The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-26
Will Be the First Indication of Their Stand on
 Issue
BOTH FACTIONS ARE
 CLAIMING VICTORY
The Colonel Spends Day on Lower East Side-Gaynor Refuses Re quest for Police Escort--Mr.
 Dixon Is in New York


 tions tomorrow throughout New York state will give the first tangible in dication of popular sentiment regard ing candidates to come before the re- publican national convention. The re- publicans will select S6 of their 20 delegates to the Chicago convention and for sf of these there will be con tests between candidates designated hy the regular republican district organ ization and others named by petition in behalf of Colonel Roosevelt.
 The remaining four delegates at large will be chosen by tho. republican will be selected also at tomorrow's pri- maries.
 Democratic Interest Local
 Interest in the democratic primaries is confined to local contests, for the democrats have availed themselves of the privilege which the primary law gives, to choose all their delegates to the national convention at the state convention.
 The primaries are not for direct presidential preference in the sense eX pressed by the recent contest in North Dakota. Only regularly enrolled re- publieans can vote for republican can didates and the law permits no in- struction of delegates. The support CTS of President Taft, however main tain that regular or organization" delegates designated in all of the 43 congressional districts with few pos An utaf nomination.
 Colonel Roosevelt has declared public ly that this primary is no fair test Of popular sentiment and the committee or ganzed to support him in New York leaps that must be overcome by the Roosevelt ticket Chief among these is the fact that the names of the candi- dates for delegates are printed near the bottom of the ballot, which neeessitates unfo'atng strips of ps-Ur ii some districts l. and II feet long.
 Both Claim Victory
 Both the Taft and Roosevelt forces claim victory in tomorrow's contest in the local primaries The Taft leaders assert confidently they would make q clean sweep. Charles Duell president of the New York city Roosevelt com mttee, said that with a fair voie and a fair count his side would win
 Colonel Roosevelt came to New York from Oyster Bay this afternoon and spent several hours win his campaign manager. Senator Dixon, who came from Washing ton for the conference. Neither Colonel Roosevelt nor Senator Dixon would say what was done. Senator Dixon gave out a statement in which he said that despite the claims of the Taft leaders the Roosevelt forces had won eight of Indlanas 13 districts, and would dontro the state convention tomorrow
 The senator said that of delegates elect ed in states which are normally fepub- lican Colonel Roosevelt had won 9S and President Taft 12. Including the southern states in which, he said the President had some graveyard delegates he de- clared that President Taft had not more than 65 'dependable'' delegates.
 Roosevelt Works Hard
 On the eve of the primaries foi elec- ton Of delegates to the Chicago cdnVen- tion. Colonel Roosevelt travelled nearly the entire length of Manhattan Islapd to- night and into the Bronx to make an aD- peal for support in his campaign for the presidential nomination. He spoke ft six meetings and in each case found a frowd awaiting him.
 Colonel Roosevelt did not go mtp the ''siflx stocking" wards He spent imost of his time on the East Side. wheFe he hopes to receive the strongest support. The fact that the colonel was going into the lower East Side the congested ltene- ment district, prompted George Henry Payne of the Roosevelt committee to make a particular request of the mayor for police escort from one meeting to another
 Mayor Gaynor replied
 'It never has been the custom to afsign police escorts to spellbnders as they go about making their speeches ] dd not say that MT. Roosevelt is a speHbindef, hut will YOU please ask Mr Payne whether Mir Roosevelt wants to bring in the innovation of assigning escorts to spellbinders?
 The mayor hurried from the city hall leaving police affairs in the hands of the department
 Welcome Lacks Excitement
 Colonel Roosevelt proceeded without po- lice protection and met no difficulty. With his first appearance on the east s,do be round inc halls comfortably filled and was given eordldi feceptloni ar thouch it lacked something of the whlrl- wind excitement which characterizcd his ,,,,sar.,nce during the campaign of Henry L. StImson for governor.
 . Colonel Roosevelt launched an attack on inc new primary law in his first spedches and made the attack spectacular bN eN- limiting from the platform fourteenl foot ballot which will be used m one of the districts tomorrow.
 He charged Chairman koenig and pther ,,,r,hors of inc republican county conl- mittce with unfair tactics in the cam naipp He said all election inspectors known to favor his candidacy had been removed by the board or elections at f,,a reoilest of Chairman Koenig.
 Wants Fair Fight
 4Now if we are bo trn fairlNR le de- e,orad CT have nt ng tv say. put if we arc hoaten by ,seatlng and foul means. then we are no Letter off here than in some of the countries of the old world. from which some Of you have come. our opponents refuse us square deal and want to call yonr attention to just tbjs.r Here Colonel Roosevelt un- folded the rnonstrous ballot and the photo cra uhers caught him by flash light
 Colonel Roosevelt spoke in some vein at other meetings. reiterating much of 1,is urevious speeches on the right of 'the neople 10 rule" In one instance he said. sThe President has written 10 Chairman koenig saying he is grateful that all the republicans are to be 'al- lowed to vote tomorrow. Now want lt l understood that we are not grattful for
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