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Taft Gains Fortytwo Delegates in Southern Contests
Chicago dispatch reports the Republican National Committee awarded Taft 72 delegates over two days, mostly from Georgia Florida and Arkansas with all Georgia and Florida delegates contested by Roosevelt factions. The Arkansas schemes involved dual conventions and vigorous debates amid legal challenges and heated exchanges between Taft Roosevelt backers.
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