The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-03-27
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0By Gibson Gardserl

Washington D. c.. March 2i~~lt
can be predicted with certainty that
iprdcucauy solid anttTatt delegations
[ win be sent 10 the Chicago conYen
ton from the following states Cal
itornia Oregon Washington, Idaho
Montana. Colorado Wyoming. North
iakota Sonth Dakota. Nebraska,
Kansas, oklahoma Texas. Minnesota,
Iowa. Missouri. Wisconsin. Michigan
West Virginia. Ohio Kentucky New
Jersey. New Hampshire. Vermont,
Massachusetts, Maine. North Caro-
lima, and big Slice OF Pennsylvania
and Illinois.
VIII the Chicago convention is
more these states in choosing a pres
dent?
In North Dakota
In South Dakota the RoosGyet and
La Toilette forces will not be diyid
Fed There viii be one set OF dele
gates a set picked by La Toilette be
tore Roosevelt became Il caulilate.
Governor Hessey heads the list This
insures the union of all prcgressiyes
IN South Dakota against Taft. Senator
Dixon has sent word 10 Roosevelt
friends in South Dakota that any at
tempt 70 put another Roosevelt trk
ct into the field viii be unauthorized
and viii be denounced he states
that such efforts are being made by
Taft's managers and by standpat Con
gress.nen Burke and Martin in order
to divide the progressive vote and
: Ne Taft 4 chance
The progressiyes In South Uak0-
upiI
clean up Taft in the same way they
cleaned him up in North Dakota,
where TAFT could not get one vote in
forty"
Combine In Nebraska
At the uresent time it looks as II
the Roosevelt and La Toilette peoole
would be brought togethcv in Nel u.s.
ka also. Senator Dixon is looking in
TO the situation in that state ana
steps Will be taken to have the pro-
gressiye fight made with which ever
candidate is strongest with the Re
publican voters uf Nebraska. There
are local conditions to be consider
ed Among other things there is the
candidacy of George " Norris. who
is running for the senate against
Senator Brown The latter was elect
ed as progressive but ed 10
Taft as soon as he g1t into his seat
George Norris ought 10 be elected TO
the senate. His record warrants it,
He is endorsed by both La Toilette
and Roosevelt
IN a paragraph sent out a few DAYS
ago the writer told about the disap
pearance of the Wanamaker ad from
the Philadelphia North American. AM
coupled it with Tan's dedication OF
the Wanamaker store and certain ef
forts made to influence the editOria
polio, OF the philadelphia North
American Our attention is called TO
the fact thai the Wanamaker aG is
ack again We note also that tho
policy Of the American has not
changed A few more North Amcri
cans and the fight for peoples gov
ernment would be won in shorter
time
Taft, Hearst and Mclean
A few evenings ago President TAFT
did an unusual thing He took dinner
at the residence OF an unofficial citi-
zen OF Washington John r Mclean.
owner of the Washington Post The
guests Of honor were Mr. and Mrsa
William Randolph Hearst In order
to fluffy appreciate the significance Of
the incident it should be understood
that Mrs William Randolph Hearst IS
starting on social career. Her SO
cial sponsor Is Mrs Mclean who was
/; Beall Mr. Tart wants the newspa-
per support of Mr.. Mclean and or
Mr. Hearst Mrs Hearst wants the
social backing Of Beall. and the
president OF the United States ~.
], is NOT a social "bribe, it is merely
paying d price and il anybody wants
10 see the goods delivered he can
read the Post and certain other news
paperS not necessary TO specify