Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-05-27
6O9 VOTES ARE
NOW COUNTED
AGAINST TAFT
Washington, May 81.

w $1,000 r|f EF
The Roosevelt national delegates
which cannot be questioned are;
California, 20; Idaho, 8 Illinois,
66; Indiana, 10; Kansas, Is; Ken
lucky, 8; Maine, 70; Maryland, 49,;
Massachusetts, IL; Michigan TO-;
Minnesota. "a; Missouri, %; Ne
braska. 16; New Mexico, 6; New
York, 8; North Carolina, IA; Ohio,
40; oklahoma, Is; Pennsylvania,
IS; Texas, SO; Vermont, .; West
Virginia, 1G-TotaI, 445.
TG these are added the following,
which are known to be for Roose-
welt:
New York, 10; Texas, a; Wash
ington, ID; Arkansas, A; South Car
DINA, 14-Total, so.
This bringe the Roosevelt strength
20 495.
Roosevelt is assured .of not less
than twenty in New Jersey, and ten
in South Dakota, which will bring
his strength up to 500. 1t is known
that he will get eighteen OF the Vir-
ginia delegation. four from Georgia,
four from Alabama and four from
Tennessee. 1t is also q certainty
that for purposes of organization, at
least, he will have the votes of the
eight MISUNDERSTANDING from Massa-
chusetts. This means thirty-eight
additional, and gives Roosevelt an
assured strength of 583, without
any stampede of the uninstructed or
the band wagon climbers.
Anti-Tafe Strength 600.
This strength will be independent
of the ten delegates for Cummins
and the thirty-six elected for La Fol
Iette and Cummins delegations can
be counted upon absolutely to stand
for a square deal in the convention
and to prevent the success of any
scheme to deprive a mOjrity of its
rights by strong arm work on the
part of the national committee.
The Cummins and La Toilette
strength increases the number Of
delegates who will vote against Taft
and against any Taft organization
to COS.
These figures the Taft men know
70 be accurate. They have gone
over them again and again, and they
know that even if the national COM
mittee throws out the Roosevelt del
egates elected in Texas and Wash
1lSlOil alt w III SllIl w lbl i'OIl
q majority in the convention. They
know, too, that if Il stampede to
Roosevelt is started, and they are
apprehensive that it will be, the
anti-Taft strength will be far in eX-
cess Of 500 votes.
The Taft-supporting newspapers,
which have managed pretty well to
keep up with their candidate in mis-
statements and misrepresentation,
refuse to 90 along with Taft re
specting his claim that he has
enough delegates to nominate him.
They say he has ass, and needs
fifty-two more to give him a ma
Jority. Taking their own figures,
this shows the utter impossibility
OF getting a majority for Taft.
Delegates to be elected yet are in
New Jersey, South Dakota and Art
IONA. numbering fortw-six in all,
and of this number Roosevelt is
assured of thirty-six, and probably
more. Taft cannot get more than
ten out Of the three states. The
delegates-at-large are still to be
elected in Texas, Ohio and Arizona.
and of these Roosevelt it assured of
twelve from Texas and Ohio, while
Taft will probably get those from
Arizona, simply because the con
yention will be controlled by federal
office holders, who viii be assisted
by the Democrats.
If the claims of his supporters
were reliable, and they are not, it
would still be apparent that Mr..
Taft has no more chance to get
flfty-two additional delegates than
he would have to win the election
If he We're nominated with the over,
Whelming majority of the Republi-
can voters against him.