The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-04-15


that Pennsylvania. one of the creates
und stanchest Republican common
wealths. has repudiated the Iait Admin
nificance but that President Taft IT re
nominated would go down in "A crushing
and overwhelming defeat.
So sure are the Roosevelt men OF thu
future that they have little hesitation
about detailing their plans. They ar'
positive that the states delegation t'
the Chicago convention will make FINN
Republican national committeeman foI
the State, the post now held by Senator
Penrose.
WIN six CoNGREssMEN TOO.
At that State convention to be held a.
Harrisburg on MAY the Roosevelt folk,
are furthermore TO name the ak Ton
gressmen at large for the state ana tt
elect their own state and district commit
tees. Next fall they are to nominate theiI
own State ticket. compreing this year a
State treasurer. an auditor general. the
House of Representatives and One-halt
Of the State Senate. besides thirty-two
congressman. at least these are the adj
ditiOnal spoils which the Roosevelt cam
paigners in their exuberance thought
Today would fall to them from yester-
days tidal wave.
David II. Lane and other Republican
warriors hadn't caught their breath yet
tonight They declined to express any
opinion Of the catastrophe:
THE fight is over. said Mr.. Lane. "and
do not care to say anything. much less
Senator Dixon, ROosevelt's national
campaign manager. who is here. said:
Pennsylvania has given the Taft cam
paign its solar plexus blow. Senator
Penrose. the Taft boss Of Pennsylvania:
said the other day that he would regard
tho oloCf ion nr tan RnosovQIt HoloOat o
from the State as huniliating defeat
The whole Taft campaign may he ex-
pecte ed to collapse The Taft rou, began
by Illinois is completed by Pennsylvania. >
"oNLY A BEGINNING"
John j. Crout. chairman OF the Roose-
welt city committee, said:
This victory means that without ques-
tion Roosevelt will he the next President
of the United States. Taft can no longer
be considered as IA candidate. His polit-
ical fortunes have been wiped away for
ever by The outcome Of the Illinois and
Pennsylvania primaries. The unin.
siructed delegates OF the South will fall
into line. This is only the beginning;
from now Oh II will he a huge landslide
for Roosevelt. a landslide unprecedented
in the history Of the nation. Penrose and
McNichol will never recover from the
defeat. Their political fortunes are al
ready in the political graveyard"
MdSlS'Idtc NdCI al iuiHt, RoOscNeIt
campaigner. said:
o III il a tremendous victor for the peo-
ple and the end of boss rule in Pennsyi-
vania. II means the beginning OF "a new
era which will bring better. cleaner and
brighter things FOR everybody. This
glorious victory will smash the bonds
of the toiler. and the oppressed The
political careers of thesa political czars
Penrose and McNichol. have come crash
ing Gown and they will never rise again
They have been repudia,ed by the people.
with one sweep OF indignai ion. With th,'
free primary the people nave avenged
the WRONGS put upon them by P.nro-e
and McNichol.
HILIES INTERESTED.
Secretary fIilles from the White Hous.
as teephoned a score of times to-day 20
the Taft chiefiains in this and of her cities
of the State for the very latest returns.
There was every desire To give Mr.. Hiiles
the best and most encouraging news. but
il was lacking
The result IN this city was a complete
s,ieprise to even the Roosevelt men them
selves. The members of the Mon League.
the Rittenhouse and the Philadelphia
clubs. most of them followers of President
Taft. have been almost stunned by the
result. The vote of the primaries in
this city indicates that only about one
third OF the voters turned out There
are plenty of statements to the effect that
the Taft people felt 80 secure that they
allowed things To drift. as il Were. Not
so the Roosevelt chaps. On Thursday
last every one of the 100000 voters in
the State received IA postcard sent by
Mr.. Finn from Pittsb,rE bearing the
names OF Congress district delegates
favorable to Roosevelt. together with this
legend and Theodore Kooseyelt's sigma
ture: These men stand for the princ pies
which ! Represent"
Mayor Rlankenburg Of Philadelphia.
it Is declared voted IL Roosevelt ballot
~ yesterdays primary. Yet during he
contest the Mayor saw to it that the
l?.UOO officeholders Of the city We're not
coerced or in any way interferrd with
They knew that they could vote ~ IN, v
chose.
II il the opinion of experts thai the
result OF Yesterday primaries was
due partly 10 All effort TO smash the Pen
rose machine in tho Slate, also that con
irary to accepted beliefs Pennsylvania
il really progressive in its ideas One
Taft campaigner who stands high. when
asked tn explain he overturn. remarked
1T nleans simply that Roosevelt is more
popular than Taft II ! talked for a
Astnte Republican leaders like the
Wares, who have the credit of controlling z
~ 900 votes in Philadelphia. are advis-
ing their followers to climb aboard the
Roosevelt Dand wagon not because OF
Roosevelt bu, because they think he will
give the impression hat he IL an enemy
of machine politics. Senator Ware to-day
announced his ultimat,m when he said
for wide publication
Roosevelt Is now virtually assured
the Republican nomination and in. l be
lieve. the only Republican who can de
feat the Democratic candidate"
- OF y" TO rENRosE.
Senator Penrose IL saying nothing
Fairly this morning he went TO Atlantic
City and within two hours after reaching
there had boarded his yacht. Later she
pointed her nose ssaward. not. however.
until Penrose had got the late editions
Of the Philadelphia newspapers and had
IS q y" messages were sent TO the yacht
in an effort to get some expression from
the Senator. but to all he was silent. lie
has nothing to say.
IL is practically impossible to get any
line on anything but the national dele
gates. Even the politicians seem to for
get &hat there was such a thing az Con
gressiOnal nomination fight. In Phila-
delphia Congressman Reuben d. Moon
MAS defeated for the nominal ion. but out
side Of this one district II IL believed that
most OF the regular Republican party
selections received the nominations. as
dorsement OF the Roosevelt people
The Democratic situation Ia almost for
gotten. IT Is known that Gov. Wilson
got the Pennsylvania delegation. az he
had been indorsed by both factions of
the party. These factions are making
a fight for the control Of the State con
vent Ion in order to elect State chairman n