Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1912-05-06
NONE HAS ANY ADVANTAGE
TAFT AND ROOSEVELT AND
CLARK AND WILSON ARE
NEcK-AND-NEck
CONVENTIONS WILL DECIDE
STATE AND COUNTY GATHER.
iNcs WILL BE REQUIRED TO
MAKE DECISIONS

Dallas. Tex, May 6.-The Texas
precinct conventions of Saturday, re
publican and democratic, did not Civ,
sure victory to any candidate
Woodrow Wilson was the only presi
Dental aspirant who secured defin
ite advantage. The face of the re
turns give him majority in the
county conventions tomorrow, but this
majority is dependent upon all elect.
ed delegates going to the county con.
ventions and on the further contin-
gency that they do not change their
votes in the conventions.
The returns are not complete. From
many countries no returns will be
made until announced in tomorrow's
conventions. 1t will require the coun.
ty conventions tomorrow and possib-
ly the state conventions on Nav 2S
to decide whether Taft or Roosevelt
for the republicans and Wilson or
Harmon for the democrats will re-
ceive the Texas delegations to the
respective national conventions.
Results of Saturdays precinct con-
ventions today sns~ III wilson s
strenth that surprised the Harmon
leaders, making him the favorite for
the county convention tomorrow on
uhe face of the returns. The Har-
mon people point out, however, that
the full result of the primary voting
will not be known until the county
conventions meet and they claim that
1t Is likely to take the state conven-
tion to render a final choice.
The result as between Taft and
Roosevelt is left in even more doubt.
the republicans have their county
conventions tomorrow simultaneously
with the democrats; Cecil Lyon. re-
publican national committeeman from
Texas and state Roosevelt leader,
issued a statement today claiming 12
of the 16 congressional districts for
Roosevelt and declared that Roose-
velt probably would carry all the
districts.
Colonel Lyon denounced an alleg.
ed attempt in Saturdays convention
in his home district at Sherman to
disqualify him as citizen Of Texas
on the ground that his wife is not
resident. of Texas. Mrs. Lyon re-
sides in Colorado Springs, Colorado
on account of her health. Colonel
Lyon, however, has resided in Sher-
man, Texas. for years.
AS between Taft and Roosevelt. re-
suits of the precinct conventions
were an even break on the face OF
the meager returns made. Some of
the republican conventions merely
elected delegates whose. factional
complexion will develop later. In
many places there were no republi.
can conventions. H. f. MacGregor.
the Taft state campaign manager,
announced that he considered sat-
urday's conventions favorable to-
Taft Cecil Lyon, Roosevelt's man.
ager, claimed the state for Roosevelt.
Among the democratic candidates.
the returns to newspapers have not
been changed since early last night,
when it was estimated that wilson's
delegates to the state convention
would be sO9; harmon's So, and
Clark's 26s on the partial returns
then received. This estimate was
made on the supposition that the del
egates from the precincts would all
attend the county conventions ana
not change their votes.
With the exception of Clark's. ev-
cry candidates manager claimed to
day be would win in the county con.
ventions tomorrow or in the state
convention May 2s. At Harmon
headquarters it was announced that