The Washington times., 1912-05-07
HURRY RUSH MADE
To GET ABOARD
!, THE BAND WAGON
Knowing Ones Are Now
Seeking Comfortable
In Place to Land.

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primary state-California-ye to vote
ana everybody knows It will go for
Hoosevelt by a big majority.
Rush to Band Wagon.
Under the circumstances the Taft
leaders have no further ground of ap-
peal to the Southern mercenaries. The
Iband-wagon rush is on. Scores of the
delegates who are daily listed in the
Taft campaign literature as "for Taft
|or even as Instructed for Taft" have
ALREADY written to the Roosevelt man.
agement, pledging themselves to Roose-
welt. Still more have sent word that
they will "get on If Roosevelt gets
Maryland.
Roosevelt has got" 1t.
Politicians. of all factions agreed to-
day that the Maryland rout had ended
all chance for Taft in Ohio. I'VE will
get about two-thirds Of the State" was
the declaration at Roosevelt headquar-
better than the Ohio Taft organization,
that Taft could not carry Cincinnati II
Roosevelt had not issued an order to
make no fight there. He would not carry
the Congressional district in which his
nominal residence was long ago when he
fnaintained a theoretical habitat in Gin
Icinnati.
Outside of Hamilton county he has
almost no real following in the State, -
central sections will be all but solid for
Roosevelt When we say we will get
two-thirds of the delegates II Is putting
the thing mildly. Ohio does not hold its
convention till June 3: primaries are
May 81. and they will settle the matter.
by that time Roosevelt's nomination
Will be certain no matter what Ohio
does. and 1t need be no surprise IL Ohio
yxoH % {fo tf,or, lea oyaI
disposition and sends an uninstructed
helegation-at-large, that will support
Roosevelt in the effort to get the Re-
publican party back into something like
Nearly All for Roosevelt.
Among the delegates to be selected
from this time forth. almost all will be
for Roosevelt. Arkansas is holding its
State convention today at Little Rock.
pt will split wide open and name two
delegations to Chicago. California 8
preference primary will bc one week
from today. and will be carried for
Roosevelt, with La Toilette second,
according to present expectations. Colo
rndo will have its State convention the
same day, and the GuggenAeim-speer
machine will instruct for Taft.
ldaho's convention comes May 16, and
will name a Roosevelt delegation. Kan
sas has yet eight district delegates to
ELECT, but the primaries are over and /,
is assured that Roosevelt will get ali
tof them, and also the State convention,
(which will be held tomorrow. Kansas,
I'm fact. will come Just in time to em-
have Just two delegates in all Kansas.
, iJne more Michigan district, the Sec
ond, IS yet to hold q convention on
May Is. 1t will instruct. for Roosevelt
the result being assured by primaries
ALREADY held.
Minnesota will hold it's district con.
ventions May Is. and State convention
z as ssFe Fax a snd Sn1 Roosevs assts
the city of Minneapolis. where the cor
lporaton interests are making strug.
gle the like Of which has never been
there was some concern in the Roose.
welt camp over the possibility of La
lFollette carrying ono or two districts,
but this has been ended by reason Of
the results in Massachusetts, and Mary
Hand. and 1t Is now conceded that the
lonly chance for Roosevelt to lose any.
thing in Minnesota Is in the Minneapolis
ldtstrict.
Missouri Convention.
The Sixteenth Missouri district, which
has already selected a big majority OF
delegates for Roosevelt, will have its
convention tomorrow and name two
more national convention emissaries in
etructed for the colonel.
Montana will have its State conven-
Senator Dixon is confident, however,
that his friends and those of Mr.. Roose-
welt will control with a safe majority.
New Jerseys primaries will be held
welt viii get a solid delegation. North
Carolina district conventions will string
lalong from now until May IS, when the
State convention will; meet; Every dele
gate In the State will be instructed for
Roosevelt.
The fifth Oklahoma district will have
ITS convention May IL. Its members are
lalready chosen, and will instruct the
Presidential primaries win not come till
June 4, being the last to be held. 1t Is
now conceded to Roosevelt, though al
one time La Follette's managers expect
ed to either capture 1t or to divide the
progressive strength and throw t to
Split In Tennessee.
Tennessee's State convention on May
will promptly split. and two COM
Ae organizations will be made and
tW0 delegations be sent to Chicago.
Both sides claim the best of the argu.
Iment.
Utah, is still to elect it's little delega.
ton. and Senator .Smoot Is confident OF
delivering it to Taft. who has the SOLID
however, fight of serious proportions
Wyoming is holding county conven
tons today, to name delegates to it,
State convention of May 13. The War
rem. Clark Union PACING machine eX
poets to be IN control, but is not plan
ming to instruct the delegates because t
do so would cause much injury to Sen
ator, Warren In his candidacy for re-
The delegation will be left for the banC
wagon column.
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