The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-10
ROOSEVELT BEATS
TAFT BY 5 TO z
IN ILLINOIS
COIOneI's Supporters Surprised
at the Landslide
C. CLARK SWAMPS WILSON
Victory Leads to the Belief That
Roosevelt Forces Will Dominate
State Convention

State Convention
Chicago April 1O-Incomplete re-
turns from Illinois primary election
precincts indicate that Theodore
Roosevelt led President Taft about
to 2, in the preferential presidential
primary yesterday, and that Champ
Clarks vote in the same primary was
approximately twice that for Gov.
Woodrow Wilson Of New Jersey
Col Chauncey Dewey, head Of the
state Roosevelt organization, gave
out a statement declaring that the
former president had carried Illinois
by 10000 and that while the average
proportion OF his vote to that OF
President Taft was 2la to l. in places
1t had been as high as to l.
Senator La Toilette polled small
vote State candidates known to be
| friendly to Senator Lorimer are indi-
Gated by early returns to have lost
in several contests. Chief OF these
was Len Small, who for governor APP
pears to have been defeated by Gov
Deneen. John h. w. Wyman was
running a strong third
| Edward Il, Dunno, democratic can
didate for governor, appeared to be
leading Samuel Alschuler in Cook
county, but out in the state early re
turns indicated his strength to be
less. Ben. +. Caldwell ran we'll in
the central part of the state.
Senator Cullom encountered a
sharp fight for the advisory vote for
United States senator and early re-
turns indicated that he was losing
to l.. Y. Sherman. There was no con.
test on the democratic ticket
| Woman suffrage in Chicago appear
ed to have met decisive defeat.
4 AT midnight the Roosevelt. people
were claiming all of The Congress dis
tricts ana contending tha- the popular
vote would swing the state convention
into liLe Tor the coloue' They laid
claim TO the entire 5S 9'egatcs from
Illinois to the Republican National
convention
| Incomplete returns a, this hour IN
dicate that Rooseyelt's landslide vote
dowl state was larger aud more uni
form ghau 10 Chicago ana Cook coun.
" Tie appears TO have swent the
large cities and the farming commun
tiles by about the same lead.
In Peoria county, fer instance, the
Roosevelt vote ran about the same in
the country districts and among the
mining camps at IL did in Peoria CITY
! and fekin over in TazeweH county
Peoria county has more Federal EN-
+ ploycs tian any other city ~ the stlte
outside OF Chicago, because OF the
Internal Revenue Office there Roose
YER However, carried Peoria county
! " vote al more tGan 1--WE to one
, Dascr Oh the returns nom .!irty-on,
, prccnc's out OF seveuty.lour
While il had been expected that
Col, Roosevelt would make Il strona
showing down state. even as mosl
sansuine Supporters we're astonisbed
when returns filtered In from various
districts showing that Roosevelt was
polling approXin ate'y four votes tc
each ballot cast Tor President Taft
. Returns up TO midnight Indicated
That Roosevelt had nailed down ever,
congress district in Illinois with ihc
possible exception OF the Sixth. Inc
home district OF United States Sena
Tor Lorirer.
! one OF the possibilities as a result
OF the Roosevelt avalanche, may be
the capture of the state convention
by the colonels friends and the de
mand that they be allowed to write
the state platform OF the Republican
party.
II is not likely that'the Taft people
VIII offer much opposition 20 the Oys
ter Bay program in Illinois after In,
iull significance of today's figure.
have been assimilated. There /,
nothing left for them to fight for In
this state, and they probably vii
gracefully retire and permit the win
ners To 20 as far as they like in writ
ing the pronouncements.
b The defeat Of the Taft forces is s.,
e overwhelming that further opposition
( would be useless. is the view enter
4 tanned by some OF the presldentl
!. spokesman in Chicago who retired Ia
night Thoroughly convinced that al
n was lost save life.
!. Illinois, therefore, will take ne
4 pace In the insurgent class this morl
}. ing ana pending the decision of al
the voters in November. may be- con
nuefel as completely subiugated nj
me sister states to the West am