Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-15
TAFT MEN CLAIMING IOWA
VOTE WILL BE VERY CLOSE
CumminE Men Say They VIII Have
Majority of Observation-Disclosures
Delegate. May Hold Ball
anee eff Power.
lrrom ! staff correspondent.l

tFrom a Staff Correspondent
DIES MONIES, April A-tSpeciaL l-Ali
S Of the county conventions for the Iowa
republicans have now been held. The
. situation has been left In such form that
Z both factions In the state are claiming to
be able to control the state convention.
Prior 60 the holding of tie last caucuses
the claims were insistent and somewhat
exaggerated, but moro recently they have
been modified and now both sides admit.
privately at least. that the convention IL
so close that It's control will depend upon
manipulation I'm the convention and the
disposition Of some of the uninstructed
delegations.
II Is claimed for Taft that he has q
clear majority Of thirty or forty In the
convention. and tho claim Is made for
Senator Cummins that he has majority
perhaps AZ high as dozen. not more.
Nesther side 10 disposed to give accu-
rate figures. because Of feeling that to
co 30 would draw tho fire on some dele
Entions which arc claimed BY both sides
they prefer to let the matter rest AMI
wait to see what the convention win do.
The feature Of the campaign that IL
most striking is the fact that II was con-
Quoted without bitterness on either side
and there were no fierce contests for con-
venti0ns. In the main each county was
left 10 take care Of itself. with only such
urging from central headquarters as
could be done by. correspondents. There
has been fisappeArance of muris OF the
former strife and III feeling In Iowa. save
IN . few counties. and whatever the re-
suit of the convention the Iowa repub-
iicans viii be left In shape TO support
the nominee unitedly.
Tho campaign for President TAN was
directed by John T. Adams from Du-
bnque. Mr.. Adams will. II tho Taft
forces control the convention, be So
iecssd - tina Ioxa member Of the ma
ticnai e64hmittee-,s Tha lnAyipaign for
CummIns. 40 rsr - tneru was any, was
directed By his secretary, Mr. Briar. who
has he~n with him for many years. There
was practiraiiy no i,ossy spent I'm the
campaign. only. ssish AS was needed TO
pay postage on q few fettsrs-and teie-
phone toIfs, TO q few leaders on both
sides. = Al-e
Resuitn In the Districts.
The sssndpsttefs now have Twelve dele
gates sssursd from SIX Of the Iowa dis
trsctx.S while ths progressives arc like
wise ASSUMED ar ten delegates from the
other Owe dlstfiefs, II Tho former got
the four nj large trey will have sixteen
Of the fwenty-six deieeafss from Iowa:
II the iattsr win st Cedar Rapids they
win hAset fourteefi or the twenty-six dele
gates. The contrtt OF The doiseation /
therefore depends on the state eonyen- !
ton. - %sS 80 sss'ssss.
The -rumnslns men have not made any
slate for the state delegation. the only
name considered being that Of senator
Ssmmls % Plymouth The Taft men
arc understood 10 have arranged that In /
case they can do 20 they will name rs
delegates w. r. Hepburn. Late Young.
George ID. Perkins and "a. r. Carroll.
1t IL assured that no matter who may
be the delegates 10 tho national canvcn- |
ton seiected at the Cedar RAPIDS .conven-
fion the national and state admlnistrR- |
tions and the Iowa delegation In congress-
win bs indorsed and commended. There
has been no disposition In Iowa to fight |
or attack the president and there has
been ne use made Of any Of the various |
sntasvuistic addresses delivered in other
states
Contest for state offices.
Ono thing which helps greatly In this
situation Ia the character Of the contest
for the state offices. There are three
candidates for governor on the republican
ticket. Only one could be CHASED as a
strictly factional andldate-Proudfoot.
Mr.. Clarke 10 receiving quito as strong
support. from ono faction as from the
other. Prof Holden Is running indie
pendent and docs not even claim to be a
republican. 80, also. for United States
senate. both candidates are counting upon
support. from both factions. Kenyon,
the incumbent. was elected By votes Of
both standpatters and prugreasivea, and
has almost as many standpat supporters
as pfngresayes. = Young makes an appeal
TO the voters without regard 10 faction.
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