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Show ! GROWTH OF THE ROOSEVELT 'BOOM I-, WASHINGTON, D. C, March 8. ) (Special ) Reports received at tho .i headquarters of the national Rooso- i I velt committee in Washington today ec show a steady advance in Itoosovelt k' sentiment in practically all of the al r states. California, Ohio, Ixui6iana 5' and Texas arc lining up for Colonel ftr Roosevelt, and the sentiment in theso !, stateB, expressed in various ways, tiY- shows a decided tendency for the pro- S ; r gresslve cause. W . Colonel Cecil Lyon, national cora- :, mltteeman for Texas, telegraphed to- iJ day, stating his position. He ex- jf''r pressed himself as being heartily In A ; j, favor of Colonel Roosevelt for presl- &'.. dent, and said he would do all In tolfi 'v power to obtain a delegation for him. Over 90 per cent of tho Republicans I In Texas, says Colonel Lyon, are for Roosevelt He state's that there io virtually no Taft sentiment except among tho officeholders, and that ho ii expects every' delegate from the Lone ,' Star state will bo for Roosevelt, un- J der absolute instructions : -o.ji TVIfht Rnnnhlloan nnftnnnl ji ' committeeman for Louisiana, states It that if the state central committee of Louisiana will authoriz6 a primary, ' Colonel Roosevelt may count upon a solid delegation from 'that state. .4 M. Lissnor, chairman of the state $t central committee of California, has 1 telegraphed that, out of forty-six ! members of the committee asked for $ an expression of preference for the I ;r Republican candidate for president, k thlrt-four have declared in favor of 3 ( Colonel Roosevelt. Six havo expressed If a preference for La Folletto, lour for j? 'j Taft and two for Cummins. Mr. Liss- , ner states that In his opinion tho : Roosevelt sentiment In the 6tate cen-R cen-R tral committee prevails In the ratio lit ;i of ton to one, which, he believes, Is i the fair expression of Republican son-P son-P timent in the state. "I feel confident g and predict that the Roosevelt ticket ! ' of delegates to tho national conven- K tlon will bo endorsed by tho Rcpub-I Rcpub-I 'H, Hcans of California at least two to M one," Hays Mr. Uasnor. M y1 From Ohio, the president's home m " state, comes advices showing that m j votes received from 85 out of S coun- lies give Colonel Roosevelt an ovor-I ovor-I whelming majority. TeBt votes have been taken by several Democratic and ' indopendent newspapers, and in practically prac-tically every Instance Mr.. TafUhas been snowed under by , the adherents' of Colonel Roosevelt, v F . S Supporters of Co'lonol Iloosovelt aro wording had to cap.ture the Tennesslk) delegation to tho Chicago convention. Tho loaders In this movement are optimistic, op-timistic, and state that they have a good chance to downing the administration adminis-tration machine. -nn . |
