New-York tribune., 1912-04-04
dA1ES SWING TO TAFT.
o.i,,aries Continue Adding to His
Army Of Delegates.
ue WINS CONTROL IN IOWA
,;aent's Friends Astonished
' I'D Gratifed by His Large
Vote in Wisconsin.
= The T1bun. Bures u.

.-on April 3.-President Taft has
Wasnne o,red a majority of not less than
ir's|t sour IN the Michigan state convennon'
aIp and Wayne counties having neeh
peru ,or him in yesterdays primaries
tsn, TN obtained. with the winning OF the
W. .s,.gation OF Butler County YESTERDAY
iono w. ma iority of the Iowa state CON
o. nth many districts still TO be
ren"'' ,.oro Topeka. the largest city In
hsS'o ord the official residence or Gov
hsn'' s,ubbs has given to the President
..,ssstes from five out OF tne SIX "aIus' lS
". es presidents friends in Kansas are posi-
i .,s, he will have a majority IN 'he
w. oorvention despite the desperate ei-
fA'e :, covernor Stubbs to prevent it, Re
WV. ,ro,, Minnesota indicate victory Tor
PRESIDENT in that state, although IL Is
wv soa that either Senator La Toilette or
WI W. Roosevelt will probably have SIX
". ~ the tyenty-four delegates.
p.norts at the Taft headquarters lnoica'e
..., tho President has polled surprising
v ,.,gs vote in Wisconsin, although the
..ra delegation is conceded to senator Id
M.,,o Al no time have Mr.. Tart
,L.nds hoped for more than six delegates
-. wisconsin. but they are much grau-
"a q, the indication afforded by so large
.Tot vote in a state admittedly strong
for La Toilette. ,o,.
A report received at the Talt hearquar-
,.rs to-day from Iowa says:
Tho friends of President Taft in Iowa,
-.h onlv thirteen votes lacking 10 give
them the al necessary 10 contIol tne slaes
conyentjon to be held April az Cedsr
!,,adp'Ss !,dlp,ean nv the selection Of a solid Tatt
dsissatiop In Butler County. About twenty
e. county conventions are yet 10 pe nelu,
and adyces from Iowa are tnat ehoueh "
,hsse will select Taft delegates 10 give lhe
tJsnds of the administration good WORK
ns ma ioritv i'm the state convention. The
taft forces already have carried SIN VI
the eleven Congress districts IN IoMa; aHu
The delegates from these, tcgether Win the
four delegates-at-large VINO VIII ue Tnf, s.
last sixteen Of the twenty-eight delegates
telegram from Detroit says:
The Presidents friends Overwhelmingly
carried Detroit and Wayne counties al yes
tsrday's primaries. With the delegates al
yssay elected We are assured of majority
AZ sixty-four in the state convention, with
ons.third of the state still 10 hear from.
ottawa County sends solid instructed Taft
delegation TO state convention.
Senator Bradley, following a conference
with the President, announced that he was
going TO Kentucky TO arouse the Taft senti-
m.nt and intimated that he would have
acme highly interesting things to say about
Roosevelt The Senator has chosen as his
CHEF subject Roosevelt and Taft" The
state and Congress conventions will be held
IN Kentucky on April 10. Senator Bradley
,sId Kentucky would send practically a
solid Taft delegation 10 Chicago.
Senator Guggenheim commenting on the
Colorado convention, said:
The two Congress district conventions yet
10 act will elect Taft delegates, this giving
the President a solid delegation from the
state The people of Colorado strongly re-
sent the accusations of Colonel Roosevelt
that there was fraud in the election of dele
gates TO the state and other conventions.
President Taft has received letter from
William Moore. Of Denver, son of Bishop
Moore of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
Cincinnati, in which he says:
President Roosevelt said that outside Of
Denver he had carried-notwithstand the
Of the delegates, but had been robbed in
Denver by the Guggenheim-Evans machine.
The truth Is that there were in all 900 or
30 delegates, Of which Denver had rs to
n2 coming from outside of Denver OF the
latter Roosevelt had at most $40 and Mr..
Taft had $50 There never was q fairer
election under fairer conditions than In
Denver Whatever may properly In the
past have been charged against the ma
chine nothing can be leg1timately charged
against II on account of this last PROPOSE
ton
William Murphy, president of the Wage
Earners' Political Association, of McKees-
port Penn. says in a letter received by the
President to-day:
After fair and deep investigation OF the
past records OF the present candidates for
The office of President Of our country by
The investigating committee OF our organi-
latons, We have come to the conclusion
that you deserve the Endorsement of our
society on account Of your opinion and feel
hss toward organized labor and the wage
earners In general.
Ohio farmers are fast swinging 10 Taft,
the report received by the President from
ex'Representative Ralph Cole. Of Ohio.
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