The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1912-05-30
BY ALLEN E. BEACH.

late Taft campaign in Ohio, by one OF
the most influential Taft men in the
state. when told the Taft manager and
his advisers proposed to ignore the will
of the Republican party, so decisively
expressed at Tuesdays primaries, and
grab # they could, the six delegates
at-large The word was a warning
and also sharp rebuke There Is
no likelihood that they can, and there
is ample prospect that the state con.
vention will refuse TO instruct the
delegat tes-at.large for Taft i'm the face
of a popular preference majority in
Ohio for Roosevelt of over 10000 in
the district primaries. The conven
tion would refuse to hy in the face
of that popular verdict even If there
we're not clear prospect that Roose
welt men will compose a majority OF
the convention Impotency of the ef.
fort does not detract from its monu.
mental gall.
In announcement of the beginnina
OF the Roosevelt movement in Ohio
State Chairman Walter +. Brown dis
avowed intention of stirring up fac
tional differences, seeking control OF
county organizations or nominations
for state or local offices. His and all
the Roosevelt mems sole wish was
Roosevelt delegates. That the Roose
velt-Taft contest might be conducted
or its merits and dssociated from
everything else, Chairman Brown pro-
posed that the AZ district delegates
should meet and elect the delegates.
at-large.
The Taft machine in control of the
rtate central committee turned down
that proposal The Taft men wanted
20 make the state convention a factor
In the game, so they could attempt to
club irto line for Taft all the friends
OF candidates for places on the state
ticket. They invited factional war.
fare I'm the state convention, created
the conditions out OF which II was
10 be eXrects1 would come a bitter,
row. q one-sIded state ticket, with
everybody going home angry.
AZ Nllt Ut llldl res III all buN NNb VI
the 26 counties in which delegates
were elected by direct vote, Roosevelt
men were sent TO the state conven.
ton. In practically all of the other
counties in which the Roosevelt-Taft
Issue was drawn in the election Of
delegates to county conventions,
Roosevelt men were elected. and
these conventions will choose Roose-
welt state delegates. In a consider
able number'of counties the issue was
not drawn in the selection Of county
delegates. But one list Of county del.
egates was entered at the primaries,
the tacit understanding being that
these county conventions would abide
by the result of the Roosevelt-Taft
contest in the congressional districts
and would instruct state delegates for
the winner in that contest.
Taft Managers only Hope.
II Is, in the main, on these uncon-
tested county conventions that the de-
ieated and discounted Taft leaders
are bringing pressure to secure
enough state delegates to give them
a majority of the state convention,
that they may instruct six delegate.at-
large for Taft, whose lost cause could
not be recovered by several times six.
They are doing so in the face OF
Roosevelts magnificent victory at the
polls, in the face of the deliberate,
decisive and blighting reputation OF
President Taft by his own state.
Thirty.four Roosevelt national dele
gates were elected and but eight Taft
delegates. OF Taft's eight. half came
to him from Cincinnati, where Colonel
Roosevelt and his Ohio managers
made no fight, In terms of delegates
Roosevelt carried Ohio 4 TO /. Roose
velt's delegates were elected by ma
,orities ag9regating over 100000
For months the Taft managers
boasted there would be a solid Taft
delegation from Ohio. They came &c
admit Roosevelt might get a district
or two. On the eve of the strenuous
stumping of the state they said i
Taft got less than half from his owr
state he would be beaten at Chicago
Their final claim was a clear major
ity OF the AZ district delegates, Eigh
is less than one-fourth.
The Roosevelt popular majority o
10000 is evenly distributed over tn
state. II Is everywhere admitted tha
all that saved Taft from being CON
pletely shut out was the farmers ger
orally sticking to their plows on on
of the few fine days for tillage the
have had.
This is the popular verdict the Tai
managers are sneering at. They hav
betrayed popular preferences befor'
In Massachusetts, Colonel Rooseve
turned over to Taft the eight del
Rates.atlarge, though they had bee