Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-10
Not Accepted at Capitol
as a Significant Result

Yesterdays results in Illinois are not
accepted by republicans In congress. out
side of the extreme Roosevelt supporters.
as indicative of republican sentiment at
large. The outcome has been forecasted
for weeks past, and was attributed in
advance to the peculiar and unusual local
conditions prevailing in Illinois,
Such Illinois republicans as former
Speaker Cannon, Mckinley, Mann and
Madden characterize the action at the pri-
maries as "a local upheayal," and as be-
ing without widespread national i'm
portance.
The democratic phase of it was differ
ent. 1t was a straightaway fight be-
tween Champ Clark and Wilson, without
the harassing and puzzling factional en-
tanglements which hampered the repub-
Leans, and the Clark victory is regarded
as clean-cut and emphatic, and bound to
affect favorably his candidacy in other.
states.
bitter guberna torial fight, a sena-
torial contest, factional friction in scores
OF towns and counties complicated the
republican situation, and. as Uncle Joe
Cannon remarked wiped out party
lines in many instances. Lorimer's un-
Roosevelt SO as to overshadow Taft, and
is thought TO have had effect.
Work of Roosevelt Organization.
Moreover, Illinois has been organized
by the anti-Taft forces for long time
and the Roosevelt organization has been
actively at work since early in the win
ter. The Chicago Tribune has been
pounding Taft for four years. and. line
upon line, precept upon precept. has been
Gisparaging him.
Illinois has been virtually conceded to
Roosevelt from the time that he threw
his hat into the ring, and to some repub-
Hcans 1T Is surprising, taking all the cir
cumstances into consideration, that Taft
came out as well as he did.
In the first place, the Roosevelt organi.
cation went to work in that state before
any active steps were being taken any
where TO promote the candidacy Of Mr.
Taft. a so-calied national Roosevelt com.
mittee was established in Chicago; 1t wal
literally financed, and two months age
thoroughly organized the state for the
of the Roosevelt campaign were wise
enough TO foresee that Illinois was q
promising field. 1t was this foresight tha
led them to concentrate SO much effor
in that state. They wanted Illinois fol
the moral effect" it might have OIL
other states.
Adroit Use of Lorimer Affair.
They saw the possibility of obtaining
results by taking advantage of the up
heaval in the republican party in tina
state over the Lorimer affair. The ranl
and file Of the party in the state hax
been showing signs for many months o
general unrest The Lorimer investisa
ton had stirred up a widespread feelin,
of resentment against the so-called Lori
mer crowd in the state. The time wa
ripe for housekeeping.
In conducting their campaign for dele
gates The managers or the Roosevelt can
didacy took every advantage possible o
t.le situation that had been created as
result of the feeling growing out Of tn
Lorimer business. The managers OF tn
TAFT campaign found. ten days ago. tina
the situation was such that the thir
term candidate would in all probabilit,
gather in the delegates.
Without any justice, as all fair minde
men believed, the Roosevelt managers
even the third-term candidate himself, at
tempted TO show that President Taft wa
part of the machine that was bent o.
standing by Senator LOrimer. To be SUR
there was not the slightest justification
for this plan of campaign, but 1t wa
persisted in just the same, and undoubt
eddy was effective.
No Effect on Result.
No unbiased politicians have expresse
the belief that the Illinois outcome vii
have any effect on the result of the re
publican preconvention campaign. Tn
outlook still is that Mr.. Taft will hav
in the neighborhood of 500 delegates 1
the convention. He has now 302 dele
gates. This is within 23S votes Of tn
number required to nominate.
Allowing the third-term candidate a