The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-04-01
TAFT MEN CLAIM
ALL THE VOTES
FROM VERMONT
nd to join in electing Taft delegates.

| and to join in electing Taft delegates
at-large.
while we have elected enough Roose-
welt delegates to control the state, as
we'll as the second district convention
our fight for Roosevelt delegates at large
has only just begun" said Judge Gibson,
the leading Roosevelt captain in the
state 'We already have information
OF an attempt by the state committee to
deprive us of the profits Of our victory.
"Realzng that we have carried the
state for Roosevelt, the machine has
commenced to plan to get our delegates.
away, Their first move to-day has been
to make extravagant claims OF the TAFT
strength They Will endeayor to con-
vince delegates that a great majority
for Taft has been elected.
"rhe member of the state committee
from our county has started operations
by claiming that the majority OF the del
egates to the state convention from
Windham county are for Taft, when the
fact is that Roosevelt swept the county
I understand that similar tactics are be-
ing employed to-day in other counties,
especially in counties where the results
of the caucuses have not been reported
in detail.
But we do not believe they can de-
ceive our delegates, for the men pledged
to Col Roosevelt were selected to resist
all influence of the state machine, We
intend to be alert, however, for we do
not intend to lose any of our delegates.
We know that we have the second dis
trict and 40 more than a majority in the
state convention"
Judge Gibson expressed the view that
the success of the Roosevelt ticket. espe
cally in the farming communities. was
a protest against the Republican organi-
zation.
"The issue has not been merely be
tween Taft and Roosevelt for the nomi /
nation for president" said Judge Gibson.
The vote for Roosevelt means largely
dissatisfaction with the Republican or
ganzation In this contest the state
committee, instead of representing all
Republicans. proposed to represent only
those who favored the nomination OF the /
president The Republicans naturally /
resented being told for whom they should (
vote for delegates to the convention TO (
select the national delegates, and they /
did not propose to be delivered to Taft !
without being consulted.
Instead Of obediently accepting the !
decision of the state organization, they /
went to the caucuses and as
serted their independence. The voice of
the progressives is to be heard in the (
state convention, for the contest is to be
made in the convention"
Talk Gibson for Governor
To the Roosevelt enthusiasts, the vote
OF Saturday in the caucuses means more
than delegation from the state pledged
to the nomination of the colonel for pres
ident; TO them it signalizes a newly Vi.
talized Republican party with the relega
tion to the rear of the old leaders and
the old ideas.
Judge Gibson. J, c. Jones. Wallace y.
Batchelder OF Bethel and other promi
nent Roosevelt men interpret the Roose.
velt vote IN the caucuses as demand
for new deal, for progressive candi
date for governor and for the passage by
the legislature OF direct primary act,
a corrupt practices act. and for the reor-
ganization OF the state committee.
Flushed with victory, the Roosevelt
have begun to talk Of
candidate for governor from their own
ranks, and Judge Gibson is suggested as
he most representative of the progress
,ive spirit in the party. His loyal asso-
,iates in the present campaign have al
ready announced that Judge Gibson must
be one of the delegates to the national
If the Roosevelt men are in majority
in the state convention, Judge Gibson
viii be rewarded for his successful lead
arship by place in the at-large delega-
tion; otherwise he will be named to rep.
resent the second congressional district
with a progressive associate
Some money will have. to be spent by
both factions to get the delegates to the
state and district conventions. Usually
candidates for the nomination for gov
,rnor have arranged to pay the travelling
expenses of delegates to the state con-
rentions, but there has been no contest
n recent years to establish precedent
o guide action in the present situation.
Conventions to name delegates to the
rational convention have been such per
unctory affairs that heretofore only del
gates who were sufficiently interested to
,ay their own expenses have attended.
To be certain of asserting their
strength in the district conventions at
Burlington and Montpelier on April
md in the state convention at the cap
tai on April 10, the Taft and Roosevelt
eaders will have to furnish expense
money.