The Washington times., 1912-04-02
new ENGLAND IS
FAST LINING UP
FOR ROOSEVELT
Vermont and Maine Will Be
Followed by Other
! States.
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would make him a tremendous power
Barnes wants the domination of some
compromise man. 1t is now realized
Taft overtures, he has delivered the
worst blow the Taft cause has yet
received.
Mr.. Barnes is to be chairman of the
committee on resolutions at Rochester,
and is to put over a thoroughly con-
servative platform. 1t will be in effect
an answer to the Roosevelt Columbus
speech. Thus Roosevelt will get the
snub direct; and, on the other side, Taft
will get the polar paddy" in the denial
of instructions for himself. Mr.. Barnes,
in short, proposes to make platform,
and hold In the hollow of his hand a
delegation of ninety members, that be-
> tween them will command for him the
dictatorship at Chicago.
Sorrew In Taft Camp.
That's the game, and it's coming on
SO well that there is sorrow at the
Raleigh Hotel headquarters of the Taft
movement.
What has happened in Vermont is
still the subject of controversy between
the two sides. The State has four
delegates at large. and two from each
of two Congress districts. The Roose-
! yelt people seem to have carried the
Second district by a big majority: the
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district by a less majority; and the
! Roosevelt people to have secured domi-
nation of State convention. If complete
returns prove this true, Roosevelt will
get six and Taft two delegates. The
Roosevelt headquarters was absolutely
! unqualified today in claiming six. and
the. possibility of the other two was
maintained.
Biddeford, Me. went for Roosevelt
/ in its primaries by a vote of TO !, and
, this is calculated to be the last straw;
! IL turns the control of the State con-
vention to the Roosevelt forces.
War to Bitter End.
Senator Dixon, head OF the Roosevelt
I organization, was in New York yester-
day for a final conference with Colonel
Roosevelt before the latter plunges into
another stumping trip. During the
\ day he received word OF the results in
Vermont, and of the desperate plans
of the Taft people to steal the State
by procedure not unlike that employed
in Indiana. Mr.. Dixon decided II was
time to carry the war into the enemy :
camp, so he climbed on a train and
! went to Vermont, to take personal
charge of the fight and save what had
1t is promised that there will be a
lively time in the Green Mountain
convention. for neither side Is willing
TO surrender TN every resource OF
Roosevelt confidence in the outcome Is
Abased on positive assurance that they
have about fifty majority of delegates
elected to the State convention.
This Illinois situation is commanding
attention of the Taft people because o
Its critical character. The primary come
next week, and they would have beer
glad TO have it later, for they realiz
that they are due 20 lose most of tn
delegates, and it will administer blow
from which they will not easily recover
To have Maine and Vermont go wrong
New York refuse instructions, and Hi
nois declare for Roosevelt, would b.
rather too much to crowd into one week
Yet that is what the Taft people face.
Consequently Manager Mckinley ha
hurried out to Chicago TO make a las
determined effort to pull the old ma
chine together and stem the uprising
for Roosevelt
The one encouraging thing for tn
Taft people, Is the fact that simultane
ousIy with McKinley's arrival. the l.
Toilette people fled their petition 70
place on the primary tickets. The TAFT
ties hope this will split the progresslv
vote and save the Administration rev
close districts.