Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-09
VOTERS ENDORSE ROOSEVELT
Taft Followers Refuse to Take Part
in Alleged Illegal Primary.
FOURTH OF PARTY VOTE PoILED
TEST Vote I'm Kansas City Held In
Same Booths as City Primary-
Colonel Leads by Large
Majority.


KANSAS CITY, Mo-, March S-Theo-
, dore Roosevelt received 5.ssS votes, Presi-
4 dent Taft. $50. Senator La Toilette. DO
and Senator Cummins s In the first PREFER
entail primary election to be held In
the United States this year. in the Fifth
Missouri congressional district yesterday,
In Kansas City. where Mayor BrsHn was
renominated by the republicans with
Ash votes against his opponents. So. Mr..
Roosevelt received 4.s26 and Mr.. Taft, ST.
Taft supporters did not participate ac-
lively In the primary.
The votes cast were slightly less than
one-fourth the normal republican vote.
The primary today. with the presi-
DENTAL preference feature was called by
the congressional committee and was to
select delegates to the congressional con-
yention to be held in Kansas City Tues
day next. This convention will elect two
delegates TO the national convention In
Chicago. In Kansas City, the congress
sional primary was held In the same
voting booths as was the city primary
to name the city republican ticket and
for this reason the Taft supporters as
serted the congressional voting was H.
legal. A separate set of,judges andJclerks
served for each OF the elections.
Taft Men stay Away.
Leaders among the Taft republicans
Homer Mann, chairman OF the republican
here advised the Taft men to stay away
from the polls today, and to refuse to
take part In the election. 1t is announced
that the Taft men will, hold a separate
convention on Saturday to select the:s'
representatives to the national conven-
ton.
In discussing the question of iilegsllty
raised in connection with the primaries
congressional committee. said:
The congressional district committee
called this primary and arranged a presi-
dental preference vote after consulting
with Governor Hadley. The committee
was in no way responsible that after
our call had been issued. the city COM
inittees called primaries for the same
date. In some places the primaries to
nominate city candidates were held In
the same buildings with the presidential
preference primaries, in others not"
Governor Hadley. who is in Kansas
City tonight said:
/, II have carefully examined the pro-
/ visions OF the national call and the call
/, OF the Fifth district Congressional con-
J vention and they are IN full accord
see nothing that could be pointed to
as an Illegal procedure
Call Primary Illegal.
WASHINGTON. March sin a state
ment today President Taft's campaign
managers characterized the Kansas City
primaries as Illegal and declared their
results will be contested at the Chicago
convention and their action disregarded
by the Taft. cummins and La Toilette
men.
The contesting delegation. II was as
serted. will be chosen at a convention
10 be held March Q. The statement
charges that the state national primaries
In Kansas City were run. together in
order to give the city machine ahe oppor-
tnnity to control the selection OF national
delegates" y
Conventions In santa re.
ALBUQUERQUE. N. NJ, March g.
Two republican state conventions are TO
be held In Santa Fe tomorrow.
In response TO calls issued by the
chairman OF both the progressive and
regular wings Of the party, primaries
and county conventions have been held
in most OF the twenty-six counties OF
New Mexico and all are expected TO
send delcgatesSo both conventions. The
so-called regulars are divided between
Taft and Roosevelt and II is generally
believed that an unrestricted delegation
will be sent TO Chicago.
The progressives, with few exceptions
are for Roosevelt and win send Roose-
Welt delegation to the national conven-
tlon.
An effort VIII w made when the con-
ventions meet tomorrow 10 re-unlte the
rival factions and bring the progressives
back into the regular party organization
Leaders on both sides profess 10 believe
.hNe cas-. h aecapnpffahad