Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-04-15
RIVAL MANAGERS MAKE
ENpIN\ \TIONs OF RESULTS


ENpI.AN \rIONS OF RESULTS
Washington. April l4-"rhe ava
lanche victory for Colonel Roosevelt
In Pennsylvania spoke the final word
and made the reputation of the Taft
candidacy complete. Statement at
Roosevelt headquarters.
The president is In this fight to
stay. He viii be the nominee Of the
republican convention ut Chicago. He
was nominated four years ago without
the votes of Illinois. PENNSYLVANIA, In
diana, New York or Wisconsin "-
representative William b. Mckinley.
director of the national Taft bureau.
When the complete returns are re-
ceivnd, II is probable that the New
Jersey governor viii have the solid
delegation OF seventy votes. -
statement at Woodrow Wilson head
quarters.
speaker Clark x friends expected
little and made practically 40 fight In
Pennsy lNania The latest advices as
sure At least seventeen votes. State
ment from clark headquarters.
The foregoing is an rpltome of com
mtnt made tcdaN ON the PENNSYLVANIA
primary by campaign managprs.
The statement from Roosevelt head
quarters refers briefly to Pennsylvania
The quotation given was practically
all on that subject. The rest was a
review of all the contests To date. set
ting out the claim of the Roosevelt
managers
Director MckinleY's statement be-
sides referring to the third term.
says In part
The outcome of the PENNSYLVANIA
primaries is plainly indicative of the
fact that national issues are playing
only small part In some states in
the republican nomination for presi-
dent.
Instead Of constructive statesman-
ship being put forth in an effort to
sClve the problems before the coun-
try. and as a bid for votes on the
ground of merit. nationwide cam
paign of wilful aud malicious mis-
representation. villirication and as
sault on the president OF the United
States has been substituted. such II
campaign amounting in fact To
conspiracy not only To humiliate the
president personally. hut to commit
the republican party To rank social
ism, has not only been countenanccd,
but conducted by former President
Theodore Roosevelt.
The fact that this candidate is
not claiming To wear the mantle oi
Abraham Lincoln is evidence that
the acme of dcmagogism In this
country has been reached
These states which have yet to
elect delegates tn the republican ma
tional convention in Chicago might
Just as well realize now that the re-
public as well as the republican party
has been placed in jeopardy by the
issues raised by Theodore Rouse
welt,
"lncluding Pennsylvania. which
according to latest adviccs, has given
President Tart at least twenty-one
votes in the national convention. the
president today has 364 delegates
instructed fer or pledged to his re-
nominatl, n. We needs only l7G more
delegates to insure his rcnomina-
tion. He Is already assured of 3N2
more delegates, making his support
In the Chicago convention 1i6 dele
gates, or more than 200 majority"
The statement from the Wilson
headquarters claims Tor Governor
Wilson majority of the democratic
delegates thus far selected ana
says in part:
with the sweeping victory scored in
The Pennsylvanir primaries yester-
day Governor Woodrow Wilson took
he lead In the prc-cunvcntion race ,
FOR the democratic nomination-tioV- /
amor Wilson's strength Ia the Balti. /
more convention is now represented /
Dy ll2 votes. The Delegates column |
n favor of thc New Jersey executive /
win continue to receive large acces-
'ions'
At speaker Clark's headquarters % /
statement was ISSUED. saving in part. |
80 one knows nrw how the /
'ennsylvania delegation to the Halti- 4
more convention stands. There Is !
lothing in the Pennsylvania law or I
u any state committee order that /
imposes any obligation upon any |,
delegate 10 vote for any particular
candidate
In Illinois the names Of the presi
/, ntial ga ldidate were on the ballot
nd the vote was directly prcfcrrr-
tai. hut the names at presidential
andidates were not on the pcnns,l
ania primary ballots.
Speaker Clark's friends expected
tile and made practically no fight +
q Pcnnsyly'nia beyond laying h'
orrcspondcnce the speakers cause
cfore q portion of thr Pennsylvania
lectoratc. We believe CLARK viii =
-cure the votes of delegates In eight ;
= ten districts in PennsylNauiu. The
itests adviccs from the spcaker's
iends assure at least seventeen '
oteS as result of yesterdays pri- :
lsries."