The Detroit times., 1910-06-07
|W|[L CONTEST
Dl[zE!l!!' !! ]! l! !! !!!!!!!
candidate for Congress Against Re.
publican Leader Charges Fraud
Loses by 402 Votes.

Loses Dy 4OZ votes.
PITTSBURG. Pa. June 6.-That a
h recount OF tho primary vote Will Re
demanded by Dr. Robert ]. Black. who
alleges that he won In his race for
the congressional nomination over
s John Dalzell, chairman OF the house
"a rules committee, was the statement
here today by him.
According to Dalzell's manager. w.
II. Coleman, Dalzell won by maJorit!
Of l02.
Charges OF fraud are being made by
Black. who declares that he does not
believe they will let him win He
q Declares that his brother-in-law saw
an election Judge count five ballots Tor
Dalxeli that had been cast for him.
self.
Dalzell's fight is the closest In his
~ years Of service In congress. but he
4 has returned to Washington fully salts
ned that ne has again won the nominal
\ tion.
All the returns from the district
a have not been received yet and ofhciai
" returns will not be given out for sew
Gral days.
The only member OF the Pennsyl-
vania congressional delegation from
this territory to suffer at the primaries
WAS CONGRESSMAN william II. Graham,
who was defeated by Stephen G. Por-
ter according TO reports today.
M DalzelTs fight to maintain his POSI-
fion was desperate and his managers
threw down the senatorial and legis-
1ative states of the Republican organi-
ration for the sake OF their candidate.
NJ Although corporations of the thirtieth
congressional district are alleged TO
have issued orders to its employees 10
oppose Black. reports show that the
plan failed in many places. as Blacks
vote was large In towns where large
manufacturing plants are located.
In Braddock. where the United
States Steel Corporation has many
plants, Dalzell secured eleven major,
E fly. Returns from McKeesport,
Blacks home, and from many
boroughs, show that the Republican
n organization knitted the ticket In or
der to gain support for Dalzell. AS
result OF this work the organization
3 candidate for state senate In the
fofty-fourth district, J. NJ. Clark, was
defeated
Returns today show that Senator
q George T. divers forces also won a
decisive victory over the William
Finn faction. only two Finn men be-
Ing elected
PORTLAND, Me-, June CAS- the
4 two big state conventions draw near
the Democratic June Is. and the Re-
publican June 20. conservative Re-
:. publican leaders admit that they ex-
pecf keen struggle. The Democrats
are especially hopeful Of carrying the
first and second congressional dis
tricts. and are working hard to elect
their candidates to the next legisla-
I. tuTe. which must choose successor
\ 20 Senator Eugene Hale. who has an
nounced his retirement
DIES MONIES, Ia, June 6.-Thres
questions will be settled by the Re-
publicans at the statewide primary
yer and Cummins be upheld in their
demand that progressives be nominal
ed for congress; second. will Warren
Garst, progressive, be named against
Gov b. +. Carroll, standpatter. seek
Ing q second term, and thereby dis
n card q precedent for second terms IN
Iowa; third, which faction will control
4 the Republican state convention, Au-
NJ gust 6.
Cummins has been stamping the
state demanding that only progress
ofves be nominated. He says the re-
nomination OF Gov. Carroll would give
his standing In Washington a setback
PrOgressives also fear that IL the
otnndpatters control the delegates TO
h the county conventions, to be selected
y Tomorrow, they will send men to the
& state convention who will adopt reso-
X buttons antagonistic to the progress
stve cause.
f Both sides are making claims OF
victory but all admit they were never
20 much In the dark as TO the inten-
lions of the voters. Both sides claim
the state for governor by majority
X from 10000 to 10000.
Little interest has been in the state
y ticket because there Is no real issue
on state questions, but in several con-
n gressional districts there are hard
lights.
Judge Walter I. Smith. standpat
candidate for reelection in the ninth
81 district. Is having the fight Of his lie
"a with Acknowledgement w n. Boyer.
In the seventh district Congressman
3 y. A. T. Hull feels confident OF re-elec-
~ ton over Judge S. F. Prouty. progress
uive, who Is making his fifth campaign
3 against Hull.
In the eighth, Hepburn's old dis
trict, John Darrah, progressive, is pit.
ted against Judge H. NJ. Towner.
s. w. Brookart Is the progressive
candidate against Congressman Ken.
" nedy In the first district. The Demo-
Gratis have candidates in the field for
AL offices. There are three candidates
for governor and II is believed 8. II.
Bashore. OF Waterloo. or Claude Por-
ter, OF Centerville. will be nominated.