Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-05-11

Washington, D. c., May 1.-THE
makeup of the Republican national
convention, so far as the original Sc
lection of delegates can determine will
be practically settled within a week
Including eight to be chosen today at
district conventions in Texas and Ari-
zona, more than 200 delegates are to
be selected in the eight days ending
next Saturday.
Divergent Estimates.
About 100 will then remain to be
chosen, including As from Ohio and 24
from New Jersey. The widely diver
gent claims of the Taft and Roosevelt
managers make it apparent that de-
termination of the actual control of
the convention is impossible in ad-
vance of the meeting of the Republ-
can national committee June g. The
committee will take up at that time,
contests involving the seats of at
least 164 delegates, and it is not un-
likely that additional contests will be
announced by the time the committee
begins work.
786 Delegates Chosen.
Up to this morning 7S6 of the LOIS
delegates to Chicago had been chosen,
according to Roosevelt estimates,
while the Taft forces record twenty
less. The differences arise over Mary
land, where the Taft managers declare
the control of sixteen delegates will
not be cleared until the state conven-
tion next Tuesday in Kansas, where
the Roosevelt records show fourteen
have been chosen and the Taft rec
ords ten.
Political Managers Differ.
Representative Mckinley, head of
the Taft campaign claimed 4S3 dele
gates for the President and conceded
237 to Colonel Roosevelt. Senator
Dixon, manager for Colonel Roosevelt,
claimed 319 for Roosevelt and con-
ceded 143 to Taft. The Roosevelt
managers contend that ia delegates
are uninstructed, including SO from
New York, and that 1874 are contested.
Both campaign committees, in their
tables give. Senator LaFollette thirty
six delegates and Senator Cummins
ten. Preparations for the two weeks
battle at Chicago over the seating of
contested delegations are being COM
pleted rapidly by the attorneys for
both factions. While but few contests
have been filed thus far with the ma
tional committee, the managers and
their attorneys will be ready with all
of the cases by May 20, the date on
which the papers must be before the
committee.
Taft Delegates to Be Contested.
The delegations instructed for Taft
whose seats will be contested accord
ing to the latest statement from SEN
ator Dixon, are as follows:
! Alabama 90 Arkansas s; District
of Columbia 2; Florida IL; Georgia
26; Indiana 12; Kentucky 16; Louisi-
ana 20; Michigan 6; Missouri 2; South
Carolina 4; Tennessee IA; Virginia %,
The 200 delegates to be selected the
coming week include 26 in Texas, 26
! in California, "a in Minnesota, IA in
Washington, IA in North Carolina, 16
| in West Virginia and scattering dele
cations in many other states.
Prepare to Pass on Contests.
Chicago, May 11.-Preparations for
the sessions of the Republican nation
al committee which will begin the
hearing on contests here June 6, were
made today by Assistant Secretary A.
R. Smith, of New York, and Chief
Clerk L. G. Hechinger of New Jersey.
Secretary William Steward of New
York, will arrive next Monday and
take charge of the work of the nation
al committee until the convention. Act
ing Chairman Victor Rosewater of Ne,
braska, Chairman Harry S. New, OF
Indianapolis, in charge of the arrange
ments for the convention, and Will
lam F. Sloan of Maryland, sergeant
alarms, arrive here Tuesday.
Members of the national committee
expect they will be called upon to pass
upon nearly 200 contests between
June 6, and the opening of the con
vention June IS. 1t is believed the
rules adopted four years ago will be
effective this year.