The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-05-10
The Number of Delegates Each Received
Clark IS, Wilson SO, Roosevelt
66 and Taft 63.
Wilson and Taft Carry fhe Most Of the Counties,
While Clark and Roosevelt Sweep
Baltimore City.

At the primary election on Monday
Speaker Champ Clark, of the Nation
AL House OF Representatives captur-
ing on the first ballot in the State
convention the 16 delegates from
Maryland to the Democratic National
Convention. The vote stands Clark
75; Wilson, DO; and Harmon, A. There
are 129 votes In the State convention,
and as 65 are sufficient for a majori-
ty in the convention, unless later re
turns from some Of the counties
change the status of those counties,
Clark will have the necessary Sd On
the first ballot.
Clark carried all of Baltimore city
and all OF the counties which Senator
Arthur 'P German carried in the last
Gubernatorial primary with the ex-
ception of Anne Arundel and Wicomi-
CO counties Wilson carried these
counties, but lost Montgomery, Queen
Anne's and Carroll counties, by small
majorities, which practically ended
any hope Of the New Jersey man be
ing able to carry the convention
| All of the Eastern Shore, with the
exception OF Queen Anne's and Wor-
cester counties, went for Wilson,
Smith, who has taken no part in the
contest, swung his county for Har-
mon, who has always been his per-
sonal choice for the place. This was
the only election unit in the State
which Harmon carried. He did not
carry any district ia Baltimore city
or any other county.
4 The most surprising results of the
. III, Ew
gomery county, where Senator Blair
Lee lost his home county, and in Wi
comico, where Senator Jesse Price
was defeated by the Wilson people.
| Col. Theodore Roosevelt will Get
Maryland's 16 votes in the Republi-
can National Convention. With the
city and State organizations against
him, he defeated them both by close
margin and won out.
| He will have 66 votes i'm the state
convention, just bare vote over the
65 which constitutes a majority of the
| 129 votes in the State convention.
President Taft will have 63 votes, and
a further analysis of the returns may
show that he may have sufficient
friends among the delegates to con-
troll the personnel of the Maryland
delegation. This will be important il
Roosevelt cannot be nominated on
the first ballot, a. the State Repub-
lican leaders will then be able to
throw them to Taft on subsequent
| ballots.
Roosevelt carried only seven coun-
ties outside of Baltimore city These
were Allegany, Garrett, Washington,
Frederick, Prince Georges, Howard
and Baltimore county.
The Republican State organization
had been expecting Roosevelt land
slide in Baltimore city and through it
was prepared for 1T. It calculated
that with the Eastern Shore, South
ern Maryland, Hartford and Carroll
counties 1t could pull Taft through
without Baltimore city.
Carroll and Hartford counties gave
Taft small majorities, but Prince
Georges county, in the SOUTHERN
Maryland column, went to Roosevelt,
and this decided the election. All
counties but Prince Georges had
then been heard from, and the Taft
people expected victory there. The
returns when they finally disclosed a
conquest for Roosevelt decided the
way Maryland would vote on the first
ballot in the Republican National
Convention.
Roosevelt's speeches did not have
any effect in the doubtful counties
which he visited. Wicomico, Har-
ford and Carroll all went against him.