Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-23
flavor Mr.. TAFT CAR LINES PROPOSED
California Woman Voters for Washington Railway Company
Him. Says Mrs. Dodge. Asks Right to Extend
EXECUTIVE MUCH PLEASED PLANS AFFECT NORTHEAST
Hundreds Thousands Ballots Necessity Additional Trackage
Cast by Western Sufragsts. Cited Congress
DYNAMITE ED" PERRY TALKS CONVENIENCE TO CITIZENS
Oklahoma Now Hard
Loyal Party Nominee Be Made Easier
Of Access
California Woman Voters for
Him, Says Mrs. Dodge.
EXECUTIVE MUCH PLEASED
Hundreds of Thousands of Ballots
Cast by Western Suffragists.
DYNAMITE ED" PERRY TALKS
Oklahoma Republicans Will Be
Loyal to Party Nominee,
He Tells Hilles.

"The republican woman voters of Cali.
fornia are for Taft They admire him
as an able. clean man. They like his
record as President and they are grateful
for what he has done for San Francisco
and California in behelf of the Panama
Pacific exposition and otherwise
This was the declaration of Mrs. w. f
Dargie Of Oakland at the White House
today. Mrs. Dargie is one of the best
known women of California. Her husband
owned and edited the Oakland Tribune
and upon his death she assumed the di-
rection of the paper. a most influential
one. Her sentiments to the Presiden,
are shown in the support her paper is
giving to Mr.. Taft.
President Pleased.
1t is not often that the executive Of
fees are visited by a woman eligible
to vote. The President has found much
to be delighted with in the frequent
reports reaching him that he has the
sympathy of the great majority OF
republican woman voters in California
and elsewhere in the west.
Mrs. Dargie, who was presented to
the President by Representative Know
land. confirmed the general report:
that the President is certain of the
vote Of several hundred thousand Cal.
ifOrnia women, who invariably go tC
the polls in primaries and general cleo
lions and often exercise the balance OF
power.
Andrea Sarboro, a prominent San Fran
cisco business man. who met the Presi-
dent with w. r. Wheeler as his escort
stated that San Francisco republicans APP
peared to be almost Overwhelmingly for
the President.
The sentiment in California is most
gratifying to the Taft managers because
there is to be q presidential primary In
that state, one OF the best in the country,
and the Taft people are not the least
pie as jury. The prospective Taft VIC
tory in California will have great in
fiuence in the Pacific coast region, both in
the Chicago convention and in the Novem-
Der election.
Col Roosevelt was for long time rep
resented as having California "sewed up,
as the boys say, but the Taft men declare
that the stitches have broken.
Perry for Nominee.
Dynamite Ed Perry, about the mos
conspicuous Roosevelt republican in Okla
homa, whose work had much to do witt
giving Roosevelt the ten delegates elected
by the recent republican state conven
ton, was a prominent visitor to thu
White House today. In his frank, opeI
western manner he dropped in on Score
tary Hilles to tell the President secre
tary that while he is for Teddy" al
long as 1.-The colonel has a chance to b.
nominated, he is a loyal republican ant
will support the nominee.
Perry halls from Coalgate, Okla, WHERE
the first memorable contest in that stat'
between the Taft and Roosevelt force:
took place. Perry, in charge of the Roose
welt forces, enlivened things by shooting
off dynamite near the convention hall
having a cowboy ride into the convention
hall on horseback and yell for Hoose
welt, and pulling off a few other pictur
esque stunts that are distinctly new t
eastern politics.
II simply wanted President Taft t.
know that while We boys are for Col
Roosevelt, and that We like him, We arr
true-blue republicans, and we will supper
the man nominated at Chicago and Civ
him the electoral vote of the state. W.
have nothing against Mr.. Taft, and We
managed the business of the state con
vention so that there is no i'll feeling.
do not believe for a minute that Col
Roosevelt will bolt the Chicago conven
ton and come out independent if he is not
nominated. That's all rot The coloners
game, and If he is licked he will take his
medicine like a man. We are going tt
do all We can to nominate him. but If he
isn't nominated we are DING to turn in
and elect Taft, who has made a gooo
President.