Arizona republican., 1912-03-17
Mckinley and Dixon Each Take a Rosy View of Great Presidential
 Contest f :,
BOTH CHAIRMEN
 QUOTE FIGURES
Dixon, as Usual, Charges Fraud, and Says He
 Will Take Fight
 to Committee '
I [ASSociafed Press DiSbatch1


 WASHINGTON March I6.-Con- tests against Taft delegates from all the southern states to the Chicago republican convention will be taken before the national committee in June by the Roosevelt forces according to d statement given out here over the signature of Senator Joseph NJ. Dixon, campaign manager for Roosevelt. That the purpose of the Roosevelt managers is to attempt to overthrow all of President Taft's southern strength before it can be seated in the Chicago convention was further borne out by tables contained in Dix ons statement.
 Diron's estimates give Roosevelt fcrty-four delegates and comedies only fourteen to President Taft. Taft dele gates from southern states, eighty four in number. are placed in the contested" column. Director William B. Mckinley, of President Tafts cam paign committee. who also published tabulated estimate of strength today. claimed 131 for the president and con ceded only thirteen to Roosevelt. The only item upon which the widely dl- vergent statements of the campaign managers agree is the concession Of two delegates from the seventh Iowa district to Senator Cummins.
 Senator DiSou'S statement declares that contests will be made in all southern states. because most of the conventions have been called and controlled by officeholders. and have been illegal and fraudulent in char acter. in methods and in the tactics pursued
 "Convincing proof of this fact will be presented to the national com mittee." added Dixon. by delegates instructed for Col Roosevelt. none of them officeholders. elected by legal and proper methods, in accordance with the call of the national com mittee It is apparent that the Taft managers purpose tO carry out the plan of contesting delegates in the northern states. in order to cloud conditions. This is demOralizing to the party. but the issue as thus made will he made with vigor. In adopting this plan, the Taft man. agers are assured of decision of contests on their merits. The north ern states and districts never will submit to man. handling their dele Sations through bogus contests. When the national committee is confronted with the necessity of m making fair decisions in northern districts. It will establish precedents that must insure fair decisions to southern dis tricts also
 The Taft claims as given out by Director Mckinley. coneede contests in the following congressional dis tricts:
 First Georgia, Third Virginia. Third and Fifth Missouri Third Oklahoma. This makes a total of ten delegates
 The Roosevelt statement declares that the following delegates. now claimed by the Taft forces, will be contested:
 Alabama. IA: District of Columbia. .2: Florida. F: Georgia. 20; South Carolina. 6: Tennessee. F: Virginia, IS
 "The conventions in the southern states were all called and held strict lv in conformity with the call issued bv the national committed" said Mir Mckinley. 50 far as we know. the Roosevelt supporters went into these conventions and made their fight; IT they held separate conventions ano elected other delegates. we have not been advised of the fact