El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-13
PRIMARIES IN
CALIFORNIA
TOMORROW
Both Taft and Roosevelt
Claim State - Struggle
Has Been Intense.
WILSON LEADS ON
DEMOCRATIC SIDE

Los Angeles. Calf. Nay 13.-Calls
for volunteers to get out and work or
to supply automobiles to entice the in
different voter to the polls tomorrow.
and the usual statements from all
sides expressing confidence IN success
marked the close Of the presidential
preference primary campaign today IN
Lnis end OF the state The intensity %
the struggle between the adherenJs OF
president Taft and those or Col hooSe-
welt for the Republican delegates over
swallowed the activities OF the DeIuo
Cd is, although close contest Is Pt
dicted between Clark and wilson IN 10
morrOws balloting.
For the last J0O months the cam
paign in behalf of Col RooseVeII nas
been much more aggressive than Ihal
for president Taft. and officials OF lhe
Roosevelt Progressive league gave o1t
a statement today predicting heaVy
vote in the Republican primary, aLlo
fOrecaSting q majority Tor hooSeESlt
sufficient TO Offset a light vote IN the
north Particular attention has Deen
paid by the Roosevelt managers 10 the
orange growing section, where II was
believed tariff sentiment might work 10
the advantage of president tart IN lhe
last week Clifford Plnchot ana FORMER
senator Albert j. Beveridge stumped
this district and as q result the Roose-
welt supporters declared they We're
sanguine that the orange belt Woulo
likewise give Roosevelt the preference
in the primary vote
Is Wilson and Clark Fight.
On the Democratic side the tight ls
solely between governor wilson OF
New Jersey and speaker Champ Clark
Clark has had the support Of the local
Hearst newspapers and several smaller
journals in the outside districts, while
the sOcalled progressive Independent
newspapers have been urging the
voters to favor Roosevelt on the Re
Gid n o. Demo-
cratic side. the vote IS expected 10
figure largely in tOmorrOw's results.
La Toilette speaks.
The political pPt IN Calltornla sim
mered quietly today while the cam
paign orators rested and the managers
Of the various presidential camps laid
plans for the getting out OF their CO.
nOrts al the polls tomorrow senator
Robert n La Toilette was the only
speaker to address audiences today
He defined his policies TO large au-
dience in downtown theater this
morning and addressed the employees
of the Union Iron Works and snip
yards a. noon. He viii close his
campaign tonight with mass meeting
at Dreamland rink Gov. Johnson viii
close The Roosevelt campaign at Ber-
kelley tonight.
The managers of the Taft. Roosevelt
and La Toilette bureaus were equally
enthusiastic today in predicting vic
tory for their candidates
Senator La Toilette cannot Iall 10 WIN
the preference in California, said J.
N Houser. La FOllette's national cam
paign manager.
Roosevelt viii carry the state by a
majority never before rolled up for any
presidential candidate" said governor
Johnson today adding My infor-
nation comes from the people, not from
the politicians
The Republicans or northern Call
fornia will roll Up q sufficiently large
majority for Taft TO offset the slight
advantage Roosevelt may gain south
Of Tehachiapia" said colonel Charles
II Hammond, Taft manager. We will
carry the state by handsome major
ity"
Odds posted today were 10 TO -
that Roosevelt would cary the state
over Taft. even money that Roosevelt
would carry San Francisco over Taft,
and even money Roosevelt would carry
the state by 5000. Little money has
been wagered the favOrite proposition
thus far being Roosevelt to carry the
city.