.. Taft.
That is big change from the commit.
tee whose chairman, Mr.. Lee, went
around Washington in December pro.
claiming that Indiana was hostile to
the President"
In regard to New York state Mr..
lille said:
The Presidents speeches in New
York so enthused the Republicans
there that the executive committee
of the county committee of New
York count passed, by unanimous
vote, resolutions indorsing the Presi.
dent and declaring for his renomina.
zion in the strongest terms This was
followed by meeting of the general
heppblican committee of Kings coun.
~ tBrooklyn). BY a unanimous vote
Mr.. Taft's denomination was urged.
2 was told today by two of the leade!
Of Brooklyn that it had not been the
Intention of the leaders to bring
abo,B AN Endorsement at that meeting,
but The action was spontaneous after
"A member had introduced the resolu.
zion. The information from the lead.
ers in New York was uniformly that
the President win have the delegation
of the state.
In Ohio. the Presidents speeches
have awakened Republicans to &c
syree thar was not expected have
not a doubt that every delegate from
rhe state viii be for him"