Middletown transcript., 1912-04-27
THE PEOPLE WANT ROOSEVELT

ipAImaIIr6 VI N0UTdSkh auu OTcSOu VI
April 18th, clinches his nomination BY
the Republican National Convention.
Six great Republican States have ex
pressed themselves at the primaries and
everyone has gone overwhelmingly against
Mr.. Taft. These states are North Dakota,
Wisconsin, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ne
braska and Oregon. They send 1856 dele
gates to the National Convention. Oh
these, Mr.. Taft has carried from the
Illinois districts controlled by the notori-
Gus Senator Lorimer, and from districts
in the city of Philadelphia where the no
torions Penrose machine is dominent. In
terms of delegates, the Taft candidacy has
been repudiated by these six Northern
States l42 to 1. From these six great Re-
publican States, Colonel Roosevelt has
l52 instructed, uncontested delegates.
Colonel Roosevelt leads Mr.. Taft nearly
20 to J., in terms of delegates.
These six Republican States cast 9S
votes in the electoral college. Withoutthem
no Republican candidate can hope to be
elected. There can be no mistaking the
character of their warning to the Republi-
can party that Mr.. Taft IS not safe man
to name as its candidate for the presidency
this year. Equally certain is their demand
for the nomination of Colonel Roosevelt.
From every corner of the United States
comes the same refrain: Roosevelt is as
good as nominated: Taft is out of the run
ming" This chorus is sounded not alone
by Progressive newspapers, but by here
tofore dyed-in-the wool Reactionary or
gans; it is the view expressed even public
Iy by men known as strong partisans of
the President. A few examples, taken at
random from papers received since the
landslide for Roosevelt in Illinois, and the
avalanche IN Pennsylvania will suffice to
show the general trend of opinion.
For instance, the Topeka (Kansas)
Capital, under tie head "Taft Supporters,
Hope About Gone" says that the Roose-
veIt landslide in Pennsylvania put Mr..
Taft out of the running as a serious candi.
date for denomination, was the general i'm
preston even among strong Taft support
ers." It then quotes Charles Sessions,
Secretary of State OF Kansas. thus:
TN the language of Uncle Joe it's no
use to lie among ourselves. The result in
Pennsylvania hurt badly. must confess
that it stunned me, as it no doubt did
other supporters of President Taft. 1t was
like bolt from clear sky. 1t is an enig-
ma to me why any considerable number
of people, especially Republicans, have
turned against the President, but the re-
turns from Illinois aud Pennsylvania in
diCate that they have. guess Teddy's
line OF talk sounds good to them"
Says the Ksnsss City Times editorialIy.
pennsylvania plus Illinois, in connect.
ion with Wisconsin, North Dakota, Kan
sas and Missouri, mean just one outcome
Roosevelt by reclamation.
Barnes OF New York saw the landslide
coming when be prevented Taft instruct
ions for the New York delegations.
The President is out of the running. !
Everybody knows that. A party leader |
who is overwhelmed in states that be |
carried four years ago by two hundred |
as be did Illinois, and three
hundred Thousand, as he did Pennsyl- |
Vania, is politically dead.
Southern delegates. obtained by strong |
arm methods, never yet nominated Re-
publican candidate. The great Northern
States are the determining factor. They !
are for Roosevelt"
Hark to the Pittsburg pa Gazette
Times, whose fealty to Taft and the PEN
-ose-Oliver machine is beyond question.
''Col. Roosevelt's victory in the Re-
publican prinaries of Pennsylvania of Sat-
lrday was so overwhelming that it lie i'm
possible to question its meaning and not !!
iificult to measure Its ultimate effect. |
Whatever Col. Roosevelt's alleged faults,
economically, political
y or otherwise, we have indubitable evi.
lence now that his aggressive personali-
y and rugged courage appeal to the favor
Ible consideration of majority of the
of this state and that they |
lesire him as the party's nominee for
president"