The Washington times., 1912-03-24
ROOSEVELT WINS
IN INDIANA, TAFT
MACHINE BROKEN
Primary Results Indicate
4 Colonel Will Get Twenty
two Delegates.
Continued from First Page


The politicians today as easily the most
pnp"rtant incident of the campaign. II
proves that in this traditionally doubtful
state, barometer of Presidential re-
Sits. the Republican voters want Roose.
Welt. ana not Taft. Besides tfat. II will
nave n tremendous weight with voters
N adjoining States. Conditions in Ohio.
Illlhuis, Michigan. and Kerturl<,. nre
very closely parallel 70 those in indiana
toss,, tas loss ,,. Of fl, Indiana to Roosevelt was
EtrolIg Indication Of what would hapncG
IN Ohio and Illinois 80. = SNN
As to Michigan, the. situation there is
rai9 se.ner fnrn 70 the liking Of the Roose-
Ehat. have acted have instructed for
roosevelt. The demands for Roosevelt
10 speak In the State, on his trtp this
Week are coming from all counties. It
mas been arranged that he will speak I'm
lLaWton. Kalamazoo, jackson, and De-
Frolt on Saturday next These towns
arc all In the denselv peopied southern
Endustrial region; and immense meet
pngs are promised. E77'
Taft Backers Surprised. 50.
But to go back to the Indiana result.
Thet Taft people had no suspicion Of
what was going to happen to, them.
They counted Indiana as solid for them
as Utah. Today they are frightened.
mot only over the loss of the State
put almost as much over the lesson Il
has driven home of the danger OF car
nying their machine methods too far
The voters in Indiana might have been
kept in Il condition of innocuous In-
toncern, II it had not been for the earier
nxcesses of the. Taft forces The old
nlachine over-played its hand, and was
smashed as a result; Now the Tett
people are worried about a like condi-
ton arising In Pennsylvania. -.
Chairman Dixon of the Roose 9 elt
committee said today. after he was GER
tain, from his kilograms received from
all parts of the State that Indiana had
gone for Roosevelt: ~, -
I'VE have carried nine districts GER
tainly of the thirteen. Even Harry
New has admitted that the State is
tricts are for Roosevelt Our advices
are that we may get ten districts on
me full count. The Taft leaders out
mere mere concede % twenty and probably
tWenty-two delegates to us. The swing
or the thing. its really popular charac-
ter, is indicated by lot of kilograms
about results in particular counties.
Here's one. Look at it,"
:. Machine Didn't Work.
1t was an announcement of the vote
In Floyd county: Roosevelt, 501; Taft,
z6S.
They have been pouring money into
1ndiana,"' went on Mr.. Dixon. "and
they had all the machinery the office
holders, and the interests They didn't
concede us single district The re-
sult simply carries out our theory that
the. voters are overwhelmingly for
Roosevelt.
In every Republican or possibly Re-
publican state North. in Oklahoma and
Pm Missouri, Indiana, North Dakota, and
Two Michigan districts We have this re-
suit to date:
For Roosevelt ,,, AZ
For La Toilette. 10
u mnStructed Observation-Disclosures: G
Giving the North Dakota ten that are
Tor La Follette, but that will be for
we have 56 for Roosevelt, s for Taft,
and unlnstructed and doubtful"
~. Mississippi In Fold.
Indiana was not the only State that
Roosevelt carried yesterday to the in
tense surprise of the Taft managers.
mississippi also slipped quietly and un-
ostentatiously into the Roosevelt list. a
mysterious stranger from the Solid
South. 1t happened because a lot of
the old leaders there, as in other States
IN the South, have ben getting wind OF
the fact that Taft If nominated cannot
be elected, and are looking for a winner.
ihe "iSSIsSiPpi county conventions
were held Saturday, and kilograms from
jackson and other points today say that
Roosevelt swept the State.
The majority for him is overwhelming.
Tt is even doubted If there will be any
contest. so decisive Is the outcome In
any case, contest would avail the Taft
people nothing. because, in order TO lfh-
seat the Roosevelt delegation from
Louisiana. they would have to cstab-
1ish precedents that would unseat Taft
delegates in other Southern States.
Maine once
Went.
He'll bent,
For Governor Kent
Tippecanoe and Tyler. too
Well. it's now lined up to do as much
for Roosevelt. according to The Times
speCiaI dispatches from Pine freedom
today, following the Roosevelt meeting
at Portland last night. Chairman Dixon,
of the Roosevelt committee, received
the same adViceS TODAY. The Portland