New-York tribune., 1912-03-24
BIG SWEEPS FOR TAFT
CERTAIN AT PRIMARIES
New York County Chairman Says
Canvass Shows Majority OF
Four to One.
ROOSEVELT MEN QUITTING
Colonel's Followers Making Their
Principal Fight in Manhattan
Taft Men Make No Con-
test on Prendergast.

Delegates and alternates to the Re"
nuhIican National Convention practically
nIedeed to vote for the denomination OF
President Taft, will be elected in every
one Of tn. twenty-five Congress dis
tricts in this city at the primaries on
Tuesday, according TO the organization
leaders. That is to say, the candidates
for delegates regularly designated by
the organization will win.
Although there is no way of actually
irstructine the delegates, both the New
York County and Kings County commit
tees have come out for the denomination
OF the. President, and It is understood
that the men selected by the organization
as candidates for delegates will vote for
Taft.
The names Of Taft and Roosevelt will
not appear on the primary ballot. but the
voter who faVors the denomination Of
President Taft can vote for candidates
for delegates who are practically pledged
TO that end by placing his cross in the
circle under the eagle and the ballot box
the Republican emblem. which will be
found on the first column Of the ballot
IN every case. The candidates who have
been put up by the Roosevelt forces will
he found under the solid black square in
the second, or, in some cases, another
column.
The Roosevelt forces are running cam
didates for national delegates in only
two districts in the city outside OF this
county, the Cd in Queens and the 9th
in Kings. The principal fight they are
making is in New York County, where
they have put up candidates in every one
Of the thirteen Congress districts.
Taft Four to One, Says koenis.
After receiving Canvasses from his AS
sembly district leaders, Samuel s.
Koenig, president of the county com
mittee, said last night that the Roose-
Welt forces would not carry a single
Congress district. He did not believe,
he said. that they would get more than
10000 Of the 10000 or $4,000 votes that
will be cast.
The total enrolment In the county is
S0,216. In past years not more than 80
per cent Of the enrolled voters have
taken part fin the primaries. This year,
however it is expected that the percent
age will be between 30 and 60
At the Roosevelt headquarters, on the
twenty fourth floor of the Metropolitan
Tower all was gloom. The request for
a forecast prediction, or even guess,
was met with the information that none
would he forthcoming. Privately the
Roosevelt leaders acknowledge that they
have not a chance, but they hope to poll
a vote for Roosevelt that will show that
there is at least some opposition in the
oI ganiZatiOn to the. denomination OF
President Taft
In his statement Mr.. Koeng>said:
TO run rapidly over the Congressional dis
trlcts, | would say that. from the 1ith 10
the 10th, iHc]llSfVe. the vote against Roose-
Welt delegates will be almost four to one.
The nth, 18th and 18TH Congressional dis
tricts take in that section of the county IN
which the strongest anti Roosevelt senti-
nent is to he found. 1t was in this section
that the Republican ticket Showed its great
est loss in 1910 IN spite Cf the colOners ap-
peal for Stmson votes In the 18th Assem-
bly, District, which is in the nth and 18th
Congressional districts, normal Repllb-
lican majority of 5000 was turned into a
Democratic majority OF 5000 in 1910. follow
ing the colonel's most insstent personal ap-
peal, and in 1911, with a new man running
for Assembly, that district was turned back
20 the Republican column with a majority
OF 2,Sj0.
The Goth Congressional District probably
typifies the most effort on the part of the
COlonel's supporters. Money has been spent
there lavishly in his behalf and with that
there has been conducted there the most
undignhed and vicious attack on the Taft
candidates, combined with appeals to rae
prejudice. In spite of all this, the district
will be carried for the Taft delegates by
at least three to one Generally speaking
IN the other districts the coloners adherents
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