New-York tribune., 1912-03-08
At LEAST 80 FOR TAFT
Woodruff's Prediction as TO New
York Delegates.
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washington, March Ala bama added
ak 10 the Presidents list of instructed
s,Issates to-day making total Of ninety
"a date according TO Mr. Tafts friends
Timothy L. Woodruff, OF New York, after
A. conference with the President to-day,
said that Mr.. Taft would get at least eighty
or the ninety delegates from New York,
and also that. in his opinion, Nioe-Presi-
dsnt Sherman would be the Presidents
running mate. Senator Brandegee assured
the President that Connecticut was solid
for him, and Senator Lippitt said Rhode
,sland was a Taft state. According TO Mr..
Woodruff. the entire New England delega-
ton. with the single exception Of New
Hampshire, will be soiid for the President,
while he believes New Hampshire will, at
the proper time, swing to Taft.
Mr. Woodruff and Naval Ofhcer kracke
we're with the President for some time to-
day discussing the New York political stu
stion Mr. Woodruff said
over eighty Of the ninety delegates from
New YORK Will be for President Taft The
INDICATIONS are that Colonel Roos4Velt VIII
have little support from the Empire state.
In his own Congress district, for instance,
the two delegates nominated ny the Fepuo-
licans are personally friendly 70 the eT-
PRESIDENT. DUL lIlS QlsLlltL - eoiN ~ DO
strongly for Taft Here and there through
he STATE q Roosevelt man has been put
upon the tickets already nominated out OF
courtesy 70 the colonel but l reitsrate that
he will not have over ten votes out OF the
When I left Brooklyn yesterday my in
formation was that there woulo be no con-
tests in the primaries against the sixteen
delegates elected in the eight Congress dls-
tricts ! did understand that there would o5
contests in New York County and the DIS
iricts Up the state SO far as Kings Coun-
~ Is concerned, / cannot see that contests
would amount TO anything or promise any
success 10 the Roosevelt cause, Tor IN sll
the eight districts the delegates ALREADY
selected 20 be voted for IN the prlmarles
March 2s we're unanimously chosen.
The primary election under which the
voting is 70 be done will cost the state
and cities hundreds Of thousands OF dol
lars The law was demanded by the re-
form forces Of the state. II Is no more
representative Of general sentiment, not As
much so. believe. as the old methoo, py
which the real sentiments or the people
we're sscertainsd through the representa-
tive convention system Of selecting dele.
gates 70 national and state conventions ana
o. adopting resolutions indicating prefer
snees or instructing delegates. ..o o.,
We hear much these daYs about the mi
tative and referendum. and yet we have
had the referendum in New York for ntty
years. At the last electlon seysra! liiipoI POI
iant constitutional amendments were SUD
nlitted TO the people under th;s retvrsn-
dun Some Of them concerned only ju;
diciary ouestions. and yet the proposed
sr1sndments we're defeated by the people
who showed they had not made themselves
familiar with them.
II is not the purpose Of the friends OF
P-esidsnt TAFT 20 fight Colonel Roosevelt
we ero standing for our principles the
sans as be is. and We believe the people
Of New York are with US IN What We pc
fight OF the Organization, 1t IS a cam,
paign for reason and right. and those OF
us who are supporting President IaLt are
confident that we Will be sNccessIul IN
dominating and electine him.