The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-07-11
r. r. MEN UNDER EAGLE
OF Electors Already Nomi-
mated 100 Will Vote for
Col. Roosevelt.
WILL APPEAL TO COURTS
Bill in Equity Prepared in Penn
sylvania to Try to Gust
Finn Nominees.

WASHINGTON July iO.-President Taft's
pc litical advisers are fully reconciled now
to the fact that Col. Roosevelt hopes for
success through the manipulation Of the
Presid d. ptial electors
Thou shalt not steal" ia one Of the
commandments often quoted these days
at Oyster Bay.
1t is apparent that the same command
ment Is to be hurled at Roosevelt by the
Taft people. who are getting ready to
accuse him OF planning to steal the cleo.
ton through preventing fair selection
of electors in many iof the States.
This question of electors is really as
suming alarming proportions for the
Taft people and is by hll odds the biggest
problem that National Chairman Hilles
and his advisers have td tackle. Many in
Washington expect to se,i court proceed
ings between the RooseS Selt and Taft
people before the row is OVER. and doubt
is expressed whether evefl a judicial
decision on the question wo uld clear the
situation except perhaps H. the state
where the decree was handed\down.
All told. there are close to 100 electors
already nominated who are Roosevelt
men but whose names will beN on tbs
regular Republican ticket MANY OF
these electors have said fatty that they
would vote for Roosevelt and most Pf the
others are leaning toward that c,purse
Of action. These Roosevelt Republican
electors were selected of course by Nhe
regular Republican organizations in the
States controlled by the Roosevelt forcesN
Now that President Taft has been nom- t
mated the leaders in control of some OF
these State organizations refuse to ac-
knowledge Mr.. Taft as the regular Repub-
lcan nominee and assert they are not
bound to support Mr.. Taft.
This situation means that President
Taft either has got to run his chances by
accepting the Roosevelt electors nomi-
mated by the regular Republican State
organizations or else he will have TO put
an independent set of electors in the
field The nomination of an independents
set can be brought about by petition,
but if the President has to resort to this
course he will find that in several States
his right will be questioned to run the
independent set of electors under the
heading of the Republican party.
The Roosevelt State leaders in control
of the State organizations will contend
that they alone are entitled to the use
| of the name The President therefore
may find himself Obliged to resort to
court proceedings to get the names of
his elect ors under the Republican emblem.
The Roosevelt people. on the other
hand in several States where the pgu-
/ lar Republican organizations have
chosen electors favorable to the Colonel
are PLANNING to have the same sets OF
electors named on the third party or Bull
Moose ticket. The President 5 friends
acknowledge that the mxup will bS
frichtful if Mr. Taft is Obliged to nominate
separate lists of electors in addition to
those on the regular Republican ticket
and those to he named on the Bull Moose
ticket,
There is another phase Of the situation
that is still more puzZling for the Taft
! eaders In some of the States the cleo
tors have been or will be selected at direct
| primaries. In these States with the
Roosevelt forces in control President Taft
will be Obliged to resort to nominating
another set by petition. but their right to
head the regular Republican ticket ID
likely to be contested.
In Kansas the electors will be chosen
at primaries on August q. Gov. Stubbs
and Senator Bristow are both out for
Roosevelt and are saving that II Roose-
welt electors are nominated in the pri-
maries they can and will be put under the
heading of Taft on the regular Republican
ticket but will vote for Rooseve in the
electoral college
President Taft has sent out n call to his
friends in Kansas, who are working like
beavers to carry the primaries on August
q. The Taft Republicans have put up a
ticket of electors and hope to he able to
carry them over the Roosevelt electors.
The Roosevelt men are contending that If
the Roosevelt electors win in the Kansas
primaries the Taft men will have To abide
by them and will not be able to pu' an
ot her ticket in the field by petition or
otherwise. This apparently will result
practically in disfranchisng the Taft
voters in Kansas.
Senator Curtis and ot her members "
the Kansas delegation in Congress are
preparing to hurry nom" to assist Presi'
dent Taft in that state.
Representative Moore Of Pennsylvania
had this to say to-day IN regard I" the
situation in that state
IF there are to l." S"parat" 'icNe'S
for electors Republican Conrr"ssional eau
dida'.s may suffer in the States a"tc''d'
We cannot fully comprehend ihls sI'''a'
! ton until the Roosevelt party programme
ia announced In Pennsylvania "" now
have the assuranc" Of th" R"tnon"ah
STAT. chairman, Nj WATSON. that gu
: gt,lv nominated congressional candidates
ar. no, ,u 10 lr,crfcr"d With hy the third
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