Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-02

with President Taft by about four TO one
poses OF the claims OF the Roosevelt peo-
pie that their unlimited and unrestricted
contests will bring them results in June.
The President and his friends have made
tion as to the national committee and
have long been satisfied as to the friendly
sentiments OF the committee. They are
confident that the contests for delegates
will be decided fairly and squarely upon
their merits.
The claims OF Senator Dixon as to the
national committee have been more or
less irritating because they were so far
from the known facts as gathered by
those close to the President as to make
them absurdy ridiculous
The President has gone into the subject
number Of times. and the White House
Is confident today that at least forty OF
the hfty-three members OF the national
committee are with the President now
and viii be with him to the end In the
final Showdown 1t is considered highly
probable that the Taft people will have
forty-iye Of the members OF the COM
mittee. leaving seven to Roosevelt and
one to La Toilette.
Lineup Of the Committee.
The lineup Of the national committee.
from the best inside information, is un-
derstood to be about as follows:
For Taft-Alabama. p. ID. Barker;
Alaska. L. p. Shackelford: Arizona, w. s.
0ftay RI
California, George A. Knight. Charles T.
Cavender; Connecticut. Charles F. Brook
er; Florida. Henry s. Chubb; Georgia.
Henry Blum. jr.; Hawaii, II. L. Holstein:
Illinois. Frank o. Lowden; Indiana.
Harry S. New: Iowa. Ernst +.
Hart: Kansas. David w. Mulvane:
Maine. Mr. Simpson; Maryland.
w. Murray Crane; Michigan. John W.
Blodgett; Mississippi. L. b. Moseley:
Thomas A., NARROW: Nebraska. Victor
Hampshire, F. w. Estabrook; New Jer-
sey. Franklin Murphy; New Mexico, Sol
omon Luna; North Carolina. E. G. Dun
can: North Dakota. James Kennedy:
cade: oregon. r. E. Williams: Pennsyl-
vania, Boise Penrose; Philippines. Henry
B. Mccoy: Rhode Island. William p.
Shefheld: Utah, c: E: Loose: Vermont.
a.
Washington. s. A. Perkins; West Vir-
ginia. Nathan B. Scott; Wyoming.
George Z. Pexton.
This gives to President Taft forty men,
this list is little open to real dispute.
Claims of the Roosevelt People.
The Roosevelt people have claimed
twenty-nine out OF the total membership
Of fifty-three. In their claims they have
placed Chubb OF Florida, who really con-
trolled the Florida convention for Taft
and had the delegates instructed for him:
Duncan Of North Carolina, who is openly
working for Taft, gave an interview at
Chicago in favor of the President, and
was named as one OF the subcommittee
on arrangements for the national con-
vention: Murphy Of New Jersey, who has
given several interviews favorable TO Taft.
and recently spent two days as a guest
OF the President at the White House:
Blodgett OF Michigan, so strongly for
Taft that the Roosevelt people there have
been scheming to get him OF the COM
mittee: NARROW Of Montana, who a few
days ago used his influence to commit
the state COMMITTEE to Taft. which was
done by vote of % to 10: Perkins or
Washington, one of the managers OF
President Taft in that state: Williams OF
Oregon. openly for Taft in many inter
views anu Sturges OF Arizona, who took
and is out for him.
or the remaining thirteen members
Of the committee, Col. Roosevelt can
claim only the following: District OF
Columbia, Sidney Bieber; Idaho. Will
liam E. Borah; Kentucky. A. r. Bur-
nam: Louisiana, Pearl Wight; New
York. William l. Ward: South Da-
kota. Thomas Thorson; Tennessee. NJ.
c. Monday: Texas. Cecil A. Lyon-a
total of eight. Those whose positions
are not known or who are classed
doubtful are: T. c. du Pont OF Della
ware, Frank B. Kellogg OF Mime
sofa. r. H. Todd of Porto Rico, John
q. Capers of South Carolina, and AL
fred T Rogers of Wisconsin. Du Pont.
and Capers are believed to be
for TAFT Todds attitude is not known.
and Rogers is La Toilette man.
Democratic Senator Praises President
Senator Smith Of South Carolina used
some Of his biblical knowledge toady to
apply to present-day political conditions.
He was at the White House to talk with
The : President. President Taft is the
finest republican Presi-
dent who ever sat in the White House"
decIs red the South Carolinian. La Fol-
lette may be described In what Paul said
on one occasion He has the zeal Of God.
but not according to knowledge. As for
Col. Roosevelt he has the knowledge. but
not the zeal of God.