Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-29
President Undismayed by the
Outcome in New Jersey.
Confident OF NOMINATION
Will Keep in Touch With the Pre-.
liminary Fighting.
INTERESTED IN THE PLATFORM
Has Not Yet Settled on Whom He
Will Ask to Present His
Name to Convention.

President Taft is full of courage for
confident that he will win there on the
spare"
That was the way one of President
Tafts visitors summarized the situation
at the White House today. and that was
the general feeling among those close to
the President in the executive offices.
You know the President told the people
of New Jersey that he would like to have
their Endorsement but that he could win
in the Chicago convention without votes
from that state, having $40 delegates
pledged to him. There has been no change
in the general program since that time.
President Taft has the votes and will win
with them"
The President received the New Jersey
returns at the White House last night.
after returning from his campaign trip.
He worked until o'clock this morning in
his private library and at o'clock was
In the executive Offices
No General Conference Held.
There was no general conference of
the Taft leaders. but a number dropped
the President. These included Secretary
MacVeagh, Senator Crane. Senator Sand
ers of Tennessee, Gen. Powell Clayton of
Alabama, Representative Hill Of Con-
necticut. ex-senator Hemenway OF
Indiana, and others.
Although the President showed the ef-
fects of his hard travel for the last five
weeks he was smiling but did not men
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Senator Sanders declared that he was
now more satisfied with the outlook for
the nomination of the President than he
had been for some time. Senator Sanders
does not believe there will be any ma
terial detection of southern delegates
from Taft.
Will Keep in Touch With Chicago.
The President proposes to keep in close
touch with the preliminary fighting at
Chicago. He realizes that much will de-
pend upon the national committee, but
the Taft attitude is that the Roosevelt
contests for delegates are so improperly
and unfairly founded that the national
committee can do little, on the strict
merits of the eases. but seat Taft dele
gates elected under regular calls made
by the regular and authorized officials
and organisations. The President. It Is
declared, asks for judicial consideration
Of each contest and nothing more.
Just how far Mr.. Taft will go in
making plans for the convention was
not revealed today. He is interested
now particularly in the platform, 1t is
said, and in the selection of a man
to present his name to the convention.
Work has been done on a tentative
platform by several senators, but 1t
was said today not to be completed. So
far the President has not asked any
one to present his name. but has unde er
consideration several Of his friends.
President Taft will not go to South
Dakota, the last state to hold primary
elections for delegates to Chicago.
These primaries will be held June 4.
The fight Is a three-cornered one. with
La Toilette having better support than
in any Of the states that have recently
elected delegates.
False Story of Affront to Taft.
Secret service officers who were with
President Taft in New Jersey say there
is no truth in wild stories printed today
that an Italian threw a wet ball of paper
into the face Of the President at Ruther-
ford. The story is that as the package
struck the President the secret service
men refused to permit him to speak to
10000 persons assembled at Rutherford
and forced his automobile driver to
for the story is that at one small town
a boy in the big crowd threw a news
paper into the air. and this blew toward
the President, partly striking his face.
The secret service men, though, were not
alarmed, having seen the incident.