Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-26
POLITICS DAY BY DAY

| Senator Joseph NJ Dixon returned to
the Roosevelt headquarters today from
a conference with his New York asso-
ciates.
Tn seven districts Of New York our
checking shows we will poll two votes
for Roosevelt to one cast for Taft IN to
days primaries" said Senator Dixon.
whether they will permit US to
count them is another question"
In reply to Mr.. Roosevelt's claim OF
genuine primaries in Oklahoma, the
following facts were contained in letter
from that state, received by the national
Taft bureau:
Both Senator Dixon and Col. Roose-
Welt, in advocating primaries as the only
plan under which the people can register
their choice for President, have stated
that Oklahoma had primaries. ana that
the operation Of the primaries In Okla
homa proved the need Of them. The Iacts
are that Oklahoma proves that the voters
register their choice whether under
primary or convention system.
I'm q signed statement Monday. Col
Roosevelt said: In Oklahoma conven-
ton In one district was held very early
and elected two delegates for the Presi-
dent Then a primary for the state con-
vention was held, and that Identical dis
trict gave q two-to-one vote against the
President. This was a genuine primary
I do not know whether Its opponents
have called 1t soap box-pr1mary or nO,
Had Col Roosevelt taken the troupie
to get some correct information he woulo
have found that in not one county was
there a primary in the state OF Oklahoma.
The delegates to the state convention
were elected under the convention system.
The precincts in caucuses, not primaries,
elected the delegates to the county coli-
ventions, and the county conventions
elected the delegates to the state conVen-
tions, and the state and district CONVEX
tions elected the delegates to the natlonai
convention And this Is what Roosevelt
in a signed statement calls genuine
primary
HE was Just as inaccurate in his state
ment about the fourth Oklahoma district
as he was about the primaries. The dele
gates from the fourth district IN the state
convention were for the PRESIDENT JUST as
they have been in their district conven-
ton previously.
George B. Leighton, a member OF the
republican state committee OF Monad-
mock, N H., made the following state
ment at Taft Headquarters:
1.-The story of the Taft campaign IN
my state is very interesting. 1t has
brought together the great mass OF
the republican party, which In the past
few years has been broken up Al
most without exception the people
have refused to follow Roosevelt since
the coloneTs speech at Columbus. and
are earnestly working for the renom1-
nation of President Taft. Under the
leadership Of F.. w. Estabrook, nation
al committeeman. who has drawn
element in the state, the campaign Is
being carried on with a rush, and the
President is rapidly gaining in favor,
as evidenced by the tremendous well
the formation Of from twenty to thirty
Taft clubs in the owns and cities.
THE nation looks with interest on
the work in New Hampshire. for this
tremely radical. To some extent this
is a misconception due to local condi-
lions, especially to feeling against
the domination of the state by the Bos-
for years until four years ago. The
people of the state should not be con-
sidered as having lost their heads nor
as being fooled by the political nos
Bass has lost in this campaign most
of his personal following of two years
ago. Of the five members of the gov
ernor's council, but one Is now with
Roosevelt. Almost without exception
the lawyers of the state have repudi-
ated the doctrine of the recall OF
judges.
An appeal is being made to the
young men of the state as to their re-
sponsiblties. and they are the ones
who are forming enthusiastic Taft
clubs and taking an active part in the
campaign.
ut has been most gratifying to see
with what heartiness most of the So
called progressive. and all of the regu-
lar republicans have entered into this
work They are now all pulling in
the same collar and doing excellent
team work. This campaign is vitaliz-
ing the entire republican party and it
is being carried on entirely on the
question of sustaining the Constitution
and opposition to the new political
nostrums
Mr.. Taft and the strong men of the
country with whom he has surrounded
himself appeal to the voters of New
Hampshire as being far more capable
of giving the right sort Of an admin
istration than does a collection of dis
cards."
Taft and Goldsborough" is the ticket
of j. F. Trazzare of Montgomery county,
Md. Gov. Goldsborough has been a
warm supporter of President Taft all
along. and Mr.. Trazzare thinks that
Maryland should be recognized
Representative James NJ. Curley of
a
TO Gov. Foss. which he made at the re-
quest of Speaker Clark and the lat
ters political manager. former Senator
Fred T. Dubois. and announced that the
governor would not be candidate
for the democratic presidential nomina-
ti"n- 1T was suggested. 1T is said, that
the governor might consider the nomf-
ration for Vice President
The submission of Speaker Champ
Clarks name as a democratic candidate
In the presidential primary in Massa-
clIHsetts April 80 has been determined
upon by the Clark leaders. In an an
nouncement from the national Clark
headquarters here it is stated that this
determination was reached only after
Gcv. Foss had positively stated that he
would not be candidate
At Raleigh. \. c.. Yesterday a call was
issued by c. c. Taylor and c. N Hunter,
signing themselves chairman and secre-
tary. respectively. of the republican state
executive committee las contradistin-
guished from the Lily White" committee
of which former Representative More
head is chairman).
The call is for meeting Of the colored
republicans TO assemble in state conven-
in al a;vh yril nd nxI,a