The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-05-09
I. R. ELIMINATED"
NEEDS 313 MORE VOTES TO WIN,
WHILE PRESIDENT RE.
QUIRES 70.
LAT END OF HIS ROPE
Claimed Arkansas and Nevada VIII
Reduce Latter Figure to 49-
Massachusetts, indorse-
ment of Taft.

ment Of Taft.
Washington, d. C.-The first de-
tailed figures prepared by the national
Taft campaign bureau covering the en-
tire situation were given out. In con-
nection with these figures, which are
intended to show just what has been
accomplished up to this time, how
many more delegates are to be chosen
n from what states, the Taft peo-
pie make the bold declaration that
IL either Taft, La Toilette or Cum
Minis secure two more delegates in the
list yet to be chosen, II will be i'm
possible for Col. Roosevelt to secure
votes enough to be nominated in the
chicago convention. The point made
is that 314 delegates are yet to be
chosen and Col. Roosevelt needs 313,
while President Taft needs only 73
more to win.
Both Arkansas and Nevada are
ready to act finally for Taft and these
have been included in the table show
Ing that Mr.. Roosevelt has reached
the end of his political rope in this
fight so far as there is any hope of
his receiving the nomination at Chi
cago. On the contrary President Taft
needs only 70 more delegates, not
counting Arkansas and Nevada, and
only AZ more, including in this table
these two states.
To control the national convention
he needs. therefore, only about one in
every six delegates yet to be elected
while Mr.. Roosevelt is absolutely elm
mated if he loses only two out of the
total Of 314 yet to be chosen.
Taft Bureau Estimates.
The following figures indicate the
situation:
Number of delegates to the national
convention, 1,07S.
Necessary to nominate, $40.
Delegates elected, TAO.
Delegates to be elected, 33S.
OF the delegates elected Mr.. Taft
has 467.
Mr.. Roosevelt has 227.
Mr.. La Toilette has So.
Mr.. Cummins has 10.
Total, 740.
OF the delegates to be elected:
Mr.. Taft needs 70.
Mr.. Roosevelt needs 313.
Mr., La Toilette needs 504.
Mr.. Cummins needs $50.
The states of Arkansas, IS votes,
and Nevada, G votes, are now ready
to act finally, both being for Presi.
dent Taft. This means "a additional
votes for Taft and makes the real
Taft figures as follows:
For Taft 4S1.
Mr.. Taft needs 40.
Adding Arkansas and Nevada to the
Taft total would increase the total
Of delegates elected to 764 and reduce
the number to be elected to 314. It
affects the Roosevelt table as fol-
lows:
Number Of delegates yet to be
elected, 314.
Mr.. Roosevelt needs 313.
Hence, Mr.. Roosevelt has already
practically lost control Of the conven.
ton.
States Yet to Elect.
The states yet to elect delegates.
not including Arkansas and Nevada,
are as follows: Alabama 2, Arizona
6, California 26. Idaho s, Kansas 16.
Maryland 16. Michigan 4, Minnesota
"a, Missouri 4, Montana 8, New Jer-
sey %. North Carolina %. Ohio 4s,
Oklahoma 2, South Dakota 10, Ten.
nessee 6. Texas 40, Utah 8, West vir.
ginia 16. Wyoming 6, Washington IA,
Total 314.
In discussing the Massachusetts, re-
suits and the declaration made by
Col. Roosevelt with respect to the del
egates at large from that state. the
Taft managers made the following
statement:
THE Taft delegate ticket failed
only through a technical error on the
part of the voters, who were confused
by an Independent candidate, with the
result that more than 10000 voters
invalidated their ballots by voting for
nine Taft delegates instead of eight.
In the face of this reputation in
a primary held under a law which was
passed by the Massachusetts legisla.
ture, receiving in the lower house the
votes of 1876 Republicans known to
favor President Taft, but the sole
credit for which Mr.. Roosevelt has
claimed personally, only doubles the
dose Of the disaster which has be-
fallen the former president"
Hamburg-American Director Dead.