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New-York tribune., 1912-03-19
M'KINLEY FOR PRIMARIES
Says Taft Expresses Attitude of
Campaign Managers.
From The Tribune BureauI

Washington, March lS.-Representative
William b. Mckinley, director of the ma
tonal Taft bureau. commenting on the
speech Of President Taft at Boston, to-day
said:
The rositon taken by the President OH
Presidential preference primaries, as out
lined i'm his speech al Boston to-day. Is a
fair statement of the position he and his
representatives have maintained through
out this entire campaign I'm reply to Sena-
Tor DiXons recent sO-called "challengc' for
such primaries | said on March Z: II am
IN absolute accord with the selection OF
delegates to the national convention by the
primary system wherever primaries are or
may he legally provided. fairly conducted
and surrOunded By the restrictions OF the
law"
called attention ia that connection to
the lack Of uniformity I'm the state laws gov
eTning primaries, for the purpose of making
II clear that any primary conducted without
Che pale OF the law would open the door 10
the participation Of Democrats IN Repub-
licsn primaries and TO that extent nulllfy
the viii OF the Republican masses IN the
expression OF their choice of a candidate.
This exact situation, according TO re-
ports from the Roosevelt campaign man
ayers. has already come 10 pass In North
Dakota. where tomorrow a Presidential
preference primary will be held by the
Republicans, The Roosevelt managers are
already proClaimlng from the house tops
that they are in grave danger OF defeat,
and as an excuse they are alleging that
The Democrats OF North Dakota are prepar-
ing TO participate in that primary In the
interest Of Senator La Toilette, The Presi-
Dental Office is OF too great honor and dig
nifty to be dealt with lightly by the mem
bcrs Of the Republican party. lf, under a
widely heralded state law such charges as
these can be made, whether based upon fact
or not II Is easy TO suTmise what might
be eXpected and what would be almost GER
tain TO happen would he soap box pri-
mary law worthy of the name.
Senator Joseph NJ Dixon. chairman of
the Roosevelt executive committee, issued
q statement to-nsht referring 20 President
TafCs declaration in Boston to-day for
Presidential preference primaries. with GER
tain cafeCuardg
New-York tribune., 1912-03-19
About 5000 officehoIders There,

There are in Texas approximately five
thousand officeholders. All are heholden to
Colonel Lyon. who has long been boss Of
the state. To secure the delegation for
Colonel Roosevelt this year, provided the
representatives Of Taft do not succeed IN
restoring the party to something approach
Ing it's former proportions, Colonel Lyons
prOt6ges need influence only four votes
each in addition to their own. And " they
succeed in doing this the five thousand
oficeholders and their following of four
each will control the complete Texas dele
CATION of forty members.
One of the favorite and frankly admitted
methods of Colonel Lyon has been to hold
conventions at some point so remote from
the centre of population that negro dele
gates could not, even II elected, afford the
railway fare to the conventiOn-a feat by
no means difficult in a state of such mag
nfcent distances.
The Taft managers are seeking TO over
throw the Lyon oligarchy, first by restOr-
ing the party to its former voting strength
and, secondly, by giving all Republicans,
regardless of color. chance to express
their views. OF course, the negroes are
bitterly opposed TO the Lyon regime, which
has practically robbed them Of all voice in
the party councils, and they are equally
opposed to Colonel Roosevelt, who is rec
ognized as the former benefactor and pres
ent protege of Colonel Lyon. The frank
and open boasting of Colonel Lyon that he
purposes and has practically achieved, the
elimination Of the negro is regarded as an
unfortunate reflection oh Colonel ROOSc-
vclts professed determination not TO close
the door of hope" to that race. 1t has been
declared by some Of his supporters that II
he does not put the screws on Cecil Lyon
he will forfeit every negro vote in those
states where the race has not been dlsfran-
ChisCd.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-19
TO REPLY TO PRESIDENT
Roosevelt Will Answer Taft S
Boston Speech To- day.
IEy Telegraph to The Tribune.

Oyster Bay. n, Y, March 1S.-Theodore
Roosevelt will make a reply tomorrow TO
President Tafts Boston speech, delivered
to-day in which the President referred to
the preferential primaries advocated by
Colonel Roosevelt as soap box primaries
that open the avenue to fraud and vio-
lence unless properly safeguarded by
legal regulations"
Colonel Roosevelt got long telegram
from Senator Dixon in Washington to-
might asking him to reply to the President
at oEce. The colonel said that he would
20 over the address carefully tonight.
lie seemed to regard the matter very seri-
ously.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-19
SOUTH SOLID FOR TAFT
Voters, Strongly Conservative,
Fear Possible Mob Rule.
TRUTH TOLD OF INDIANA
Ex- Senator Hemenway Says the
State Will Not Repudiate the
President-Kansas Outlook.
lFrom Tho Tribun. Bureau !

