The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-23
SIX OF DELEGATES
FROM OHIO ARE
UNCERTAIN
These Will Not Be Named Until
June 8
ROOSEvELTS BIG MAJORITY
Defeated Taft in His Own State BY
over 25,0oo-Taft Carried Only
Three Districts

COlumDuSi W. MAY 20 uiu5
to returns in hand tonight from APP
.proximately $500 of the 5192 pre-
cincts in the state, Col. Theodore
Roosevelts delegates to the national
republican convention carried yester-
days Ohio primaries by plurality
of about $4,000 votes. 1t now seems
scarcely possible that final results
from the primary poll will change
the number of district delegates for
either side by more than one to
two. The best figures available to-
night show that Roosevelt has 81 OF
the AZ district delegates selected yes
terday and that President Taft has
10.
Although later returns on the dem
ocratic presidential preference pri-
mary vote give Woodrow Wilson
fighting chance for one or two more
delegates, the New Jersey mans ex-
act standing will not be known for
several days when certain belated re-
turns have been secured from dila
tory judges who refused to complete
the counts in their precincts before
taking a nights sleep. However
Gov. Harmon practically is assured a
complete delegation of AZ delegates
to the Baltimore convention. His Lead
now gives him control of the state
democratic convention which will sci
ect six delegates at large. Also II
is said that the convention will pro
vide for the unit rule, which will
force the Wilson delegates, selected
by districts yesterday to vote for the
Ohio executive.
The delegate at large situation In
the republican party will not be
known or settled until June 3 when
the state republican convention is
convened here. The Taft leaders
claim that they will control the state
convention and designate the dele
gates al large for the president but
Roosevelt managers declared that
late returns show the number of TAFT
delegates TO the state convention 10
be dwindling, instead of increasing
as was announced early today There
is no question but that the Taft
Roosevelt fight will be carried on Ia
the floor fthe state convention
when the final struggle in Ohio is
made for the half dozen delegates al
/ large. ..
In only % OF the IS counties in the
state were delegates to the state con,
vention chosen. In the remaining
counties the delegates will be nam
ed by county conventions.
Even in the matter of district del
egates an official count will be neo
essary TO determine exact results. An
( instance OF this sort arose today In
the 18th congressional district (San
dusky) where late returns indicate
that the district will be divided al
most evenly between Taft and Roose
welt delegates and Harmon and viii
son. Early figures gave the two dele
gates in this district on the republi
can ticket to Mr.. Taft Col. Roose
welt may now get one of the delegate:
and thus increase his total district
delegates to 3S. This would leave
Mr.. Taft nine delegates.
An analysis made tonight of the re
capitulated Roosevelt vote shows
that the Roosevelt strength was no
confined to any particular class o
citizens. He carried mining and in
dustrial sections, such as the Hook
ing Valley as we'll as some of tn,
oldest and most conservative urbaI
communities in the state. Added I,
these was much strength among tn,
farmers.
In Adams county where more thar
1900 voters were DISTINGUISHED no
long ago for vote selling, Roosevelt
had a considerable plurality. 4
town with prophetic name, Whit,
House, in Lucas county, gave Roose
welt q votes and Taft 8. Roosevelt
managers seized upon this inciden
as a harbinger Of good fortune.