The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-11
FEW CONTESTS FOR
G.. O.. P. AT CHICAGO
Primary system Cuts Fights to
Si>t,. None If Which AZ
fccts Candidates.
\LL FROM THE SOUTH

\II KUN ut' " III
v,str~GToX. May 1~o.--Iarscly as a
ul, of the operation " the primary
,.t.u tine contests over the seating Of
.l,.pi,- an ,l,c Republican national con-
,.u,,on ou June : will lie reduced TO a
,,,u.n OF the ?S5 delegates who
all have seats in tho hi. party affair Mt
g., .a.o IN Juno i?7 have been or will
hn~cu by primary. only seven no.
uc,. ~ contest have been flied aud not
..,rc M, three more arc expected.
In none of the contests pending or In
,.,.,c,, are questions raised affecting
fin, fortunes uf any Of the candidates for
TO Presidential nomination. Consider
aiIS moro than n majority ~ the dele
.,tc, viii go to Chicago with no binding
INSTITUTIONS.
As tire seats OF less than sixty dele
c,,es will be contested. the cry cannot
10 raised by any one. 1t IL pointed out
be,e. that the national committee which
makes up the temporary roll robbed this
ar tina, candidate" II will he recalled
ma, In iaoS the national committee
seated a sufficient number Of Taft dele
gates to give excuse to The so-called
allies To- make the charge that Tresi-
dent Roosevelt had used his power
through the force of the Federal admin
,sration in the interests OF Mr.. Taft.
-FOUR years later. In 1912. Mr.. Roosevelt
condemned the action Of The national
committee IN seating Taft delegates Ia
tho exclusion If Roosevelt delegates. The
cry OF fraud" went up in 1908 and IL
was repeated In 1912.
This year the Republican National
Committee will take a very modest part
In tho organization OF the convention.
rwen,y-one primary States will be- rep
'esented by 5?7 delegates. In every in
stance the national committee will accept
the certificate Of the Secretary of State
that the delegates so certified have u
right 10 their seats. Where a contest is
fled over a delegation from a primary
State It must be passed upon by the con-
,en,ion itself.
All Contests From the south.
AL tHt H'it'FS VI t'IlNtSl 50 lar Ulfl
have come from the South. In every
case the issue raised is purely local.
The delegations in Georgia and Louis
lana will be contested. In the latter
state, It is the old fight between the
black aud tans' and the lilly whites
II Georgia, the night * one solely for
control Of the state organization. Con-
tests have been filed also from one dis
riot each IN Virginia. Florida and Mis-
souri, and four in Oklahoma.
The chances are that a contest will
Hise over the delegation from the Dis
ret II columbia. Roos welt men hav-
g obtained the certificate in the re-
.'r; primary. Included in the twenty-one
"riniiy states, which VIII control 81,
d'tgAtc>. are the great Republican
,.rpngholds Of New York. Pennsylvania,
>rousu and Iowa. The other States
nat select delegates by primary uudc;
iW tfc Indiana. Minnesota. New Hamp-
br., North Dakota. Michigan. Illinois,
Nhra,ka Montana. New Jersey. Mas
80 hu>"tts. ohio, Maryland. california,
F.uu>y vauia. Vermont. Oscgon. South
Dakota and West Virginia.
Tho National committee viii meet In
I.Hcis" On or about JUNE | {" pass
YluU ruu'"StS. II il the exp citation ~
mo officials that his work MI lie rom.
pc'cd bong before the convention meets.
This means that the committee viii
get 10 work earlier than usual on til,
urmlntilun Of candidates and the draft
z o. a platform. In former year.
''Irs have been consumed In the consid
oratlon Of the contests. all wagcd witt
g view 20 landing them for one candi,
late or another.
Ineresa a., Mat NltA
Political leaders are much impressed
WITH the outcome OF the special election
''id Yesterday In the Second distric
"i West Virginia. where the Republican
candidate for Congress won by a major
'y of nearly l.20o. Both parties sen
speakers there and word was conveyed
20 The voters that the President locke,
Forward 10 the result with a great dea
Of interest.
IN" Republican candidate was Georg.
y Bowers. a hidcbound regular. VIII,
;oT years was identified with the III
M1s-Scott machine. In the clos,nl
DAYS OF the campaign Mr., Bowers. VIII,
served as Federal Fish Commissioner rp
several years under presidesat ltoose
le''' was Endorsed by MIR. Roosevelt
lae Endorsement was sought and cx
,ended with a great deal OF cordially
frosress!ves insist that Mr.. Roosevelt
''~aorseinent pulled Bowers through.
MI the so-called regulars would sa,
'bolt the outcome WAS that 1t demon
rated m striking fashion just wha
va, HN'l! to happen in the countr,
- latge II the former President sup
I'''ed The nominee of the Chicago con
%'entoi, Republicans generally ar,
'aled over the election Of Mr.. Bowers
w Ine other hand, Democrats who wcr,
.0'ha"nt " few days ago that the Dem
iduc candidate would win are some
""d' depressed, Privately they attacl
sool deal Of significance to the cleo
."i OF NJ. HoUers. saying that II /
t,oDapF i"rcShad"wing "A return to IN,
mru'Ifhil column OF many States an,
49, mat swung to the Democrac!