Washington. March ls-Those who have
been mlsled by the shouting OF the Rooss-
Welt supporters because they cannot control
the party In the South may gain ne"
light on that section from the review Of
the situation by Joseph e. Manning, of
Birmingham Ala, who sssfrts that the
sentiment of Republican, voters both white
and negro, is for President Taft. Mr.. Man
ming says:
Almost without exception the sentiment
among the Republican voters IN tho soutns
both negro and white. Is Tor the return pI
President Taft TO the White House. lhe
South Ia naturally conservative. IL ioohS
with suspicion on the nitiativ" ana th"
referendum. II Is more In the hahit OF up-
holding established customs than Of ADOPT
ing new political IDEAS For that reason 1t
favors the nomination Of President Tsi'
rather than of Colonel Roosevelt.
Perhaps the question that has as mucn
influence with Southern voters and over
which there has been more misint@rpIeta,
ton than anything else, is that 81 federal
patronage. The charges that TAR Is u,uug .,O
his patronage 10 SECURE his renomnai,lo" ',
are absolutely false. There never was less
federal influence used IN the Souih mar
AT the present time. Under Roosevelt II
was al IT'S height Under his administration
public official who opposed him was Lt,
movH from Office, There arc many poSSnu
ofrl0als to-day who oppose TAFT, but Ihfl
stilf retain their positions. That Is the latt
attitude. -
Almost all of the county conventions anu
many Of the district and state conNentl0hs
! for the election OF delegates TO tne NJ
| publican National Convention have anesuS
! been held and in the states OF Alabama
| Georgia and the carolinas there nave nesl
| no contests, the delegates being ihStructeu
| for Taft This Is an unusual SITUATION anu
moro clearly than anything else shows the
Southern sentiment, as many OF these COT,
yentions have been held since ko'seVtlt
made hls announcement Four years r az"
! there was strife to-day there Is nonr
| sorally. | was opposed To Taft four years
ago and was sent as an opposition dsle
cate TO the national convention, 80 l tee'
| ihnt [ am not nreiudlced In my statements,
New-York tribune., 1912-03-19
The Truth About Indiana.

An Illuminating statement regarding the
primaries and conventions thus far held In
Indiana Is made by ex-senator Hemen"dy.
who says, in part:
While the law does not provide for pri-
.nares except I'm the larger cities of the
state, every effort was made In the lst con-
grcss District in Indiana TO secure vote
in the various conventions.
At Princeton, Ind, by agreement OF the
Taft and Roosevelt forces, both sides being
represented upon the board, delegates were
selected by vote, the Taft delegates receiv-
ing 2s3 votes to l6l votes for the Roosevelt
delegates In the other towns and cities
of Gibson County the vote for the Taft
delegates was largely In excess OF that cast
for the Roosevelt delegates, except at oak
land city, whore the vote was close. but
the Taft delegates won. The conventions
were conducted with such absolute fairness
that although the Roosevelt leaders at
Evansville tried to induce some one to pro
test. no citizen OF Gibson County could be
induced to contest the result.
In Pike County, al Petersburg, Wlth bdth
sides represented on the board. a vote was
taken and resulted In a majority OF more
than three to one for Tar. This fairy rep
resents the conditions all over the lst DIS
trict Wherever the Roosevelt people could
be induced TO vote the maJorlue8 were
largely In Tafts favor. II was evident
from the time the first returns were pup
lshed that the managers Of Colonel Roose-
velt's campaign would pay no attention TO
ma iorities but were instructed 10 contest
the result wherever possible.
In the final convention az the city OF
Evansville. q limited number OF delegates
from the two counties In the district, num-
herring altogether less than one-tenth Of the
delegates al the convention withdrew from
the hall and went into another building and
elected a contesting delegation. Tho better
element that favored the nomination or
Colonel Roosevelt refuse to approve OF this
action, and expressed determination tn
abide by the result Of the regular cOnven-
tiOn which was overwhelmingly In favor OF
President Taft
All Indianapolis where the primaries are
conducted under the primary law, with
every safeguard surrounding the casting
and counting OF the vote. there were almost
three times as many votes cast for Tart ai
for Colonel Roosevelt
New-York tribune., 1912-03-19
PROHIBITION CANDIDATES
Two for Preyident and Vice Presiden
on Wisconsin Petitions.

