Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-14
WILSON HAS BUT LITTLE
OPPOSITION IN PRIMARIES
TO Have Nearly Solid Delegation to
Democratic Convention.
VOTERS TURN OUT IN FORCE
Rain General Throughout State,
But Fails to Affect Balloting.
Interest Akin to Ma
tional Election.

night reports TO the Associated Press in
dicate that Theodore Roosevelt has car
ried at least half of the congressional dis.
tricts in Pennsylvania.
in addition. there is strong likeli-
hood that Roosevelt men will control the
state convention. which will name twelve
delegates at large. If this Is the. case
Roosevelt will have nearly two-thirds o1
the seventy-six delegates from this state.
Woodrow Wilson apparently had little
opposition in the balloting and he will
have a solid delegation from this state
10 the democratic national convention.
Returns up to midnight indicate that
j. Butler Woodward and John McGahren
will be nominated national delegates on
the democratic ticket in the eleventh dis
trict. They are for Harmon. but Not
instructed.
Rain General Over State.
The interest in today's primary election
in Pennsylvania very near equaled that
which is ordinarily manifested in a gen.
eral election. Polls opened at pm. and
were closed at 8. consequently there was
little definite news In the early evening.
Rain fell generally all over the state, and
this to some extent kept the vote down.
All reports agreed, however, that the ag-
gregate vote was unusually large for a
primary contest.
In Philadelphia the republican organiza-
tion leaders were early in the field with
the claim that they elected twelve Taft
delegates from the six congressional dis
tricts in the city. United States Senator
Penrose. the head of the organization.
surprised his party associates by leaving
the city at o'clock In the afternoon,
going to Atlantic City, wherc he boarded
his yacht for a cruise until Monday. Be-
fore leaving he said: II can speak only
of the city, for II is too early to get re-
ports from the entire state. I am satis-
fed that every republican delegate select
ed in this city will be for President Taft.
Roosevelt may get twelve or fourteen
delegates in the state
Dixon Visits Philadelphia.
Senator Dixon, Mr.. Roosevelt's cam
paign manager, spent a portion Of the
afternoon in Philadelphia. He said he
came here to see how the election was
going. The senator visited the thirty
eighth ward, a reform stronghold, and
sother parts Of the city and expressed
himself as pleased with the conditions.
One of the local Roosevelt managers
sent the following telegram to the New
York headquarters: Hard rain this
afternoon apparently not affecting the
vote. Reports from scattering precincts
indicate that our previous prediction OF
Roosevelt victory made good. Extensive
challenging of keystone voters is keep.
ing out a considerable portion OF ths
Roosevelt voters. otherwise we would
make a clean sweep Of Philadelphia"
From other quarters the claim Of un
tair treatment of keystone party voteis
was made. and it was apparent that the
Roosevelt leaders felt that the exclusion
Of keystone voters from the ballot box
had an unfavorable influence upon thu
chances Of delegates pledged to their IA
vorite.
Claim Right to Vote.
The keystone party is third part,
made up largely of citizens Of reform
tendency who are opposed to the regular
republican organization. Its main strength
Is In Philadelphia, where 1t has polled
heavy vote in the past few years
Regular republicans claim that mem
bers of the keystone party have no righ
to ask for a republican ballot becaus,
they did not vote the republican ticket q
the last election. Instead. they claim
they should ask for and vote the keyston,
ballot The keystone party being onl,
q state organization and having no ma
tional alliance has no national delegate,
on its ticket
The keystoners claimed they were en-
titled to republican ballot IL they wer,
willing 10 take oath that they voted To-
majority OF the republicans on the key
stone fusion ticket at the last election.
National Delegates Elected.
Returns. as far as completed, shoy
delegates to the national convention
elected as follows:
First district-william s. Ware an,
Hugh Black: favor Taft
Second district-John wanamake
and F. T. Stotesbury; favor Taft.
Third District. E. Bromley and II
g Ransiey; favor Taft.
Fourth district-Charles Freebooter an
II. ~. Dawson. Favor Roosevelt.
Fifth district-W William Disston favor
1aft. and John T. Murphy favors Roos<
Sixth distrfct-W. d. Lewis and Samu,
Crothers. Favor Roosevelt.
Seventh district-J. w. Mercur and ]
J. Gheen. Favor Roosevelt.
Ninth distrfct-W. w. Griest and w
Ill. Keller. Favor Taft.
Tenth district-John Won Berxen an
George B. Carson. Favor Roosevelt Dem
ocratic. Joseph OBrien and John J. DuI
kin Favor Wilson.
Eleventh district-D. NJ. Rosser an
Stephen ]. Hughes. Favor Roosevelt.
Thirteenth district-B. Frank Ruth an
F. +. Lewis. Favor Roosevelt.
Fifteenth distrfct-H. w. Pyles and ]
X. Young. Favor Roosevelt
Seventeenth district-Thomas A. Appl
by and c. B. Clayton. Favor Roosevelt
Nineteenth district-W. l. Baldridt
and MahlOn H. Myers. Favor Roos
Welt.
Twentieth ddstrict-Grier Hirsh an
George kosen: favor taft.
Twenty-first district u. G. Boose an
Guy b. Mays; fave Roosevelt. Demt