New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-05
OHIO GIVES TO TAFT
DELECATES-AT-L
President Wins the Big Six by a
Vote of 390l&2 to 36212.
and Endorsement.
NOW HAS ID STATE VOTES
Convention Postpones Nomlna-
tions for State Officers Until
After National Tickets
Are Named.
NOW HAS ID STATE VOTES

Columbus, Ohio. June 4.--Ohos Re
publican state Convention ended its trst
session in short order to-day. after
awarding TO President Taft the six del
egates large To the national conven-
tlon 10y a vote Of 39ol2 TO 362la. The
state ticket. Including the new Repre-
sentative-at- Large. will he chosen at the
adjourned session, which was called for
July
President Taft's strength in the con
vention was plainly evident AS soon as
the meeting had been called 10 order.
In the report OF the credentials com
nittee. the first order Of business. eleven
state delegates were added TO the Taft
strength. without protest from the
minority.
In the first test OF strength, rolIcall
on the minority report. indorsing Colonel
Roosevelt. the delegates voted %o3ls for
Taft and 359l, for Roosevelt Fe"
speeches were made, and these Few re-
ceivcd little attention from the dele
gates. who appeared TO have made up
Z tncT iill1luS rs lp liI'li N''''-
The action Of to-day'S convention
clearly shows that the Republicans still
have confidence IN President TAFT, and
the result of the state convention VIII
40 far in determining the vote at the
Chicago convention" said l.. {. Laylin,
Taft's Ohio campaign manager
Senator Burton. chairman Of the con-
vention, refused to make any statement.
IF the Roosevelt men in the conven-
tion had been permitted 10 vote for
themselves it would have been impos-
sible for the convention to have mtsrep-
resented the Republicans Of Ohio, said
Walter r. Brown. the Roosevelt man
ager. "A change Of thirteen votes
would have reversed the result and given
effect to the popular verdict Of the pri-
mares."
The result Of the convention gives
President Taft IL of Ohio's 4S delegates
Roosevelt "a.
The majority report of the resolutions
committee as adopted had this to say for
Mr.. Taft:
We do heartily indorse the adminstra-
ton of President William Howard Taft
These Taft delegates at large and al
ternates were named:
Delegates Senator Theodore T.. Burton.
Harry NJ Daugherty, Warren G.. Harding.
Charles p. Taft. Arthur l. Vorys and d. ].
/. c. Laylin, Sherman s. Deaton, Sherman
Granger, William W. Woods and Julius
Whiting
The minority report, indorsing Theo-
dore Roosevelt, was rejected by a vote
OF $685. for to 1884, against. The unin-
structed delegation Of 80 from Cuyahoga
County Cleveland) was the chief centre
Of interest during this vote. The vote
was cast 4S for Taft and for Roosevelt.
Both factions had expressed claims to
controlling the Cuyahoga delegation.
Taft's victory in Cleveland and his
strength In the other cities gave him his
victory. OF the IS counties Roosevelt
had A majority of the delegates in 81
and President Taft In "a.
Warren G. Harding, who addressed the
convention for President Taft, was
Missed by Roosevelt supporters when he
declared that in supporting the former
President "they were driving the Titanic
full speed ahead into the ice"