The Washington herald., 1912-03-10
TAFT MANAGERS
PREDICT VICTORY
Confident that New York
Will Show Overwhelming
Strength of President.
DELEGATES NUMBER 700

According 10 the statement issued by
the Taft national bureau last night, the
primary election in New York State on
March &c will settle the question of
Taft's denomination, inasmuch as it will
give the President a sweeping victory.
The confidence of Mr.. Taft's managers
is shown in the following quotations
from the statement:
The boast OF the opponents of the re-
nomination of President Taft that the
West is afiame' in opposition to him re-
ceived a heavy jolt to-day when the
State Republican convention of New
Mexico chose eight delegates to the Chi
cago convention. five of whom are out
and-out Taft men, This Taft victory
in the heart of the country where 1t
has been persistently alleged that Pres
ident Taft was weak, together with the
Fifth Virginia district carried to-day,
raises the total number of delegates al
ready chosen for Mr.. Taft to ninety-nine.
The concession of an uninstructed dele
cation and the recognition OF the oppo-
sition on the delegation in New Mexico
was for the purpose of maintaining full
party harmony IN the new state. The
Taft men had the votes to sweep the
convention entirely.
VIII Have 200 Delegates.
The outcome in New Mexico further
illustrates the fact that when the final
roll is "qlled at Chicago in June TO nom
mate the Republican candidate for Pres
ident, only a scattering vote Will be
cast in opposition TO Mr.. Taft. There
is every prospect at this time that the
President will break his record Of 1908.
when he received zoe votes on the first
and only nominating ballot at the Chi
cago convention of that year. The total
OF ninety-nine delegates now in the
Taft column have been elected in eleven
different States of the Union, showing
the widespread sentiment in favor of the
denomination of the President. Despite
the strenuous campaign of the Opposi-
tion and the large sums of money ex-
pended by it in fighting the friends of
the President in almost every conven-
tion held TO date, the President has
gathered in almost an even 100 dele
gates"
New MexicO's Delegation.
The assertion o. the Taft bureau that
Iive Of the eight delegates from New
Mexico are for Taft may he too con-
servative. a telegram received last night
by Secretary Hilles from Solomon Luna,
former Delegate in Congress, and the Re-
publican national committeeman from
New Mexico. stated that seven Of the
delegates were for Taft and possibly
eight.
Mr.. HiIIes also made public a telegram
from Judge W. E. Wright, of Knoxville
Tenn. received last night. as follows:
Second Congressional district OF Ten
nesSee in convention selected 7. \.
Wright and John Jennings as delegates to
the Chicago Convention. Everything har-
mOniOuS and no opposition to instruction
for Taft. The crowd led by by W. ].
Oliver held a convention and elected two
delegates, who were instructed for Roose-
Welt. This crowd had nothing to do with
he regular Republicans. The sentiment
here is strong for President Taft"
Union League Club IndOrsement.
kilograms were received at the White
House from William P. Tilden, president
Of the Union League, OF Philadelphia,
and frorh c Stuart Patterson, appris-
ing the President OF the unanimous in
dorsement given him by the Union
League Club.
The Taft headquarters claimed last night
that they had carried the counties Of
Mississippi Butler, and Pemiscot in the
Fourteenth Missouri district, and that the
returns indicated that they would carry
Cape Girardeau and Ripley, in the same
district. The Taft people cOncede the
loss of Stoddard County, but are as
sured that they have carried the Four
fcenth district.
New England Said to BE Solid.
Former Representative J. Adam Bede.
Of Minnesota, gave out an interview yes
terday, in which he declared his support
for President Taft.
Il have recently been in New Eng
fand," said Mr.. Bede. "and, inquirinG
carefully as to conditions there, could
not find a break in the Taft column. l
believe he will have a solid New Eng
land delegation at Chicago. 1t looks as
II some one is gold bricking the Ii.
Toilette and Roosevelt managers as to
conditions in the East"