Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-08
ROOSEVELT AND CLARK LEAD
Former President Carries Maryland
by Small Majority.
SPEAKER GETS THE DELEGATION
Houn' Dog Candidate Has Big Lead
over Governor wiison---Dele-'
gates Specifically Instructed
by Law of the state.

BALTIMORE. Nd. May 7.-Theodore
Roosevelt today clung to the sixty-six
delegates 10 the state convention which
the Maryland presidential primaries gave
him yesterday and although this was but
one more than the majority necessary for
control and the returns from many OF
the counties outside Baltimore are In
complete. enough have been received TO
establish his victory and the defeat Of
President Taft.
Democratic returns. still incomplete. but
apparently conclusive. sive Champ Clark
seventy-two delegates. Woodrow Wilson
forty-four. Judson Harmon four, with
nine votes from two counties still unset
tied.
These. however. cannot change the re-
suit. The Clark men cnim both these
counties. and II established these claims
would make clarks total vote In the
state convention elghty-one and his
plurality over Governor Wilson thirty
seven. Governor Harmon carried only
one county. but the Wilson men believe
his vote played an important part In the
result, since they say much Of Il would
have gone to Governor Wilson II the Ohio
governor had not been IN tho rsce.
Provisions. Of state iayv,
This means that both Roosevelt and
Clark will take from Maryland 10 the
convention solid block Of sixteen
yotes The republican delegates chosen
at the primaries will name sixteen dele
gates to chicaEo al the state convention
May H. The democratic state convention
on May 10 win select thlrty-two national
delegates, each with half a vote.
Although the Taft forces claim they
will control the personnel OF the state
convention, Colonel Roosevelt's friends
declare they have no fear that trouble
may result from this situation. rney
point out that the state delegates elecied
are bound By the law to instruct the
delegates TO the national convention for
Roosevelt and they express confidence
that now the fight is over the two fac
tons into which the contest divided tho
party viii unite to place delegation be-
hind Colonel Roosevelt that will remain
faithful to him at Chicago as long as no
has chance Of getting the nomination.
Clark Has Large Majority.
Estimates today OF personsl preferen-
tial vote OF the state as a whole give
Roosevelt q majority over Taft OF lees
than 1000. clark's plurality In the city
OF Baltimore over Governor Wilson was
about i2700. and the vote in the counties
when II 10 counted is expected TO reduce
this to total Of i1.ooo for the state as u
whole.
The state preferential vote had no direct
bearing on the result. but the Roosevelt
and Taft campaign committees were none
the less pleased that II went for their can
dldstes. since they believe II will make
the preference by counties. through which
the state delegates are instructed. all the
more binding and initiate against tho
possibility that the delegations to the ma
tonsl conventions WIN not stay hItched u
the fight there is very close.
The law demands that the Maryland
delegation continue to vote as Instructed
as long as In their conscientious judg-
ment they believe their candidates have
chance OF getting ths nomination.
splits sumerous In Texas.
DALLAS, Tex. May 7.-Eyidenee of
numerous splits in republican county con
ventions OF Texas appeared In the first
returns received today. The first SIX
counties heard from reported three SPLIT
conventions. OF the other three conyen-
ventions, two instructed for Taft and one
for Roosevelt.
The first convention going for Roosevelt
was 81 Paso county. where the instfuc-
tons referred to him as zone who viii
give protection to Americans in foreign
countries"
Seven democratic conventions had been
heard from and they gave In the state
convention:
Wilson n votes; Harmon is. Clark !.