The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-23
resident Taft, Undaunted by Loss of Home State,
 Looks to New Jersey
|ONTEST OVER,
 SAYS THEODORE
Fxon Issues Statement Practically Calling on President Taft to With
 draw From the Race-Mc- |sgf Kinley Claims Election

Columbus, Ohio. May 22.-According
 returns in hand tonight from ap- foximity 4500 of the 5192 precincts
 the state, Col. Theodore Rooseveit's
 legates to the national republican
 invention carried yesterdays Ohio pr'-
 aries by plurality of about 25,oo0'
 tes. It now seems scarcely possible
 at final results from the primary poll | III change the number of district dele
 tes for either side by more than one
 two. The best figures available to-
 ght show that Roosevelt has S2 of
 42 district delegates selected yes .rday and that President Taft has 10.
 Later returns from the democratic
 esidential preference primary give 1oodrow Wilson a fighting chance for e or two more delegates. but his ex- | | standing will not be known until
 lated rural returns come in.
 Harmon Gets Delegation |Governor Harmon. however. practi- | lily is assured a complete delegation 4S delegates to the Baltimore con- |ntion. His lead now gives him con |ol of the state democratic conven- |bn. which will select six delegates at |rge Also it is said that the conven- |on will provide for the unit rule |lich win force the Wilson delegates. |ected by districts yesterday. to vote
 the Ohio executive.
 IThe delegates at large situation in |e republican party will not be known settled until June 8, when the state publican convention meets here. Taft hders claim they will control the state Invention and designate the delegates large But Roosevelt managers |kimed late returns show the number Taft delegates to the state conven- |on to be dwindling instead of increas- Is as was announced early today. here is no question but that the Tatt- |,osevelt fignt will be carried onto the Dor of the state convention.
 : In only 2S of the SIS counties in the late were delegates to the state con Snlion chosen. In the remaining coun- |ss the delegates will be named by l |unty conventions.
 Even in the matter of district dele Mes an official count will be neces- |N4e detersdsne eS1et resultS All IT ' lance Of tllis sort arose today in the Iirteenth congressional district, here late returns indicate that the
 slrict will be divided almost evenly
 tveen Taft and Roosevelt delegates
 Id Harmon and Wilson. Early ngureS
 ys the two delegates in this district
 the republican ticket to Mr Tart.
 lo1lel Roosevelt may now get one or
 delegates and thus increase his
 taI of district delegates to 33. This
 Olld leave MT. Tart nine delegates.
 Analysis of Roosevelt Vote Ah analysis tonight of the Roosevelt te shows the Roosevelt strength was |,t confined to any particular section of ! state or to any particular class of |tizens. He carried mining and indus | al sections and some of the oldest and ost conservative urban communities in e state Added to these was much |rength among the farmers. In Adams Iuntv, where more than 1500 voters were |sfranchised not long ago for vote sell Q. Roosevelt had considerable plu- ' S.ity. A town with prophetic name, . hite House, in Lucas county gave .oosevelt 21 votes and Taft 3. Roosevelt Ianagers seized upon this incident as a | abjnger of good fortune.
 Waiter F. Brown, chairman of the re-
 lblcan state central committee, and
 1osevelt's Ohio campaign manager, to-
 sht said he IS not to be placed in charge Colonel Ruosevelt's national campaign Iould the colonel be nominated at the hicago convention.
 |.These rumors are pleasant compliments [lt there is absolutely nothing in them, hid Mir. Brown.
 |There were persistent rumors In Co., mbus tonight that friends of President |hft were attempting to have Robert T. |incon selected as permanent chairman the republican national committee. |..Its the wrong dope,' was the terse bmment of A. l. Norys, national com Iitteeman from Ohio. when the report |earding Lincoln was taken to him. He eclined, however, to say whether such proposal had been made by or to any the Taft leaders.
 The trend of the latest returns which kdicate that Wilson, has carried the first and Second districts has devel- bed peculiar situation in the Cin- |nnati end of the state. Wilson had hndidates for delegates in the Second EstrIct and returns show that these |ere beaten. The Harmon delegates Fere unopposed in the First district.