Show I BIG FIGHT ON IN MASSACHUSETTS SETI Taft Not Likely to Get Instruct Instructed ed Cd Delegation From Old Bay State Boston March 30 Tomorrow Republican Re can voters oters in Massachusetts will have an opportunity at the state primaries for Cor Corthe forthe the he the spring conventions to express their prefer for the candidates for foi president resident The campaign which closed tonight has been one of or the warmest pre previous previous pm to a national convention for many ninny years It has been fought on the time ques Cities question tion ion whether the coming state and dis din district conventions shall Instruct the time thirty two wo delegates to vote for Secretary Wil Willam William liam lam H Taft for president and adopt resolutions in his hili favor or whether they theys shall s leave leae the delegates free to act at Chicago as they see fit No other presidential presidential presidential candidate has been mentioned d The party part leaders have been considerably I divided on the time question of or Instructed or uninstructed delegations Both oth Sides Make Claims Tonight the tile leaders l of the Taft move moe movement ment claimed Jf fie f the tue thirty two delegates to Chicago The advocates of an delegation claim twenty twentynine twentynine nine delegates who they the say do not wish to be bound but they admit that Sere Secre Secretary tary Taft will have hae at least fifteen Mas Massachusetts Massachusetts delegates at Chicago There are five candidates for the four Cour places on the state ticket for delegates at large to be chosen at the state conven convention convention convention tion on April 10 and there are arc more or orless orless orless less strenuous contests contest In nine of oC the time fourteen Courteen districts the Second Third Fourth Sixth Eighth Tenth Eleventh Thirteenth and Fourteenth In the other five the Uio candidates will probably have hae no at their conventions stand some are ar outspokenly for fok Taft Tart while others are reticent as to their preference pre preference for president Long Iong Against Taft There is apparently no opposition to making Senators Henry Henr Cabot Lodge and W V Murray Crane and John JohnL L Bates three of the four delegates at large The contest Is ts over the fourth for which Colonel Sidney O 0 Bigney and former Secretary of the Navy Nav John D Long are aspirants The Taft supporters favor Bigney while those fa favoring favoring favoring an delegation are for tor forLong forLong Long Lon The contests in the Second and Sixth districts haVe hae been waged with great vigor especially In the last three weeks |