Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-04-15
Colonel Wins Ga of 76 Dele
gates to National Conven-
tom Strength Due Largely to
Idle Coal Miners.
PARTY LEADERS STUNNED
BY CRUSHING DEFEAT
Taft'S Votes Secured in PhiIa-
deIphia Where John Wana-
maker is Elected with StoteS-
bury for President,

! Inv Morning journal spec'nI I.~osed Wire. -,
( Philadelphia, April l4.--Iatest re
turns from yesterdays primary indi-
Gates that Theodore Roosevelt viii
have sixty-four OF PENNSYLVANIA
seventy-six delegate to the republican
national convention with a possibility
| of siXty-five.
Colonel Roosevelt won tiftN-two
district delegates and his supporters
captured the convention which will
name twelve delegates at large. The
| stat. convention has the power TO
elect Il new state chairman to succeed
United states Senator Penrose and
the national delegates can eject new
committeeman from Pennsylvania to
succeed Senator Penrose,
Woodrow Wilson. accoi ding to fig
ures at hand, will have seventy four
of the seVentN-six PENNSYLVANIA dele
gates in the democratic convention
The other two Delegates are for
Champ Clark.
Colonel Roosevelt's sweeping vie
tory kept growing as the returns
continued To come in.
Incomplete returns from every dis
trict give the former president sixty
five delegates in the republican ma
tional convention The Rooseclt sup
porters are claiming siXty-seVen and
later returns may carry the figures
to that number
Politicians look upon the triumph
OF Colonel Roosevelt with astonish-
ment' The Roosevelt forces were with
out state organization or any orSdnl-
Hation IN many of the districts. IL Is
the flrst time In the present genera
ton that the regular republican ma
chine has lost control of the state
organization
The significance of the Roosevelt
victory can be realized when IT Is
remembered when the delegates N
control of the state convention nave
the power to elect the state chair
man, und under the party rules the
delegates To the national convention
elects the national committeeman,
At present Senator Penrose holds
both positions.
1t was said 10y a prominent member
of the state committee tonight that
some OF the Roosevelt delegates elected
10 the state convention are regular or
ganization men, VINO, while voting Tor
Roosevelt delegates VIII stand by the
state organization. Sonic of the or
Banization leaders who refrained
from personally entering the primary
as candidates for district delegates
had expected they would be selected
ny delegates AT large.
Among those understood To have
been looked upon as the likely dele |
gates were Senators Penrosc and |
oliver Governor Tpnpr. Secretary of 1
state Robert McAfee and Leader !
of the party organization IN |
The vote pollcd was light. In some
districts il did not go much over firtv |
per cent Of the vote al the last gen
.ral election.
One clement of strength of the
RooscyeIt forces was the t1O. OOO idle
anthracite miners among whom the
'ormer president ran strong.
I'm Philadelphia President Taft's ad-
,er.nts capttIred tbre. of the six
districts ana spIit the delegation In
,uotbrr giving the president seven
l.l.Y,t.s to Roos.velt's five TN,
delegates fuNorlng Tatt were not IN {
Itructed. Among those who escaped
he HoosevcIt storm wer. John Wanna
maker and f.. r. Stoteshury. who were
.lected rs Taft delegates In the Sec
md district.
In AIlegban> county which includes
.ittsburah. Colonel Roosevelt captured
n oieht delegates an IN. four dis
,icts Amony them * william Flvnn
On, has fought tho regular state or
nni,,tion for wears.
Governor Wilson had an easy time