With the race for the Republican nomination nose-and-nose, victory may well lie among the contested delegations. Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas will send two delegations each to Chicago. In each case, one delegation will be predominantly for Taft, the other mostly for Eisenhower. In all, 75 delegate votes will be involved. This is how the contests will be settled:
First, the National Committee will decide which delegation from each state should be temporarily recognized. Since a majority of the National Committee is pro-Taft, the Ohio Senator is certain to get the breaks in this first test. It does not necessarily follow,...
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