Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-05-23
ROOSEVELT AND HARMON
WINNERS IN OHIO PRIMARY
Means Elimination Of Taft Strenuous Colonel Landed
81 Of AZ Delegates From State

Columbus, Ohio, May 22.-Nearly
oomnIete returns from yesterdays
Ohio presidential preferential pri-
mary indicated that Col. Roosevelt
won 20 of AZ district delegates to the
ranuhIican national convention.
President Taft took ten district
delegates. or slightly less than a
shird of the total number.
On the democratic ticket Governor
Harmon is believed to have won by
a larger percentage than did Colonel
Roosevelt. Harmon is credited with
q district delegates as against for
Woodrow Wilson. Although Presi-
dent Taft secured only 10 out of the
AZ district delegates, the Taft-Roose-
yelt fight in Ohio is not finished. 1t
will be carried into the state repub-
lfcan convention which on June will
select 6 delegates at large.
Of a total of less than 1000 dele
gates to the state convention nearly
complete returns indicate that Presi-
dent Taft has nearly sufficient num-
ber to control. This may give the
Taft managers the 6 delegates at
large to be named by ire state con-
vention and probably will make the
presidents total 16, just an even
third of the Ohio delegation of 4S
members which will attend the Chi
cago convention.
Foyernor Harmon, on the demo-
cratic ticket, unlike Colonel Roose-
veIt, will not be forced to make a
further fight for delegates at large, as
the democratic call specifies that the
winner of the presidential preference
primary shall name his own state
wide delegates. 1t will be impossi-
bic to get an accurate list if totals
in the various districts on the demo-
cratic presidential preference, proba-
bly, before morning, but it is clear
that Governor Harmon has won over
Wilson by large plurality.
Amplified returns in the represen-
tative contest show that Senator La
Toilette polled a heavy vote in sew
eral counties, and it is possible final
results will show that he ran second
IN Dnncnunff in, Of
counties, where Mr. Taft dropped
down to third place on the ticket. The
Taft managers declare this occurred
only in counties where democrats
voted the republican ticket Mr.. Bry-
an and Speaker Champ Clark, al
though their names were not on the
ballot, got small fraction of the to-
tai vote cast.
All indications point to a decisive
sweep for Roosevelt in his Ohio con-
test against Mr.. Taft for the repub-
iIcan presidential nomination. 1t is
estimated that Roosevelt will have a
plurality of 10000 over Taft The
Democratic returns show Harmon
lar in the lead of Wilson, while
Champ Clark and w. J. Bryan got
scattering votes. Harmon's majority
II appears will exceed the Roosevelt
margin of victory.
Early indications were that Roose-
Welt supporters would dominate in
the state convention, which will name
the delegates at large Probably
Governor Harmon personally will
hameh is own statewide delegates as
provided in the party rule.
An attempt to analyze the vote to-
day from about 70 of the SO counties
OF the state showed that President
Iaft will have only 10 of the AZ del
'Sates to the national convention. He
VIII have two in each of these dis
Mcts Third, second, seventh and
thirteenth and l delegate from the
Itteenth. The official count may
snow a change in the districts where
Inc delegates were divided between
PRESIDENT Taft and Col Roosevelt.