The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-22
Early Returns.

voters said they favored Ennseyalk
and Harmon for the presideutiuI
nominations today in the State prest-
dental primary, ever Governor WUod~
row Wilson and President Taft. Mr.
Wilson made no campaign. although
Colonel Bryan twice crossed tho
State. making appeals for him, and
savage attacks ON Governor Harmon.
Harmon men declared the WIKI
sonites have dumped enormous sums
into the State, and President Taft'a4
friends who have carried only three
of twenty-one congressional districtA.S
made the sam charge against thu
Roosevelt men. The weather was 90
tine that farmers forsook the polls
to do late spring blowing. a facts
which hindered Roosevelt and Har.s
men. s---- $3.50
Taft Carries Only Three.
The President has carried only the
First Second and Thirteenth districts.
and Roosevelt men are claiming they
will nominate the State eonventiou.
and elect the six dclega tes- AT large
~ the national convection. If this IA
true, the State VIII stand, Taft, 81
Roosevelt. ~ a crushing defeat for
the President. Ills managers cons
tinusd hopeful in the face of bad
news.
Harmon men claimed ohio by clOMNA
to . TO /, on the basis OF returHs rss~sI
ceived at midnight in very light
vote. They said his delegates woiil4a
he elected in yly-e1Grx distriAts
and that his friends would be In coma
troll of tho State convention. CounfYVs
districts yet To be heard from ext
pected Ia show up strong for Covers
a42r. ItarnasAsses 8 although 5has. sss4a IHs
much lighter than Harmon men had
troped. -
In the Twentieth and Twenty-i first
districts in the .,eighborhood oGs
Cleveland. the governor has beer
beaten three TO one. and the rsAcoI
is close in Hamilton county With
the governor leading 10y Il noEH,g
Fr~nkIin county is Harmon by two tus
enc, with a Hartman county convene
ton Washington county is 5 to n
Tor Harmon, and the greater part ~
the southern section of The State f4a
close Ross county went SIX to ore
for the governor sA
Vote Uniform.
In 26S precincts, exclusive O.
Cuyahoga county, the vote is Harness
1854 to 2,s05 for Wilson. The vot1E1
is nearly uniform over the State 60
cept in Montgomery and Lucas c0u1DpS
ties where the governor h appareutlV2
tagging IN tha race. Weather. IL res
sponsibie for the light vote. zSal
So far Harmon delegates to the nG@S
tional convention are surely eleGtG5
in the First and Second distf4c&Ta
tHamilton county,, in the Fifth. n0Ft4
west section of Ohio, Eighth and El&M%S
enth. ana probably in the sixth Ql1
Seventh and thirteenth TIE Ell ~
tenth district is close. Hfrn1t
State manager. +. II. Moore. IL
of the candidate. ana claims his Gl4
ton. but Congressman J. J. WhikQ&
seems TO be "A runnerup. Late
night he left for Washington, cone
ing defeat.
Cleveland For r. r. s5FsSssS
Cleveland came strong for RuRMn
and Wilson. the vote here bef5i
least two To one for them. wiIflA
cinnau supported Taft well. k1
Harmon and Wilson run about
there. In the rural districts tn
was smaller than anticipated
good weather. the hrst for weeks
the farmers In THE fields.
Ia Folistts Z FaNerite. z32
La Toilette surprised tho other
leaders by polling heavily Iii g.
cincts where he had delegates. s
the Democratic fight was pdFQ1
tween Harmon anu w tfzUn. F60T
many scattering votes cast To-
4.