Evening journal., 1912-05-23
TAFT SAYS
HE HAS WON
NOMINATION
Presidesi Claims he Already
Has More Delegates Than
Necessary
EXPECTS l6 Of
THE eHIO VOTES

that the victory has been won, al
though the fight is to be continued up
10 the end of the pre-oonvention cam
paign, President Taft issued a state
ment last night in which he declares
that the question of his nomination is
settled and that he will have a clear
majority when the roll is called in
Chicago.
On his return from Ohio the Presi-
dent. satisfied that the crisis had
been passed, went over the list of del
egates instructed or pledged for him
and made the statement in which he
saws that at a most conservative es-
innate he has $40 delegates, or 30
more than are necessary to a choice
Although somewhat disappointed with
the result in Ohio. he is confident of
success in the national convention,
the result in his own state having
clinched the majority in his favor.
There will be no pause in the cam
uafgn, however. which will be carried
on just as earnestly in New Jersey as
il was in Ohio An arduous trip has
been arranged for the President, who
left the capital early this morning.
He will stop at Philadelphia and will
deliver his opening speech in CAM
den tonight. The New Jersey cam
paign will not be closed until one
hour before the opening of the polls,
and will be fought in practically every
county in the state.
Claims Control in Ohio.
President Taft in his statement
says:
Our opponents quote from a state
ment of mine. made in Cleveland, that
the night in Ohio, my home state, much
to my qualification would be the de-
cislve one and would settle the ques-
tion of my nomination This is true.
shall have al least seventeen votes
from Ohio, including the delegates-at-
large for we have every assurance
that we shall control the state con-
vention.
This will constitute a clear majority
in the national convention. Indeed
i'm addition to the votes from Ohio
delegates elected for me from other
states of which have been advised
since my Cleveland statement give
me. AT the most conservative estimate
$40 out of the 1918 votes in the ma
tional convention-thirty more than
the number necessary to nominate.
am going to New Jersey to take
mart in the coming campaign there
for the same reason that I went tc
Ohio. and such delegates as we may
receive from New Jersey will thus
make assurance doubly sure
Claiming control of the Ohio con
vention bv the Taft forces, as doeI
the President. Director Mckinley IS
sued statement in which he say
there will be 5S3 Taft delegates to the
national convention, not includinl
those from the doubtful districts il
Ohio This is 43 more than ma
iority Mr.. Roosevelt, he says II
more than 40 short of a majority.
Taft Lines SOlidifed.
Director McKinley's statement IN
part follows:
The outcome of the Ohio primar,
has in no degree altered the rela
tive strength of the various candidates
An the Chicago convention. President
Taft has gained enough delegates II
Ohio to assure him of at least sil
hundred delegates in the Chicago con
veption. He is already assured o
control in that body by a substantial
majority. and the outcome in Ohio
whatever il may be, has not in tn
slightest degree altered the situation
except 10 add President Taft to Theo
dore Roosevelt and Senator Cummin
as another candidate who has lost hi
own state. Roosevelt lost New Yorl
nv s3 TO and Senator Cummins los
iowa nv 16 TO 10. both going to Taft
President Taft said when he tool
the stump I'm Massachusetts: "I havl
only begun to fight" That Statement
holds good today. The outcome II
Ohio If it has had any effect at all OF
the Taft strength in the Chicago con
vention has only served to solidif,
the Taft lines and make more certain
Taft outcome.
The president will have a majority
Of the delegates in the Chicago con
vention from every section of thu
country. clearly indicating that he i
the choice of the majority Of the ranl
and file of the country. and that M
other Republican can hope to be elect
ed this fall. The defeat of Theodor
Roosevelt for a third term is assured
Men Behind Roosevelt.
The Roosevelt forces concentrates
every ounce Of their energies in al
endeavor to carry Ohio. They wer
favored by a campaign of misrepre
sentation carried on in the State 70
three wears by two personally ownel
and conducted syndicates of newspa
pers. the owner of one an alien 10 tn
State. having openly boasted durin
that time that he cared nothing 70
Ohio. but was eager for the time Z
arrive when Ohio's political leader
would visit him in his far off HON
and bend the knee in humble submis
sion to dictatorial sway. The othe
owner is the son OF father long re
vered in Ohio, whose sole motive Il
this campaign has been to wreak
personal revenge on the President.
In addition Mr. Roosevelt was ia
vored by having the boss" OF tn
State Walter F. Brown. chsircan @
the Republican State Committee. Z
run his campaign Brown was actu
ated BY no other motive in his oppo
sition to the President than tina
President Taft has refused to appoin
political judges on the federal benche
suggested by him. Furthermore
Brown has been the sponsor OF IN
last two State tickets in Ohio, both {
which have been repudiated by tn
rank and file Of the party, and hi
present temporary victory has onl
served to stave off the inevitable
his case for the time being
II is reliably reported that u
Roosevelt hackers in Ohio have e.
pended 100000 in the campaign
that state alone The Taft fore
expended $4,000 all told from the