The Washington times., 1912-05-29
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ROOSEVELT GETS
EVERY DELEGATE
IN NEW JERSEY
Expected Strength of Taft
Fails in Each
s. District.
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state leaders was held, to voice the
protest against control OF the dsiega-
who has swept the country.
Ready to Come In.
mot only this, The mailtoday brings
letters from two southern delegations,
instructed for Taft, indicating that
they recognize that the gameis over
and that they are ready to come in.
Their attitude is what's the use; Taft
can't be elected II nominated; Roose-
welt is sure to be both nominated and
elected
I'm one important Southern delegation
that the Taft people are counting solidly
Ior their man: every member except just
one Is ready for the same move. it's all
over"
There was insistent rumor this fore
noon that conference Of Ohio leaders
which should go to the President and
make a last plea to him to withdraw,
pointing out the hopelessness of further
Persistence In his Candidacy. That the
vet seriously believed. .." ..
20 the Taft people. still persist in
tnelr belief that they have a chance to
: dominate the national committee and
strong-arm themselves into control of
the convention? That question was
asked on all sides, and among the poll
uclans clans the general reply was:
still THINK they hSp are 0 going ar anesers fa ssrry
their fight into and through the commit
tee, and through the credentials COM
mittce, into the convention. Some few
to nominate Taft by this procedure.
They are getting over 1t pretty fast,
and VIII be entirely disabused of any
such notion before the convention pre-
umlnar1es are under way"
Left to Committee.
Senator Dixon, who returned from
New York today, where he conferred
with Roosevelt leaders. was very ex-
plicit In declaring that the Roosevelt
forces make no claim to controlling"
the national committee. I'VE have not
polled 1t. and will not" he said. 1--WE
intend to stand on the proposition that
the committee is the trustee of the
party. and that in the circumstances
new presented by this campaign, 1t Is
simply an insult to pretend that any
faction expects to control 1t. The COM
mittee belongs to the party, not to any
FACTION. and is going to give a judicial
hearing and decision, on its merits, to
the contests"
In his formal statement Senator Dixon
, 'The unprecedented Roosevelt victory
in New Jersey has put the nomination
of Colonel Roosevelt on the first ballot
beyond the point Of discussion. I have
dsSs The seR YGIk for the past IS
State no longer question Roosevelts
nomination on the first ballot. We have
had positive assurances that more than
thirty Of the New York delegation will
vote for Roosevelt on the first ballot
r..T.S No Chance to Control. 70.
''rhe recent talk Of the Taft managers
controlling the Republican national
committee has reached the point of
foolish conversation. 1t shows the des-
peration Of a few men who would at any
sacrifice, II they had the power, destroy
the Republican party by revolutionary
tactics. The national committee are the
trustees Of the Republican party. They
are in the nature of a board Of direc-
tors; and certainly no sane man can be-
lieve that that committee could be con-
trolled' at the expense of destroying the
Republican party.
I'VE do not pretend to control a
single member of the Republican ma
tSeir integrity. % that they yAv will in try the l
contests In judicial and impartial
spirit, and not behind closed doors.
Seven million Republican voters are in
terested in seeing that a square deal
is had in the matter of the contests. We
shall present no contest to the national
committee that we do not honestly be-
iisve In equity and ssi, coed conscience that At
tho Republican national convention.
- Example Is Cited.
"As an example of the almost criminal
tactics that have been adopted by the
Taft managers, would cite the case Of
the Texas conventions. In one Congress
sional district in Texas. where the
oil ri,
elected in nineteen counties out Of
twenty-one in the district, the Taft
delegates from the other two counties
went into a separate convention of their
own and have elected two 'contesting
Taft delegates to Chicago. In the
welt forces controlled the. State con-
vention by about 300 majority, the Taft
people, holding control of the State
committee, deliberately attempted to is
'contesting Taft delegates The Roose-
welt delegates, regularly elected and
constituting 800 more than majority.
fourteen instructed Roosevelt delegates
to Chicago.
"Rooseevlt has appealed to the Re-
publican voters, and has won In every
primary State except Massachusetts.
where 1t was a drawn battle: Three
hundred and eighty-six delegates have
been elected In thirteen Republican
States by primaries that made possible
the substance Of preferential expires:
sion. OF these, Mr.. Taft has elected
thirty. II the Republican voters them
selves could have had the opportunity
In all of the Republican States to ex-
press their sentiments, the results
would have been the same everywhere.
Roosevelt will be nominated on the
first ballot. 1t has passed beyond the
realm of discussion"
Colonel Gratified,