Show OF DELEGATES statement issued from taft headquarters war Secre friends condid confident ent that ile he will ce be republican nominee for president columbua Clum bua 0 april 23 28 the following statement w vis is it linued sued saturday dt at the tift taft headquarters here covering the delegates selected to the republican ican national convention up to and including april since the last tabu laiton was issued from this office delegates have lave been chosen to the republican n national convention of this gumbei 78 were elected in the favorite on states el 61 in pennsylvania 10 in new york and 4 in illinois pennsylvania delegates dele crates vates were not instructed as they were chosen at direct primaries however all the delegates elected are ar e said to be avowed supporters of senator knox and they are classified as instructed for pennsylvanian Pennsyl favorite son the 10 delegates chosen in new york were instructed for governor hughes two of the delegates chosen in illinois were instructed for speaker cannon and two were uninstructed beicht delegates wele chogen I 1 in n open territory or states riot not having favorite sons son of these 43 16 were viere instructed for secretory Seere Secre tiry taft of the 12 uninstructed at least 1 hive bave pool loly illy declared their intention to tc vote for secretary taft secretary taft malthus may thus be credited w ith 40 out of 48 the delegates elected during the past week in open territory Alinne minnesota sota 20 of the instructed taft del delegates gates foar delegates at iorge and IG district delegates this gnes gives secretary taft a solid instructed delegation of 22 from Alinne minnesota sota Mas sicha etts gi give v e Seere Secre tray taft eight instructed delegates michigan elected four missouri two tao and maryland two to the unrestricted delegates outside favorite son territory are two from hawaii two from louisgnan Loui sinan two from maryland and six from the two from louisiana will be contested in all delegates have now been chosen to the national convention representing re 27 states one territory and three insular possessions of this total have been instructed for secretary taft 63 are uninstructed and are instructed for other candi dates as follows 41 44 in illinois for mr cannon SO in indiana for mr farb Fair binl ink 44 in ne new i york for mr hughes 61 64 6 1 in pennsylvania for mr IZ kno n ox and 25 in wisconsin for mr air la follette Foll elte of the 68 delag delegates its more than one third have publicly do de alired their intention of voting for secretary tatt taft secretary taft has delegines instructed for him outside of ohio ae delegates legates mp representing resenting 21 states one territory and one insular poises sion of the delegines in fiorita sons states outside of ohio have hava been elected of whom have hane been instructed for the candidates of tb those me tates states 20 are uninstructed and five have been instructed for Sere secretary tary raft two in new york two in ulm him ois and one in wisconsin the seats of 46 delegates are contested ei eight in alabama two in kentucky eight in florida florid two in mississippi six in missouri two in ohio four in oklahoma and fourteen in tennessee |