The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-29
THE NEWS or THE WEEK.

Massachusetts promises to furnish
the most interesting political news OF
the present week. Presidential pref
erence primaries will be held there
to select all delegates to the coming
national political conventions. The
primaries In the Bay state will oher
a test Of sentiment different from any
that has gone before. inasmuch as
they will not be complicated with
local fights of any kind. They are
called for the sole purpose of electing
delegates to the national conventions
and they will not affect a single state
or county office. They will not even
be indicative of sentiment affecting |
| the governorship, or national issues,
for that matter, for the state conven-
ition is eliminated and the Massachu-
sets delegates to Chicago and Balti-
more will not be governed even by
platform.
| The names OF Taft, Roosevelt and
ILaFollette will appear on the Repub-
/ lican ballot in Massachusetts,. Both
Taft and Roosevelt have visited the
state several times during the past
two months and it is generally adj
lmitted that the race between them
will be close. On the Democratic bal
lot will appear the names of Clark
! and Wilson, though it is understood
that the Massachusetts delegates at
4 Baltimore will vote for Governor Foss
Ion the first ballot The primary re
suits will determine who is to be sec
ond choice of the Massachusetts DEM
8 ocrats.
4 Both Taft and Roosevelt are fight
= ing for the New Hampshire delegates
who are to be selected by the Repub-
lican state convention which will
meet tomorrow in Concord
Pennsylvania Republicans are to
meet in state convention in Harris
: burg Wednesday to nominate candi-
! dates for auditor general. state treas
urer and four congressmen-at-large
and to select twelve delegates to the
/ national convention. Encouraged by
their success in the recent primaries
e the. Roosevelt followers are laying
d plans SO that their control OF the
/. convention may be unquestioned, and
: also with a view OF overthrowing
e Senator Penrose and completely
h wrecking his political machine
e Other events on the Republican
e calendar for the week will include
al the state convention in TENNESSEE
it and the state convention In West Viz
GINA Tennessee is claimed by tn,
Taft managers, while Roosevelt is be
lieved to have the land In West Viz
!, GINA.
The Democrats will be even busie
- during the week than the Republicans
In addition to the presidential pref
), erence primaries in Massachusett
! there will be similar primaries TO
- the Democrats in Georgia and F1orid
- and state conventions In Colorado
. Connecticut and Delaware
-. The contest In the Florida prims
- ries will be confined to Woodrow Wi
= son and Oscar w. Underwood an
:. the situation is believed to be virtua
ly the same in Georgia. Connecticr
- Democrats are expected to instrut
!. for Gov Simeon E, Baldwin, Will
- Harmon, Wilson and Clark will flgl
~ it out in Colorado. II Delaware Il
structs it probably will be for Wilso
-, Events Of the week outside the feI
=, of politics will include Presidel
~ Taft's visit to Georgia, the celebr
~ ton of the Louisiana centennial
80 New Orleans, the great parade
woman suffragists in New York, II
~ unveiling OF statue of Archbishc
30 Carroll at Georgetown university, al
or the general conference of the Meth
,aa dist Episcopal church, which is to a
~ semble in Minneapolis Wednesday.
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