Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-27
Eighty-thres Of States 80
Delegates for His
denomination.
OTHERS TO ROOSEVELT
Charged That Adequate Num-
Der of Ballots Was Not
Delivered.

New York, March 27.-Delegates
&c the republican national convention
favoring the nomination of Roosevelt
were defeated in yesterdays New
York state primaries in every district
where they opposed candidates desig-
mated by the regular republican or
ganization and claimed by followers
of Taft. The Taft campaign mana
gers declared today at least SO of
New York's 90 delegates would go
to Chicago favoring the presidents
denomination. This estimate includ-
ed four delegates-at-large to be
chosen in the state convention.
SEVEN FOR ROOSEVELT.
The remaining seven delegates are
conceded to Roosevelt. Roosevelt |
lost only two fights his supporters
made upstate" and returns from
Is contested districts in New York
City and Long Island gave his oppo-
nents plurality averaging more than
two to one.
Roosevelt's supporters are now ex-
pected to concentrate their attention
on the state convention in an effort
to prevent the Taft men from send
/ ing to Chicago an instructed delega-
! ton.
WANT ANOTHER PRIMARY.
The Roosevelt managers confined
their statements to a declaration re-
garding the confusion that reigned in
/ New York City from failure to deliver
adequate number of ballots. Former
/ Judge Dull, chairman of the Roose-
/ welt citizens committee, and Chair
man Keenig of the republican county
committee both declared they would
appeal to the governor for a second
primary in New York City April 8.
PROTEST TO GOVERNOR.
The Roosevelt committee tele-
graphed Governor Dix asking the gov
ernor to take steps to remedy alleged
evils in yesterdays primaries.
The committees telegram to Dix
said they thought another primary
should be held at once to solve an
lintolerabie situation.
COLONEL IN FIGHTING MOOD.
Fort Wayne, Ind, March 81
Thoroughly aroused by the outcome
of the New York primaries, in which
the Roosevelt forces were defeated,
Roosevelt declared today the whole
proceeding was a farce Roosevelt,
= who is enroute to Chicago, where he
| will deliver three speeches tonight,
said he would have something TO say
on the New York satuation, and that
| 1t would be a fighting speech. a"
Crowds turned out at several sta
tions to meet Roosevelt on his way
across Ohio and Indiana.
2 CALLS 1T CRIMINAL FARCE.
S In a statement Roosevelt said: In
D side of New York city the primary
= law was shown to be criminal
: farce. Even as it is, one-fourth of
: the delegates, a great majority of
those elected from New York city,
n have no more claim to sit in a re-
T publican convention than if they were
= sent to it by Tammany hail, for they
: were elected by methods more out
= rageous than the worst methods that
e Tammany hall itself ever employed
in election"
In a brief address from the plat
form of his car TO large crowd here
j Roosevelt declared men who by un.
fair methods in the indianapolis con.
vention yesterday ruled by machine
politics, were not fit to claim afilia.
ton with the republican party"
TAFT 242, ROOSEVELT "A.
Washington, March 27.-As a re
suit of yesterdays primaries in New
York and the state convention in In
diana, President Taft's campaign
! headquarters today claimed 242 del
egates among those selected thus far
Director Mckinley conceded but q
to Roosevelt. In his statement Nc
Kinley said the failure to have bal
lots at many polling places in New
York resulted in loss of votes TO
Taft.
FORCE DOORS IN COLORADO.
Colorado Springs, Col, March 27
Roosevelt delegates to the stat
republican convention this morning
forced the doors of the convention
and selected seats on the front plat
form. In the first test vote the TEN
porary chairman vote stood: TAT
forces, 656; Roosevelt, PAP.
NEW MEXICO ELECTS SENATOR'S.
Santa Fee, March IA. B. FaI
and T. B. Catron, republicans, wer
- elected United States senators.