The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-03-14
PRESIDENT GETS
NINTH DISTRICT
OF Delegates Selected Taft Has All
Cummins 1872, Roosevelt "a.
SO COUNTIES YET TO ELECT
Seventh District, Home of Senator
Cummins Today Elected Dele
gates For Him-First Conven-
ton in Second Next Saturday.

Des Moines, March 12.-Special:
The Ninth congressional district re-
publican convention in session at
Council Bluffs today elected two Taft
delegates to the republican national
convention, making six so far to have
been selected and so instructed.
The Seventh district republican
convention was held here today and
two delegates instructed for Cummins
elected to the national convention.
These are so far the first two select
ed for the Iowa presidential aspirant,
and this is his home district.
The First district is conceded to
Taft by the progressives and the
Tenth and Eleventh conceded by the
regulars to either Cummins or ROose-
velt This will leave Taft eight dele
gates to the national convention and
the Cummns and Roosevelt forces
combined six delegates, with the Sec
ond, Third, Fourth and Fifth districts
as open fighting ground.
First political blood will be spilled
in the Second district next Saturday
when the Johnson county convention
will be held. This will go for Taft.
The Fremont county convention at
Sidney yesterday, which instructed its
delegation to the state convention for
Taft, made the fortieth county in
which all doubt of the question of
cunnOrt has hpan settled
These forty counties give Taft AT
delegates; Cummins 1872 delegates,
and Roosevelt "a. These Taft coun-
ties with their delegations to the
state convention are: Henry IA; Lee
%; Louisa IL; Davis s; Jasper 10;
Keokuk Is; Mahaska 1S; Monroe IA;
Wapello "a; Madison 10; Marion IA;
Adams 8; AppanOOse II; Clarke 8;
Decatur IL; Fremont II; Lucas 10;
RinggOld II; Taylor 10; Union ~;
Wayne II; Adair IL; Audubon 10;
Cass Is; Guthrie IA: Harrison lG;
Mills (divided) 4; Montgomery IA;
Pottawattamie 80; Calhoun Is.
The Cummins votes come from
las II; Polk "a; Story 20; Warren IA;
Shelby II; Buena Vista 13; Sioux IA.
For Roosevelt-Page II; Mills (di,
vided) 7.
As there will be 1,4S1 delegates in
! the republican state convention at Ce-
dar Rapids, TAI delegates will be
necessary for the election of the del
egates-at-large to the national conven'
ton. 1t will be noted that with less
than half the counties heard from
Taft has more than half the requisite
number of votes.
Harvey insham Chairman.
Des Moines, March Especial:
Judge Jesse A. Miller of Polk county
and f. Fl. Addison of Story county
were selected as delegates to the ma
tional republican convention in Chi
cago. At the Seventh district con-
gressional convention held here to,
day, Harvew Ingham, editor OF the
Register and Leader, was temporary
chairman and w. F. Craig of Madison
was secretary.
Hart is Endorsed.
Council Bluffs, March Especial:
Taft sentiment was prevalent in the
Ninth district congressional conven-
ton which was called to order at II
o'clock today with 1876 delegates pres
ent. Ernest E. Hart,a Council Bluffs
banker, was endorsed for reelection
as national committeeman from Iowa,
and Judge w. r. Green was endorsed
for denomination to congress.