The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-04-05
TAFT CLAIMING 278
TWENTY-EIGHT TO BE CHOSEN
THIS WEEK At WISCONSIN
AND GEORGIA PRIMARIES.
CLARKLEADsD DEMOCRATS
The Speaker Has Seventy-TWo Dele
gates, Wilson Ten, Marshall
Thirty-Many Primaries in
April.

election Of Taft delegates in Alaska
and in the Ninth Missouri district,
the Taft managers claim to have 2TS
delegates to the Chicago convention.
During the coming week t~Wenty-elght
delegates will be elected. OF these
twenty-six will come from Wisconsin,
whose direct primaries are to be held
on Tuesday. 1t is conceded that Sena'
tor La Toilette will win in that state,
On Thursday two delegates are to be
chosen in the Seventh Georgia district.
and it is said they will be for Taft.
OF the Taft delegates thus far
claimed for him, 125 come from north
ern and western states, counting Mis-.
souri, as a northern state, and 1873
come from southern states. A maJorl.
ty of the Chicago convention will be
$50 votes.
Attention is called to the fact that
on March 80, four years ago, Taft had
only 1876 delegates. The combined OPP.
position to him had on that day eighty.
two delegates, and of the Taft dele.
gates thirty-four were contested, all
of them from the southern states.
Colonel Roosevelt is conceded thirty
delegates by the Taft manager-eight
In Indiana, in New Mexico, seven
in New York and fourteen in okla.
homa. Senator Cummins has two del
egates from Iowa, Senator La Toilette
has ten delegates from North Dakota.
On the democratic side, the list
stands: Clark seventy-two, Wilson ten,
Marshall thirty, and the twelve dele.
gates from Maine u~ninstructed, but
supposedly pretty evenly divided be-
tween Wilson and Harmon. Delegates
from New England of both parties are
usually uninstructed. The six dele.
gates from the Philippines are not in.
structed, but it is said they favor
Clark. The convention which elected
them passed resolutions saying Clark
was it's choice for president. Adding
the Philippines to the Clark column,
brings the total up from sixty-six to
s~eventy-two.
The contest in Wisconsin is be.
tween Wilson and Clark, there being
no Underwood or Harmon tickets in
nomination.
OF the delegates thus far chosen at
county conventions in Iowa, Clark has
1877 and Wilson thirty-seven. These
county delegates will be members Of
the district and state democratic con.
ventions will elect delegates to Balti.
more.
Primaries in April.
Republican conventions for April
will be numerous. BY the end of the
month about two-thirds Of the dele
gates to Chicago will have been
chosen. Following is the April list:
2-Wisconsin direct primaries, for
both political parties.
4-Seventh Georgia.
6-Utah state committee, to fix date
for convention.
8-Thirteenth Indiana; Louisiana
state convention.
9-New York state convention; first
and second Vermont; seventh, tenth
and eleventh Kentucky. Illinois primA.
ries; Chicago primaries.
10-kentucky state convention; Yer
mont state conventions; tenth Michi.
gan; Maine convention.
11--Michigan state convention; SEQ.
ond Missouri.
13-St. Louis ward primaries; Penn
sylvania district primaries.
14-Tennessee state convention.
15-Hawaiian convention.
16-Connecticut state conventions:
Delaware state conventions; first Kan.
sas; first South Carolina.
17-All the Connecticut congress
sional districts.
18-Nebraska direct primaries: Ore.
gon direct primaries.
22-Sixth Missouri.
23-Twelfth Indiana.
24-1owa state convention; second.
thifd, fourth, fifth, tenth and eleventh
Iowa; Rhode Island state and district
conventions.
25-Missouri state convention,
29-Porto Rico convention.
3O-Massachusetts direct primaries.
n list OF democratic conventions
for April is very incomplete, due part.
ly to the fact that these conventions
are coming from one to three weeks
later thai the republican convention.
So far as reported in this city, the
democratic April dates follow:
2-Wisconsin direct primaries. for
both parties.
6-Arkansas county conventions.
8-lllinois direct primaries, for both
parties.
13-District primaries in Pennsyl.
vania.
19-Direct primaries in Nebraska
and Oregon, for both parties.
29-Colorado state convention.
30-Florida primaries.