The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-04-15
WILSON IS DEMOCRATIC CHOIC {
He Will Have Seveuty-Four Of tn
Seventy-Six Delegates
STATE CONVENTION FOR 7. r.
Regular Republican Organization Re
eeives It's Worst Defeat
In Years.

Philadelphia. AprA l5.-Coioncl Thco-
dore Roosevelt's sweeping victory in
Pennsylvania at saturdays primary
election keeps growing as the returns
continue to come In.
Incomplete returns from every pre-
cinct give the former president sixty
five of the states seventy delegates
in the Republican national convention.
The Roosevelt supporters, however. arc
claiming sixty-seven, and later returns
may carry the figure to that total
Colonel Roosevelt won hfty-three OF
the sixty-four district national dele
gates and his followers elected enough
delegates to the state convention to
give them control of that body. Tho
state convention will name twelve del
egatcs-at- large.
Wilson Democratic Choice.
Governor Woodrow Wilson of New
Jersey, who had no organized opposi-
tion. viii have seventy -four Of the sew
enty-six delegates from Pennsylvania
in the Democratic national convention.
In the Twenty eighth congressional
district. the two Democratic national
delegates elected are favorable 70
Champ Clark
Politicians look upon The triumph of
Colonel Roosevelt with astonishment.
The supporters of the former president
were without q state organization OF
without an Organization in many Of the
thirty two congressional districts
The regular Republican organisa-
ton, headed by United States Senator
Penrose, which had withstood the fury
OF many a political storms, received a
crushing defeat in the loss OF control
Of the state convention. 1t is the first
time i'm the present generation that 1t
has lost control of that body.
In addition TO naming the twelve DEL
egates- -at-large TO Chicago. the con-
,ention will select thirty eight presi-
Dental electors. four candidates for
congressmen-a at large and candidates
for state treasurer and auditor general.
all to be voted for at the November
election.
Roosevelt is Elated.
oyster Bay. n. Y. April 15.--"Wc hit
them middling hard" Colonel Roose-
Welt said in reference TO his sweeping
victory in the Pennsylvania primary.
The colonel was greatly elated and eX-
hfbited heap Of messages sent him.
giving details Of the results and cx-
tending congratulations.
Connecticut Republicans.
New Haven Conn. April 15.--The
advance guard Of delegates arrived IN
New Haven today to attend the Re
publican convention which Will elect
the delegates large to the national
dent viii have a walk over in the con-
vention will meet here tomorrow and
will remain In session two days. The
| Taft supporters claim that the Presl-
dent will have wal over in the con-
vention. Roosevelt men are making
no definite claims. But II is known
that with National Committeeman
Charles +. Brooker and several other
promincnt leaders manifcsting only a
iukewarm support Of tho President The
Roosevelt followers entertain hope
that something may develop in the
convention that will at least brins
about an uninstructcd delegation.
Bryan in Harmon's State.
/ Columbus, O., April i5.-Willlam j.
Bryan arrived in Columbus to6ay from
New York to begin a series Of political
speeches which the opponents of Har-
mon believe will do anything but &c
vance the Ohio governors candidacy
for the Democratic presidential nomi
nation. MIR. Bryan. whose bitter op.
position 20 Governor Harmon's prcSi-
Dental aspirations Is well known. vii
be heard in Columbus and in sevcra
other Ohio cities during the week. The
Harmon campaign managers. speaking
in reference to the IIyan programme
declared today they had no fear what
ever that anything the Nebraska ieadoi
could say in his speeches wOuld In
iure the Governor in the least
Woodrow Wilson in Georgia.
Atlanta. Ga. April 15.--The Georgi
admirers OF woodrow Wilson are pre-
pairing an enthusiastic reception fo
the New Jersey governor when M