The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-03-04
THE COLONEL'S SEVEN
UNS0UGHT GOVERNORS
Republicans Ponder on the Vol
untary 'Invitation to the
Dance"
DON'T COUNT GOVERNORS
Taft Has Got the Most Gov
ernors az Well as the Most
Delegates So Far.

The Republicans hereabout have taken
up the fact that seven Republican Cover
nors have declared for Col. Roosevelt g
nomination. while twelve Republican
Governors have declared for the renomina.
tion of President Taft. The Outlook ha,
justified Col. Roosevelt's acceptance OF
the nomination offered to him by sever
Governors by quoting from his address
of welcome at the Battery in Now York
on his return to this country in June, 1910
when Mr.. Roosevelt said:
am ready and eager to do my part. %
far as | am able. in helping solve problem
which must he solved II we. OF this the
greatest democratic republic on which the
sun ever shone. are 10 see its destinies rise
10 the high level OF our hopes and its oppor-
tunities This is the duty OF every citizen
but II il peculiarly my duty; for any man
who has ever been honored by being made
President of the nited states il thereby
forever after rendered the debtor OF the
American people. and is bound throu g hout
his life to remember this as his prime obli-
cation.
The outlook commented
IL il In this spirit that Mr. Roosevelt has
yielded 10 the demands which have come
to him from every part of the country. cul-
minating in the unprecedented cominunica-
lion from the Republican Governors Of seven
States. and has declared that IL the Rriub-
'ican nomination Tor the Presidency comes
to him he will regard it as a call to service
which he will not shirk. This duty laid
before him has been not OF his seek ing
Now that II has come unsought, II plainly
accordi with what hs said in the Battery
pHhrass n Mr. RnnsaNelf has I'M this n ~
a. an American citi7en should meet il.
" neither the Governors have rightly in
terpreted the will of the party only the
future will show
Republicans who have been pondering
the voluntary Invitation to the dance
played by the seven Governors pointed
out yesterday the following interesting
facts:
Gov. W. r. Stubs speaks from Kansas.
Taft carried Kansas by 5000.
Gov. Aldrich speaks from Nebraska.
Bryan carried Nebraska by 4.iO2.
Gov. Bass speaks for New Hampshire
Taft carried New Hampshire by $4,000.
Gov. Osborn speaks from Michigan
Taft carried Michigan by 100000.
Gov. Hadley speaks from Missouri.
Taft carried Missouri by 8?a.
Gov. Glasscock speaks from West
Virginia. Taft carried West Virginia by
26, 900
Gov. Carey speaks from Wyoming.
Taft carried Wyoming by G.OOO.
All the foregoing Roosevelt Governors
were elected by majorities running far
below those of Taft. with the exception
of Aldrich, who received 1870 plurality
In, Nakr, ,cl, tNo, nrp q, lat
from the regular Democratic candidate for
Governnr. James C. Dahlmann, and Gov.
Hadley. whose plurality in Missouri was
far greater than Taft's.
The situation concerning the twelve
Republican Governors who have spoken
up for Taft is as follows:
Gov. A. D. Eberhardt speaks from
Minnesota. Taft carried Minnesota by
se.44?.
Gov. NJ. +, Hay speaks from Washing
ton. Taft carried Washington by H.s7i.
Gov B. F. Carroll spea ks from Iowa.
Taft carried Iowa by 7l,439.
Gov s. S. Pennewill speaks from Della
ware, Taft carried Delaware by 2,sla.
Gov. John X. Tener speaks from Penn
sylvania. Taft carried Pennsylvania by
2s7 .Ool.
Gov. Ben W. Hooper speaks from
Tennessee. Bryan carried Tennessee by
1924; Hooper. Republican. carried the
State in 1910 by 1895.
Gov, Phillips Lee Goldsborough speaks
from Maryland. Taft carried Maryland
by sos; Goldsborough in 1910 by 1907
Gov. William Spry speaks from Utah.
Taft carried Utah by 1914.
Gov. A. j. Pothier speaks from Rhode
Island. Taft carried Rhode Island by
1925.
Gov Charles S. Deneen speaks from
Illinois. Taft carried Illinois by l7v, ,l22.
Gov. T. l.. Oddie speaks from Nevada.
Bryan carried Nevada by 437; Oddie. Re
publican. carried the State in 1910 by ,6s7.
Gov. j. A. Mead speaks from Vermont.
Tart carried Vermont by 2s,058.
Governors were elected by pluralities
far below those Of Taft except in the two
States of Nevada and Tennessee. which
were carried by Bryan in 1908.
The total electoral vote Of the Roose-
welt Governor States is 60 The electoral
vote Of the Taft Governor States ia 1873.
As matter Of fact. though, the decla-
ration of Governors for Roosevelt or for
Taft amounts to very little in Republican
national politics. The primaries. direct
and otherwise, and local and State con-
ventions determine the election of dele
gates to the national convention, and
in a vast majority Of States the Governors
themselves are the creatures Of these
primaries and conventions. The facts
are that up to this morning Taft has 10
delegetes instructed or pledged, while
Roosevelt's grand total Is 7, six OF whom
are contes ting