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Show I WYOMING MAN " ! SAYS WEST' 1 1 IS FUR TAFT "1 , National Committeeman Pexton See H-' it Solid Support for the President H' if - George E. Pexton of Evaniton Says M Neighboring State Is Solid for tne t. Executive. H:T, ' J - 'President Taft la entitled to tha HjV solid support of tlio western states B more thnn from any other section or HI' t tho country. I bellove the western Bb j V pcoplo nro licRlniiInK to nppreelnto Hf this fact more strongly thun evur, H1!- and t look forward to seeing tho Tact H' proven at tho national convention on H tho first ballot." M Tliio favatoment was made last night H f nt tho Hotel Utah by Oeorgo E. l'cx- H" ton of Hvanston, Wyo., Is piobably H' 5 tho broadest statement yet mado by H any western politician. Mr. l'exton H f Is llcimbllcan Natlonnl Committeeman H of tho neighboring state, nnd Mb H vIowh, ho claims, aVo typical of those H felt throughout his homo state. Con- H tlnulng with the political feeling B throughout his state nnd other puitu H or tho west, Mr. l'exton said: H -Tart will lecelvo UUU or more ot H tho votes or tho 7,07'J delegates. Tho H remainder will bo split between H Hoosovelt, LaKolletto and Cummins, M wlUl practically no difference In their H ), rcspcctlvo votes. Tho vote at tho H convention will go no further than LBH i ' ihn flmi lmllnt. and In tho election H ' I look for tho President to maintain M about the flume proportloumont of H votes against tho Uemocratlc nom- Inec, whoever ho may bo. H "Wyoming will send her six dele- H I gate's to tho convention Instructed fur M ' tho President. Utah, Colorado, Mon- H . I tana nnd other western Mates prob- H J ably will havo tho majority of their delegates so Instructed. These states B j. cannot take other means of procc-dura H 1 . for tho nomination of tho Hopubllcan H If candidate Tho Democratic House has H f ' fortunntoly proven to tho west what H f( can bo expected with tho cntlro ndmln H I Istrntion Democratic, and each stuto 1 J can bo counted on to do Its utmost H I J to nomlnato Taft, the strongest Tie- H j ! publican candidate, to guard agalnet such, a calamity. I M West Would Suffer H i "It Taft woro to loso tho noinliiu- H ; ' , tlon or ir ho were to bo defeated at M the polls, tho west Would suffer H t more than any other section of tho H country, Wool, lead, hides and all otl- M j er products distinctly western would H '. bo purchased from other countries H This section cannot afford to tako H tho chnnco on such a contingency H and every thinking man of tho re- fl gion should vuto and boost for l're- H t , sldcnt H "If by itny chanco a Democrnt wore H i elected, thu western forts would un- H I dcmbtedly bo moved from hern M : to tho south; I do not know of H ono which would ha left In this sec- H ' tlon. The .forts aio of great value H , to us nnd wo also cannot afford to M loso them. It has been a long tlmo H , '. slnco the Democrats gathered about fl I tho banauet table and their hunter B will lend them to many excesses It H ' by any chanco one were elected l'ie , "Wyoming will go clear down the illno for Republican candidates this fall. Seuntor Francis 13. Warren and Hepresentatlvo V. W. Mondell aro H t each up for reelection ami each will H j be rotumed to their seats in Cuugres H f Senator Warren Is chalrmuu of sevoi- H nl important senato committees and H ! for this reason tho people cannot ar H 7 ford to havo him relinquish Ms scat. H '' Ho Is chairman of tho appropriation H committee, one of tho strongest com- H c mlttccs In Congress, and as such Is H u tower or strength for his stntc. H Sure of Re-election H -Tho congressman and the senator H are sure of re-election and the samo H' can be said or tho great maporlty ot Hf.' losser Btate and county officials. K ' Wyoming has had her experience In H changes from the administrations of H tho Uepubllcnns, and tho lesson H D means the undisputed swuy of the H ,i Uepubllcan party for some tlmo to iiH rnnin. f"l recently havo returned from a trip through California and other B western states, and In all my talks H ( with Uepubllcan loaders I havo learn H cd that tne Taft sentiment 1b stead- K j y growing. They liuvo assured mo H ! that while a few of their delegates H f may be Instructed for insurgent can- H I dldates, Tart will bo given the nm- H Jorlty or those sent to the convention. H - "California has been particularly H looked upon as an Insurgent strong- H c hold, but tho sentiment even there H ' Is rapidly turning to tho President, H ' i The entering ot Roosevelt into the K . L race has really strengthened the iHH v 'ii&B chances ot Tart." M -,iB |