The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-04-18
TAFT NOW CLAIMS
$40 DELEGATES
AS A RECALL OF THE SEVERAL
PRIMARIES HELD LAST
WEEK.
ia SAFE FOR ROOSEVELT,
Woodrow Wilson Climbs to ,oa LLeav,
ing Champ Clark a Lead Of Only
sixty.-Mtnor Candidates
Make No Gains.
174 SAFE FOR ROOSEVELT,

Washington, April 16.--The week
closed with $40 delegates to the Chi
cago convention claimed for Presi-
dent Taft. ia conceded to Colonel
Roosevelt. SO to La Toilette and 4 to
Cummins. .
On the democratic side, Clark ends
the week with 1863 counting Arkansas.
whose primaries have Just declared
Tor him. to 1O3 for Wilson and 30 for
Marshall, while 1902 are uninstructed.
During the coming week the repnb-
ilcans are to elect delegates az fol.
lows:
April l5--Hawaii.
April 16--Connecticut state conven.
ton. Delaware state convention. First
Kansas convention. First South Caro-
lima district convention.
April 17-Connecticut congressional
district conventions.
April 19-Nebraska and Oregon d.
rect primaries.
The democrats are to elect dele.
gates during the coming week through
the Nebraska and the Oregon direct
primaries, on the 10th and in addition
to that the Alabama state conven-
ton is set for the 18th.
The totals given above include re.
turns from the Pennsylvania district
primaries. which were held Saturday.
Claims of Taft Managers. .
OF the convention set for this week
Taft will get Hawaii with six dele
gates. the first Kansas and the first
South Carolina. with two delegates
each, his managers claim that he will
have a majority in both Connecticut
and Delaware. He may even have
the solid delegation from both these
states.
The Oregon and the Nebraska pri-
maries probably will favor Roosevelt,
or La Toilette. In Nebraska there is
a chance that Taft will get a few
delegates. but this is not certain. In
Oregon, it is likely that Roosevelt or
La Toilette will get the entire ten
delegates.
F1fty.six delegates in all are to be
chosen this week, and it seems likely
that they will be rather evenly divid-
w w anu I~lOOSGVClL VI La
Toilette. Below is a tentative esti.
mate as to how these delegates will
be divided:
For Taft-Connecticut 10. Delaware
4, first Kansas 2. first South Caro-
lima 2, Hawaii 6, Nebraska 4; total.
%.
For Roosevelt OF La Follette-Con-
nQotioIt a no1ouoro 9 AIoh,1ol>o 20
Oregon 10; total, %.
The delegates for Clark, not includ-
ing Arkansas, are distributed as fol.
lows: Kansas 20, Missouri. SO, Okla
homa TO- Alaska 6. Philippines 6, I'LL.
nois So, Wisconsin Z.
The Twenty-Five Wilson delegates
come ten from Oklahoma and nine.
teen from Wisconsin.
Marshall has only the 30 votes of
Indiana, this being merely a "~favorite
son" acknowledgment.
The 102 uninstructed delegates rem.
resent the 80 from New York and the
II from Maine.
Harmon is the only active candidate
on the democratic side thus far with.
out delegates to his credit.
Distribution for Taft.
The 329 delegates claimed for Taft
come from the states and territories
as follows: Alabama %, Alaska 2,
Colorado 8. District OF Columbia 2.
Florida II. Georgia 26. Illinois Q. In.
diana 20, Iowa s. Kentucky 25, Louis.
lana 6. Michigan 16, Mississippi 90,
Missouri ~, New Mexico 7. New York
80, Oklahoma 4, Philippines 9. South
Carolina 16. Tennessee 16, Vermont 6.
Virginia "a.
The 100 delegates conceded Colonel
Roosevelt come from the sevcral
states as follows: Illinois, Sc: Indi,
ana, 8; Kentucky, /; Maine, u; Mich.
igan, Q; Missouri, 6; New Mexico, !;
New York, z; Oklahoma. IA; Yer.
mont, g..
La Toilette has SO delegatcs-1O in