Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-05-31

Harmon, %
Doubtful. lo1
Yet tn he chosen. 260
Necessary to win, 72y
New York, May 27.-The Herald's
weekly political review this morning
says:
President Taft's chances for captur-
ing the Republican presidential nom
ination are greatly lessened by the
DEVELOPMENTS of the last week.
Theodore Roosevelt, with steady
gains, is likely to enter the conven-
ton on an almost equal footing with
him.
The Republican National committee
| which meets on June 9th, is practical
! ly to decide which of the two men, ii
either is to be the standard bearer OF
his party, and more talk is heard OF
bolts and a new candidate.
Such is the situation in the Repub-
lican presidential battle three weeks
before the convention, as shown by
| the Hera,d's impartial countrywide
canvass. A stampede of Southern
delegates from the President to Mr..
Roosevelt could result in the nomina-
| tioD of the latter, and there are rumb-
ling that the Southern men in some
States already are making prepara-
tions to get on the Roosevelt band
wagon.
The situation is most unprecedent-
ed, and is so complicated and so filled
with possibilities that the most trained
politicians throw their hands in the
air and declare that no man can tell
what will Mapped when the 2, l56 dele
gates and alternates assemble in
Chicago on June IS. The President
declares he will be nominated on the
| first ballot Mr.. Roosevelt's friends
say he is sure of the nomination.
! More practical of the Taft leaders
say that if his delegates from the South
remain loyal, if all those delegates
pledged, but not instructed for the
President, "stick" and if the national
committee remains in full control OF
| the Taft members and seats the Taft
men, Taft will have the necessary $40
delegates with a substantial margin,
ON the first ballot.
DELEGATES YET NEEDED.
The President mas 50 delegates yet
to gather in to assure a majority. Mr.
Roosevelt has to get 116. Both have
90 delegates yet to be elected, and the
| 80 uninstructed and unclassified and
the 46 instructed for Senator LaFol-
| lette and Senator Cummins to pick
from. Much will depend on how the
New Jersey primaries go this week,
when % delegates are to be chosen.
Mr.. Roosevelt likely will obtain the
ten from South Dakota and the eight
delegates at large from Texas. The
President likely will have the six de-
legates from Arizona.
! Speaker Clark still has good lead
and appears to be gaining. Wilson
is running second with 1879 delegates.
Underwood is sitting tight with his So
delegates. Harmon is more formid-
able now, having captured majority
of the delegates from his own State,
and Bryan. talk is being heard in
many parts of the country.
Special Efforts were made by the
Herald to ascertain if members of
some of the Southern deleg ations
were preparing to 60 over to The
Roosevelt standard. In South Caro-
lima four more delegates-six having
already switched announced that they
would vote for Roosevelt. That gives
him ten of the eighteen delegates.
In Mississippi some of the delegates
are maintaining secrecy regarding
what they intend to do. There are
rumors that some of them will "hsp."
In Arkansas the Taft men are firm.
In Louisiana there haye been no de-
sertions. In Georgia Taft will have
the support of the delegates.
With the primaries out of the way
in Chic, attention now centers in New
Jersey. The Herald's correspondents
find a growth of Roosevelt sentiment
and feel certain that the delegation
will be divided. Indications seem to
be that Roosevelt will have the better
of the battle. The President stated in
bis speeches in New Jersey that no
matter how the struggle ended in that
state he would have majority of the
delegates in Chicago. Some of his
closets advisers, speaking privately,
said the whole matter is up to the
| national committee and they believe
that at the present time they have con-
troll of that body.
| Ranm for Sneaker n F. Rvrd