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nation or presidential trust to defeat
Gov Wilson was referred to by Repre-
sentative Burke of Wisconsin.
Such combination does not exist In
Wisconsin" said Representative Burke.
set Of delegates who are for Wilson first.
last and all the time, regardless OF re-
suits of the primaries, and the clark
people have full set of delegates VINO
Clark>a plurality Of the votes in that
state Under the arrangements, the can
didates for delegates-at-iarge, who nave
been selected by the Clark managers. Will
be pledged to vote for Mr. wilson II
Gov. Wilson should receive plurality OF
the democratic votes in the state at large
and sthe same exists in the congressional
districts. If. on the other hand. Mr.. Clark
or Mr.. Harmon should receive the plu-
rality of votes, then the delegates Will
be pledged to vote according to the re-
suits of the primaries In the state ana
the several districts. The Harmon peo-
pie, while running no delegates In the
district, will have the name Of Gov Har-
mon on the presidential preference bal
lot Theres is strong rivalry between
the Clark and Harmon people, as there
is between the Wilson and Clark people.
There is absolutely no understanding or
mon forces in Wisconsin. II the Wilson
people in our state had lived up to their
profession Of letting the people rule. the
Clark forces would never have run sep
arate set Of delegates. but would nave
relied upon the Wilson delegates to vote
for Clark in such districts as the presi-
Dental preference ballots show him to
have the greatest number of votes: But
the Wilson people, having declared that
they would not abide by the primaries II
Clark to put Clark delegates In the field.
and by so doing. 1t is my belief. that we
have strengthened the sentiment Tor MI;
Clark. 1t is my opinion that we shall
congressional districts and perhaps more
and the four Observation-Disclosures.
Woodrow Wilson headquarters gave
out the following:
Unbiased observers agree tnat tne
most significant feature in the contest
for the democratic presidential nomlna-
ton is that there is only one candidate
who is running in every stare OF tne
Union. In the republican race both tart
and Roosevelt are making some kind OF
claims for strength in every state. but OF
the democratic aspirants only WOODROW
Wilson is nationwide factor.
Not counting the 'favorite sons-Mar-
| shall in Indiana. Baldwin in ConnecIlcut
Martin in Virginia, Gaynor in New YORK
and others who have as yet but little fol-
lowing outside of their own states-there
are ONLY four prominent democratic can
didates. They are Gov. Wilson. Gov
IidTHlou, opSdhci Sioih oAu SiAoAA AAA>N
Underwood
The lines are being drawn all over the
country. and the fight for delegates Is on.
In Georgia it is Wilson VS.. Underwood In
Kansas 1T is Wilson vs. Clark. In Texas
it is Wilson VS.. Harmon. In no state IS
1t Clark VS.. Harmon. or Underwood VS..
Clark, or Harmon VS.. Underwood.
Despite denials Of any personal cOiiu-
sion, the daily news reports from over
the country show that the democratic
situation Is Wilson against the. field. ana
that by a coincidence, to say the least
the field has been divided territorially
among the other democratic candidates.
Welt headquarters, received the following
telegram from Matthew Hale, the RoOse-
welt manager in MASSACHUSETTS,:
Presidential preference primary bill
went through the senate by p to Is. Bill
Is now UP to Gov. Foss. Big victory
against machine forces.
In commenting on the action OF the
Massachusetts, senate. Senator Dixon
said: II am satisfied that as a result of
the operation of the primary law that
Massachusetts republicans overwhelm-
ingly will elect delegates instructed to
vote for Col. Roosevelt. 1t is great
victory for the people,
The Roosevelt headquarters also gave
out lengthy telegram received from the
Roosevelt manager in Philadelphia, John
challenged Senator Penrose to put the
words favorable to the nomination OF
William H. Taft" opposite to the names
of the distinguished men selected as Taft
delegates in that city.
Senator Penroge said last night that he