Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-12
TAFT WINS IN OHIO.
Secretary Meets With Little 0p-
position at Primaries.
FORAKER THREATENS TO BOLT
Vorys Asserts That Every One of the
Forty-six Delegates to the National
Convention Will Be For Head of War
Department.

Columbus, o., Feb. 12.-The net re-
suit of the Republican primaries held
throughout Ohio was for William IL.
Taft, four delegates at large and twen-
ty-two district delegates to the nation
al convention in Chicago and list of
delegates to the state convention to be
held March 3 which will be unani-
mously in his favor. Hardin county
held no primaries.
|. No opposition worth mentioning de-
veloped during the day. The supreme
court destroyed all chances of success
by the Foraker element in Cuyahoga
county by declaring that the Taft
county committee was the only valid
organization of its kind in that county
and the selection of delegates there
went by default, no ticket being placed
In the field against the Taft candi-
dates.
In Knox county the opposition to
Taft had brought an independent"
ticket into the field. the independents,
however, being all Foraker men. The
Taft candidates won easily, the vote
being about four to one in their favor.
Actual voting for delegates to the state
convention was carried on in but thlr-
ty-fve out of the total of eighty eight
counties in the state. the Taft dele
gates in fifty-two counties having no
opposition; their names We're simply
certified as having been elected. No
vote being taken in Hardin. it was the
general belief that the vote would be
cast in thirty-six counties, but the fail
ure of the Foraker men to bring out
an opposition ticket in Cuyahoga coun-
ty reduced the number by one.
Congressional primaries were held in
the Fourth. Fifth. Sixth, greater part
of the Eighth, Ninth, Twelfth, Four
teenth, Fifteenth, Sixteenth. Eight
eenth and Twenty-first districts and in
small portions of the Seventh and
Nineteenth.
In all but the two last, wherein the
voting was in too limited a territory
to be decisive. the Taft people won
without opposition. In the Ninth, Sixth
and Sixteenth districts candidates for
the primaries. s-
1t was the original intention to select
delegates to the national convention in
the same manner, but later it was de-
cided in order to avoid all chance Of
future complications to name the dele
gates at a regular district convention.
In the Eighth district congressional
primaries were not held in one county,
Hardin, but the result there cannot
possibly override the vote in the re-
mainder of the district. and the two
delegates to the Chicago convention
are certain for Taft. The following
statement was issued by Arthur I.
Vorys. the manager of the Taft presi-
Dental campaign:
"Ohio is for Taft. The result at the
primaries completes the demonstra-
ton. Every county except one. with |
seven delegates, now has selected its |
delegates to the state convention. Ev-
cry county has selected Taft delegates. |
The. state convention will be unani- |
mously for Taft. for every one of the |
1,S15 delegates is for and is instructed |
for Taft This unanimity also demon
strates that every one of the forty-six
delegates to the national convention
will be for Taft"
A dispatch from Washington says
that when Senator Foraker was told |
that Taft had won his expected sweep
ing victory in the Ohio primaries the
senator said. when they have had
their convention. we will hold ours"
Later The senator admitted that plans
were being discussed for second state
to be called for the nomina-
ton of four delegates at large TO the
convention.