The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-04-05
Taft and Roosevelt Seek Support
Of Delegates to be Named
Next Week
PRESIDENT SURE OF VERMONT
Situation in Maine Said to be
More Complicated
Friends OF Both Men Working Hard
and Each Is Confident Of Final
Success.

Boston Mass. April 5.-The first
real test of the relative strength of
Taft and Roosevelt among the Repub-
licans Of New England will come next
week when Vermont and Maine Will
elect their delegates at Large and
district delegates TO the national con-
vention. These will be the first dele
gates named in New England 10 at
tend the Chicago convention. The
recent visit OF President Taft TO Mas
sachusetts and New Hampshire and the
| speech-making tours of the same sec
tion by Colonel Roosevelt, who also
included Maine in his itinerary. gives
| evidence of the fact that both candi-
dates consider the New England States
10 be as interesting politically this
year as some of the other States that
have been known in the past as
doubtful"
Taft Leads in Vermont.
Vermont is perhaps the least inter-
estinS of any of the New England
States this year from the viewpoint OF
the Republican campaign managers.
|
anything President Taft can safely re-
ly upon the support of the Republicans
of the Green Mountain State in his
campaign for denomination and re-
election. The progressive movement
which has found fertile soil in the
neighboring states of Massachusetts
and New Hampshire appears to have
made little or no headway among the
Republicans of Vermont.
The situation in Maine. on the other
hand. is entirely different. There is
a vast amount of Roosevelt sentiment
In the Pine Tree State, but the con-
flicting statements and counter claims
have so confused the fight between
the two candidates as to make an ac-
curate forecast of the result difficult
Both Strong ir Name.
In the rural sections, especially in
AroOstook County, the great potato-
growing region. the feeling against the
President on account of his reciprocity
policy, which removed the duty from
potatoes, is said TO be very strong.
although the Taft supporters say that
sentiment seems TO predominate in the
cities, where the attempts to organize
the Roosevelt supporters have not been
very successful
The Roosevelt sentiment is strongest
in the country towns, and it has been
figured out that IL is the towns of l.
coo population or less which control
. hn DarA H.,
Maine As AroOstoOlS is the strongest
Republican county in the state and
stood faithful two years ago. when the
State went Democratic. IL may be seen
that n Roosevelt feeling is something
TO be reckoned with.
Portland for President.
X is generally conceded that ths
First district, which embraces the city
of Portland, will elect Taft delegates,
Notwithstanding the fact that when the
Roosevelt club was formed in Portland
several weeks ago a representative
gathering was present and when Co
lonel Roosevelt visited the city a few
days later he was given a cordial re-
ception.
The Roosevelt boomers in the First
district are those who supported Co
lionel Frederick Hale. the son OF for
mer Senator Hale, for the Republican
nomination for congress against Con-
gresham Asher Kinds. and this fac
tional quarrel has overshadowed the
main issue and enlisted the Kinds sup
port for the President.
The Taft managers believe that Il
solid Taft delegation from Maine is
"a certainty. on the other hand, the
Roosevelt supporters declare with equal
confidence that Roosevelt will sweep
the state, with the possible excep-
ton of the First district. One of the
immediate results of n Roosevelt vic
tory in Maine would be TO give renew
ed energy TO the efforts of the pro-
gressive Republicans to win out in the
presidential preference primaries in
Massachusetts on April 80.