The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-05-24
Chautauqua Tickets viii
Be Put Or, Sale On tuesday
ROOSEVELT SWEEPS
TAFT'S HOME STATE
HARMON WINS DECISIVE VICTORY
OVER WILSON.
Harmon Likely to Have Entire Dele.
CATION of 4S to Democratic Con-
ventiOn at Baltimore.

Columbus, o., May 22-According
to returns in hand tonight from ap-
proximately 4,5OO of the 5,192 pre-
cincts in the State, Col. Theodore
Roosevelt's delegates to the National
Republican convention carried yes
terday's Ohio primary 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 or two. The
best figures. available tonight show
that Roosevelt has 80 Of the forty-two
district delegates selected yesterday,
and that President Taft has 10.
Although later returns on the Demo-
cratic presidential preference primary
vote give Woodrow Wilson fighting
chance for one or two more delegates,
the New Jersey mans exact standing
will not be known for several days,
when certain belated rural returns
have been secured from dilatory
judges, who refused to complete the
counts in their precincts before TAX
ing nights sleep.
Harmon to Control Convention.
However, Governor Harmon prac-
tically is assured complete delega-
ton of forty-eight delegates to the
Baltimore convention. His lead now
gives him control of the State Demo-
cratic convention, which will select
six delegates at large.
Also it is said the convention will
provide for the unit rule, which will
force the Wilson delegates selected by
the 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 at large for the president, but
the Roosevelt managers declared that
late returns show the number Of Taft
delegates to the State convention to
be dwindling instead of increasing, as
was announced early today.
Fought Out on Floor.
There is no question but that the
Taft-Rooserelt fight will be carried
on to the floor of the State conven-
ton, when the final struggle in Ohio
will be made for the half dozen dele
gates at large.
In only % of the SO counties in the
State were delegates to the State con-
vention chosen. In the remaining
counties the delegates will be named
by county conventions.
Even in the matter of district dele
gates an official count will be neces-
sary to determine the exact result
An instance of this sort arose today
in the 18th Congressional district,
(Sandusky), where late returns indi-
cate that the district will be divided
almost evenly between Taft and
Roosevelt delegates, and Harmon and
Wilson. Early figures gave the two
delegates in this district on the Re-
publican ticket to Mr.. Taft. "Col.
Roosevelt may now get one of the
delegates and thus increase his total
of district delegates TO SO. This wonid
leave Mr.. Taft delegates"
Roosevelt Vote Scattered.
An analysis made tonight of the
recapitulated Roosevelt vote shows
that the Roosevelt strength was not
confined to any particular section of
the State or to any particular class of
citizens. He carried mining and in
dustrial cections, such as the Hook
ing Valley, as we'll as some of the old
est and most conservative urban COM
munities in the State In Adams ooun-
ty, where more than 1,500 voters were
disfranchised not long ago for vote
selling. Roosevelt had a. considerable
plurality.