Show TAFT AS aj U i lt IN THE LEAD ohio man has TWO hundred and sixty seven ael delegates le ates out of seven hundred n and cind twenty four 0 april az tho the follo following ing statement was saturday ut at the taft national head quartel here covering the dole dele gates selected to the republican national convent convention irm up to and including april since the last tabulation was issued fron froin this office delegates have been chosen to the republican national convention of this number seventy eight wyre elected in the favorite son states stats sixt four in pennsylvania ten in ew york and four in illinois the pennsylvania delegates were not instructed althey as they were chosen at direct primaries n hoh however ever all the delegates elected aro said to be avowed eup portera porters of senator knox and therefore they are classi classified fled as instructed for Pennsyl pennsylvanian favorite son the ten delegates chosen in new york e eight i instructed m michigan elected four missouri two and ani d maryland two the un i delegates oa 01 side favorite son terr territory I 1 atory are two from hawaii ilawan two fir from OM 1 I 1141 slana two from mainland maryland anta eix six aiom massachusetts the two irom louta lou is ian iana will be contested in all 12 delegates hae ha hagenow e now been chosen chown to the national conven convene lion tion representing twenty seven states one territory aej an amree insular possessions of this total ars have been instructed for secretary taft sixty eight are uninstructed and 1107 are instructed for other candidates as a follow forty four in illinois for cannon thirty in indiana for fairbanks forty four in new now york for II hughes sixty four in pennsylvania for knox and in wisconsin for la follette republican NATIONAL convention DELEGATES s 3 S t 8 s name of state E at s 1 ssi 1 S fc z es 44 s A se 6 alabama 22 2 8 8 9 8 delaware 6 6 6 florida ii i i 10 8 8 8 hawaii 2 2 2 illinois J 10 64 51 2 8 44 indiana JL 30 CO 10 30 howai low fi 26 26 26 kansas i 20 20 20 I 1 Kin kentucky tucky 26 2 2 2 louisiana A 18 6 maryland 16 8 6 P massachusetts 32 22 12 10 michigan 28 8 6 2 0 Alinne minnesota sota 22 22 22 LWI mississippi 20 2 2 7 2 missouri 36 32 6 Nebra nebraska sl 16 ig 16 16 new mexico 2 2 2 now voik b j 78 68 58 2 12 44 north carolina 24 2 2 ohio 46 88 38 38 V 2 oklahoma 14 14 14 4 PC vania 68 64 64 philippines philipp nes fc f 2 2 2 porto 1 o 2 2 2 rhodo rhode island 4 8 8 8 south dakota i 8 8 8 tennessee 24 18 IS 18 ir 14 virginia y 21 2 1 24 it 11 ib io west virginia 14 4 4 t wisconsin 2 26 20 26 1 25 to total tal 1542 1 68 1 1 46 in Loui louisiana slant later conventions will be e held by eliat portion of the party which is recognized on the state ballot in in the tennessee contests only taft delegates arc are involved all missouri Miss eUri contests are in the city of st louis the uninstructed virginia delegates were elected under instructions which practically direct them to the action of the state convention tho state convention instructed for taft while the massachusetts delegates at large are uninstructed the state convention c passed it resolution declaring that a majority of tho the delegate are farraf for taft t tw of the uninstructed itce york delegates haap declared their intention ecce e acce for taft T the se wisconsin and pennsylvania delegates were elected at primaries md nd declared their choice for president therefore are aro clas classed seA as instructed more mare than one tard of the sixty eight uninstructed delegates delegate have shave publicly declared their of voting for secretary taft uen arc instructed for governor hagnes two of the delegates chosen i i illinois v ere inastri ted for speaker Sp eAlr cannon and two were un forty eight delegates delegate 3 were chosen in open territory or states not having favorite sons of forty eight thirty six were instructed for Sed secretary rotary toft taft of the tv elve un leas ur have publicly declared alieh intention to vote foi fo sr cretaro taft secretary tail talt may thus be credited with forty out of tho the forty eight delegates i elected during the past week in open territory minnesota contributed twenty of the instructed taft delegates four delegates nt largo and sixteen district delegates this gives secretary taft t a felid instructed delegation two a blinne minnesota sota massachusetts gave secretary tt 4 ab i t t aliat Uli At odthe of the sixty eight uninstructed morn than thun one third have I 1 public declare de clarel their intention of voting lor secretary taft secretary Secre tury taft t ha lit 0 delegates instructed for him outside of ohio the delegate 3 representing presenting Te awen tyone ty one states ono une territory and ono one insular possession on of the 56 in favorite sons states of ohio have been elected of whom have been instructed for the candidates of those thosa states twenty are end and five rive have been instructed for secretary taft two anew ir now york two in enols and one in wisconsin the seats of forty six delegated dole gatea 3 arc are contested eight in alabama eight hi lit florida two in kentucky two in mis sim ippi six in missouri two in ohio four in oklahoma mil and fourteen in tennessee |