Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-04-19
POPULAR WAVE
FOR ROOSEVELT
New England RevoIts from
the Taft Machine.

tory, has shown ~conclusiYely that II
wants Colonel Theodore Roosevelt as
Its candidate for the presidency.
Up to date twenty delegates have
been elected from this section. OF
these fourteen are instructed for Colo
mel Roosevelt and six are uninstructed.
There remain sirty-eight delegates
TO be elected from New England. OF
these New Hampshire will contribute
eight, Rhode Island ten, Connecticut
fourteen and Massachusetts thirty-six.
Governor Bass Of New Hampshire
signed the call to Colonel Roosevelt to
accept the presidential nomination II
offered and is confident that bis state
will instruct solidly for Colonel Roose-
welt. Massachusetts realized that IL 1t
failed to have n presidential prefer
ence primary Its delegates would be
named by the Taft machine politicians
and the Republican voters would have
absolutely nothing to say about 1t. Pub
lie sentiment was aroused, with the re-
suit that the primary law has passed,
In spite of the opposition Of the Taft
leaders. backed by the president him
self. Mr.. Taft was urged to support
the movement for a popular test, but
refused to do SO. After the law was
on the statute books he gave IL lip
loyal approval.
Lining Up For r. r..
In view of the fact that the law was
passed as the result of the insistence
of the Roosevelt forces Ii Is easy to
realize that the movement for the colo
mel has tremendous strength. There is
every reason to believe that Massachu-
sets will give him the same rousing
majority that Illinois gave him a few
days ago. In spite Of the machines in
operation In Rhode Island and Connec-
lieut. and the fact that no fight what
ever has been made IN either Of these
states for the colonel's candidacy there
Is a great denl of Roosevelt sentiment,
The New England situation is highly
satisfactory from the Roosevelt point
Of view and equally unsatisfactory
from the Taft standpoint. The six
great states of the northeast with the
exception Of New Hampshire were be-
lieved to be the stronghold OF cOnsery-
atlsm, and Senator Gallinger, tho ally
and supporter Of Senators Penrose,
Crane and Lorimer, was confident that
rTew Hampshire could be brought into
line for Mr.. Taft. Senator Dillingham;,
who also belongs to the senate ring and
who for the second time has vipdicat-
ed Lorimer, assured the president that
Vermont would cast its vote solidly
for him. Yet Mr.. Taft has obtained not
a single instructed delegate from Yer
mont. II it had been suggested sever
oil weeks ago that Colonel Roosevelt
would carry Maine and that the presi-
dent would not get a single instructed
vote from that state nor the state of
Vermont the man responsible for the
suggestion. II living In Washington,
-E-lia hare been conveyed At once to
an insane asylum. Yet Maine and Yer
mont have refused to place q single
delegate In the Taft column.
Strength With Voters.
The strength Of the Roosevelt wave
Will be realized when attention is call
ed to the evidence furnished by action
taken in different parts of the country.
Oklahoma would have gone solldly for
the colonel had not the Taft forces
Called a convention before 1t w"~ def
nltely known that Mr.. RooF
accept the nomination II
hered to him. AS 1t was, he has
all but two of the delegates from tn
state. Illinois, In which a presidential
preference primary occurred, gave the
colonel ffty-six out Of its ffty-eight
delegates, with a tremendous majori-
ty In the state at large of 10000 over
Taft. To prevent Colonel Roosevelt
from getting delegates frauds have
been perpetrated in Indiana, Michigan,
Kentucky and other states, especially
In the south.
The Illinois vote may properly be
taken as an indication Of Colonel
Roosevelt's strength with the voters.
1t Is local In so far as the number Of
delegates elected Is concerned, but 1t
Xs country wide In its proof of what
Ne people will do If they can express
themselves. II is, of course, impossi-
BILE to wall up sentiment within the
boundary lines Of Il state. The Amer
lean people are a unit, swayed by the
same impulses md moved by the same
Judgment 1t Is automatic in politics
that when there is a pronounced move
ment In one part Of the country 1t Is
bound to show In other sections. The
extremes Of Maine and Illinois are in
point.
1t may be safely predicted therefore
that New Hampshire and Massachu-
setts will instruct their delegates for
Colonel Roosevelt and that some re-
suits will be obtained In Rhode Island
and Connecticut. In this event the
territory which was believed to- be abb
solutely stand pat and upon which the
president and his supporters depended
Will be represented In the Republican,
convention by Roosevelt delegates.
then candidate for president. You Will
remember that after his election, but
before bis Inauguration. Mr.. Taft spent
some little time at the Virginia Hot
Springs. From that resort We received
the nrst jntimation ever emanating
from any president Of a purpose to es-
tablish the commerce court.
Il remember l was greatly surprised.
When President Roosevelt forced the
rate hill through coupreSs restoring