Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-05-31
RooSeveIt's Followers Have
III Claims for Adjustment;
Taft Forces Present 27 r.
reguIaritieS.
TEXAS DELEGATES
IN SERIOUS TANGLE
Lone Star State Has Six IN
structed Votes for Each of
Leading Candidates and
DoubIe-headerS on %.

ny Morning journal Special Leased wire.)
! Chicago, May 30.-When the MEM
| bers of the republican national COM
mittee meets here on June 9Th they
will be called on to decide goa con-
tests. -Four years ago there were 219
contests submitted to the committee.
| The number tabulated this year Ia
fewer than had been expected, owing
| 1t is said, to the fact that in several
districts where the Roosevelt adher-
ents threatened to make contests. 1t
apparently was decided at the last
minute not to make a fight.
or the 204 contests filed. 1T were
presented by followers of Colonel
Roosevelt and twenty-seven by friends
of President Taft. The principal con-
tests filed by the Taft managers are
from Missouri and Texas.
In Louisiana three sets of delegates
were elected at large and IL the First,
Second. Fourth and Fifth districts
two sets were named by the support
CTS Vi IItSiuCnt anu oiiS "oo 81
lected by friends of Colonel Roose-
Welt.
More delegates than the number
specified in the call for the convention
were chosen at large in Alabama, in
the Fifth district of Kentucky, in the
Fourth district of Minnesota, in the
Seventh district of Texas and in the
First, Tenth and Eleventh districts.of
Georgia. Secretary Hayward has class
cd these as contests and the commit
tee will be required to determine
what will be done with the cases.
There are contests from eighteen
states and the District of Columbia.
Following is list of the contests
filed with Secretary Hayward:
Alabama-At large and Second,
Fifth, Sixth and Ninth districts, four
teen delegates.
Arkansas-At large and First, Sec
ond. Third. Fourth. Fifth and Seventh
districts, sixteen delegates.
District of Columbia-At large, two
delegates.
Florida--At large and First. Second
and Third districts, twelve delegates.
Georgia-At large and First, Sec
ond, Third. Fourth, Fifth. Sixth, Sew
enth, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh
and Twelfth districts. twenty-eight
delegates.
Indiana-At large and First. Third
and Thirteenth districts. ten dele
gates.
Kentucky-Fifth and Eleventh dis
tricts. four delegates.
Louisiana-At large and First, Sec
ond, Third. Fourth, Fifth. Sixth and |
Seventh districts, twenty delegates.
Michigan-At large, six delegates.
Minnesota-Fourth district. two
Mississippi-At large and First, |
Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth. |
Seventh and Eighth districts. eigh-
teen delegates.
Missouri--At large and First, Third,
Fifth and Seventh districts. fourteen
delegates.
North Carolina-Fourth district,
two delegates.
Oklahoma-Third and Fourth dis
tricts. four delegates.
South Carolina-First district. two
delegates.
Tennessee - Tenth district, two
delegates.
Texas-At large and First, Second,
Third, Fourth, Seventh, Eleventh and
Fifteenth districts. twenty-five dele
gates.
virginia-At large and First, Sec
md. Third, Fifth. Seventh. Eighth.
and Tenth districts. eighteen dele>
gates.
Washington--At large and First.
second and Third districts. fourteen
delegates.
Total number of delegates contest
ID. 204.
Chairman New. of the sub-commit-
90 on arrangements. tonight said that
10 other contests than those mem
ioned had been received, but II was
possible that a few Others might be
n the mail. bearing an early enough
,ostmark to make them legal.
John b. Heating. formerly United
states district attorney at Indianapo-
is. has arrived from Texas. where
he looked after President Taft's in
erests in the recent primaries and
and reported to Chairman
Sew that Taft and Roosevelt each ;
rave six instructed delegates from
hat state. while the remaining twen-
weight are contested.
Roosevelt's Chicago managers claim
heir candidate will have only 5s1 !
'otes or more than enough 20 romi-
late on the first ballot In the conven-
ion.
They give Taft 1s1. LaFollette se.
.ummins 10 and class the other dele
'ates as uninstructed.
New Yorks ninety delegates are