The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-18
How the Votes Were Cast.

CHICAGO, ILL., Specila.-Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt swept Illinois
smothering President Taft under a
plurality of $4,000.
champ Clark overwhelmed Cover
nor woodrow Wilson, of New Jersey.
for the presidential nomination by a
vote of nearly to l, and Senator
Shelby NJ. Cullom, ranking member
of the upper House of Congress, was
sent TO join the retired Senate Re-
wide primaries in Illinois.
Although the figures have not yet
been completed, President Taft
claims only two Of the States fifty
eight delegates, while the colonel is
sure Of fifty-two, and late returns
from the two districts still doubtful
indicate he led there.
Every delegate sent to the Demo-
| cratic convention at Baltimore will
wear the Clark stamp, not a single
Wilson man having been elected.
Tafts solitary congressional district
victory came in the Fifth, the home
of Senator William Lorimer, former
congressman and dictator of the COM
munity for years. The victory was a
Lorimer affair.
The senator, stung by the taunts
] OF the former President, worked like
a trojan for the administration and
succeeded in winning for Taft by 500
votes.
One other Chicago district, the
Eighth, now represented by Thomas
vote.
Inc Twenty-fifth District in South
ern Illinois has not yet been COM
pletely canvassed, but the indications
from the meagre returns from there
show Roosevelt in the lead.
Roosevelt's total estimated vote i:
2S3, 900; Taft's, $4,000. Roosevelt
carried Chicago by $4,000
Clark's Great Victory.
CHAMP Clark's sweep in the State
was even cleaner than Roosevelts.
With total vote almost as large a.
that of the Colonel, Clark left Wilson
hopelessly showed under.
The total vote for the Missouriar
was estimated from returns from prac
tically every part of the State a
221, 900.
Wilson received 1880.
chicago, where a heavy vote was poll
ed. His vote in the city totalled 1875,
1880. ~ VIZ" 01''
In the down-State districts, wher,
Wilson had just completed a tour o
the state In the interest of his candi
dacy, the speaker was easily the win
ner, showing strength throughout tn,
State.
Wilson carried st. Clair county
which includes East st. Louis H
also won in Winnebago county by
small plurality
In every other county Clark wa
the victor. He carried Sangamol
county, including Springfield, the Stat
capital. by 400.
Thea wilson men had made a specia
effort to win there. Clark carrie,
practically every precinct in Chicago
by an average vote of four to one, owe
the New Jersey man.
Senator Robert NJ. La Toilette, O
WISCONSIN, who was also a contende
for the Republican national delegate.
secured a total vote approximate
$1,000.
Fully half Of this vote was cast 4
Chicago, where the La Toilette head
quarters are located, and where con
siderable work was done for the wis
consin man during the past few days
Suffrage Badly Beaten.
Chicago voters voted two to on
against woman's suffrage in the presi
Dental primary. The question wa
not on ballots outside of this city.
Roosevelt carried the home ward c
Representative William b. McKinle!
Taft's campaign manager, in Cham
paign; he was successful in the Six
teenth congressional district, wher
Colonel Frank L. Smith. the Taft Stat
manager, lives and In Speaker il