The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-05-22
President Loses Home State in
Tuesday's Primary Roose-
welt Managers Concede
Opponent 8 Districts
HARMON is WINNER
OVER GOV. WILSON
Estimated Plurality Is Is, ,OOO-
Wilson Managers Claim Nine
Districts = Complete Returns
May Change Result
Telegram by United Press.

Telegram BY United Press.
Columbus, o., May %. With Roose.
welt and Harmon certain winners in
Yesterdays primary, interest today Is
centered on The final returns, which
alone win show the exact extent of
the victory.
Roosevelta managers won't concedo
that Taft carried more than the first.
second and third districts. The
chances seem TO be that TAFT will pos.
sibly get two Others, This gives
Roosevelt a minimum OF thirtytwo
and Taft maximum o. ten district
delegates.
Harmon carried the state in the
preference vote by a plurality estlmat.
ed at $1,000 over Wilson. Wilson,
however, ccEsured posgibly nine dis
trict delegates Barmons managers
won't concede more than five. Har-
mon is assured OF the six delegates at
large to be elected at tho state con.
rention.
Both Taft and Roosevelt managers
are claiming control Of the state con.
Yenton to name six delegates at large
and there win bc another fight there.
Returns are slow ana many may upset
some early figures
"a Toilette failed 70 gel single
delegate. Ia the Medina Lake part Of
The twentieth district. comprising half
Of Cleveland, however he ran ahead
OF Taft.
Despite the close fight between TAFT
and Roosevelt Iorees on the Republl-
can ticket. Senator La Toilette receig-
ed considerable support In Wood
county near Toledo. Senator La Fol.
lette ran second to Col Roosevelt
Mr. Bryan and Speaker Champ Clark
although their names we're not on the
Democratic bsllot, received a scatter
INK vote.
Cincinnati, Cleveland. Toledo. Co
lumbus. Dayton and dozen Of .he
more larger cities the state fur.
nlshed the eroater portion Of Tues
day nights returns Because Of the
eompiexlty Of the primary ballot. the
count in rural districts was unusually
slow. It is doubtful If anything Ike
complete returns wili be III The hands
Of the ele-t.oa officials by noon Wed
nesday. II aadii.on to being slow. al
reports Indicate thar the rural vote
was comparatively small Because Of
bad weather almost up to this time
the farmers were loath to leave sheir
fields. Some oI the cities also report
ed that the poll was considerably
under registration figures.
President Tafts manager. Z. C. Lay
lln, vas bitter IN bis summary Of tag
primary result He said:
Misrepresentation and prejudice
against President Taft took early root
IN Ohio. The results in Illinois and
Pennsylvania encouraged the opposl-
ton. but change and trend to Mr.
Taft have occurred in the last ter
days. Another weeks deliberations
would have meant a sweeping victory
for the president
"Meager returns indicate that Mr.
Taft wili have tie state convention
and the delegates at large Probably
Mr. Roosevelt win have a majority d
the district delegates. It is simply
impossible 70 make an accurate state
ment or summary Of the results"
Walter Brown, chairman Of thi
state central committee and manage
Of Mr. Rooseyalta state campaign, Dc
clAred his belief that Col Roosevelt
had swept everything but tho cineiu
natl district and possibly mere hand
ful Of countrg districts
On the Democratic side Gov Han
mon early declined to make any state
ment. Harmons campaign managers
however, declared that the Ohio Dt
mocracy had repudlaled Mr. Brya
and Woodrow Wilson They clalme
that Coz HsrmGn had defeated Wi
son by vote Of two to one The
also insisted that he would 90 befor
Che Baltimore convention in the forl
front Tor the presidential nomination