The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-17
.BORAH'S BONNET
IN The RING
Enter Brand New Republican
Candidate for President of
These Great United
States.
THE POLITICAL NOISE
\
cummins is Going to Make Better
Showing Now In Home State
Says His Man
ager.
THE POLITICAL NOISE

LUnited Press Leased Wire Service.l
BOISE, Ida.. Marcn 16.-An organ
ization was perfected here today for
the purpose of launching boom for
Senator William E. Borah of Idaho
for the republican nomination for
president The organization Is back
ed by friends of Borah who believe
that the contest between Roosevelt
and Taft will wage SO hot before the
national convention meets that COM
promise candidate will be demanded.
The Lincoln county republican con-
vention today Endorsed Borah for
president and instructed its delegates
to the state convention to vote for an
instructed Idaho delegation for him.
A Roosevelt Claim.
| OYSTER BAY, March 16.-Colonel
Roosevelt declared tonight that Presi-
dent Taft would have the support of
only sixty of the 127 delegates which
the presidents managers claim are
| pledged to his candidacy When the
question of whether the Taft dele
gates would stand hitched, was put tc
Roosevelt he said: Taft has only
sixty delegates that he can count or
for support. | know this is a fact
The colonel denied that he had any
thing to do with the selection o.
4 Ormsby McHarg, a Wall street lawyer
as his assistant campaign manager
He said William Il. Ward, The ayNsst
chester boss had picked McHar:
/ for the job.
Don't Overlook Albert.
DES MONIES. Iowa, March 16.-
Returns from dozen republican
county conventions and half as man,
county primaries and caucuses tonigh
I indicate that Senator A. B, Cummin:
will have the backing of his owl
state in the republican national con
4 vention, although the Taft men viii
4 not concede it, Two years ago Cum
| Minis controlled the state convention
1 by 2S5 and his hackers tonight sail
he would control the next one by from
130 to $50. Until today's conventions
i the Taft men were having it thei
own way but from now on, John Briar
! Cummins manager and private sec
retary, says it will be different
4 Rriar counts the Roosevelt strength
which is not pronounced for Cummins
Campaigning in Blizzard.
/ FARGO, N. D., March 16.-With
driving snowstorm raging over til,
4 eastern half of the state, with th.
mercury dropping and the forecas
for the next two or three days "snoy
and colder" the LaFollette and Roose
I welt forces in North Dakota are look
ing forward with apprehension to tn
presidential preference primarie
i Tuesday Each side is fearful tina
bad weather will hurt its chances
and each is battling heroically agains
the elements in 3 frantic eleventh
4 hour scramble for votes.
pldN GU tlc bi4ESdi O W
J night and went to Grand Forks fror
here. He will spend Sunday at Gran
Forks and will fight his way farthe
north into the storm Monday morn
ing, speaking at Devils Lake in tn
J afternoon and Minot at night, thu
keeping up the fight to the las
minute.
All Taft in Indiana.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March 16.-
President Taft tonight has four II
diana delegates pledged to supper
him in the republican national cor
, vention
The convention of the seventh Ii
. diana congressional district late thi
, afternoon elected Mayor Shank Of thi
T city, and Captain w E. English. a
delegates and pledged both to vot
! for the president Two Taft delegate
, already have been elected by tn
[ first Indiana district The Roosevei
forces, however, assert that they wi
contest all of these seats in the Ch
cago convention.
On the basis of the showing of tn
seventh district conventio,. and r.
: ports from throughout the state as I
political conditions, Harry S. Ney
national committeeman from Indian
and leader of the Taft forces, asser
ed tonight that the president woul
have practically solid delegatio
from Indiana.
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