The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-05-09
TAFT STAHST|C|AN
ELIMINATES 7. R,
NEEDS 313 MORE VOTES TO WIN.
WHILE PRESIDENT RE-
QUlRES 70. ..4.
CAT END OF HIS ROPE"
Claimed Arkansas and Nevada Will
Reduce Latter Figure to 49,
Massachusetts, lndorse-
tnent Of Taft.


Washington, May The first de.
tailed figures prepared by the national
Taft campaign bureau covering the en-.
tire situation were given out In con.
nection with these figures, which are
intended to show just what has been
accomplished up to this time, how
many more delegates are to be chosen
and from what states, the Taft peo-
pie make the bold declaration that
if either Taft, La Toilette or Cum
minis secure two more delegates in the
list yet to be chosen, it will be i'm
possible for Col. Roosevelt to secure
votes enough to be nominated in the
Chicago convention. The point made
is that 314 delegates are yet to be
chosen and Col. Roosevelt needs 313,
while President Taft needs only %
more to win.
Both Arkansas and Nevada are
ready to act finally for Taft and these
have been included in the table show.
ing that Mr.. Roosevelt has reached
the end of his political rope in this
fight so far as there is any hope of
his receiving the nomination at Chi.
cago. On the contrary President Taft
needs only 73 more delegates, not
counting Arkansas and Nevada, and
only 40 more, including in this table
these two states.
To control the national convention
he needs, therefore, only about one in
every six delegates yet to be elected
while Mr.. Roosevelt is absolutely elm
mated if he loses only two out of the
total of 314 yet to be chosen.
Taft Bureau Estimates.
The following figures indicate the
situation:
Number of delegates to the national
convention, 1,07S.
Necessary to nominate, $40.
Delegates elected, 74O.
Delegates to be elected, 1913.
OF the delegates elected Mr.. Taft
has 467.
Mr.. Roosevelt has 227.
Mr.. La Toilette has SO.
Mr.. Cummins has 10.
Total, 740.
Of the delegates to be elected:
Mr.. Taft needs 73.
Mr.. Roosevelt needs 313. TEL
Mr. La Toilette needs 504.
Mr.. Cummins needs $50.
The states of Arkansas, 10 votes,
and Nevada, 6 votes, are now ready
to act finally, both being for Presi-
dent Taft. This means "a additional
votes for Taft and makes the real
Taft figures as follows:
For Taft 4S1.
Mr.. Taft needs 49,.
Adding Arkansas and Nevada to the
Taft total would increase the total
of delegates elected to 76A and reduce
the number to be elected to 314. 1t
affects the Roosevelt table as fol-
lows:
Number of delegates yet to be
elected, 314.
Mr.. Roosevelt needs 313.
Hence, Mr.. Roosevelt has already
practically lost control of the conyen-
ton.
States Vet to Elect.
The states yet to elect delegates.
not including Arkansas and Nevada,
are as follows: Alabama 2. Arizona
6, California 26, Idaho 8, Kansas 16,
Maryland 16, Michigan 4, Minnesota
"a, Missouri 4, Montana 8, New Jer.
sey %, North Carolina %, Ohio 4S,
Oklahoma 2, South Dakota 10, Ten
nessee 6, Texas 40, Utah 8, West Vir.
ginia 16, Wyoming 6, Washington IA,
Total 314.
suits and the declaration made by
Col. Roosevelt with respect to the del
egates at large from that state, the
Taft managers made the following
statement:
"The Taft delegate ticket failed
only through technical error on the
part of the voters, who were confused
by an independent candidate, with the
result that more than 10000 voters
invalidated their ballots by voting for
nine Taft delegates instead of eight.
I'm the face of this reputation in
a primary held under law which was
passed by the Massachusetts legisla.
ture, receiving in the lower house the
votes Of 1856 Republicans known to
favor President Taft, but the sole
credit for which Mr.. Roosevelt has
claimed personally, only doubles the
dose OF the disaster which has be.
fallen the former president"
Homer Davenport Dead.
New York, Max AFTER hyief