Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-04-20
T. R. SWEEPS
PENNSYLVANIA
Colonel VIII Gel 10 Of the
76 Delegates.
STATE MACHINE SMASHED
Prosresslves viii Control State Con.
vention, and Many Predict Il viii
Mean the Passing Of Senator Pen.

Mean the Passing Of Senator Pen.
rose.
Complete returns from all parts Of
Pennsylvania only accentuate the
sweeping Roosevelt victory IN Sa'ur.
days primaries on the final round
UP, after the state convention. which
will elect twelve dclegates-at large 70
the Republican national convention,
Roosevelt viii have seventy OF tie
seyenty.siX delegates from Pennsyiya-
MIA. and il seems quite likely that he
will have the entire delegation.
The supporters of President Tart
carried but one district west OF Phila-
delphia. that comprising Lancaster
county. whore Mayor Mcl.ain has al
most an unassailable organization. In
Philadelphia The Taft supporters ap.
parently carried the First. Second.
Third and elcciod one delegate in the
Fifth district But in the FRS; dis.
trict state Senator Edwin :. Ware,
the Republican organization leader,
and his running mate as de egate,
Hugh Black. have announced that to
their minds Colonel Roosevelt is the
only Republican capable OF saving the
country TO Republican rule.
President oil Selest Council Rams.
ley. who was elected as an uninslruct.
ed delegate in the Third district an.
nounced As Senator Ware votes. 50
do l."
In the Fifth distric, in Philadelphia
one Roosevelt, delegate was elected
and one apparent Taft man got,
through, c A. Disston. the saw manu-
facturer. who was swept into Office
on the Taft ticket through his popu
larity with his own employees.
The recapitulation shows that at the
present writing President Taft may
count on the votes OF L. r Stotesbury
and John Wanamaker. who were elect
ed as delegates in the Second district;
j. II Bromley, who was elected IN tn
Third. c. & Dlsston. Of the Fifth. and
William W Geist and William II
Keller. the TWO delegates elected in
the Lancaster district This is the
sum total OF the Taft delegates unless
complete returns make some minor
changes.
Not only have the Roosevelt fol
lowers swept the state for their dele
gates. but they have elegted the mi
jority OF The 372 representative &c
the state convention. which will elect
twelve dcleeIies.at.large to the ma
tional cony, niion
May Mean Passing Of Penrose.
Those twelve delegates already are
counted Tor Roosevelt. but the sta c
convention will have other and NOR
potent eject on Pennsyl ana u
marks the passing OF United States
Senator Boes Penrose as a member
OF the national comit,ee. and mtuy
persons are predicting that j. al.0
marks Tie beginning OF l. s exit iiuM
politics.
The Roosevelt followers Will abso
lutcly DONNA the state convent Oh
They will nominate All auditor gene a
and a state treasurer. and Tor the FIRST
time IN many wears will have absolute
control ol the election machinery ~
the state
In this same connection the twenty
five men nominated as candidates lot
the state maize, when e.ccted, Nill
hold over un'i the time comes for the
selection Of successor vi Seua o.
Penrose. From late returns eg4feel
oil these men are opposed 20 Senator
Penrose and ine IDEAS Tor when he
stands