The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-04-26
There Is Possibility
OF A Dark Horse
Uncertainty Surrounds Action Of Re-
publican National Convention
in June

W Gle SlCudCiOIi dIiu LIldC his 1C-HoAitiHo
ton could not be forestalled. 1t was
also argued that the apparent opposi-
ton against the administration was
only local and was not deep seated
enough to enter into the result in pro-
curing Taft delegations to the national
convention. North Dakota, Pennsyl-
vania, Illinois, Nebraska, Wisconsin
and Oregon are six of the seven states
in the union who have direct president
ial primaries in some form or other
where the party voter has an oppor-
tunity to express his individual choice.
The selection of delegates in these
states are practically final, the possi-
bility of contests being remote and i'm
probable. It has been admitted by the
Taft, Roosevelt and LaFollette factions
in the republican party that the ex-
preston of the republicans in these
primary states, if desisive, must be
considered when it came to selecting
party candidate. The vote in these
primary states, and which are all de-
pended on to furnish republican votes
in the electoral college, has been so
overwhelming against Taft and the ad-
ministration that party leaders all over
the country are sounding the alarm.
The republican vote in these primary
states have sealed Tafts fate and he'll
not be the republican nominee in
Chicago in June. 1t is likely that after
number of ballots the convention will
develop into harmony meeting and
Roosevelt and LaFollette will also be
eliminated and some man like Beve-
ridge, Cummins or Hughes be selected
as compromise candidate. The com
bined opposition vote against the ad-
ministration in the primary states as
far as reported in North Dakota So, 900
to 1000, Pennsylvania 100000 to 2OO,-
900, Wisconsin 100000 to 10000, IL
linois 24O, 900 to 10000 The returns
from Nebraska and Oregon where the
primaries were held last Friday indi-
cate republican vote of to l against
Taft. In the face fo a vote like this
the republicans cannot well nominate
Taft. That party leaders have in mind
the possible adyisability of nominating
dark horse is evidenced by the action
in New York where Taft adherents
controlled the convention, but after
two days celebration refused to instruct
the delegation for Taft. In states
having the convention system and who
have held their conventions big fights
have marked the proceedings which has
resulted in contesting delegations: The
Chicago convention promises to be the
most turbulent since the birth of the
republican party.
Clark and Wilson are the leaders in
the democratic field, but it looks as not
one candidate will control anything
like two-thirds of the delegates required
to nominate in the democratic con-
vention.
About one-third of the states have
now selected their delegates. The fut-
ure conventions scheduled at the diff
ferent headquarters are:
April 3D. Republican,, Iowa conven-
tion; Rhode Island convention.
April 25-Republican: Missouri con-
vention.
April 20 Republican: Porto Rico
convention.
Democratic: Colorado convention.
April. 30 Republican: Massachusetts,
primaries; New Hampshire convention.
Democratic: Delaware convention;
Massachusetts, primaries; Florida pri-
maries.
May Republican,: Pennsylvania
state convention.
Democratic: Georgia primaries; Con-
necticut convention.
May 8 Republican: South Carolina
convention Oily Whites). ::
May 6-Democratic:: Maryland pri-
maries; Wyoming county conventions
Washington state convention.
May Democratic: Pennsylvania
convention. II. ...s. \. H Al
May Republican: Maryland con-
vention. ~.
May 10 Republican: Wyoming con-
vention. NJ
# Democrats: Wyoming convention.
s5s May Republican: Tennessee con-
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