Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-15
tcApTUREs ALL BUT NINE OF
STATES sEvENTY-six NATION.
Al DELEGATES.
ENDS rAFT's CHANCES,
POLITICIANS ALL AGREE
psnross Machine Smashed and Senator
and Republican Leader Probably
Will Bs Rstirsd-RssuIt Surprise to
Taft Managers and Mckinley is Bit
ts-Taft to Keep in Contest.

9ylvanta's 2 SeVenty-S SIX delegates 10 tne
Republican national convention in Chi
cago. He will receive the support Of
/ fifty-flve district delegates and the
twelve delegates
In one of the most remarkable polit-
| ical battles in the history Of Pennsyi-
/ vania tho colonel completely swept
away the state republican machine
1 dominated by United States Senator
| PenrosA
I He defeated President Taft in sixty
Ave out of the sixty seven counties,
| showing him under in Pittsburgh and
all other sections, with the exception OF
Lancaster, where Taft secured two
delegates. and in Philadelphia, where
the Penrose organization gave the
president seven delegates
Near Clean Sweep For Wilson.
In the democratic primaries Wood
row Wilson made almost complete
sweep. He will get seventy-four Of the
seyenty-six delegates to the Baltimore
! convention.
Champ Clark will get the other two
delegates. They come from the Twen-
ty-eighth district. 1t was at first re-
ported that these two delegates had
heen won by Judson Harmon but
comn,ete returns show that the sup
norters OF the Missouri man were
chosen.
psnross 10 Eliminated.
Senator Penrose. who had dominateo
renneylvan1a politics for years. was
the victim Of ono Of the most crushing
defeats IN the history of American pol
itics in the republican primaries. he
1 viii not even be q delegate to the ma
] tiona1 convention. His machine from
ona end OF the state to the other is.
complete wreck.
An added blow TO Penrose in the re-
sults saturday y that the Rooseveit
followers arc assured of the controi OF
~ rau,,blican state organization. and
eventually tho legislature. and by jan
nary next they are to elect a United
states senator to succeed Penrose.
The defeat came as great surprise
@o pe,rose. as up until Saturday ne
continued TO assure the president ne
would have an almost solid deiega1ioh'
Tho surprise which the results gave
IN President Taft Is shown by the iact
that his secretary, Charles d. Hills
refn.ed to believe them true when ne
received them over the telphone late
,ast night
Gano Attempts intimidation.
Tho penurose organization tried des-
perately to save the day for TAFT III
this city the gang attempted to carry
ont its policies Of former years py ih.
t,nidatton and various ruses to prevent
thousands from voting. In several IN
stances Roosevelt watchers at the poiis
were arrested on trumped up charges
and kidnapped in taxicabs. These men
were taken before a partisan masle
trate. who hustled them to prison pc
fore they could secure bail. Humorous
OF voters were challenged
The Penrose- -McNtchol machine man
a.a r. roi, up a fair majority in the
-ewshar sections Of the city. but IN the
,,v,rc,ral residential sections and in the
.,h,,rh. the Taft delegates were smoth-
Ga Tn the great mill districts, COM
n-,sinr the Fifth congressional district.
the Roosevelt delegates "e'o
after q fierce contest =.
son4r, Philadelphia, the domain Oh
+ha wares also went for TAFT.
e..l a.o;ous Solid For Roosevelt.
M. coal regions went solid for Roos,
,,.,e r,hich has materially enhanced
AZ .hancea for a speedy settlement
h.t-.en the miners and the represent,
.t,,,.. NJ fhe operators. 1t is peheVeu
~. The differences will be patched up
.h.. veek and that the 170,t5O miners
IL. have been idle since April VIII
return rt to work the early part OF next
The farmers thruout the state, @ .ne
.,,a,, towns. and the western cltles
were q unit for Roosevelt. &,
The surprise of the state was IN
p,t4.hrrr where the machine bosses
would no. concede Roosevelt a single aasae
delegate. but which gave every dele
gate "a him.