Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-06
SEES COSTLY MILK BUSY WEEK AHEAD|
CarIn Predicts Higher Prices Republicans Will Elect 1901
in the District. Delegates to Chicago.
BLAMES THE FADDISTS NUMEROUS CONVENTIONS
Attract
Whose Cows Are Killed. Especial Attention.
ASSAILS TUBERCULIN TEST BIG EFFORTS ROOSEVELT
Of
Passage Of Measure to Re
ieve Dairy in Other States.
NUMEROUS CONVENTIONS
Illinois Primaries Will Attract
Especial Attention.
BIG EFFORTS FOR ROOSEVELT
Wilson Men Hope to Get Most of the
Fifty Delegates-Fghts
in Other States.

One hundred and sixty delegates to the
republican national convention will be
chosen next week. 1t will be about the
busiest week in the business Of delegate
making since the preconvention cam
conventions scheduled for the week are
mostly in what has been known as the
Roosevelt territory
The managers of the Taft campaign
expect to get part of the 100 dele
gates An equal division Of the weeks
product would bring Tafts strength ur
to 354 and ROosevelts up to 112. AS
the politicians view the situation, they
do not see how the third-term candidate
can expect much after the conventions
OF the coming week have spoken.
Two months ago the politicians were
willing to concede something like 800
delegates to the third-term candidate. At
the present time they do not see how he
can possibly obtain that many delegates.
The outside figure for him is now $50.
Roosevelt's ultimate strength in the con-
vention will depend to some extent on the
strength Senator La Toilette displays in
Nebraska, South Dakota, Oregon, Wash
ington, California and one or two other
states. La Toilette has set out to be
second man, If not first, in these states.
Factional Fight in Louisiana.
The coming weeks political activity will
begin with the Louisiana convention,
which is to be held Monday. 1t would be
strange If two conventions were not held
in that state, for there never has been a
time in the last thirty years when the
republican party in the state was har-
monious. The lilly whites and the
''black and tans'' are fighting as usual
faction will send delegates to the Chicago
convention. The outlook is that, in any
event, the delegates that finally obtain
seats in the convention will support the
President for denomination.
On the schedule for Tuesday. the 9th,
are the New York state convention, the
direct primaries in the congressional dis
tricts in Illinois, conventions in the first
and second Vermont, and tenth, eleventh
and seventh Kentucky. The statewide
primaries in Illinois Tuesday. will at
tract even more attention than the New
York state convention. These primaries
are, of course, of interest to the demo-
Gratis as we'll as to the republicans.
Rooseve1t's Advantage in Illinois.
Illinois from the beginning Of the re-
publican contest has been known as
Roosevelt territory.
The original third term candidate or
ganization was established in Chicago.
and long before any special efforts were
being made in behalf of President Taft
anywhere the Roosevelt supporters had
organized Illinois. The Roosevelt
national committee has devoted special
attention to the state for more than two
months. Under the circumstances. the
managers of the TAFT campaign will not
be surprised if at least half OF the dele
gates go to Roosevelt.
Some OF the men associated with the
Taft campaign say that Roosevelt might
POSSIBLY take twO-thirds OF the delegates
come would be discouraglng in a way. it
would. they assert, have no effect on the
final result Of the contest.
The managers of the campaign Of Gov.
Woodrow Wilson for the democrats
nomination have large hope of gathering
in for their candidate most Of the fifty
delegates that are to be chosen at the
primaries. Illinois. not having redistrict-
ed, will elect eight delegates at large.
Contests in Other States.
The state conventions of kentucky,
Maine and Vermont and the district con-
ventions of the tenth Michigan and the
ninth Tennessee will be held Wednes-
day. The anything to beat Taft
forces have been making a vigorous cam
paign in Kentucky for several weeks,
but the supporters of the administration
report to headquarters here that the
President will certainly control the con-
vention.
They are disposed to concede Roosevelt
two districts in the state.
There will be a fight for control of
both rhe Maine convention and the Ver-
mont convention. Each side is today as
serting that it will be able to control
Doth Of these conventions. The contest
for control of the Michigan state con-
vention. which is to be held Thursday, is
also spirited. The information that has
come TO headquarters here indicates that
neither faction Will have a large major
ity in the convention.