The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-05-22
CAPTURES MOST OF DELEGATES
Gets Thirty-Two District Votes
and Six Delegates t-Large
HARMON AN EASY WINNER
He Will Have All But Eight Of Dem.
oeratie Convention
Votes.

Columbus. o., May ga sweeping
victory for Roosevelt Republican, and
Harmon Democrat, was the result OF
Ohio's statewide primary. One OF
Ohios 'FavOrite Sons" President
| Taft lost in the contest.
Returns early today showed Roose-
welt secured thirty-two out of the
fortytwo delegates TO the Republican
national convention. 1t is estimated
Roosevelt has a plurality of approx
imately twenty thousand over Taft in
the popularity contest as expressed
through the selection of delegates to
the national convention. Taft so far
has carried but three entire districts
There is a division in two.
on the Democratic side, Harmon
has at least twenty EIGHT of the forty
two delegates, while Wilson has eight.
Harmon has large lead In the pref
erence vote. Despite the fact that
their names were not printed on tho
ticket Bryan and Clark received scat
tering votes.
While returns are meagre on the
vote for delegates TO the Republican
state convention. which names six Re-
publican national delegates at large.
il is thought the Roosevelt forces will
dominate.
The Democratic party provided in
its call that the candidate receiving
the largest presidential preference
vote be permitted to name his own
delegates at large to the national
convention. This gives Harmon an
opportunity 10 further increase his
number OF delegates TO the Baltimore
convention.
Harmon's majority. h is believed,
will exceed that of Roosevelt.
on the face OF the carly returns from
about seventy ight counties in the
state Taft will have but ten OF the for
ty-two delegates TO the national con-
Vention. He will have two i'm each OF
the first, second. seventh and thir-
teenth districts. and one each from the
third and fifteenth. The official count
may show a change In districts where
the delegates are divided between Taft
and Roosevelt. The thirty-two elected
to vote for Roosevelt are from the
fourth fifth. sixth. eighth. ninth. tenth.
eleventh. twelfth. fourteenth. sixteenth.
seventeenth eighteenth. nineteenth.
twentieth and twenty-hrst. also one
each from the third and fifteenth.
Complete returns from fifty-niire OF
the eighty-eight counties show Roose-
Welt carried forty five of them and Taft
fourteen. OF the hfty-nine Harmon
carried the same number as Roosevelt.
and in fourteen counties carried by
Wilson. Taft, on the Republican ticket.
failed to get one Of them.
The rural vote in the state WIS light
as the farmers preferred putting In
crops to going TO the polls. L.aF'ollette's
heaviest vote was la the twenty first
district. where he polled i,i6S. In Full
ton county the Wisconsin senator Sc
cured more votes than Taft. OF the
| fourteen counties so far reported as
carried by Taft. one half of them arc
Democratic strongholds. where the Re-
publican vote was very light
The exact vote In the Democratic
preferential contest is not known, but
reports erom 7S5 precincts out of 5.i92
i'm the state Indicate Harmon received
Il7.soO and Wilson 1878 in those pre-
clncts. while Clark received 10 and
bryan 1S5
| Taft carried his home districts. the
first and second. Harmon. who lives
I'm the Same city with the president.
Cincinnati. carried the second district.
but the first still is in doubt. The re-
turns show Wilson carried the third.
twentieth and twenty-first districts. In
the ninth Wilson got one delegate.
Harmon delegates were elected from
the following districts: First. second.
fourth. NTH. sixth, seventh, eighth.
tenth. eleventh. twelfth. fourteenth. NJ
teenth, seventeenth. eighteenth and
nineteenth. In the ninth Harmon got
one delegate.
In the congressional contests the
returns show at least four OF the Ave
!, ohio Republicans in Congress were re-
nominated and that out Of eighteen
districts heard from today fourteen
Democratic members in the rational
house of representatives are candi-
dates for reelection. In the first dis
, ltrict Nicholas Longworth was rc-nom-
mated.