The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-02-22

For Taft
PAST WEEK BROUGHT FOUR
TEEN INSTRUCTED DELE
GATi.S FOR PRESlDENr
Workers Are Pleased
With Rci'urt~ E.'Om FarthcSt North
E' publican Convention Which Did
'hC Expected While the Office
Holders Controlled in Georgia.

! NC EXpcrtcd While the Office
Holders Controlled in Georgia.
Washington Feb. 22.-Fourtecn in
| structcd Taft delegates 10 the Chicago
convention were elected during the
week JUST ended, b. inging the Presi-
! dents total score TO 30. If there is
any real opposition 10 President Taft's
| renomrla;io lion it has not yet been made
manifest through The selection Of anti
Taft delegates. The delegates that
were added TO the Taft column this
week were the four from Georgia at
large and two each fl ON The LIST, 9Th =,
and 9th Georgia district, the Sth Viz
Sinia district and the LIST Tennessee
In other respects the progress OF
! the campaign for Mr.. Taft'S renOmina-
| ton has been most satisfactory to
director Mckinley, Secretary Hilles
| and the others who are taking an ac-
! tive part. All the news received dur
ing the week has been encouraging
and of reassuring character, and
even from these states in which the
so-called anti-Taft sentiment has been
news OF a most optimistic character.
Thus. Tor instance, delegates select
ed by the Watertown. wis. conven-
! ton to the End Congressional District
meeting unanimously endorsed the
President. The 3rd Wisconsin district
has put Taft delegates i1to the field
In Calhoun county, Iowa, % of the 142
40 fi<T,
declared for Taft and instructed the
delegates to the 10th district and state
conventions. Assurances from Iowa,
Kansas, Wisconsin, New Jersey, Ohio,
+ New York, West Virginia, Missouri.
and other states brought cheer TO the
men at Taft headquarters. Grove l..
Johnson, father OF Governor Hiram
Johnson. OF California, declared that
California is fol Taft, and former
GOV. J. NJ. Gillette cordially endorsed
his statement.
Former Governor lIoch, Of Kansas,
has come out openly for President
Taft. predicting the support of his
state and the triumphant lenomila-
! iiOn Of the President.
! in other Sections The "farthest
! north' Republican convention at
Nome, Alaska instructed its 30 dele
gates 10 tn territorial conventiCl at
COrdova on March so for President
/ Taft. The state committee Of Colora-
| do has endorsed the President by
vote Of 103 70 10. The Kentucky state
.
+ one vote Of making it unanimous, en-
, dorscd the President for denomination,
The Oklahoma state committee did
likewise by a vote Of - 10 2. The Re
publican central committee, of Cow
lT county, Kansas. one Of the larges'
az! icuitural counties in the state, en-
dOrSed the President. The Vermont
state committee came ont unanimously
| in his favor. The district committee
Of the Oklahoma list district endorsed
him. So did The Republican gather
| ings Of Chesterfield county, Lee coun-
| ty, Wylhc county. and Bland county,
| ln&lructing district and state dole
gates for the President. In Mcrcc
| county, Missouri. a convention elect
ed Taft del gates 10 the state c0nvcn-
| ton. IN the 9th Alabama district. the
one in which is crowded the entire
anti-Taft men captured the COMMITTEES
| by a vOt" Of IS 20 -. thereby rcmOv-
ing Hl' doubts as 10 the makeup Of
| the delegation from Alabama. II will
be sold for Taft. Hawaii has fallen
into line and the action taken by the
| IT