Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-05-23
Returns Are Now In from 4,5OO
Of the 5,192 Precincts
in Ohio.
APPEARS TO HAVE 81 VOTES
State Convention to Elect the Six
Delegates at-Large Will Not
Be Convened until
June 3.

Columbus Onto, MAY % According to
returns in hand tonight from ap-
proximately 400 of the 6,l92 precincts
In the state, cot Theodore Roosevelt's
delegates TO the national republican con-
Vcntion carried yesterdays Ohio primar
les by plurality of about 5000 votes.
| It now seems scarcely possible that final
results from the primary poll viii change
| the number of distric, delegates for
either side by more than one or two.
The best figures available tonight show
| that Roosevelt has 80 Of the 42 district
delegates selected Yesterday and that
| President Taft has 10
| Although later returns on me demo-
| cratic presidential preference primary
vote give Woodrow Wilson lighting
| chance for one or two more delegates
| the New Jersey mans exact standing
Will no, be known for several days. when
certain helated rural returns have been
secured from dlatory Judges who refused
| to complete the counts in their precincts
before taking nights sleep However.
Governor Harmon practically is assured
"A complete delegation of IS delegates to
| the Baltimore convention. His cad now
| gives him control of the State democratic
convention which will select six dele
gatesa large. Also 1t is said that the
convention will provide for the unit rule.
which will force the Wilson delegates
selected by districts yesterday to vote
fer the Ohio executive.
rESTION OPEN UNTIL JUNE
The delegate-at-large situation in the
! Republican party viii not be known or
settled until June ., when the State re-
publican convention Is convened here.
The Taft leaders claim that they will con-
troll the State convention and designate
the de!ega tes-at-large for the President
hut Roosevelt managers declared that
late returns show the number of Taf,
delegates to the State convention to be
dwindling, instead of increasing, as was
announced early to-day. There Is nc
question but that the Taft Roosevelt fight
will be carried on to the floor of the
State convention when the final struggle
is made for the half dozen delegates
large.
In only q OF the IS counties in the State
We're delegates to the State convention
chosen. In the remaining counties the
, delegates will be named ny county con
ventions.
Even in the matter of district dele
sary to determine exact results An in
stance of this sort arose to-day in the
l3.h congressional district (Sanduskyp
= where late returns indicate thai the dis
, trict will be divided almost evenly be
tween Taft and Roosevelt delegates anC
Harmon and Wilson Early figures CAV,
the two delegates in This district on thu
republican ticket to Mr. Taft. Colone
Roosevelt may NOW set one of the dele
gates and thus increase his total of dis
trict delegates to %. This would leav
Mr Tart nine delegates.
NOT CONFINED TO ANY SECTION.
An analysis made tonight of the re
capitulated Roosevelt vote shows tina
the Roosevelt strength was not confined
r to any particular section of the State
o. to amy particular class of citizens
He carried mining and industrial sec
tions. such as the Hooking Valley, a
well as some of the oldest and most con
seryativc urban communities in tn
State Added to these was much strength
amoag the farmers.
, In Adams county where more thai
1850 voters were disfranchised not lon
ago for vote selling, Roosevelt had a con
, siderable plurality. A town with
g prophetic name. Whitehouse in l4uca
l county, gave Roosevelt y votes am
= TAFT , Roosevelt managers seized upol
e this incident as a harbinger of good for
$ tune.
/ The race between Govern,. liarno
! and Woodrow Wilson IN the first an
i second districts is stil undecided al
though appearances now indicate tina
$ Wilson will carry the two districts, Wit
4 only six precincts missing. Harmon
p Il votes behind, but political experts d
I not believe that returns from these 81
y precincts VIII change he result suffi
- clenty To allow Harmon "A majority. III
% vote is. Harmon, 1i,S Wisoo 7,5,9
SHOWS PECULIAR SITUATION.
The trend Of the late democratic II
~ turns, which indicate that Wilson ha
u carried the first and second districts. IN
q developed 4 peculiar situation In the On
! cinnati end of the State Wilson. poss HI
u because it was Governor Harinon's honl
territory. had no candidates for delegate
in these districts and hence his uneS
pected strength will give nothing NOR
than expressed approval of tho voters
y the districts Governor Harmon gets tn
!. delegates from these districts. simply be
cause there were no Wilson delegates
,. vote for.
- INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL. FUGITIVE.
u Rutland May % Edward Cronin. az
N II years, who was sent to the Vernon