Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-12
La Toilette Will Be Allowed
WaIkover in North Dakota.
CONTEST IN OTHER STATES
Not Even Wisconsin Will Be Con-
coded Without q Fight.
PRIMARY DATES ARE NAMED
Selection Of Delegates to Republican
National Convention Will Begin
Latter Part Of March.

The dates for the various republican
primaries and state conventions to select
delegates to the Chicago national con-
vention June Is are becoming known.
North Dakota holds the first statewide
primary March q. The Taft people have
practically abandoned the field there to
the La Toilette faction. but this is the
only state where the Taft leaders intend
to yield an inch.
The trouble In North Dakota, almost
wholly an agricultural state borderin :
Canada, is that the farmers became bit
ter against President Taft because Of his
attitude on reciprocity with Canada. The
President has plenty OF friends tie e. but
as the primary Is to be held early and
people the decision was reached to put
no ticket in the field.
Early in New York.
New York's primary, in the congress
sional districts only, takes place March
%, one day ahead Of North Dakota, but
in the Empire state the delegates at
large are not selected by primary, that
being left to the state convention. North
Dakota elects a full ticket Of delegates.
rOIlOWlHS new 1oTh Auu NOTtu la
kota will be Wisconsin, the home of La
Toilette. The date is April 2. There
the Taft people will make a stiff fight.
and they claim that they will win some
of the delegates. AT any rate, the Presi-
dent has thousands of strong hackers
there, and they are going to flock to the
polls.
Nebraska's primaries. state wide, are
April II, and the unique fact there is
that Col. Roosevelt's name has been
neaA HhA foko nd rpnth IVsp dnr1 10
to take it off. The Taft people are con-
fident as to that state, the republican
leaders being for the denomination of
the President
state is the home of Senator Bourne in
surgent organizer and sympathizer. But
the President has been told that he will
carry the state, Representative Hawley
and National Committeeman Williams
being both for him and looking after his
interests.
Counted Sure for Taft.
New Jersey, a sure Taft state. has her
primaries late. May %. and South Da-
kota comes along June 4. While MIR.
Taft will apparently have no telling OPP
position In New Jersey. Gov. Wilson.
democratic candidate for President, is
threatened with q fierce fight from with
fortunate for him that the primaries in
New Jersey come off late. as 1T will enable
his managers to corral delegates through
out the country before possible adverse
result in his own state.
Ohio holds congressional district pri-
maries May q. the date being fixed by
law. The delegates at large there are
elected by the state convention. The La
Toilette people, headed by ex-Secretary
Garfield and Clifford Pinchot, are going
to try to win q number OF district dele
gates in Ohio. The Taft people claim
that they will not be able to make prog
ress and will lose out in every district.
Wisconsin and Ohio primaries. The gen.
eral belief is that La Toilette will prove
as strong in his home state as Taft does
in Ohio.
Democrats at Same Time.
In all the statewide primaries the
democrats elect delegates at the same
time as the republicans.
Florida's republican state convention
is February 6. Virginia comes along
March IL, Alaska March 80. with other
states likely to fix dates all along
through March.
Alabama held one state convention
last August. at which all factions were
represented, and elected Taft delegates,
but this convention having been de-
clared null and void, being before the
call Of the national committee. another
convention has been called for the It'll
Of March.
Congressional conventions to elect
delegates will be held in Illinois April
II and the state convention for dele
gates at large will be held April 10.