The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-09
The NEWS OF THE WEEK.


THE NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The present week will be very
important period in national politics.
Before the week is over more than
half of the delegates to the Republican
national convention will have been
chosen, while the list Of Democratic
delegates will be brought up almost
to the halfway mark.
Presidential preference primaries
will be held in Illinois today. The
state is claimed by both Taft and
Roosevelt on the Republican side and
by Wilson. Clark and Harmon on the
Democratic side. The SAME primaries
will decide the party selections for
/ United States senators, representa-
Itiyes in congress and state and coun-
f ty officers.
] On Saturday the primaries of both
I parties will be held in Pennsylvania.
| The Taft managers claim 81 of the
/ 81 delegates for Taft, and predict also
/ that II delegates-at-large to be SCI
/. lected by the state convention will
1 be instructed for the President. The
Roosevelt managers believe that the
Taft estimate is greatly exaggerated.
1 Woodrow Wilson is expected to win
i the Democratic vote The Wilson
managers go So far as to predict a
solid del~yltion of seventy six for the
New JERSEY governor.
Il The New York Democratic state
convention will meet in New York
City Thursday but it is not at all GER
tain that the proceedings will divulge
the real preference of the leaders for
the presidential nomination New
York naturally wants to cast her
ninety votes for the winner. At the
same time she would prefer what she
: considers a safe man, which, from
the New York point of view, means
someone other than Woodrow Wilson.
Either Harmon or Clark probably
would be more acceptable than the
New Jersey governor. It is thought
likely that under the circumstances
New York will mask her emotions
under instructions for her fayorite
her strength until she can throw II
. where it will do New York the mos
good
The lines will be sharply drawn be
tween the Roosevelt and Taft forces
in the state Republican convention O
Michigan. which viii meet in Ba!
City on Thursday. All OF the Repub
lican delegation in congress are sup
porting Taft, while Governor Osborn
and the strength of the state admins
! tration will be on the Roosevelt side
The state convention to select tn
delegates-at-larg to the Chicago con
y vention will be held Wednesday II
Q Maine and Vermont. The Republican
c district conventions in the sam
y state also will be held during TIL
: week. Maine is split between Tai
d and Roosevelt while Vermont Is ez
y pected 10 go for Taft without mucl
/ opposition.
e Kentucky Republicans VIII hol
i, their state and district convention
C to select delegates to the nationa
,f convention The state is claimed b
le both the Taft and Roosevelt mana,
ers.
v The Republican state convention {
N New York will assemble in Rocheste
g. today to adopt platform and elee
H. delegatesat-large and alternates-a
k large to the national convention. TIL
n results of the recent primaries assur
to the selection Of Taft delegates.
II William J Bryan, Governor Di
lg Governor Woodrow Wilson and Cham
s. Clark are announced as speakers fl
I'd the National Democratic club banqu,
ne TO be given in New York City Satu
7. day evening in celebration of til
On birthday of Thomas Jefferson
t. Outside of the field of politics II
lc- events of the week will include II
es unwilling of memorial to the womt
sr OF the confederacy in Columbia,
st c.: the removal of the remains
sir General Philip Kearny from Trini
by church cemetery In New York al
"a. their refinement with military Ger
&c monies in Arlington National CEN
ps terry: special meeting in New Yo
On Oh episcopal house VI bishops W
ms vacancies; the annual session of t
We central conference Of American ra
"a bis in Baltimore; the conservation
re Omaha of Rev p. A. McGovern
tut Roman Catholic bishop of Cheyenn
be, the introduction of the Irish hor
TO rule bill In the British house of co
ei mons, the annual convention Of I
m Southern Commercial congress