The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-29
victory Tor ColnurI nnh M.u.nn,

convention.
victory for cclouci and Wilson.
Newark. May 2S.-At midnight r..
w. Gray. secretary OF the Taft Busl-
ness Mems League. conceded that COL
orel Roosevelt had carried the state
or New Jersey on the preferential
primary vote, and that the four del
egates-at-iarse pledged TO Colonel
Roosevelt would be elected
returns up to midnight in New Jcr-
'sey's presidential primary INDEBTED
a decisive victory for Governor Wood.
row Wilson over the Smith Nugeut
Democratic machine. which has been
lighting him In every county of the
State.
President Taft was expected to poll
big vote in Newark, the big indus
trial centre in Essex county. but tho
roosevelt strength as indicated by
early returns was unexpected even By
his most ardent supporters.
AZ midnight the indications were
that Roosevelt had carried New
ARK by small majority. He carried
the EiShth, Ninth and Eleventh Con-
sressional Districts. Reports received
In Newark at that hour were thar
roosevelt had carried Passaic, Essex
ana Merccr counties. and that Atlantic
ana bergen counties were for Taft.
lh'rty-six election districts I'm the
Nlnth congressional District Newark,
gave wilson 6si and anti Wilson /
In several of the other bip indns,rt,,
centres of New Jersey, Colonel Ronsn'
r WI, ran very strongly. In Paterson
i1iiN'peth and Jersey City the carr,
io'urhs gave him decided advant,-o
over MS rival. In the rural counties
100. Colonel Roosevelt got largo ma
Ju,ities on the preferential vote. as
an .ne oeiesates at large and district
a.es piedsed TO his candidacy
incomplete returns received from
the First Second, Third, and rou-,h
congressional Districts up to midniqb,
INDICATED that Colonel Roosevelt hn1
carried all four. ''"u
returns from Hudson county. which
includes Jersey City, came in yarw
SLOWLY. 1t was nearly midnight ho-
Iore any positive indications showing
me trend of the vote were received
AZ midnight twenty-five districts tn
Jersey City were tabulated and tb.sn
showed that Roosevelt had swent the
city III not the entire county by about
tiFe 10 one. The vote i'm tho ,,yon,y
Two districts which were selected from
various sections of Jersey CITY show
ca inc vote to be; Roosevelt $50.
The indications also showei that
.'t iisoh mad easily carried
iludson county. The vote in these
same sam twenty-five districts showed that
Whson mad obtained az votes to io7
Tor unplcdged delegates.
reports from Atlantic CITY. whore
PRESIDENT Taft addressed "A large mass
meet ng on Monday night showed n
Note larger in proportion to the vote
cost at inc last general election than
IN any other part of the State. From
n INC early returns 1t appeared that
esident Taft had carried Atlantic
~! ny large majority.
Governor Woodrow Wilson receiv,d
vi strongest possible Endorsement in
SIDE OF ESSEX county. tic stronrSnid
Oh th< Smith-Nugent machine. re-
ports from Southern New Jersey rave
ni!son a vote of ten to one for thu
aaniinstructed delegates placed in tho
e1d by the Smith-Nugent crowd
me vote in nearly ali sections Of
ine State was exceedingly light. In
Hudson county. for instance, the vote
was only % per cent. OF the vot. cast
at the last general election.
Joseph T. Tumulty. Governor Will
sons private secretary. said early this
morning that Governor Wilson's ma
1ority in the State would he ABOUT
that the Governor would get the four
d9!egates-at- large and all the district
delegates. with the possible exception
OF the four delegates in Essex county
The returns from fifty out of l54
districts in Jersey City showed that
1850 votes were cast for Colonel
Roosevelt, as compared with LAO for
districts gave Wilson 3,si3 ard un-
pledged, o,I51,