The Penn's Grove record., 1912-05-24

welt has won a sweeping victory IN the
Presidential primaries in Ohio.
Gov. Judson Harmon will have a ma
jority over Gov. Woodrow Wilson of
New Jersey on the preferential prim-
airy ballot, which will give him the
control of the six delegates at large.
Wilson made a surprising race
against Harmon.
National Committeeman Harvey c.
CARRIER claims that Wilson has carried
the Third, Fourth, Eighth, Ninth,
Tenth, Sixteenth, Nineteenth, TWEEN
tieth and Twenty-1rst districts. Gar
Der does not claim that Wilson defeat
ed Harmon in the Presidential prefer
ence primary.
Harmon leaders assert that Harmon
carried the State in the Presidential
preference primary by a vote of at
least 2 to /.
1t was a great victory for former
President Roosevelt. He won by prob
ably $4,000 votes. He swept all the big
cities except Cincinnati.
The results indicated mean a politi-
cal revolution in Ohio. Chairman Wal
ter Brown, of the State Central Com
mittee, by reason of the Roosevelt vic
tory, becomes a dominant figure in
Ohio Republicanism, along with Dan
Hanna and James R. Garfield, Of
Cleveland.
Brown claims a majority, but does
not designate which other districts or
delegates are for Taft.
These districts extend from the
Ohio River to Lake Erie, and cover
farming, mining and manufacturing
sections. Roosevelt will have a large
majority of district delegates.
President Taft failed to show mark
ed strength in any section of the State
except in his home county of Hamil-
ton. That despite the Brownsville
argument advanced against Roosevelt
during the primary campaign, the ne
groes voted almost solidly for Roose-
welt is shown by the figures of the
Sixth District, containing a large ne
gro vote which went overwhelmingly
for Roosevelt. The Eighteenth ward
in Cincinnati, which contains a heavy
negro vote, gave Roosevelt~a majority
of 500.
The rural districts we're against
Taft almost without exception, owing,
undoubtedly, to the fact that the farm
ers resented Taft's attempt to effect
the reciprocity pact with Canada.
Despite the close fight between the
Taft and Roosevelt forces on the Re-
publican ticket, United States Senator
La Toilette, of Wisconsin, received
much support, particularly in Cleve-
land and Toledo precincts, where he
was credited with several thousand
votes. In Wood County, near Toledo,
Senator La Toilette ran second to Col
onel Roosevelt.
Mr.. Bryan and Speaker Champ
Clark, although their names were not
on the Democratic ballot, received a
scattering vote throughout many pre-
cincts in the state.
Although Roosevelt's victory in the
election of district delegates TO the
National Convention gives him a ma
jority of the States AZ delegates, it is
possible that the Taft forces may con.
troll the State Convention and elect
the six delegates at large.
The Roosevelt vote in some of the
manufacturing towns did not approx
mate one half of the Taft vote, but in
the farming and negro districts he led
by odds of two and three to one
The Cincinnati Times-Star, the pa.
per owned by President Taft's broth,
er, comedies the election of a major
ity of the Roosevelt district dele
gates.
Cincinnati also renominated Con
gresham Nicholas ~Longworth, Roose
velt's son-in-law, in the First district
over Judge D. D. Woodmansee, his
Republican rival.
In sending in its returns Cleveland
first used the "two-to-one over Taft
expression which seemed to come in
from various parts of the State stead.
lily.
Oyster Bay.-Colonel Roosevelt me-
the reporters that climbed the hill
with the first results of the Ohio pri
maries with a broad smile but with
no official comment. 1t was evident
that he was tickled. The reporters
asked him what he thought of Sena
tor Root as temporary chairman o.
the Chicago convention. The colone
dictated a statement in which he die
not mention Senator Roots name but
showed very plainly that the senator
would not be acceptable to the pro
gressives.