The Sentinel=record., 1912-05-22
ROOSEVELT
 AND HARMON
 IN THE LEAD
5ALLoTiNo IN BUCKEYE STATE so CLOSE THAT LATER COUNT
 MAY CHANGE RESULT.
Roosevelt Has Strong Lead but the Fight Between Wilson and liar. mon Is in Doubt Until Final
 Returns Are In.

Columbus, Ohio, May 22.-Witb lii tie more than one third of the tota vote in the state counted at I o'clocl this morning, Colonel Rooseyelt's del egates on the republican ticket ana Governor Harmon on the democratic preference ballot, led in Ohio's flrst preference primary. The fight or both tickets was so close. however that complete returns may change final results.
 Complete returns from slightly less than 2,000 precincts of 5,192 in the state showed that Colonel Roosevelt's delegates had lead Of more than l5,0o0 votes. Governor Harmon's lead over Woodrow Wilson was consider. ably less than this.
 The closeness of his race with Wil. son was indicated by later reports from Cincinnati, Governor Harmon's home city. Here the Ohio governor. who had been well in the lead in the early returns, was shown to have l,S54 votes and Wilson 1904 in 120 precincts cut of total of 361.
 While Colonel Roosevelt had lead of l5,000 in the total number of votes cast for delegates pledged to him, the v9te by districts was such that he gkobably will not have more than 22 ef the 42 district delegates to the na- Ttional convention.
 But while the democratic presiden. tial vote was so close the result could not be foretold, the indications were that Governor Harmon would have at least 22 or 24 of the delegates to the Baltimore convention. The privilege of naming the six delegates at large of the state, however, is carried by the winner of the presidential pref. arence vote.
 Of the congressional districts, Col onel Roosevelt apparently has won the delegates in the fourth, sixth, ninth tenth, eleventh. twelfth, fourteenth fifteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first districts. President Taft practically has been granted the first, second third, probably the fifth seventh eighth, thirteenth.
 
 The sixteenth district remained i. doubt although both sides claimed it Roosevelt supporters also claime two or three of the districts lsteI for Taft tonight
 Despite the close fight between tn Taft and Roosevelt forces on the Re publican ticket. Senator LaFollett received considerable support. | Wood county near Toledo, Senate LaFollette ran second to Colont Roosevelt.
 Mir. Bryan and Speaker Cham Clark, although their names were nc on the Democratic ballot, received scattering vote.
 Cincinnati, Cleveland, Toledo, Co lumbus, Dayton and dozen Of tn more of the larger cities in the stat furnished the greater portion Of Ia. nights returns. Because of the com plexity of the primary ballot, tf count in rural districts was unusual slow. It is doubtful if anything llf complete returns will be in the hanC of the election officials by noon tS day. In addition to being slow, a reports indicate the rural vote WI comparatively small.
 Because of bad weather almost to this time the farmers were loatl to leave their fields. Some Of U cities also reported that the poll WI considerably under registration Ill ures.
 President Taft's manager, L. Laylin, was bitter in his summa of the primary result. He said
 Misrepresentation and prelual against President Taft took early ro in Ohio. The results in Illinois al Pennsylvania encouraged the oppo' tion, but a change and trend 10 V Taft have occurred in the last
 days. Another weeks deliberauo would have meant a sweeping VI tory for the president
 Meagre returns indicate that Taft will have tha state convent and the delegates at large, Pfopa'