The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-03
FORTY LINE Up
FOR PRESIDENT
Only Thirteen Members d
the National Committee
Favor Roosevelt
HILLES STATEMENT
GIVES NEW FIGURES
| Claim of Senator Dixon As to-
Status Have Been Irri-
tating to Taft and
His Friends

WASHINGTON. April 2.--Replytn0
today to direct inquiry as to whefner
Senator Dixons claim that majority
Of the republican national committees
is with Colonel Roosevelt. SecrstAxY
HiIles made this emphatic statement
at the White House:
"The members OF the national COM
mittee. In overwhelming majority. Ar
supporting the candidacy OF Preg1o0ae
Taft. This is demonstrated BY lett1Aas
kilograms. interviews and public stats
nients. In which the members nayO.
made their positions perfectly clear+
We are confident that the comu1atte
will decide all contests fairly and g
their merits. All we ask Is thai 80
shall be given real square deal
but President Taft's nomlnatton
will not depend on the decision ok
the contests He viii have a lart0
ma. ority OF the uncontested deie9ateo
The Republican national ccninnfte4
is with President Taft by about fonr
to one. according to good authority,
and that tiisposes OF the claims OF the
Roosevelt people that their uniimited
and unrestricted contests win bring
them results in June.
The President and his friends hAv0
made an especially careful canvass "a
the situation as to tho national COM
mittee and have Tong been SATISFIED
as TO the friendly sentiments OF @thSS
committee: They are confident that tne
contests for delegates will be decided
fairly and squarely upon their nioftte-.
The claims Of Senator Dixon -
to the national committee have been
more or less Irritating because they
were 20 far from the known facts -
gathered by those close to the Presf-s
dent as to make them absnrdly rtdica1~s
lous. s4
The President has gone into tisA.
subject a number of times. and thu
White House In confident today. thee
at least forty OF the fifty-tlree nsem-
bers Of the national committees aro.
with the President now. and Will. y.
showdown II II considered hIkiIy
probable that the Taft people VIII
have forty Ave Of the members OF the
committee. leaving seven To Roose~
Welt and one to La Toilette.
The Roosevelt people have claimed
twenty mine out OF the total member
ship OF. fifty-three. In their claims
they have placed Chubb. OF Florida-
vino really controlled the F'furttn com.
vention for Taft. and had the dele-
gates instructed for him: Duncan. Of
North Carolina, who Is openly work
ing for Taft. gave nm interview ~
Chicago In favor OF the President, ana
WAS named as one OF the suh-commit-s
tee on ARRANGEMENTS for the national
convention: Murphy. Of New Jefney..
who has given several sections favor
able to Taft. and recentiv spent I've
days as a guest OF the Presideat ~
the White House: Blodxett. Of Nfleh1si
ran. 10 strongly for TAFT that tn1
Roosevelt people there have bee4
scheming to get him on the coMxa5f-E
tee: NARROW, OF Montana. who, = fe0
days ago used his influence 70 c0sla-
init the State committee to Tart
which was done by a vote OF - TO IL
Perkins, OF Washington. ono Of Tho
managers OF President TAFT IN thAe
State; Williams. OF Oregon. openly Co.
Taft in many interviews. and Sturte
OF Arizona, who took luncheon WIN
President Taft Friday last ara ~
out for him. " II
Colonel Roosevelt csn ciain duly
tho following: District Of Columnlis
sidney Bieber: Idaho. William
Borah: Kentucky. A. r. BurMA19&
Louisiana. Pearl Wight: New YdyEp
william L. ward. South Dake&aS
Thomas Thorson; Tennessee. - M
Monday: Texas, Cecilia. Lyno--A TO-
OF eight Those whose posifione 80
not known. or who are cIasaeA -
Edoupfftif IRE. r Z C. Tut ont 81
ware: Frank b. KelloxG. az M1nMoe
sofa: r. II. Todd. Of Porto Rico: J6MM
G. Capers. OF South Carolina. and W
fred T. Rogers, Of Wisconsin. D.
Point. Kelloeg and CApArs arc bo1l4xN
I'd TO Be for Taft. Todd's attitude T.
not known. and Rogers u . II He9e
lette man. 53s = . !.