Madison. Wis, March ls Two sets Of
candidates for President on the Prohibition
ticket have been included IN the PresIden-
tial preference petitions filed by Wisconsin
PPohibitionists the states being as follows
Eugene w. Chain. Tucson, Ariz., for
President: f. L. q. Hohenthall, south Man
chester. Conn, Vice. President. and Oliver
w Stewart. Chicago. for President; Finley
{, Hendrickson, Cumberland, Md, for Vice
President.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-19
Object TO PessibIs Mob Rule.

Among the white voters ~ the south II
| Is the remembrance of his use OF southeII'
| federal patronage, his advocacy o. w, H,oti,a
| itiatiye and the referendum ana t,'e ,s
| that he has violated the spirit OF .le
| Square deal and Of fair play tnat are ~ W.!
controlling factors in their opposition 10 ',s
nomination Of cX-President RooseNen,i "a. ~ :. >
conservatives they object to me ,bn pss,pig intia
tive and the referendum. rs Slhct''d"'
| they believe In fair play. " 81.
But II is among tho black vote that lls
greatest hostility Is apparent The CoIol'' ',
people of the South have not yet loIsoI ,
! ten the Brownsville affair ana '0lon'I
Rooscvcits attitude in II. You would n1
surprised to know what good constltul1,i,,hI
students the cOlored men are, The% realH"
that I'M us nrotection lies their own protec-
tion. They realize that the Northern sentl
ment is in their favor and that Mhlle M,, 'Ia m
Republican party ~ I'm power they WI pe m
pTntectpl Colonel RoOseyelta a'uoh III
| ibe brownsville affair did more lhan any
o;hcr one thing IN destroy the negro conn +,
drnce I'm the Republican party | thnk J
car rafalv say that that action IL MANY
Responsible for the large increase IN Dh'h-
inps that have occurred in the South dur
ing the last Ave Years. u removed tne re-
stTaiut on the whites ard they TOOK ah-
vantage ~ II. But the c2lored people nav
moi forgotten IL. and they will vote FOR
! those whom they think VIII support mo
Constitution They are afraid OF the inltla-
tive and jhc referendum because they are
afraid Of mob rule.
Ormsby McHarg cx-Assjsiant Secretary
Of Commerce and Labor, who organized tho
Southern states FOR President TAFT four
years ago and carried tho contested dele
cations safely through at Chicago. to-day
! took charge OF Colonel Rooseyelts contest
I'm the Southern states
Mr. McIIarg appeared at the Roosevelt
Headquarters this morning, but declined to
spccify what his position nr work would
bo IN the campaign. Later Serator Dixon,
tho Roosevelt campaign manager. an
nounccd that Mr.. McIlarS would have sep
arate offices here. and would devote himself
entirely 10 contest work
New-York tribune., 1912-03-19
Got Me Out OF q Hole"

Thank you. gentlemen" said Mr.. Roose-
welt. taking of his his campaign hat.
That's a thine that the newspaper men
got me out of a hole.
The candidate reached Huntington at
1890. just In time to meet Controller Prem
dergast John j. Murphy. Tenement House
Commissioner. and some friends from New
York. Father York, II. Patrick's rector,
said they were invited at Colonel Roose-
yelt's request. The Controller Is the first
and only Roosevelt delegate from Kings
County. Mr. Murphy s Democrat. They
shook hands warmly with the colonel, who
kept cxclaiming: Good company! Father
York looked pleased. and observed that
there we're Democrats Republicans, Prohi-
bitionists Presbyterians and Bsptists there.
After dinner Father York carelessly men
tiopcd the schoolhouse function. by
George ! might have known he had some
thing w his sleeve" exclaimed the guest
Of honor. "he looked so innocent when ne
asked me to come over here"
The assembly hall at the schoolhouse
was jammed with pupils all the way from
the primary 10 the high school boys and
Girls, and they made "A noisy time OF IT
whom the colonel walked IN.
r. X. Toaz the principal. got them
.uletod down after a fashion. Then they
sang America" the colonel joluing In with
Father York and the rest OF the grown
ups. Then they spoke the flag salute, 81
pledge allegiance to my flag and to the
Republic for which it stands" etc. After
which they sang Columbia, the Gem of
lhn Ocean"
New-York tribune., 1912-03-19
ROOSEVELT IS RESCUED
Stuck in Mud When Newspaper
Men Help Him from Car to Land.
HE VISITS FATHER YORK
Addresses School Children and
Mothers; Returns to 'Talk
Shop" with Naturalists.
ia. r.,o,r,rb IN The Tribuns !

