The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-02-07
SOuT HERN REPUBLICANS
SPLIT OVER ROOSE WELT
EX-PrCSidcnt Gets lndorScmon, of
Rump state convention
in Florida.
HARD FIGHT FOR GEORGIA


PALArKA. Fla Feb The Repuhl.
cans of Florida will send two delegations
10 the national convention in Chicago
one pledged to Taft and the other n
Roosevelt, and II will he for the nations
body to decide which shall he admitted
IN" STAT" convention which mot hare
to-day to select national delegates wen,
Io pieces before il was completely or.
gani2od The oficchodnrs waYiot
delegation instructed for Taft, whia ,hs
Ereafer number of delegates favored
Roosevelt
Joseph I"e. collector OF internal rprenno
in jacksonville and a leading negro
politician was temporary Chairman
and -he RooNoyelj men say that he showed
10y his rulings tnat all contests vera to be
decided in favor of Taft.
l'"'s rulings caused protest and more
than hait the delegates walked from the
ball convened in another place, orgau5"l
and elected delegates to the ational con.
vontlon pledged To- Roosevelt
after the departure of the in-lrcant.
tn" Taft delegates Proceeded To- complete
an organization and named del CATION
pledged to Taft. Fun State ticket. wor.
named hy each faction.
Roosevelt was told by wire of tho action
of his supporters by a committee named
for that purpos"
Tn" Taft convention was dominates
bv ofhcehoId"rS. hut there were none N
The Roosevelt convention
lher" seems to ba no doubt tla'
70" delegates IN the Roosevelt conveutou
outnumbcrrd those al the Taft mr"'ir.
\ feature Of the Roosevelt convent, 70
was the number of negro delegates vhY
shouted for the Colonel
GeorC" Chubb, who represented Florid,
on the Republican National commute
was present and watched tho pro,yed
inCS for the committee, Chubb would no
comment on the split
ATLANTA. Feb. G.-The Republicans OF
Georgia held a primary to-day to oearj
delegates to the State convention which
will name delegates to the national cor
vcntion and the results SO far a. received
lndlCat" that the party L. badly split
- between Taft and Roosevelt and tha'
there Will be many contests and "a bitter
fight when the State convention meats
In many counties there wer. two
primaries. one being held bv the Taft
faction and the other by the supporters ot
Roosevelt. Each faction elected ill., own
delegates, and the question as to which 4.
shall De seated will devolve upon the state
convention.
The Taft leaders say that the primarle,
held by the Roosevelt supporters were
irregular and that the delegates selected
have no show of being admitted to the
convention
The machinery in Georgia is controlled
hy the friends of Taft and probably they
will he able to bar the Roosevelt delegate-
from the State convention but the latter
say they will hold IA convention of thew
own. select delegates To the uations
convention and let the latter body settle
the question Of regularity.
The negro Republicans to-day seemsi
to be strongly for Roosevelt. which OK
cited comment, in view of the racial ies,
ing that Roosevelt excited when he dis
missed the negro troops for riOting al
Brownsville, Tex.
In Atlanta two primaries We're he'd a.
IN many other counties. The Taft M.
held one and voted soidlv for Taft, alJ
the Roosevelt faction, composed largo
of negroes who have not been fed po-
lltlCal pie the past few wears, voted Tor
tho Colonel The latter elcmen, man
tanned that the present county executive
committee headed 10y Henry Lincoln john
son, registrar of deeds at Wa-huetor
called the primary without party author
ity, 80 any action taken 10y TIN, prn.T,
j. VOID
II il said President Taft is especial
Interested in the Georgia situation A. \.
wants Henry Blum of Savannah lu' -
the National Committee and Henry Jack
son of Atlanta, who is collector ut lnl"'.
nal revenue, put on instead
The State convention will meet lrH
ruary | and then the question Of who gr''
the Georgia delegation will he settled,
WASnINGrON, Feb. q l.. h, Nos'N
nat atiouai committeeman for Mississippi
wired to-nigul that the Repuhlican Nia''
committee O. Nls-iss ppi al ite m"",lnH
in jackson to-day adopted the i"'o"
ing resolution unanimously,
That "" hit,Iv iudorse and approN'
the administration of our ~laie-lldu.
President William IL TAFT and h"r'N'
cNprr-- our confidence in his wisdom a,.
leadership and viii work to ~"rur' 10.
MN a r,SlOmlnat ton.