Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-22
Incomplete Returns From Ohio Primaries Give Ex.
 President an Advantage of 15,000 Votes
MAY HAVE 26 OF THE AZ DISTRICT DELEGATES
Governor Wilson Gives Governor Harmon Close Run the
 Latter's Home-La Toilette Ran Well in Cleveland and Toledo-LttIe Over Third of Returns in and Complete
 Returns May Upset Present Situation-Both Claim State

Columbus, Ohio. May 22.-With little f more than one-third of the total vote of the state counted at 1 o'clock this Colonel Roosevelts delegates | on the republican ticket and Governor on the democratic preference | ballot led Ohio's first presidential pref ! erence primary The fight on both tickets was so close, however, that complete returns may change final re- suits.
 Roosevelt Has Lead of 15,000.
 Complete returns from slightly less than 2,000 precincts of 5192 in the state showed that Colonel RoOsevelts delegates had a lead of more than 15,- 900 votes. Governor Harmons lead over Woodrow Wilson was consider ably less than this. The closeness of his race with Wilson was indicated by late reports from Cincinnati, Governor Hamon's home city. Here the Ohio governor, who had been well in the lead in the early returns, was shown to have 1854 votes and Wilson 1904 in 120 precincts out of a total of 361. May Have But 25 District Delegates.
 A peculiar situation developed in the compilation of results. This showed that while Colonel Roosevelt had a lead of 15,000 in the total number of votes cast for delegates pledged to him, the vote by districts would be such that he probably would not have more than 22 of the 42 district dele gates to the national convention at Chicago. But while the democratic presidential vote was so close, the re- .t1If 1,a hp i'm tions were that Governor Harmon would have at least p or "A of the del- egates to the Baltimore convention. The privilege of naming the six dele gates at large of the state, however, is carried by the winner of the presi- dential preference vote.
 How Districts Lined Up.
 Of the congressional districts Col onel Roosevelt apparently has won the delegates in the 9th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 18th, 14th. 18th, 17th, 18th, 18th, goth and 21st districts.
 President Taft practically has been granted the 1st, 2d, Sd, probably the 5th, 7th, Sth, 18th
 Some of the cities also reported that the poll was considerably under regis tration figures.
 State Convention Claimed for Taft.
 President Tafts manager, L. c. Laylin. was bitter in his summary of the 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 a great change and trend to MT. Taft have occurred in the last ten days. Another weeks deliberations would have meant a sweeping victory for the president.
 "Meagre returns indicate that MT. Taft will have the state convention and the delegates at large. Probably MT. Roosevelt will have majority or the district delegates. It is simply inn possible tonight to make an accurate statement or summary of the results
 Claims Roosevelt Swept Everything.
 Walter Brown, chairman of the state central committee, and manager of MT. Roosevelts state campaign, de- clared his belief that Colonel Roose- welt had swept everything but the Cincinnati districts and possibly a mere handful of country districts.
 On the democratic side, Governor Harmon declined to make any state ment. However, statenents were is-  Harmon campaign headquarters.
 These managers declared that the Ohio democracy had repudiated MT. Bryan and Woodrow Wilson. They claimed that Governor Harmon had defeated Wilson by a vote of 2 to l. They also insisted that he would go before the Baltimore convention in the forefront for the presidential nom- ination.
 LaFoIlette Runs We'll in Two Cities.
 The Sixteenth district remained in doubt, although both sides claimed it. Roosevelt supporters also claim two or three of the districts listed for MT. Taft tonight Despite the close fight between the Taft and Roosevelt forces on the Republican ticket, United States Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin re- ceived considerable support, particu larly in Cleveland and Toledo precincts where he was credited with several thousand votes. Tn Wood county, near Toledo, Senator LaFollette ran second to Colonel Roosevelt
 MT. Bryan and Speaker Champ Clark although their names were not on the democratic ballot, received a scatter ing vote through many precincts in the state.
 Rural Vote Was Light.
 Cleveland, Cincinnati, Toledo, Co., lumbus, Dayton and a dozen more of the larger cities in the state furnished the greater portion of tonights re- turns. Because of the complexity of the primary ballot. the count in the rural districts was unusually slow. It is doubtful if complete returns from all sections of the state will be in the hands of the election officials by noon today. In addition to being slow, all reports indicate that the rural vote was comparatively small. Because of bad weather almost up to this time, the farmers were loath to leave their fields, and in every rural precinct leaders found it difficult to get out large vote.