OYSTER Bay. March 1s.-Theodore Roose-
yelt got stuck In the mud this afternoon
between here and Huntington. where he al
tended a St. Patrick's Day luncheon IN me
ma rish house Of St Pstrick's Church ana
talked 10 nearly cisht hundred school ch'l-
drcn and one hundred mothers IN tho n's
brick schooIhouse The latter feature was
sprung on TN. colonel as surprise ana
consumed moro Of his time than he hsn
expected. Consequently he was in hurry
10 get back to Sycamore Hill and eaten up
on a lot Of speech writing he has on mana
Arthur. the chauffeur whom the colonei
SAYS is the best in the world was hitting
only n few Of the high spots along tne
macadam turnpike. closely followed by TWO
moro machines filled with reporters, wneh
to save time he turned sharply OF ~ tne
right into the yellow coat" road that con
meets with the Cold Springs turnpike run
ming into oyster Bay. The way was rolgh
and led down o sharp Hill into swsmpY
plain Ahead lay a rutty, muddy secuPn
a bout two rods wide. but Arthur let her 60
suddenly all four wheels sank to the hubs
into miry clay. and the big ear chugslng
and groaning, stopped. stock stu
1nP r0IOnSl DFSlfu WV wv S''F' -
machine. first on one side and then on the
other. and Arthur put on fun power 1ns
rear wheels few around like buzz saw
but the car simply sank beyond the aAles
into the slough. The other cars erawIeo
cautiously up and the reporters foraged
around for clubs OF wood and big stones 10
mako a bridge for the third-term cahdl-
date 10 pass over 10 dry land. From that
vantage the colonel directed the extrication
Of his car.
Eddie Fisher, oyster Bays popular ga
rage man. walked to the nearest farmhouse
and returned with few fathoms OF STOUT
rope. and after getting his car safely
around the quicksand rigged MP tow"
Every one I'm the crowd. including Coionel
Roosevelt ruined his last sundays Shlhe
helping To boost" the stranded car When
the power was turned on u was hard
work hut the rescue was finally accom-
rliaha6
New-York tribune., 1912-03-19
Children Cheer Colonel.

They stood upon their toes. waved their
little 6ags and cheered Justify when the
principal presented Mr.. Roosevelt. They
laughed and cldpped their hands when the
colonel told them that lie was coming over
again some day and give them talk about
his African hunt. He said he never saw a
boy worth his salt who didn't love to hear
about lions and olephar.s, and he'd try to
rake II interesting for the girls, too.
Then he talked to them about the nag
salute and Liberty and Justice" Il know
that YOU realize what they mean when
Won repeat the salute, but | want YOU boys
and girls To mean what you say when you
use them. | want you to insist on liberty
and Justice for others not alone for your
selves, and don't put off this until you are
grown up, for II you keep putting off you
will never want to be good citizens, he
said Then he advised them 10 live up to
the good old football maxim: Don't finch,
don't fall and hit the line hard Finally
he urged them TO be unselfish at home and
TO give everybody a square deal, without
reference to race, religion or occupation.
Afterward the colonel inspected the
schoohouse and went to st, Patrlck's par
ish house for brief informal reception. lie
shook hands with nearly "A hundred men,
women and children.
Or. Wiley, the former chief chemist of
the Bureau of Agriculture, and Richmond
Pearson, OF North Carolina, called on Mr..
Roosevelt late Sunday night. Tho colonel
said DR.. Wiley was good friend OF his.
1T was through him that ! started lie
pure food Investigations at Washington, -
he said.
Mr.. Pearson Is former Congressman
and is doing his hest 10 turn North Caro-
lima into the Roosevelt column at the Chi
Sago convention. Five nsturaists called on
the colonel at Sycamore Hill tonight to
talk shop"
Tomorrow the colonel will So to town to
meet Mrs. Roosevelt aud Miss Ethel Roose-
welt on their return from Central America.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-06-13

liam L. Pieplow, member of school
board, Milwaukee.
Moral education league-Dr. F. G.
Sharp, University of Wisconsin, Madi-
son.
Music section-Ida Bach, state nor
nal school, Milwaukee.
Physical education society-George
W. Ehler, physical education, Univer-
sity Of Wisconsin, Madison.
School library section-G. B. Rhoads
superintendent Of Waukesha county,
Waukesha.
Special education section-Anna Nj
gent, principal day school for the deaf,
Oshkosh.
1t is expected that the seating eapa-
city Of the auditorium will be taxed,
as large number of teachers have
already announced their intention of
attending the convention.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-06-13
SEND BACK HIS STOLEN PAPERS.
Judgment Satisfied Pickpocket' S
Note to Attorney r. M. Royce.


