The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-04-10
TAFT WINS IN
BITTER FIGHT
~ --
In the Counties Through
out Kentucky.
THE PRESIDENTS MEN CARRY
Every District in the State
Except the Fourth and
Eleventh.
FRAUD Is WALL OF THE LOSERS

(Report in Louisville Herald)
President Taft's followers in
Kentucky made a clean sweep Sat
urday at the conventions held in the
various counties for the purpose of
choosing delegates to the district
conventions which are to name del
egates to the State convention. All
DISTANCES set up by the opposition
were overwhelmed.
Late figures show that the Presi-
dents men Carried every district in
Kentucky with the exceptions of the
Fourth and Eleventh, where the
vote is extremely close. In the
Fifth district, comprising Louisville
and Jefferson county, the Taft men
won on a narrow margin, capturing
but 1853 of the 272 delegates boost
ed by the whole county.
In the First District Ballard, Cal
loway, Trigg, Caldwell, Crittenden,
Livingston, Hickman and Fulton
counties in conventions named Taft
men to carry credentials to the dis
tTict meetings. Marshall and Lyon
for Roosevelt, Graves uninstructed
and Carlisle and McCracken coun-
ties will be contested.
In the Second District Taft car
ried Christian, Daviess, Henderson,
Union, Webster, Hancock and Hop
kins counties with Mclean doubt
full.
The Taft followers scored an ov-
erwhelming victory in the Third
District, the Roosevelt cotingent
landing instructions from Simpson
and Edmondson' counties or 22 del
;egates out of total of 1919 in that
district.
In the Fourth District there was
neck and neck finish. Returns
showed that Taft had earriedBreck-
enridge, Bullitt, Hart. Marion, Nell
son and Taylor counties, and that
the Roosevelt men had scored in
Ohio and Washington counties, put
ting out strong claims for Grayson,
Green, Hardin, LaRue and Meade
county delegations. The voting in
this district developed at least four
contests and possibly a fifth will
spring up.
Every county of the Sixth Dis
trict instructed for Taft and for
Bradley, Cochran and Breathitt as
candidates to the national conven-
ton from the State-at-large.
Fur flew in the Seventh District
and as a result, contested delega-
tions from Fayette and Franklin
counties will bid for seats at the
State Convention. Taft carried
Bourbon, Woodford, Henry, Old
ham and Owen counties in this Dis
trict without contests. The con-
ventions were held in Fayette,
Franklin and Scott counties The
Roosevelt delegates will have coun-
ty chairman and credentials COM
mittees in Fayette, while Taft dele
cations will have credentials in
Bourbon and Scott counties. The
Taft men will organize the Seventh
District convention.
Instructions were won also in the
Eighth district by the Taft follow
ers, at the following mass conven-
lions: Rockcastle, Madison, Lin |
coin, Boyle, Mercer and Jessamine.
Shelby and Garrard counties in
structed for Roosevelt, but a con-
test likely will follow in the case of !
the latter.
Nine counties of the Ninth dis !
trict instructed foN Taft, and the
four others developed contests. |
Those claimed by Taft beyond any !
doubt are Mason. Bracken, Robert
son, Harrison, Fleming, Nichols,
Bath and Lewis. Boyd county is
also claimed by the Taft forces, but |
the Roosevelt men propose to con-
test the claim. Contests resulted |
in Lawrence, Carter, Rowan and
Greenup counties also.
AS in the New York City primar-
les and the Indiana district con-
ventions when the cry of fraud was
raised. similar wall was heard in
the Offices of the Roosevelt head
quarters. In Louisville the Colo
nel's managers are open in their