The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-05-25
PROGRESS OF THE PRESIDENTIAL
CAMPAIGN.

II L
control of the Republican national
convention increases in interest ana
becomes more spectacular every "eHh
Although considerable prepondef-
.ance Of the delegates chosen up 70
this time are favorable to Presldeht ]
Taft's denomination, Mr.. RooseVell
has achieved several notable success
es. and his whfrlwind campaign
methods will take him into the
Chicago assembly next month with
much more formidable following thah t
his opponents have heretofore oeeh
willing to concede.
| Massachusetts gave the pfeslaelli
a majority of 5000 over Roosevelt
lut owing to the printing on the pal
lot of the names OF nine Ia1t ueiS=
gates instead Of eight, the RooseSels
| delegates at large ran ahead OF Tue
Taft group Mr.. Roosevelt mas ~
leased the delegation from any oDh-
cation to vote for him and expressed
4
tha oninion that they should vote foi
}, Mr.. Taft, but the delegates IheAh-
; selves have not yet accepted tAAls
: view and may insist on their rls1<
, to exercise their individual prefer
: enees and support Mr.. Roosevelt II
the convention. If they do this the
q M,ecachusetts vote will stand Is for
: Taft and Is for Roosevelt. IL thes
/ adont the view of their candidate the
q vote will be 26 for Taft and lo Ioi
d Roosevelt
a Col Roosevelt carried Maryland oy
verv narrow margin, which Will
d give him the entire vote OF thae seaee
a under it's primary law. He Will aiso
J. oct the bulk of the Kansas vote, hia
5. friends having controlled the ssaue
5, convention there by a large 1na]orles
4 The Texas primary has been very
d olosa with the indications faVoflhs
Le a Roosevelt victory. Iatt mas coy.
e. tured the Nevada delegation OF slS
e, votes. and according to the clalihs
of his campaign manager is no" s's
is. sured of more than the necessary nun nun
r. her of votes to land the nomllaeloi
i. ni+bo,t taking into consideration the
81 additions to his strength to pc ue
rived from Ohio, New Jersey ana l1'
other states yet to choose their oele
, oates This claim is ridlculed by TIT
Roosevelt leaders, Of course, who eS
90 nress the fullest confidence that tnel
- candidate will carry the Chicago COZ
-, vont;on nv storm and win the nom
III. nation hands down.
The heaviest jolt President La
al nasz received in this contest is "a
&C. loss Of his own state, Ohio, where 2
he was beaten by about $4,000 ma1orlt
FIJI in the presidential preference p
not mary election last Tuesday. Accors
ling to the latest returns received
ro. This writing Col. Roosevelt has ca
tho tured so of the district delegate
Isl leaving only 10 to the president. -
any six delegates from the state at lars
DO will be chosen by the state conVe
;ts ton on June 3, and while both "a
tons are now claiming the ab1ll
vel. to control this body, present. 1ndlc
lions point to the election of ST
- ficient number Of Roosevelt suppo1
49,, ers to give their candidate the del
~, cation at large in addition to the
az from the districts, thus placing G
Ohio vote in the national conVenti
-, at SO for Roosevelt and 10 for IA
New Jersey is to have her prlma
next Tuesday, and the rival Rept
iican aspirants are vigorously CO
-, yassing the state. Gov. Wilson
have no opposition for the Den
cratic delegation from New Jersey
its Speaker Champ Clark carried NJ
on1, sachusetts, Maryland, Colorado a
ooh Washington, and has a good lie
do over the other Democratic presld'
half tial aspirants, but Gov. Wilson Is
strong second. having recently ado
and Pennsylvania, Delaware. Texas q
me probably South Carolina to his STIR
non Congressman Underwood is bacE
,nse. by Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi
ica, Florida, but it is likely the fingers
,ou. one hand will more than suffice
# to count the remaining states that
upon ign themselves in the UnderW'
lstry column.
Gov. Harmon received about
same majority over Coy. Wilson
the Ohio primary that Col. RooseE
- !, did over President Taft, but may
n,,a, control as large a number Of the
egates to the national Democr;