The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-05-30
ROOSEVELT GETS
Ohio DELEGATION
Harmon Defeats Wilson by a Ma
jority of at Least 40,000-Rural
Districts Especially Favored
Candidacy of 7. RE
turns Are Slow.

Ex-PreSident Roosevelt won an
Overwhelming victory In Ohio, the
home State of his rival, President
Taft, who seeks reelection.
Governor Harmon also got
majority of the delegates i'm his
home State. which entities him TO
the whole delegation. His victory
is complete. and the rOrty-eight
votes OF his native State. added TO
those of New York. which he is
expected To receive. put him right
up TO the front from now on.
Roosevelt. according TO the
latest returns, has captured thir-
ty-twO delegates from sixteen out
of tWcntN-Onc congressional dis
trictS, and will control the State
convention. which will elect six
additional delegates at large
The Republican, showing. then,
is as follows i'm the matter of Ohio
delegates:
Roosevelt. IS.
The New York Herald on Sunday
credited Taft with 4S4 delegates, in
Guiding l40 who are not instructed. 1t
gave Roosevelt $50; Cummins, 10, and
Lafollette, SO.
Assuming that Roosevelt has cap
tured thirty-eight (including the six
delegates at large) in Ohio. his total
now is AIS. Adding the progressive"
Cummins and La Toilette NOtes-for-
ty-siN-which logically cannot be cast
for Taft and should go to Roosevelt
in straight fight between the two.
Roosevelts strength is made to ap-
pear 464, or only thirty fewer than
Taft now has.
Seventy-siX Republican delegates
are yet TO be chosen.
COLUMBUS, o Special.-Theodore
Roosevelt has defeated President TAFT
by $4,000 10 5000 votes, and has cap
tured thirty OF the fOrty-two district
delegates.
Governor Harmon has defeated
Woodrow Wilson by a majority OF al
least 10000
These facts stood out prominently
today, as the returns from the pri-
mary trickled in. They are complete
enough to show that Ohio has reject
ed her native son, William Howard
Taft, and had decided to support his
predecessor for the Republican nomi-
nation.
Delegates to the State convention
were elected from only about one
third of the counties, the remainder
to be selected at county conventions
Roosevelt has a large majority OF
those elected.
On the Democratic side Governor
Harmon probably has the solid vote
of the Ohio delegation in the Balti-
more convention. Though several
Wilson delegates were elected, the
unit rule will be followed as a result
of an agreement made by the Har-
mon and Wilson followers.
Wilson's best showing was made in
the cities. while Harmon swept the
rural districts. Harmon managed to
gin. Wilson captured Cleveland and
Toledo. When the city returns, the
first to be reported, came in, the Will
son people were jubilant, but when
the rural districts came along, the
victory of Harmon was soon made
clear.
The ballots showed that William
Jennings Bryan has numerous ad-
mirers in OHIO, his name being written
in by admiring voters in all parts of
the State.
Roosevelts vote in Cleveland more
than doubled that of Taft.
The victory Of the ex-President in
the districts which he carried was
overwhelming and his popularity was
shown particularly in the rural dis
tricts, in numerous places the vote re-
corder in his favor being as high as
eight and ten to one.
Taft was victor in his home city
Cincinnati, winning both the First and
second Districts (Hamilton county,
The vote was closer in the Third
and Thirteenth Districts, both, how
ever, going to Taft.
At $3.50 o'clock indications were
mat Tart had captured the Seventh
District by narrow margin, although
this had not been conceded by the
Roosevelt managers.
At the same hour sufficient returns
had been received to assure Cover
nor Harmon of twenty-six delegates
while Woodrow Wilson had captured
in addition to the Cleveland districts
two delegates from the Third District
giving the New Jersey Governor a
total OF six.
Ten were still in doubt.