Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-23
POLITICS DAY BY DAY

state of California, but the entire Pa
cific coast. One of the most recent prom
inent democrats to declare for Mr.. Clark
Is state Senator John b. Curtin of Tuo-
lumne. Constitutional Johnny Senator
Curtin is a powerful factor among the
democrats of California. At a meeting
IN Los Angeles. called by the adherents
OF Gov. Wilson, the name Of Speaker
Clark was so vigorously cheered that it
disconnected the friends of the New Jer
Sey governor.
"A dispatch from Pennsylvania received
at Clark headquarters today from one of
the leading democrats of the Quaker city
says:
Growth of sentiment positively surpris-
ing. Will bet even money we carry the
delegation "
In New York city yesterday the Re
publican Club, which includes in its
membership all the republican leaders of
the city and state. declared for the re-
nomination of Taft. There was not a dis
sent:ng vote from the $50 members who
attended the meeting.
Headquarters for the democratic ma
tlonal committee will be In Chicago, after
the convention in Baltimore in June. ac-
cOrding to Edwin Seton of New york.
assistant secretary of the committee. who
went to Chicago from Indianapolis last
night. He found telegram awaiting him
from Secretary Trey Woodson. telling
him of the plan Mr.. Seton made tenta-
tive arrangements at downtown hotel
for quarters for the committee.
The Roosevelt headquarters last night
added another statement to the series or
ment in Texas papers attributed to H. F.
MacGregor, the Taft manager in that
state.
"This advertisement takes place in his
nrfn
wherein the secretary to the President
admitted his use Of federal patronage to
force Congress to pass the KIND OF legls-
lation Mr.. Taft desired. said Senator
Dixon. the Roosevelt manager. That
procedure was a gross violation of the
spirit of the bribery statute and certainly
was intimidation.
Senator Gronna of North Dakota. on
his way to Washington from the recent
primary election, SAID IN CHicdSo iaSI
night:
1--WE expect TO carry South Dakota. and
there is good fighting ground in M1nne-
sofa and Montana. If the sentiment ia
he will carry all the western states over
whelmingly.'
George w Perkins, addressing meet
ing of business men in Baltimore last
night, said he was more interested IN
principles than in men. and said he ia
vored Col. Roosevelt for President be-
cause he believed the colonel would carry
out better the principles in which the
speaker believed than any one else. He
condemned the Taft administration for
falling to amend the Sherman anti
trust act so as to remedy existing evils.
In a statement he issued last Tuesday.
discussing President Taft's Boston speech,
Col Roosevelt said. with other things,
that Every Roosevelt member Of the
Mary land legislature is for the primary
bill, and they have been endeavoring to
secure the assistance of Collector Stone
and Gov. Goldsborough and the other sup
porters of President Taft"
Goldsborough. who, in a letter to Col
Roosevelt. inclosed a copy of State Sen
ator Harpers original primary bill. provid
ing for statewide presidential primaries.
which. the governor says. he heartily in
dorses. and informs the colonel that on
the 10Th instant he transmitted a mes
sage to the general assembly recommend
bill.
At the harmony meeting in Nashville
yesterday of democratic editors and
politicians Of Tennessee a resolution
was adopted providing for q state con-
vention to be held at Nashville May Is
for the purpose of nominating d candidate
for judge of the supreme court, judge of
the court Of civil appeals the nomination
of presidential electors. the selection of
delegates to the national convention and
the selection of new state committee.
1t was further provided that in the
event that a majority of the members of
the two state executive committees
ifxy h. Mo NV :.