Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-13
Ex-PREsDENT's OFFER REFUSED
La Toilette Doesn't Accept Chance
10 Be Successor.
7. R. WINNER IN MINNESOTA
Returns from Various Counties Show
He Has Large Lead.
THREE TO ONE EARLY RATIO
cate Former President VIII
Have at s.esst Two
Thirds of DELEGATES.


MlsSoULA. Mont. May I2-The Txt
forces carried seven Of the eight precincts
OF this county in the republican primaries
yesterday and split the remaining pre-
cinct with the Roosevelt forces This IN
sures a county convention controlled for
Taft In Senator Dixon's homo county.
Taft leaders also assert that todays
victory gives them control OF the So
convention At Livingston May IS and
procludes the possibility Of Colonel Roose-
veit's campaign manager having seat In
the Chicago convention.
Saturdays primary was considered the
first definite move in fight to prevent
the renomination Of Senator Dixon next
fall.
la Toilette Refuses U~a..
SACRAMENTO May la-senator Rob.
ert NJ. Ia Follette was offered and re-
fused assurance that II he would throw
HIS support to Colonel Roosevelt In tho
compaign for the republican presidential
nomination, Roosevelt would In turn name
La Toilette as his successor. according
TO Gilbert T. Roe Of New York. La
Folletie's former law partner. who spoke
here last night ON THE true story OF tho
dcsertion OF La Toilette"
MIR. Roe did not mention Roosevelt in
his account of the affair.
r. u. Leads In Minnesota.
ST. PAUL. May R.-scattering returns
from republican presidential preferences
primary elections held In a large number
Of counties Of Minnesota Indicate that
Roosevelt Is running ahead OF I'rcsiden NJ
Taft by : 10 1. In nearly all ot the.h
In Ramsay county tst PauD I, u cal
mated that Roosevelt will have al Il.
two-tblrds Of the delegates
In 81. Loulr county Roosevelt Is =,
to over T,th In the eaiy 90 TO-,
Returns from tweyle precincts IN ,sJl
and on the Iron range give I.o1-.
st2 uninsructed tTafu, sol.
MINNEAPOLIS. May i2.--wIth !
thirty-two delegates not reported OF
tai Of eie. unofficial. bat revised. fstu
Tor the Honnapin county primary h,
last night show:
Roosevelt aS2 delegates; Taft. llo: T.,
Foiiettei q. fffty-five delegates lisisf
as "hasion" appeared on both Roosevs
and the La Toilette tickets The iioos,~
welt men will hold caucus tomorrow
at which time Judge NJ. u. purdy prol.-
ably VIII be named for the position of
delegste-at-iarge to the national CONVEX
tioR and stanley washburn and A. A. y.
RAIN as district delegates.
The unofficial returns on the popuihe
vote show: Roosevelt. ISy; TAFT. ssOi;
La Toilette. 3.21.
Third Arksnsa. for Taft.
EUREKA SPRINGS, Ark, May r.
Twenty-Five delegates quietly left the
Third Arkansas congressional district re-
publican convention yesterday, organized
second convention In a room In tho
same building. named Thomas Williams
and John McAllister delegates to the re-
publican national convention and In
structed them for Roosevelt The remain
Ing 100 delegates erose .. r. Mayes and
r. 3. Granger to represent the district
at Chicago and instructed tsem for Taft.
California Campaign Closes.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. May 12-The
California primary campaign for Taft and
Roosevelt closed last night. Senator la
Toilette win make his final appeal Mon
day night In San Francisco. The primary
will be held Tuesday.
''on the eve OF the presidential eiec-
ton" said Colonel Charles Mifflin Ham
mond. chairman Of the Taft republicans
Of California, in his final statement, I'VE
are confident that President Taft Hia
carry California