El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-06
BITTER FIGHT
STARTS IN
NEW YORK
Roosevelt Men Leave Sun
day For Rochester; Taft
Has the Lead.
PENNSYLVANIA FIGHT
ATTRACTS INTEREST

New York, y. Y, April 6.-Because
of New York states conceded barOme-
trical position in the national poIiti-
cal game and the bitter fight that IS
being waged between the Taft and
Roosevelt factions. interest throughout
the United States is today centered in
the Republican STAGE convention, which
is to be held at Rochester. on April g.
With 70 Republican national delegates
already instructed TO cast their ballots
for president Taft, as a result Of the
statewide primaries held on March 20,
as against seven for Col Roosevelt the
fight at the Republican state cOnVen-
ton viii center about the election OF
the four delegates at large TO the ma
tional convention. and the adoption OF
planks to be supported by the New
York delegation
The coloneTs defeat at the primaries
has only served to sharpen his appetite
Tor the contest, and he intends TO carry
mis- fight on in the convention his
adherents are still denOuncing the prl-
maries as fraudulent and while the TAFT
supporters admit that the election was
a farce, they content themselves with
hurting back the Jantallzing question:
Well what are you going to do about
it," They contend that more hon
est primary would have resulted in a
larger majority for the president
Battle starts on sunday.
The battle viii be started tomorrow
when q horde OF Roosevelt henchmen
viii sWOOp down on Rochester and
file protests against the seating or
the Taft commit eeMen with the state
Republican machine, IN an effort 70
gain control OF the Republican state
convention The protests viii be made
on the ground that the machine COM
mitteemen do not represent the popular
choice OF the people and upon the dis
Acknowledgement OF many enrolled Re-
publiCans by technical bluEders IN the
preferential primaries. This step, how
ever will undoubtedly result IN an
other defeat for the colonel, as the
committee with whom the petitions
viii be filed, is controlled by the
Barnes machine. which IS supporting
Taft Failing in this. the colonel viii
make his fight in the convention IN the
hope OF defeating the machine as he
did two years ago when he brought
for governor. His adherents feel con-
ndent that the COlOncls personality
VIII be too strong for the machine, and
he viii again STAN Dede the convention
In standpat Republican circles, hoWev-
er. his popularity is regarded as
negligible quantity 1t Is ever on the
wane, according TO Boss Barnes, and
the sage Of Sycamore Hill Is no longer
the national figure whose word is law
Irrespective Of party lines II is, there
fore, confidently predicted that New
York states four delegates at large
viii go TO swell the raft majority at
the national Republican convention in
June. In the event Of the cOlOneTs
defeat, his managers Will lmm ediateiy
begin preparations fer carrying their
fight 10 the national Republican com
mittee. They viii contest the seat OF
nearly every Tart delegate on the
ground that the selection was fraudu-
lent and does not represent the true
choice OF the people
The democratic Convention.
On April II. two DAYS after the Re
publican state convention. the Demo-
Gratis viii hold their convention in
Carnegie hall, New York. when the en-
tire state delegation to the national
Democratic convention viii be chosen.
Public interest in this convention,
however. IS not very strong. The dele
states are all controlled by the Tamma-
ny machine, and the entire delegation
to the national convention will be IN
der the domination OF Charles F. Muir
ply, the Tammany leader II is like
" the delegation viii be uninstructed.
Another eastern state Republican
convention, that Of Massachusetts,
scheduled for Boston on April II,
which promises to almost equal the
New York state contest in interest has
been vOided by the passage in Massa-
chUsetts OF q new preferential primary
law, which viii give the people a
chance to name their choice for the
Republican nomination direct The pri-
maries viii probably take place on
April 80.