Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-30
Former President Gets En-
tire Delegation Of Twen-
ty-eight; Dem ocrati tic
Candidate Loses Four.
COLONEL CARRIES
STATE BY $4,000

OITeHgIH III dTlllllg LIS
tricts, but Factory Towns
Rolled Vote Against Him.
Newark, N. j., May 29.-Theodore
Roosevelts clean sweep of the New
Jersey primaries was emphasized to-
day when late returns gave him small
but substantial pluralities in the few
districts about which last nights
figures left any doubt and increased
his lead elsewhere throughout the
state
Gov. Woodrow Wilson carried all
but two of the twelve congressional
districts and gained twenty-four OF
the twenty-eight delegates. including
the delegates at large. His opponents
today abandoned hope that they had
carried the eighth district where the
vote was close, but which Gov. Wilson
won apparently by liberal majority.
"Uninstructed' delegates nominated
by the anti-Wilson wing of the party
were elected by large majorities In
the ninth and tenth districts the
stronghold OF the element opposed 10
the governor. Incomplete returns
about noon on the vote for delegates
at large and the presidential prefer
ence indicated that Col. Rooseveltsss
popularity plurality for the whole.
state would be about $4,000 and that
Gov. Wilson'S lead, based on the vote
for the delegates at large was about
the same.
President Taft made his best show
ing in the third. fifth and sixth dis
tricts, which include the New Jersey
coast towns almost as far south as
Atlantic City, and the counties lying
in the north central part OF the state.
most of them outside the committing
zone.
Vote In Largest Cities.
Roosevelt's indicated plurality on
these districts ranged from four to
six hundred. Col. Roosevelt scored
heavily In the agricultural commune
tiles Of southern New Jersey and In
the thickly settled towns and cities
populated largely by voters who work
in New York. His preference vote In
Essex county. next to the largest In
the state, was 1856. campared with
9,16S for Taft and 500 for LaF'ollette
Gov Wilson won his most striking
victory in his home county, Mercer,
| which contains Trenton, the state cap
ital The total vote for the Wilson
delegates at large in Mercer was
2,674, compared with 371 for the anti
Wilson nominees The republican
vote in this county was: Roosevelt
1911; Taft 2,465.
The vote in Newark the largest
city, with one district missing, gave
Roosevelt, 1906; Taft 5,402; LaFol-
lette 455.
Democrats: Wilson, 1859; anti.
| Wilson, 5,945.
Former United States Senator Jas.
Smith, Jr.. and former democratic
State Chairman James r. Nugent who
led the fight against Gov. Wilson, re-
side in Iewark and both were among
the four anti-Wilson delegates chosen.
Taft Hopes Dashed Early,
The Taft supporters hoped for a
share of the delegates until midnight.
At that hour they ceased to claim
more than six and an nour later their
claims dwindled to the two delegates
| from the sixth district. where
strong Taft sentiment in Hackensack
made the issue very close Later re-
| turns indicated that Roosevelt had car.
ried this last hope for the Taft lead.
ers by about 100.
| The president had small pluralities
In four OF the twenty-one counties OF
| the state. He showed his greatest
strength in the farming districts. In
one OF the factory towns where he
ispoke yesterday just before the OPEN
| ing of the polls he was beaten 40 to l.
The LaFollette vote was neglig-
able factor, not more than two per
cent OF the entire vote cast.
| The vote in nearly all sections OF
the state was exceedingly light, sew
eral counties casting less than half OF
the total registration at the last gem
eral election The polls did not close
until 8 o'clock last night and as re-
suit the vote was very late in being
counted.
Roosevelt Leaders Statement.
! Early today Borden D. Whiting, chair
man Of the Roosevelt executive COM
| mittee in New York City, made the
| following statement:
| New Jersey has come through
handsomely. The men who make up
the rank and file of the republican
party and who carried the state by