The Washington times., 1912-04-18
PROGRESS|VES SAY
PRIMARIES WILL Be
BLOW TOPRES|OENT
Oregon and Nebraska to Bal
lot Tomorrow on
Choices.
BY JUDSoN c. wELLIvER.

Two more States will hold Presiden-
tial preference primaries tomorrow.
They are oregon and Nebraska, and
they operate under laws that are very
similar.
Roosevelt, La Toilette, and Taft are
running in both States. La Toilette, de-
termined to make the biggest possible
showing in those States where the voters
get the chance to ballot their choices
for Presidential candidates, has been
touring both States. He spent several
days in Nebraska, thence hurrying to
Oregon, whence he will 90 on to Cali
fornia.
The fight in both oregon and Nebras-
ka Is between progressives and Taft. In
Nebraska, It is considered certain that
| Roosevelt will win, with Taft probably
! second. In Oregon, whose situation is
not nearly so clearly understood here,
the fight between La Toilette and
| Roosevelt is regarded as closer, with
the possibility that the former may get
the delegation.
This, however. is not the important
| question. The real point. as the poll
ticians view it, is that in both States
the primary will give the people a
chance. and that in both the Taft vote
will be an Insignificant minority.
Even II La Toilette and Roosevelt
| should divide the progressive vote ex-
actly even," declared the Roosevelt
headquarters today, I'VE would have no
fear Of Taft carrying either State. AS
in Illinois. the progressives are SO
strong that they would win, for one or
the other of their candidates, even with
such handicap as that.
Would Win Elsewhere.
The truth is that they would do the
J same in almost any other State, II only
the laws permitted. 1t doesn't make
any difference who carries these two
States tomorrow, so far as concerns the
| ultimate outcome"
In each of these States a curious and
unique Senatorial fight is going on.
: Jonathan Bourne is running for re-
nomination in oregon. He has not en-
tered the State during the campaign,
has not made an organization, or con-
Quoted campaign. He put his case up
to the people, and told them fatty:
You are on trial, not t.
Oregon has the publicity pamphlet
plan; the State issued the pamphlet,
giving, at 500 page, every candidate
a chance to state his case to the people
Senator Bourne and each of his three
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES A. Lowell, ]. w.
Morton, and Ben Sellng-appear in the
pamphlet. Bourne told the people that
| he had made good on all his promises
made in his campaign of six years ago,
and, therefore, 1t was for them to de-
eide whether they were intelligent
generally exected in Washington that
he will be renominated, despite the fact
| that Lowell is making a hard fight and
has strong support.
Fight In Nebraska.
In Nebraska the Republican Sena-
torial candidates are Senator Norris
Brown and Congressman George w.
Norris. Their fight is likely to prove a
case of loves labor lost. for Nebraska
is more likely to elect a Democrat than
Republican this year. However,
Messrs. Brown and Norris have wasted
no money or energy on the campaign;
they have left 1t to the people, both
claiming to be progressives, although
Mr.. Brown has not been so decided IN
the faith as his opponent. and has been
a very close friend Of President Taft.
Connecticut's Republican State con-
vention instructed it's four delegates at
large for Taft, and requested" the
district delegates to support him as
we'll
1t develops that the reported plan of
the Taft management to take off the
gloves and go after Roosevelt ham
mer and tongs'' has been rejected by
Mr.. Taft himself. He didn't see any
advantage in going out looking for
that sort of trouble
On the Democratic side, the contest
between the Wilson and Clark forces
is getting more bitter every day The
Wilsonites are beginning attacks on
| William Randolph Hearst, who is
supporting Clark. and who is rum
ored to want a Vice Presidential nomi-
nation on the Clark ticket The feel
ing is growing so strong that it fore
BODIES a long, hard struggle at Balti-
more. Increasing numbers of Demo-
Gratis express the belief that Bryan will
finally be nominated.