New-York tribune., 1912-03-13
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Stbie. me PTeSldenI tdlie' w bii'N''' -
Kinley aud Senator crane, with Secretary
Hiles. and made known to them ms Wishes
in the matter. He emphasized the NIe"'
made known in these dispatches some uihe
ago. that he IL responsible for the eieG'iop'
and that it is as much the concern OF those
interested in his political welfare TO secure
votes in November as II is 10 secure ma
nomination in June. lie IL enhTV.y co"7
fident that he will be nominated al 'hi-
cago. and is looking further into the future
than he believes some of his earnest sup
porters have been doing. This does not
mean that IL he is directly attacked ny
Colonel Roosevelt or his official campaign
manager. Senator Dixon. the President Will
not reply or permit reply 10 ne insde, nut
he expressed desire tn be consulted re-
sarding any such necessity, and indicated
a wish TO revise such matter nlmseh' ihe
President gave his political lleutehants
most encouragin account OF MS reception
in Ohio and Chicago. and Secretary h'ileS
added much gratifying information regard
ing the development of The Taft movement
in Illinois.
ILLINOIS PRIMARIES.-A letter Whioh
is being sent broadcast throughout lIllllois
hy Chauncey Dewey, mead of the hoose-
welt prepag ganda in that state, contalhs
certain passages of moro thsn ordIhd'!
significance I'm view Of the contention OF
the Roosevelt supporters that the fres'-
dent and his friends are opposed to priina-
ries. One of them reads: ILLINOIS mas WHAT
is substantially a Presidential preference
urinary law, in that the people vote direct
~ for the precinct committeeman who Sc
lect the delegates TO the Congress conlen-
tions, where the national delegates are
chosen and instructed" or hardly less
significance Is the following paragraph de-
cldedly suggestive Of a threat, which Is
taken from the same letter of Mr.. Dewey
"A failure to reply will make 1t necessary
for US to assume that you are against the
nomination OF Colonel Roosevelt, and as
much as we would regret to do so, We
will be compelled to act accordingly.
NEW MEXICAN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
confusion has been caused by the report
from New Mexico that that state has elect
ed eight delegates to the Republican Ma
tional Convention, and inquiries as TO the
right of the state TO more than six dele
gates have reached me, with requests Tor
a statement as to how many delegates the
state is actually entitled TO. The fact Is
that only the Republican National Com
mittee can decide how many delegates New
Mexico may have in the national conven-
tion. although IL is probable that the new
state will have eight Under the enabling
act. whereby New Mexico became state,
she had two Representatives-at-La IN
Congress, doubtless on the assumption that
her populatlon would warrant such repre-
sentation. Accordingly. two Representa-
tives we're elected, and will retain their
seats until the end of the present Con-
gress. At that time, however, the reappor-
tionment un6er the last census viii 20 INTO
effect. and according 10 that New Mexico
will have only one Representative In the
House Under the call of the Republican
National Committee, each state is entitled
10 representation in the national conyen-
ton on the basis OF two delegates for each
Senator and Representative In Congress,
etc. AS New Mexico will have two Repre-
sentatiyes- at-Large when the national
convention meets. II seems probable that
the committee will give her two delegates
for each Representative. which together
with the two allowed for each Senator
will make total OF eight, although II may
decide 10 adhere TO the intention rather
than the letter OF the call and allow the
new state only six. under which circum-
stances It is probable that all. eight dele
gates would be seated. but with only six
eighths of a vote apiece. Further confusion
in this case arises from the fact that the
Republican Congressional Committee has
issued a circular containing the call Of the
national committee and an unofficial list
Of delegates. in which New Mexico IS cred
tied with only Elk. q. G. II.