The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-27
COLONEL ROOSEVELT
 IS BADLY DEFEATED
 IN HIS HOME STATE
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t1oA LIN ItVU -~ ~~--< stances Roosevelt supporters declare the delegates will support their candi date. This is notably the case in the Twenty-fourth and Twenty fifth dis tricts, controlled by National Commit
 teeman William L. Ward; the Thrticth district, where former Congressman
 Lucius N. Littauer is delegate, and the First district which includes the
 colonel's home at oyster. Bay. In the main, however, the organization dele
 gates chosen without contest are con- sdered favorable to Taft. Late tonight Chairman Duell of the Roosevelt committee issued this state ment:
 Tn view of the almost complete
 paralysis of the election machinery, not :o speak of other features of this so-
 called primary, the Roosevelt commit tee will take steps to see if there is a way to have real primary in this city with a full expression of republican opinion"
 Revised returns from all of the 13 con- gressonal districts in New York county
 with returns complete from 7s1 out of the
 SS5 election districts give the following total:
 Organization 2S, e6s: opposition. 13,733. | Organization plurality, 1i,9s5 | The total vote thus far shown, 42,S,l, | IS less tl1dn null Ol lnt Hu1iDtl eHiOiiGu 1 republican voters.
 Latest Plurality l The last revision for the night of the
 returns ot New York county made with figures from all but 49 election dis trlcts complete gave the organization a plurality of 15SS5. Failure to obtain re- turns from some of the missing districts was reported to be due to the fact that
 no vote had been cast on account of | non-delivery of ballots. There seemed every probability tonight that contests would be instituted by de- feated candidates in many districts be- cause of the alleged disfranchisement of
 many voters even if an effort was not
 made to have the entire election de- clared invalid Organization men were loud in tiieir complaints about the way he election was conducted. Roosevelt Goes West Theodore Roosevelt left late today on h'a western speech making tour. pro
 testing vigorously against what he de- cared to be the "scandalous way" the county machine" was behaving in con- rection with the New York county pri-
 mary fight. then in fun progress. He called Police Commissioner Waldo on
 the telephone from his editorial offices and protested against the refusal of
 Mayor Gaynor to affors police protec- ton to Roosevelt watchers at the pri . maries. He said Commissioner Waldo
 promised his interests would be pro iected.
 There has never been anything more scandalous," said Colonel Roosevelt. than the way the county machine is
 conducting this fight for President Tart in New York county. They first threw ,ut all inspectors who were known to Ia vor my candidacy. and l have just re- ceived word that the Roosevelt watchers have been thrown out of the polling places
 Colonel Roosevelt said he expected to
 receive the returns from the New York
 county primaries on the train tonight.
 but that he did not Intend to make any
 comment on the result.
 He also refused to comment on the dls-
 patches from Indianapolis announcing that the Taft forces had elected delega tes
 al large to the Chicago convention. but
 Medil Mccormick. manager of the Roose- welt bureau in Washington. who Is ac- oompanying Mir. Roosevelt on his western trip. dictated a statement declaring that
 the Taft managers fin Indiana were guilty of political grand larceny