The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-04

at-large will be named. and win
other conventions being held in Cole
rdoo ana Mississippi the week novv
starting Will come close to Settling The
H HsnI lot the Republican nomination
President Taft now has 14s dele
gates pledged TO him. The DationeI
tatt bureau claimed last night thai
before the week ends he will have
passed the $50 mark
The Taft managers say that tho
hne-up TO date is: TAFT, I43: Roose-
! welt, Is; La Toilette, 10: Cumnins .
senator Dixon, of Montana. the
manager Of the Roosevelt bureau
cldlils iorty-eight delegates for the
coloneI, with two for Cummins. ten
Tor La toilette and only sixteen for
laft. The fOrty-eight total claimed
LOT roosevelt is made up by putting
Gown delegates claimed for Taft i'm
half dozen States as being for ~.
colonel and asserting that there are
contests against the Taft delegates in
AIabama, the District Of Columbia
FLORIDA. Georgia, Indiana. South Car
DINA, tennessee and Virginia
Defeats Mr.. Cummins I'm Iowa.
Even the Roosevelt managers. how
ever. do not claim there are any con
tests in Iowa, where the President
has eight delegates and the "favorfte
son" Senator Cummins. has only two.
II was because Senator Cummins did
could carry Iowa that he decided to
make the fight there himself. The
results in Iowa, however, are show
ing that, despite Senator Cumnins'
hght against reciprocity and the Pres
idents advocacy OF that measure. Mr.
TAFT is more popular than the ia.
vorite son" insurgent.
another insurgent senator was re-
buked for opposing President Taft's
nomination when the State committee
OF Montana. represented in the United
states Senate by Joseph NJ. Dixon.
the Roosevelt manager. went on re-
cord Saturday night for Mr.. Taft.
Inc Republican State committee OF
Montana is composed OF one mem
Der from each county in the State.
and at meeting in Helena late Sat
urday night il endorsed the Taft adj
ministration and President Taft NV
vote of 29 TO 10. According TO the
information received at the national
Tart bureau. several members of the
committee voted against the Presi-
ueht : endorsement out of regard for
senator DiNon's official position in the
Roosevelt camp. while admitting that
they were not rejecting the actual
sentiment of their counties by so do
ing. In statement issued BY the
lait bureau IL is asserted that:
certain Montana Was for TAFT
Montana merely reflects rha act,,1
sentiment among the voters OF the STAT
as II has been known to exist 70 tn
IaIt managers for some time There
lever mas been any question that Mon
So - lsnt votes in the Republican
1ne organization OF President Tar
1.ast " ednesday night a Taft Ciub w.
~ Sahl@eo among the business men 81
heLena including in its membershfn
neprestn tatives OF most OF the sub
81 HHSi business interests or the state
ana OF the States capital city. SirniIsr
y. SanL-1tlons are now operating in
~ AT all the cities OF the State
me basis for the strong Taft sentf
meht IN Montana is the recognition OF
me Iact mat President Taft is the real
n ~ IStOnlse OF the tariff on a protective
principle. Senator Dixon himself 49,
a sIs those who voted for the PAYNE
t SaIlI law, not only item by item but
LOT the law itself He was nor anon
nose Republican insurgents who on
Poseo the law. and he voted as he tiid
- oHe Dehest OF the unanimous senti-
State" u MS