The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-15
PENNSYLVANIA FOR
7. R. BY BIG
MAJORITY
Will Have Seven-tenths OF The
National Convention Delegates
PFNROSE MACHINE WRECKED
Former President Had No organiza-
ton and His Victory Has Stun
ned the Politicians.

philadelphia. April 15.-Col Theo-
dore Roosevelt's sweeping victory in
Pennsylvania at Saturdays primary
election kept growing yesterday as
the returns continued TO come IN
I Incomplete returns from every DIS
trict give the former president DO
of the states 76 delegates In the re-
publican national convention. The
Roosevelt supporters are claiming 81
and later returns may carry the hg-
ures to that total. Col. Roosevelt
won SO Of the GA district national
delegates and his followers elected
enough delegates to the state conyen-
ton to give them control of that
body The state convention viii
name II delegates-at-large.
Gov. Woodrow Wilson of New
Jersey. who had no organized opposi-
ton. will have "a of the rs delegates
from Pennsylvania in the domcrauc
national convention. In the 2Sth
congressional district the two demo
cratic national delegates elected are
favorable to Champ Clark.
Politicians look upon the triumph
of Col. Roosevelt with establishment.
The supporters of the former presl-
dent were without state organlza-
ton and without an organization in
many Of the 80 congressional dis
tricts. The regular republican or
ganizatlon headed by United States
Senator Boies Penrose, which has
weathered many a political storm,
suffered a crushing defeat in the loss
OF control of the state convention. II
is the first time in the present gen
Grafton that it has lost control oil
\ that body.
Besides naming the II delegates-at
large to Chicago, the convention Will
select 3S presidential electors, -four
candidates for congressmen-at'large
and candidates for state treasurer
and auditor.general, all to be voted
for at the November election. The
significance OF the Roosevelt victory
can be realized when it is remember
ed that the delegates in control oil
the state convention have the power
to select the state chairman and un
der the party rules the delegation tC
the national convention elects the
national committee man. At present
Senator Penrose holds this position
II was said by prominent mem
Der OF the state committee last nigh
that some OF the Roosevelt delegates
elected to the state convention are
regular organization men, who, al
though they voted for Roosevelt dele
gates, will still stand by the state or
| ganization. Some OF the leaders o.
| the republican organization refrain
ed from personally entering the pri
mary as candidates for district ma
tional delegates because II had beer
expected they would be selected az
delegates-at-large. Among those un
derstood to have been looked upon az
the likely delegates were Senators
Penrose and Oliver, Gov. Tener, Sec
rotary OF State Robert McAfe ant
State Senator James McNichol, the
leader Of the party organization II
Philadelphia.
The vote polled was light. In some
districts II did not go much over 81
per cent OF the total vote cast at th'
last general election. Col Roosevelt
is said TO have received his heavies
vote from the reform element in tn,
state represented by the Keyston,
party. which since II was organized
about two years ago has opposed IN,
regular republicans at every election
and succeeded In electlng a reform
mayor in Philadelphia last year An
other element OF strength TO thi
Roosevelt forces was the 10000 i'd,
anthracite miners in the northeast
ern counties of the state, where tn,
former president ran strongly.