Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-03-28
Sweeping Victory Won by
Administration in Empire
State Primaries; Colol i.s''
Own State.
TAFT MEN CLAIM
.-. 242 DELEGATES
Result in New York and In
diana Adds to Presidents
Total; Roosevelt Says
Primaries are Farce.

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Primaries are Farce.
New York, March 27.-Delegates to
the republican national convention
favoring the nomination Of Theodore
Roosevelt were defeated at yesterdays
New York primary In every district
where they opposed candidates desig-
mated by the regular republican organ
ization and claimed by the followers
of President Taft. .ea
The Taft campaign managers declar.
ed today at least eighty-three of New
York's ninety delegates would go to
Chicago favoring the presidents re-
nomination. This estimate includes
the delegates.at-large to be chosen
at the state convention on April 8.
The remaining seven delegates were
designated by the regular district or
ganizations but conceded to Col.
Roosevelt 0.'r
Col. Roosevelt lost the only two
fights his supporters made 'upp state"
and the returns from the fifteen con-
tested districts in New York City and
Long Island gave his opponent a plu-
rality averaging more than two to one.
Col. Roosevelts supporters now are
expected to concentrate their atten-
ton on the state convention in an ef-
fort to prevent the Taft men from
sending to Chicago an instructed dele
cation. The primary law In operation
yesterday did not permit specific in.
structions for the delegates at the time
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The leaders concede that the action
of the New York delegation was In
fiunced somewhat by the results in
other states that hold primaries or
conventions during the interval before
the New York convention.
Roosevelt Tactics Delayed Printers.
The Roosevelt campaign managers
confined their statements to declara-
tions regarding the confusion that
reigned in New York City from the
failure to deliver an adequate number
of ballots. Former Judge Charles A.
Duell, chairman of the Roosevelt citi.
zens' committee and Chairman Koenig
Of the republican county convention
both declared they would appeal to
Gov. Dix for second primary IN New
York City.
Roosevelt partisans charged the fail
ure to provide ballots in all districts,
to the machination Of their opponents.
The organization men on the other
hand united with the printers In at
tributing the situation to the court ac-
tion brought by the Roosevelt force
in their unsuccessful attempt to have
the names Of their delegates printed
at the head of the ticket. This, the
printers say, delayed their work q
week and the monumer IL nature OF
the task made it impossible to get
enough ballots ready in time for the
election.
A new primary in New York City,
it is estimated would cost something
like $15O,0OO, since ballots costing $7O,-
600 would have to be reprinted and
the whole election machinery revived.
Primaries Open In Confusion.
The primaries opened at p. M,
amidst great confusion, owing to the
delay in delivering the ballots in many
voting precincts.
In one case on the west side the
police officially reported that the bal
| lots designed for use at eighteen poll
ing places did not arrive until about
6 D. M, and in the three hour wait
some early comers left the polls. The
polls closed at 8 p. m. There was
further embarrassment because the
green ballots for the democratic pri-
maries were delivered to many places
instead of the pink republican ones. It
was we'll into the evening before the
mixups were Strengthened out.
President Britt, of the board Of
elections. declared that the delay was
due largely to the eleventh hour liti-
CATION, which the Roosevelt commit
tee began over the position OF dele
gates on the ballots, resulting in court
orders, which handicapped the printer.
Rooseveit's Cousin Defeated.
Utica. N. Y, March 27.-Victory for
the organization forces In the thirty
third congressional district in yes
terday's primaries came after one OF
the bitterest fought contests Of recent
years. The district contains the coun-
ties Of Herkimer and Oneida, the for
mer the home Of Assemblyman Theo-
dore Douglas Robinson, cousin OF
Colonel Roosevelt, and the latter the
home of Vice President Sherman. AS
semblyman Robinson represented the
Roosevelt forces and lost by decisive
vote.
In Oneida county Vice President
Sherman,s supporters won by a hand
some majority. The fight was carried
by the Roosevelt men into the home
ward OF the vice president contrary to
the public appeal for display OF civic
pride. Tbs, Roosevelt forces made an