Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-04-25


landslide for Roosevelt He defeated
President Taft for the state indorse-
ment by a plurality Of $4,000 votes.
Sure of Fifty-Two Delegates.
Colonel Roosevelt has won at least
ffty-two out of the ffty-eight Illinois
delegates to the Republican national
convention. He has carried twenty
/ two Of the twenty-five congressional
/ districts, winning forty-four district
delegates thereby.
Then he will have the eight dele
gates-at-large, elected by the Repub-
Iican state convention. but instructed
for Roosevelt by the popular vote
/ throughout the state.
The final returns may give the
colonel two or four more delegates.
Colonel Chauncey Dewey, chairman
of the Illinois Roosevelt committee, is
/ sued a statement in which be claimed
the state for Roosevelt by 10000 The
Taft managers made no statement,
but admitted defeat
Clark's victory was an oyerwhelm-
/ ing one. He carried the state by three
/ to one over Woodrow Wilson, exhibit
/ ing unusual strength in places where
it was presumed the New Jersey gov
ernor would be strong
But it was Colonel Roosevelt who
performed the deeds Of the day.
Carries Mckinley Ward.
He carried the home ward of Repre-
sentative William B. Mckinley. direc-
tor general of the presidents battle,
in Champaign, annexed the district
and deposed some Of the old war
horses who have been fighting the
party's battles in Champaign county
for years.
The Wilson managers declined to
Issue a statement, but admitted the
Clark victory. For the Clark people
W K. Pattison. president of the
Champ Clark club, made the following
statement:
without funds, without leaders,
without organization, the plain peo-
pie of Cook county went to the polls
and voted almost solidly for Clark.
Their voice will be heard from ocean
to ocean in no uncertain sound. The
so-called independent press attempt
ed to dictate to the Democrats of this
state whom they should nominate for
president. This advice has been
turned into joke by the voters
Roosevelt Victory Decisive.
Colonel Roosevelt's victory is de
cisive both in and outside Of Cook
county. Senator La FolIette's show
ing was a disappointment to his ad-
mtrers and incidentally to the Taft
managers, for they figured every La
Toilette vote was a Taft vote, mas
much as it cut directly into the Roose-
welt strength.
Champ Clark rolled up such a great
lead that Woodrow Wilson was almost
unheard from. The speaker took an
early lead and maintained an average
strength four times greater than the
New Jersey governor.
cuIonn Is Defeated.
Senator Shelby M Cullom. continu-
ously in public life for ffty-seven
years, has been retired as effectively
as an advisory primary ballot can
bring about that effect
Returns show that Lawrence Y.
Sherman is the choice of the people
Mr.. Cullom stated that he will
completely withdraw from the race
and will accept the verdict OF
the primaries and will not permit his
name to be presented to the legisla-
ture.
Deneen and Dunno Matched
Gov Charles S. Deneen has been
renominated by the Republicans
for the office he now holds by
plurality of $4,000. Edward F.
Dunno, former mayor of Chicago
has been given the Democratic
nomination for governor of the state
by a plurality of $4,000
Pittsburg.-When asked what he
thought of the Illinois result, Colonel
Roosevelt replied: Fine, fine. We
did fine work"
Against Woman Suffrage.
Chicago voters returned a decided
mo" to woman's plea for equal suf-
frage.
They took advantage of the prefer
entail primary to answer in a most
convincing manner By a vote that
reached the proportions of approx
mately two to one they declare against
giving women the ballot.
The voters of several precincts ap-
pears to be willing to give their wives
and sisters a voice in the affairs OF
the government Their votes, how
ever, were not sufficient to overcome
the opposition. It was landslide
against the suffrage proposition.