The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-03-21
La TOILETTE WINS
NORTH DAKOTA BY
LARGE MAJORITY
Has Big Lead Over
Both Taft and
Roosevelt
BY 10000 VOTES
Wisconsin Senator Probably
Leads the Former
President

fdI&O, N. D.-RetufnS lioi
precincts at noon today indicate that
La Follette's plurality will be 49,
900. These precincts gave him 81
159 and Roosevelt 22,877. The est
mated total vote for Taft is 1900.
Grand Forks, N. ID. The Times
Herald the chief Roosevelt paper in
North Dakota today comedies that
Senator La Toilette carried yester-
days presidential preference pro-
many by at least $4,000. This pa
per says that $50 precincts out of L.
500 give La Toilette 21,657 and
Roosevelt, 15,741. Roosevelt carried
IL and La Toilette 81 counties.
70 and La Toilette 81 counties.
Fargo, n. D.--Return from yes
terday's presidential primary at s
o clock this morning indicate that La
Toilette has a majority over both
Roosevelt and Taft of 10000 and a
plurality over Roosevelt Of from 15,-
00G to 10000.
Roosevelt Men Give Up.
Fargo, n. D.-Late last night
Frank Talcott, chairman of the state
committee, and john F. Bass, OF Chi
cago, manager of the Roosevelt cam
paign in this state, notified Senator
II Jau1,,1,H Nj nivnn OF NTacIi N ctnr 4 n ot
in their opinion United States Sena-
tor Robert M. La Toilette, of Wiscon-
sin carried the North Nokata presi-
dental primaries. Neither made a
pred ction as to La F~ollette's plural
lily. but conceded that Col. Roosevelt
had been defeated. t
The conclusion that Roosevelt had
been defeated was receached by the
Roosevelt managers after nearly
complete returns had been received
= from is ofgthe 40 counties in the
: state. Going over the figures o.
;, these is counties, the Roosevelt mer
\ conceded 10 OF them to La Folletts
outright, listed two others as abolt
3aevcn, and claimed six counties fpl
thoir candidate. d
! With these figures as a basis,c !
was decided that there were no
mot enough Roosevelt voters on thu
western slope to balance the heav.
poll for La Toilette in the eastern
port oas of the state.
With Grand Forks, Valley City
g Devils Lake, Minot and other of thu
larger cities listed for La Toilette b.
the returns, it seemed that the Wis
consin senator's plurality would b.
$ large. Leaders of the La Follett'
movement sent a telegram to Sen
ator La Toilette aboard a train OF
his way to Washington, stating tina
= he had won the preference primarie'
' by from 1900 to 10000 votes. TIL
La Toilette men declared that the.
would admit no smaller margin 0
of votes.
President Taft did not figure prom
r inently in the contest. a. sseas
Because of the difficulty in secur
] ing accurate complete returns from
many isolated quarters OF the state
5 it is doubtful if the total vote in al
c of the 1880 precincts will be know
until late today.
The Senator's Comment.
Chicago. That's better than
expected said Senator La Follett'
upon his arrival here from Devil
! Lake, N. d., when he was shown
s early returns from the North Dako
tota preferential presidential primar
les election. Il am glad to see tina
: the so-called 'c~ow-country' returne,
!. the results it did. My friends in tina
state cannot be fooled by mere tall
and North Dakota cannot be shaker
!, from its progressive friends"
:. HARMON ARRANGES FOR
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY
Columbus, O.-Supporters of Gov
Harmon's presidential candidacy, j