The Ely miner., 1912-04-12
.R.SWEEPS ILLINOIS
SWEEPS STATE-MAJORlT OVER
TAFT ESTIMATED AT MORE
THAN 100000.
CLARK BEATS WILSON
Deneen Is Republican Nominee for
Observation-Disclosures Defeat
Woman's Suffrage Issue by
2 to Vote.

Chicago, Illinois. = Winners in the
Illinois preferential advisory and di-
rect primary election, as indicated by
sufficient returns to warrant predic-
ton, are as follows:
For President, Theodore Roosevelt,
Republican; Champ Clark, Democrat.
For United States senator, L. Y.
Sherman, Republican; j. H. Lewis,
Democrat (uncontested).
For governor, Charles S. Deneen,
Republican; Edward F. Dunno, Demo
crat
Colonel Roosevelt's state managers
claimed his majority over President
Taft at from 100000 to 10000. Re-
turns indicate his vote was nearly five
to two of that for Taft Presidential
delegates were not named on the bal
lots, and will be elected by congress
sional districts and at large as with
out the primary, the effect of the vote
being only to serve as a guide to party
officials as indicating party feeling.
Deneen's chief fight was against
Sub-treasurer Len Small, referred to
in the campaign as a candidate of
Senator Lorimer. Deneen won from
the sub-treasurer about five to three
in the state. John E. w. Wayman
also made strong fight, leading
Small in Cook county, which contains
1892 of the states 1850 election pre-
cincts. Deneen's indicated majority
in Cook. county was $4,000.
The Democratic contest for govern
or offered more opportunity for con-
lecture. Dunno had an indicated ma.
jority of $1,000 in Cook county, but
Alschuler, his nearest competitor, ap-
peared to be running so well in the
state that conservative estimates of
Dunne's majority was from 10000 to
10000 in the state. Caldwell also
gathered in many ballots in the low
er part of the state.
Congressional returns were delayed
and authoritative estimates were i'm
possible. Cook county voters appear
ed to favor c. M. Chiperfield and Will,
liam E. Mason for the Republican
nomination for congressman at large,
and Lawrence Stringer and either
James p. Brennan or William E. Will
liams for the Democratic nomination.
Suffrage Defeated.
Chicago voters voted to l against
womans suffrage in the preferential
primary. The question was not on bal
lots outside of this city.
Roosevelt's victory was not a re-
spector of territory. He carried the
home ward of Congressman William
B. Mckinley, Taft's campaign man
ager, in Champaign; he was as sue
cessful in the Seventeenth congress.
sional district, where Col. Frank L.
Smith, the Taft state manager lives,
and in former Speaker Joseph G.
Cannon's home city of Danville,
Roosevelt polled 1874 to Taft's 1927.
Senator Robert NJ. La Toilette of
Wisconsin polled a small vote. In
Cook county it appeared heaviest, the
Wisconsin senator had an apparent
vote of 14,440 where Roosevelt's ap.
parent vote was S6,144, and that of
Taft 52,064.
In Chicago Champ Clark's apparent
majority, based on more than three
fourths of the total number of pre-
cincts, was above 10000, or on a pro-
portion of about four to one for Will
son. In the state precincts his lead
was in a proportion of about 8 to 5,
bringing the general proportion as in
dicated in returns at midnight as
about two to one