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Show STRUGGLE FOR DELEGATES NOW JIT WHITE HEAT President Taft and Col. Roosevelt Roose-velt Both in Massachusetts During Closing Hours of Primary Campaign. LEADERS CANNOT PREDICT OUTCOME New Law Loosely Drawn; One Candidate May Get the Delegates-at-Large and the Other the Preference. BOSTON. April 28. The answer of t Massachusetts to the campaigns I of Ave presidential candidates --La Follette, Roosevelt, Taft, Clark and Wilson will be made at the primaries Tuesday. Owing to the complicated com-plicated ballot and tho absence of group voting it is expected no definite result will be known until the next day Hnd it may be a day or two before the actual identity of the thirty-six delegates dele-gates to the national convention is known. As the campaign has been one of the most, strenuous in years, it is expected that 460,000 voters will go to the polls The presence of both President Taft and Colonel "Roosevelt in the state dur tng the closing hours of the campaign and comments from political writers outside the state, have been taken as indicating that Massachusetts may make or mar the political fortunes of the president, and the colonel. Law Is Lame. Tn giving Massachusetts a presidential presiden-tial preference primary, the legislature failed to make any provision for circle voting by groups. r,n the Republican ballot there are three sets of delegates, eight for Roosevelt, eight for Taft and one c.indid;tf.o ;ilso pledged to Taft. La Follette, Soosevell and Taft "P-pear "P-pear Lo the preference column. There ;irc Bets of Roosevelt and Taft delegates in each ot the fourteen cou-gresaiona cou-gresaiona districts, except the First, where the Roosevelt candidates will run on ttickcrs. Republican voters must mark eight dolegates-at-laxge, two district, delegates and for one of the president ta I candidates. Some Possibilities. There is ;i possibility of a pledged Taft delegation of eight delegates at-large at-large with a state preference for Roosevelt. Roose-velt. It. would also be possible to choose a majority of district delegate- for Roosevelt throughout, the state with a total preference vote in the state for Taft. The Democratic ticket is even more unusual- There ,ire fifteen candid it.es for delegates-at large, ten of whom arc pledged to Governor Fops and one to Governor Wilson, while four are without with-out pledges. At least three of the DemOOTatic candidates for delegates-at delegates-at large who are pledged to Fobs seem certain of election and it is notable that although Trovernor Wilson might win the presidential preference he could no! obtain but one delegate-at-large. It, is generally ex-petted that a ma-ioniv ma-ioniv of Hip Massachusetts delegation to the Baltimore convention will be on record as favoring Foss, although he sayB he is noj a candidate. Claims Vary. Claims ot the political managers vary greatly. General Ivlgar R. Hiamp-lain Hiamp-lain of the Taft forces predicted todav that the president would secure at least thirty four out of thirty-si delegates. dele-gates. "'itv Councillor Hair, the Roosevelt Roose-velt manager, claims victory in the Second, Third, Fourth. Sixth, Seventh. Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh and Four teonth congressional districts and a fighting chance, for the right delegates-at delegates-at large. Governor WUsOn has been the onlv Democratic candidate to speak in Massachusetts. Mas-sachusetts. Former Congressman Mc- Nary, who is in charge of his sam-paign, sam-paign, said today that the outlook is en. onraging. The Champ Clark campaign has been almost as quiet. Congressman Cuxley said todav he believes a great majority major-ity of the Democrats will favor Clark |
