The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1912-05-31
ROOSEVELT TO SEIZE
NATIONAL COMMITTEE
New Jersey Victory Clinches Control
of Chicago Convention for Colonel
scramble for Band Wagon
4so PLEDGED DELEGATES TO T R
Only lOl Yet Needed, with South Da
kota Still 20 BE Heard From and
Many Contests TO be Decided

Washington. MAY - The New lrr
,cy primary iu which C"iourl Roo,c.
volt won the entire state delegation
uf twruty.r.ght votes, marE. tine prur.
'iral ending of the fight for the B"pui.
licuu nomination tor the presidency.
aud insure, the nomination ut RDu,r.
Welt on the first ballot. declare h" pru
grc,,i,c leader, and n,tutr politician.
of both partic, in th., city tonight
Roosevelt now ha. ~ pledged and
uncontr,trd delegate, and Tart a9l
only : delegate, remain ,o br chosen
aud these will hc determined hy tine
primary in South Dakuta aud the state
conventions of Arizona aud ohio. Sci
thcr Of the candidates viii make 20 poI.
soual fight for these delegate,
DETECTION Of instructed Taft dolr.
gate, in South Carolina aud Mississippi
to Roosevelt, aud those which now arc
known go bc ror'Hiu from other South.
rru state delegations assure Roosevelt
the nomination on the first ballot, de-.
clare the manager, of hi, campaign
AZ Taft hradquartcr, today it Wa,
freely admitted that control Of the uu
tional committee to throw ou' Roo,c.
vclt delegates whore contests exist con.
stitutrd the President ., last hope ct
denomination.
While it * admitted that majority
of the Republican national committee
is favorable to Taft aud would 90 90
almost any length 20 forward his eau.
didacy, 1t il argucd by Roosevelt >, man.
ayers that the committee will not dare
exercise arbitrary power IN face Of the
fact that in every state in which pre-,
idcntial primaries have been held Roosc.
welt has won an Overwhelming victory
Not alone in the South, but in other
States, notably New York and Colorado
evidence i not lacking that delegate.
elected for Taft will be- found in the
Roosevelt column when the roll is call
ed on the first ballot at the Chicago
convention. Senator Dixon, Roosevelt >
| campaign manager stated yesterday
that the Colonel was assured of thirty
Of the ninety New York delegates all
of which were supposed 10 be for Taft,
and he predicted that Roosevelt would
have 800 delegates at the convention
exclusive of the contested delegates
Following the result in New Jersey
Taft managers asserted he would have
81 delegates, or 81 more than ma
| iority, and conceded Roosevelt 49, or
l0l less than enough 10 nominate him
on the first ballot. These figures, how
ever, give Taft all the contested dele
gates and are not considered reliable
by anyone who has followed the trend
of events for the last few days.
While the nomination of Roosevelt
is all but conceded, except by Taft :
intimate friends and advisors, il was
announced today that his name will Ice
presented TO the convention regardless
of what the Gnal outcome may be- Tie
will not listen to talk of a compro,
mise candidate. lie is in the fight "a
stay to the finish, his advisers assert
Today was tho last for filing Of no,
tice of contests with the subcommittee
of the national committee, and on June
6 this committee will begin the taking
of testimony. Former Senator Dick oi
Ohio will have charge of President
Taft's interests, and Ormsby McIlarg
who looked after Taft's interests al
the convention four years ago, will pre-
| spnt tho casp fnr RoosavnIt