Show AFT AS YET 1 IN THE LEAD fe ohio man has two hundred and sity sixty seven delegates out of seven hundred and twenty four COLUMBUS 0 april 25 the following statement otate ment was issued saturday at the taft national head quart teia cia here covering the del le gasps selected to the republican national ai convention up to and including april since the lant tabulation was issued from this ohice office delegates have been to the republican national convention of this number seventy eight were elected in tho the favorite son states sixty four in Pennsyl pennsylvania vanla ten li hi new york and four in illinois tha pennsylvania delegates were not instructed as they were chosen at r bract primal beg ics however all tha delegates clotted aro are said to be i vowed sup portera of senator knox and therefore they are clas classified sifted ns as instructed for favorite son the ten delegates chosen in york eight instructed delegates michigan elected four missouri two and maryland two the uninstructed delegates outside favorite son territory are two from hawaii Ila two from louisiana two from maryland and six from massachusetts the two from louisiana will be contested in all delegates have now been hosen to the national convention representing twenty seven states one territory and three insular possessions possess rona of this total have been instructed for secretary taft sixty eight are uninstructed and are instructed for other ca candidates as follows forty four in in illinois for cannon thirty in indiana for Fair fairbanks binks forty four in new york for hughes sixty fur in pennsylvania for knox and twenty alve in wisconsin for la follette Follet tc republican NATIONAL convention DELEGATES S 0 afes is G S 2 name of state 6 2 ja r S E 4 11 21 1 17 S ja 2 6 alabama 22 8 8 8 6 6 Flor florida ldA 0 10 8 8 8 II awili 2 2 2 illinois 1 54 51 5 2 8 44 In dlana 80 30 30 30 iowa low 1 26 26 26 kansas 20 20 20 kentucky rf i 26 2 2 4 Loul sunu 18 6 6 H IV W maryland 16 8 6 2 massachusetts 32 22 12 10 michigan asi 28 23 8 6 2 jhuti JHk ti rf minnesota 1 I 22 22 22 mississippi 20 2 2 2 missouri bliss au r sa U 6 32 32 6 nebraska 16 16 16 new mexico 2 2 2 t new now york 78 68 2 12 44 north carolina 24 2 2 ohio 46 38 88 38 2 rio oklahoma 0 aalto ma 0 14 14 14 4 pennsylvania pennsy vania 68 64 61 Philip wipe 2 2 2 porte rico ICO 2 2 2 rhode island 8 8 R 8 south dakota 8 8 8 1 24 18 IS 18 14 virginia 24 24 14 10 west virginia 14 4 4 wisconsin 26 26 1 25 A total 1 ai 2 1 1 68 1 1 46 in Loul louisiana aiana later conventions will be held hold by that portion of the party which is recognizer recognized on the state ballot in abe tennessee contests only taft t dle delegates gates are involved involve i all missouri contest contes tj arc are in in the city 0 of st louis I 1 1 he uninstructed virginia delegates were elected under instruct which practically direct them to recognize the action of the state convention the state convention instructed for taft whilo while the massachusetts delegates at large are uninstructed the state convention passed a resolution declaring that a majority of the delegates arc ire for taft W two of the uninstructed new york delegates have declared their intention ten tion to vote for hafl L the wisconsin and pennsylvania delegates were eletha at primaries ri marics and und declared their choice for president therefore are classed as instructed 11 moro than 4 one third of the sixty eight uninstructed delegates have publicly declared their purpose of voting for tor secretary taft tail I 1 were instructed for governor hughes two of the delegate delegat ep chosen in illinois were instructed for speaker cannon and two were uninstructed it forty eight delegates were chosen in open territory or states not having favor to te sons of forty eight thirty sh six were instructed for secretary taft of the twelve mi i at least four have publicly declared their intention to ante for S secretary cretaro taft A secretary taft t may thus be credited with forty out af the forty eight delegates elected during the past week in open territory minnesota contributed twenty of tho the instructed taft delegates four delegates at large and sixteen district delegates this gives secretary taft a solid instructed d delegation of twenty two from minnesota secretary toft if ak A A iam of the bluy sixty eight delegates more than one third have publicly declared their irl intention of 0 voting for secretary taft secretary taft has delegates instructed for him outside of ohio the delegates delegate 3 re representing 1 1 ng twin tyone ty one states ona una territory and ono one insular possession of the delegates in favorite sons states outside of ohto ohio have been elected of whom have been instructed for the candidates of thosa those states twenty arc are uninstructed ted and five have been instructed for secretary Taft t two in york two in illinois one in wis acir in tho the seats of forty six d delegates aag ates ere are contested eight in alabama eight in florida two in kentucky two in mississippi six in missouri two in ohio four in oklahoma aad ad fourteen in tennessee 0 b 1 J |