Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-05-25

more than z to ] record in favor OF
Mr.. Taft and against Col. Roosevelt
This data Is being sent ont all over
the country by the Taft managers
Its figures apply alone to the fifteen
Southern States and to the Territories
The idea Is carried out so as to give
the salary of each otlicehUlder at the
conventions of 1904 and 1908. In adj
ditiOn Il table Is given showing how
many such delegates there would
have been II the plan had been APP
piled to all the Northern States and
showing the total salaries involved
in such an event. II has furnished u
telling ante-convention campaign doc
ument, much to the disCredit of Col
Roosevelt, who was president during
both periods.
Latest Taft Announcement.
In their latest announcement of
confidence the Taft managers say:
"The knockout blow which Theo-
dore Roosevelt received in the Massa-
chusetts presidential preference pri-
maries Is likely to be emphasized by
the recount of the votes now going on
at the behest of the Taft managers in
the State. II has already been def
nltely established that about $4,000
ballot cast for Taft delegates at large
in Massachusetts were declared in
valid by the election officials, because
the voters voted for nine instead of
eight Taft candidates for delegate,
and, in addition, II Is estimated from
facts already at hand, that from 1000
to 5000 Taft preferential votes were
not counted by the officials on those
ballots which were invalidated rs to
delegates. This latter decision of the
election officers was, of course, u mis-
take on their part as the preferential
vote was separate and distinct from
the vote for delegates.
That the Taft victory will be con-
Grmed morally by the recount and
will more than likely be confirmed
legally Is not longer matter OF
doubt. While the courts, at the in
ception of the Australian ballot sys-
TEN in this country, interpreted the
| election laws as narrowly as possible
in the last decade they have so liber'
allied them in their decisions as ia
make II plain that the courts will not
be a party to the disfranchisement OF
| any voter where the intent of the
voter with respect to any issue Is
clearly shown on the face of the bal
I lot. Mr.. Roosevelt has already real
lied the moral obligation to foregC
all claim to the Massachusetts dele
gates-a t-large, having been reliably
informed that the Taft victory in the
State was more real than was appar-
ent on the face of the first returns
That the officials will confirm this
victory as TO its completeness IL
wholly probable.
Another significant feature of the
Massachusetts primary stands re-
vealed in the slimness of the Demo
cratic vote and the known. presence
of democrats at the polls who an.
nOunced openly their intention to hell
nominate Roosevelt in order that the
defeat of the Republican party In No.
yember might be an assured fact. The
| Democrats of Massachusetts were un.
der peculiar obligations to Col Roose.
welt, his mere presence in the cam
paign against Eugene NJ. Foss in 1910
Having cost the Republican candidate
nearly 10000 votes, according to the
best judgment of politicians who
knew the situation then existing In
the State. Col. Roosevelt made tn,
same sort of personal attack oI
Gov. FOss at that time that he did OF
the President this year, and II des'
troyed all chances of Republican sue
cess In that campaign, notwithstand'
ing nasty row, in the Democratic