Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 April 1912 — IT MAY BE ROOSEVELT. [ARTICLE]

IT MAY BE ROOSEVELT.

Tie line-up of the Taft aral Roosevelt. . delegates to date gives Taft 381; Roosevelt 201. There are yet to be elected 452. The total number of delegates in t'he republican national convention will be 1,078. Necessary to choice 540, - and .to give Taft a majority he must have 159 more than are now pledged him, while Roosevelt must have 329 more. Roosevelt captured all of the 16 Nebraska delegates and also gets all of Maine and Oregon. Roosevelt stock liar been rising Considerably in the past two weeks, and it begins to look as though he had some show of winning out in the nomination, although Tjift is going after the Rough Rider this week, it is said, without gloves, and what effect this will have remains to be seem.

The Indiana delegation to the republican National Convention was ! completed yesterday when the ! Twelfth district held a convention |at Auburn. The two delegates named will vote for Colonel Roose-, 1 velt, making: his total 10 in this state. ‘■Rump” conventions were held for Roose volt in the First. Third, ’ Seventh and Thirteenth Districts * and for the election of four dele- ! gates at large. The Roosevelt men | are contesting 12 off the Taft deel- ! gates. No contests have been fßed jby the Taft managers, j The Roosevelt forces seem confident that they will be able to un-j .seat 12 Taft delegates from this I state.- From some source the tip l -has been handed to them that a! ! majority of the national committee! is favorable to Roosevelt. which* ! would mean, they say, that all of' ithe contests from Ihdiana will be' decided in their favor.