Two well dressed pickpockets robbed
Attorney Rae NJ. Royce, formerly of
Kenosha, who has offices in the Ash
land block, in Chicago, while he was
riding on a Halsted street ear at West
18th street in that city. They took
SIG in cash and several checks and
valuable papers. When Royce reach
ed his Office today he found register
ed letter awaiting him. He opened it
and found the checks and papers that
the pickpockets had taken the night
before. They had retained the cur
rency. Pined to the checks was lit
tie note which one of the piekpockets,
imbued with sense Of humor, had
written. 1t read:
Judgment satisfied in full. illegal
terms). Mob.
Among detectives and thieves, a
group of pickpockets is spoken of as
mob hence the signature.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-06-13
SCARLET FEVER CLAIMS MANY
Report from the State Shows that the
First Three Months of the Year
Brought Many Gases of Contagious
Diseases.

During the months Of January, Febr-
uary and March, 1912, 1908 deaths
were reported in the Office of the State
Bureau of Vital Statistics, This is ex-
elusive Of 421 stillbirths and CORES
ponds to an annual death rate for the
state OF l2.77 per thousand estimated
population. Comparing this rate with
the rate of 1877 for the months of
January, February and March, 1911, it
is shown that the rate for the first
quarter of 1912 is one per thousand less
than for 1911.
There is a marked decline in the
number Of deaths reported from nearly
all of the dangerous communicable dis
eases and this will account for the very
appreciable decline in the number of
deaths reported.
Comparing the deaths from certain
diseases for the months of January,
February and March, 1912, with SINH
lar report for 1911, it is shown that
there was decrease in the number of
deaths reported from certain diseases
as follows: other forms of tuberculosis
IS, measles 80; whooping-cough %;
pneumonia 231; meningitis SO; infuen-
"a IA; and puerperal septicaemia IL.
There was an increase in the number
Of deaths from the following diseases
and causes of death pulmonary tuber-
culosis 10; typhoid fever AZ; diphtheria
4; scarlet fever So; diarrhea and en-
teritis under two years 2; cancer 20;
violence 76, and stillbirths SO.
Considering the deaths reported by
age groups the statistical table shows
that there is a decline of 203 in the
number of deaths among children under
one year of age; decline of 70 in the
age group from one to four; and a de-
cline of 122 in the number of deaths
of persons 65 years of age and over.
This is a comparison with the report
of the first quarter of 1911,
Important causes of death with the
number Of deaths from each disease is
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-06-13

as follows: pulmonary tuberculosis $50;
other tuberculosis So; typhoid fever
los; diphtheria SO; scarlet fever 40;
measles Is; whooping cough 80; pneu-
monia 976; diarrhea and enteritis IN
der two years 141; meningitis 1o3; in
fluenza II; puerperal septicaema %;
cancer 400; violence 335, and still
births AL.
The northern section of the state has
death rate for this period of 1919 per
thousand estimated population, while
the rate for the central section is 11.9
and the rate for the southern section
is 14.1S
The estimated population for the
state as whole based on the annual
yearly increase is 2,3S2,711. The popu-
lation Of the northern section is 530,77S,
the central section 1890 and the
southern section /, 112,o23
Considering the deaths reported from
violence it is shown that "a resulted
from suicides; SO from railroad acct
dents; rs from accidental burns and
scalds; 20 from accidental falls; 10 from
homicides; 8 from freezing; 8 from coal
gas poison; from accidental gunshot
wounds; s from accidental drowning; 6
from accidental poisoning; from
horse vehicles and horses; 5 from mine
accidents; 4 from street car accidents;
5 from accidents due to the use of ma
chinery ;and / from automobiles.
There were two deaths from tetanus;
l from smallpox; / from trichinosis;
and l from ehicken-pox.
The deaths from infantile paralysis
are distributed by counties as follows;
Columbia / and Green l,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-06-13

The railroad crossings in this city
are always either undergoing repairs or
IN bad condition. The section gangs
are tinkcring with the Prairie avenue
pr Grand avenue crossings every day or
50, but they never seem to be able to
gel in any work that will last, For tho
convenience and safety of the thousands
Of people who have to use these two
crossing every day the city should open
negotiations with the company officials
for some cement work at these two
points. A. little effort in that direction
would be appreciated and demand for
better conditions at these points could
not be called unreasonable.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-06-13

The efforts now to save the chest
nut trees emphasizes natures revenge
for the needless slaughter of the birds.
Bird conservation is one Of the i'm
portant factors in forestry, but If
human carelessness or wantonness de-
stroys the natural means of tree de-
lenses. it follows that men are left to
their own inadequate devices to repair
the blunder, In this case worse than a
crime.