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Show H ' OREGON AND NEBRASKA. Hl v The Republican state convention in Illinois, and the primaries H i In Oregon -and Nebraska have been heard from. Illinois gives the H ' entire delegation-at-large to Roosevelt. Roosevelt and La Follette, H- so far as the vote has been counted, have received two votes to Hf Taft's one. Nebraska shows Taft to be third in the race, with H Roosevelt far in the lead and La Follette and Taft on even terms. B Againtfwc ask the Standpatters to explain why they are holding l fast to Wkit with half a dozen of the most important Republican H states Absolutely rejecting him? H t jy uuder ordinary conditions, would be entitled to a renomiua-H renomiua-H ilon i. He has been President one term and, if his administration M J d been successful, he could have commanded a party united and H a -'hopeful. The Republicans of the country have been noted for their BP loyalty to party leaders and this is the first time in the history of Hl party politics when the rank and file in such great numbers have H refused to follow the party leaders or subscribe to the policies of H the administration as written by one of their own selecting. H There is something seriously wrong with the Taft administrates administra-tes tion that there should exist, near the close pf that administration, H a condition so closely bordering on party disruption and disorganiza- H Every one outside the Standpat circle recognizes Taft's holp- H less position and the folly of putting him forth again as a presiden- H tial candidate and the returns of the preferential primaries should |