The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-04-13
ROOSEVELT WINS IN
ILLINOIS PRIMARY.
Speaker Champ Clark Choice
of the Democrats.
Governor Deneen Wins over His Com.
petitors and Sherman Defeats
cuIlom for U. S. Senator
-Dunne's Big Vote.

Colonel Theodore Roosevelt swept
the state OF Illinois from one end TO the
other and II the advisory vote is fol-
lowed by the delegates 10 the national
convention Roosevelt Will have at
least lifty-four u Tie iiity-eight votes
from Illinois. Ills plurality In the en-
tire state IS estimated al more than
10000, many counties deciding for
him by vote of four to one.
Champ Clark. speaker OF the nation
al house OF representatives. also swept
Illinois and Is expected 10 receive the
entire delegation OF Illinois al the
national Democratic convention. He
ran ahead at Governor Woodrow VIII
son OF New Jersey Ia every section Of
the state and HIS plurality is esti-
RATED az 100000.
LaFollette was poor third In Illi-
nois. In Cook county he received APP
proXimately 1000 votes, as compared
with more than 10000 for Roosevelt
and more than $4,000 for Taft. The
state districts outside of Chicago APP
pear to have gone stronger for Roose-
welt than the Chicago preeiucts
The three big Taft leaders OF the
state suffered defeat l.orimcr lost his
own congressional district-the Sixth
10 Roosevelt by nearly two thousand
votes. Cannon's district Eighteenth
went into he Roosevelt column.
as did the Nineteenth, the bailiwick OF
Congressman Mckinley, Tafts cam
paign manager
Added 10 this Mckinley lost his own
precinct TO Roosevelt by li5 votes
Cannon lost the city OF Danyille to
Roosevelt by about GOO.
The only counties I'm the state which
Wilson carried are Winnebago and ST.
Clair
Edward T. Dunno carried the state
by $4,000 in HE race for the Democrat
ic nomination for governor. Cook
county gave him plurality OF $1,000.
but figures from down state cut the
lead down 10000
Governor Charles s. Deneen carried
the state by $4,000 on the Republican
side. going ont Of Cook county -, 900
ahead OF his nearest competitor
Small shows second, with States At
torney Wayman third Richard Yates
made remarkable run i'm snort cam
paign lie landed In fourth place
Charles T. IIurhurgh OF Galesburg. Is
fifth; John J Brown Of Nandadlia. Is
sixth. and Walter CLYDE Jones. the
Jones' Merriam progressive. is in sew
enth place. with J McCan Davis OF
Springfield, the low man. In eighth
place
l., " sherman carried of he pre-
ferential scnatorship vote Of the Re
publican party in the state by 81, 900
plurality. aud went out Of Cook coun-
~ with lead OF 5000 This was aug
mented by his strong support outside
With 075 precincts in. he had III .30l
CulIom 2S.7o4. Magill lS.5Gi and Web
ster 6,lGl
On the Democratic side ] VI Lewis
was the only candidate
Returns from the tifty-one senatorial
districts OF the state show that the
men on which the Legislative Voters
league and the anti-T.orimer forces
made their hardest fights have been
renominatcd and that there viii be lit
tie change in the personnel OF the next
senate and house
All the ten Chicago congressman
were renoninated according TO the
latest incomplete returns
Former United States senator Will
lam T. Mason. on the Republican tick
ct, won OFT as congressman.atlarg
l.. II. Stringer. ON the Democratic tick
ct was victorious. The other two win
ming candidates for congressman-a
large are ~ u Williams. Democrat.
and y NJ Chipcrneld, Republican
Congressman II + Ralncy. the
down-state congressman had no op-
position
Reports from the county districts
Indicated that most OF the incumhents
who seek 10 retain their seats were re-
nominated
Late returns from the Chicago pri.
maries show the Hearst wing OF the
Democracy may save more from the
vs. eek than al first expected Charles
J. yopicka. the Hearst candidate for
the UOdIU III fANtMt lhl rfN hutdu VI
Fred w BBlocki. the regular. and
Richard ! McGrath. Hearst entrant for
the superior court clerk nomination.
Was leading William Francis corby.
In the boafd Of assessors fight David
NJ. Pfaelzer. lIcarstite. was ahead OF
Joseph Meyer In the bulletins.
Woman suffrage has been defeated
complete returns from about eighty
precincts show the ratio OF ballots
cast was about = To ! III favor OF the
'antis
Lewis Rinaker. the Republican can.
ddste. and Maclay lloyne. the Demo
cratic candidate. had substantial leads
In the returns for states attorney
COAL STRIKE ENDED