Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-17

Taft and Clark are the only presiden-
tial candidates who thus far are get
ting actual votes in their respective
national conventions. Roosevelt sen
timent and Wilson sentiment are in the
air, but no district conventions are We,
instructing for them. Taft has about
fortyfour instructed delegates to hi:
credit. Clark claims to have sixty
votes in sight, including those al
ready elected and counting the Okla.
homa delegation, which, he is being as
sured, will be delivered to him.
Roosevelt is expected to come out
into the open on the occasion of his
speech at Columbus next week. He
was quoted at Oyster bay yesterday a.
declaring that he would accept the
nomination IL his party insists, and his
Columbus speech is expected to outline
his platform and show why his party
should insist, according to his views
Advance tips on the speech intimate
that the colonel will draw a sharp line
between progressives and reaction.
aries.
On his return from Columbus he will
reply to the letter of the governors urg-
ing him to become q candidate and then
expe\s to take a trip to Massachusetts
for a conference with his managers in
that state. Toward the end Of this
month Roosevelt is going to Arizona and
on the way will make some speeches
The Taft headquarters announced last
night that Hawaii has instructed six del.
egates for Taft. Advices from Iowa
Cowley county, Kan, is for Taft, despite
the efforts of Gov. Stubs for Roosevelt
West Virginia ia claimed for Taft by
]. F. Harrison, a republican leader OF
that state. The ninth Alabama district in
structed for Taft and a solid state dele
cation is promised.
Arthur I. Vorys of Ohio brought news
to the Taft headquarters last night that
the Buckeye state is safe for Taft, not
withstanding the efforts of the insurgents
The republican executive committee OF
Hardy county, w. Va, in session al
Moorefield, has Endorsed Theodore Roose-
President. Other candidates. were in
dorsed as follows: Representative al
large, Charles F. Teter; represe ntative
in Congress, second West Virginia dis
trict. William c. Conley, and attorney
general, A. A. Lilly.
Attorney General wickersham, in al
address at Milwaukee last night de.
clared that clamor against the enforce
ment of the Sherman antitrust law hat
been raised by those interested In unfair
OuSl1lcSS IIlclIlOOS dIlO WAAO lldSC Icdu IL
the active. vigilant prosecution of that
law under President Taft the doom OF
their practices. and who. threatened with
the loss of illicit gain. seek to destroy
both the law that condemns them and
the executive that brings them to exc
cution."
Reviewing in detail "the administra-
tons antitrust record" the Attorney
General rose to this climax in tribute
to President Taft for his course in en-
forcing the law:
Under the wise, patriotic and efficient
administration Of William Howard Taft
this vigilant and persistent exertion OF
the executive department in the enforce
ment Of this law has never slackened nor
failed. If the people understand and
approve, as they will and must, with
what splendid courage and single-mind-
edness that great patriot has directed the
impartial enforcement OF this law they
will continue him In his high office to sc
far work out the problem Of squarine
business practice with the laws Of thu
land as to make impossible for the future
the recurrence Of those abuses which II
the past have threatened the stability Of
our institutions through the unchecked
power of continued wealth."
Gov. Woodrow Wilson, in an address:
last night before the Connecticut Civil
Service Reform Association at New
Haven. said he had been asked to explain
the insurgency of our times. He said II
was the time the people thought they had
q right to kick. He called the phenomena
tho rising OF sap to the head, stimulated
bx tia knOWiedgo that the general dghta