Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-21

! 7:5S am. Leave 1890 pm. by special
train, overtaking the regular ST. Paul
| train at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, at am.
Friday.
| Friday, March %, arrive at St Paul )
pm. Leave ST Paul at 11:3O pm.
Saturday, March 80, arrive in Chicago
| at noon.
/ The itinerary east of Chicago on the re-
| turn trip has not been arranged and may
| include a stop at Detroit.
! w ]. Bryan in the course of his speech
at his birthday dinner said:
Il had suspicion three years ago that
/ the people We're making a mistake in
electing Mr.. Taft as President But
/ never expected to see the principal and
| the guarantor in court opposed to each
other. 1 have faith in the Judgment of
both Taft and Roosevelt with respect to
each others candidacy. Taft will know
more about Roosevelt before he gets
| through"
| Gov. Harmon has moved his national
headquarters from Cincinnati to Column
bus and Hugh Nichols remains in charge.
adopted resolution requesting Champ
Clark to Withdraw his name from the
Nebraska primary ballot with the under
standing that he be made the second
choice of the delegation in case Wilson
cannot win.
The first of the threatened Roosevelt
| contests was started at Norfolk, Va, yes
i terday, where mass meeting composed
exclusively of negroes named two of their
number to contest the action of the Sec
! ond district republicans who recently Sc
! lected Taft delegates 1t was declared
that similar mass conventions Will be
held by negroes in each of the ten dis
tricts.
The following statement was given out
oct nytyht hxy i've rprnlIh
campaign committee IN charge of Sena-
tor La Follette's campaign:
Late returns from North Dakota lndi-
cate that the republicans cast 10000 votes
In yesterdays primary Senator La FOL
,, lette has plurality of upward of 5000
over Col. Roosevelt and a clear MAORI
ty over Pres dent Taft and the colonel of
at least 1900.
1.-The statement that there was an I'M
fortunate division of progressives in
North Dakota has no foundation of fact.
The only division in a broad way. which
! was made in North Dakota was that of
the prOgressives from the reactionarieS
who practically all supported Col. Roose-
welt. The returns demonstrate that the
| reactonaries polled for Col. Roosevelt
about the same vote which they succeed
ed in polling in the state primary two
years ago. At that time Senator Gronna
polled $4,000 votes and his. opponent 2l,-
500. The total vote cast yesterday tell
off some because of the blizzard. but this
fall off in the vote and that the total OF
the Roosevelt and Taft vote represented
the total standpat sentiment of the state
| the reactionaries showed little greater
proportion of loss than the progressives.
1.-The managers of Col. Roosevelts
campaign in a statement emphasizes the
! fact that the vote in the primary was 40
to 1 against Mr. Taft. This is true. and
| it is equally true that 1t was to L
! against Col. Roosevelt.
$50 far as results are concerned, there
! is no difference between a candidate VINO
! only receives one vote out of forty and
he who receives one vote out of three
cast. The people have decislvely SAID
| that neither is their choice
North Dakota results clearly point to
| the fact that the great rank and file of
| the party in the northwest. which must
| be counted on in November to hold that
! section in the republican column, desire
| La Toilette as their leader North Da-
kota and Wisconsin will not stand alone
Other western republican states will be
with these states supporting La Fol
! lette in the convention
! National Committeeman NJ. ]. Wade of
Iowa yesterday came out in declara-
| ton in support of Speaker Clark for the
| democratic nomination
II am and have been for Champ Clark,
| said Judge Wade 81 believe that the
delegation from Iowa. if instructed at
all, Should be instructed for Mr.. Clark.
| In saying this l am expressing abso-
| lutey no opposition to Mr.. Wilson as
| candidate. i may possibly be influenced
| to some extent by my knowledge of and
| personal admiration for Mr.. Clark. with
whom / served in Congress. but the
| thing which most influences me is the
| fact which every democrat must realize,
| that democracy must win in 1912 upon
/ the work of the democratic Congress OF
which Mr.. Clark is Speaker. This dem
! ocratic Congress is doing more to enact
| legislation which will destroy privilege
and deprive special interest of favors
which it has been enjoying than any
Congress in thirty years. The truth is
that the bill just passed by the House
providing for free sugar and the bill
providing for an income tax should alone
sweep the state of Iowa in the next cam
| paign Now, we cannot help but realize
| that in contest between the two an
| Endorsement of Wilson is reputation
of Mr.. Clark, who is the Speaker OF this
| Congress. / am not SO much opposed to
| the Endorsement of Mr.. WILSON as l am
| to the reputation of Mr.. Clark. who is
not only the leader of Congress, elected
| by the unanimous vote of every democrat
in the House. but who is also our neigh
! Dor, the candidate of an adjoining state"