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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-27
PRESENT LEADERS WIN FEW ROOSEVELT VOTE
Returns indicate Only Eight from
State at Chicago.
EX-GOV. 0DELL COMES BACK
Elected Member of State Com
mittee, but Not Likely to
Resume Power.

Much dust and few Roosevelt votes were
ries Yesterday. trial at which enrolled
voters had the chance to express directly
their choice for delegates to the Republican
National Convention.
Theodore Roosevelt. on the face of the
returns, will have eight delegates I'm the
national convention from this state. That
is counting for him the four delegates from
Westchester County. Some close friends
OF William l.. Ward, the political overload
of that corner OF the state, aver that. re-
gardless Of what his position and declara-
tions are at this time, they don't behave
Mr.. Ward and his three associates VIII vote
for the colonel at Chicago.
Not a district was carried by the RoOse-
welt men I'm this city where they made
contests Incomplete returns after mid
night showed the ratio of Roosevelt TO or
ganizaton, or Taft, votes was about one
to four or five The same ratio held i'm the
Orange Dutchess-P Putnam district upstate.
where Hamilton Fish. jr., was running
against Ex-Governor Odell, and the Colo
nes friends, Lawrence Abbott and Angus
tus 3. Gray. were the Roosevelt candidates
for delegates TO Chicago The best show
ing was made in the other contested dis
trct upstate, the oneida Herkimer BALI
wick where Douglass Robinson. the ex-
Presidents nephew, headed the Roosevelt
forces against the organization men be-
hind Vice President Sherman. Very late
and incomplete figures showed the Roose-
welt forces defeated but making good
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-27
NO HITCH IN 3STH DISTRICT
Aldridge and Hotchkiss Go to Chicago
for Taft-Hot Democratic Fight.
TBy Telegraph 10 The Tribune. !

IBy Telegraph 10 The tribune.
Rochester, March 26.-The Republican
primaries went through without bitch
here to-day in the 3sth Congress District.
George w. Aldridge, state committeeman,
and County Clerk James L. Hotcnkis' were
elected delegates TO the national convention
in Chicago. George w Aldrilge was re-
elected state committeeman. There were
no contests on the Republican side. While
Mr. Aldridge has refused to stare his posi-
ton in regard TO Taft or Roosevelt. IL IL
understood that he will go to The conyel-
ton i'm favor of Taft
There were two Democratic tickets in the
field. Thomas W. Finucane. state commit
teeman from the 18th Senate District. a.
CCrding TO late returns. won over his in
SuIgep opponent. James q. Perry, by about
lo0 votes, while in the 4eth Senate District
William 4. Buckley. the insursent candi-
date. won over the orgsniza ton man, James
r. Connley, by between 600 and 20. The
autaSonism To Finucane was due TO the
fact that he Is the so-called agent OF Muir
phv and Tammany Hall, who rs supposed
to have caused the downfall of the party
here last fall. The tight was bitter and TO
finish. While Finucane was victorious. n is
considered hollow victory by the insur-
gents, who gathered i'm the minor offices.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-27
DlSFRANCHISED IN QUEENS
Hundreds of Voters Find No
Ballots at Polling Places.

owing TO the confusion and delay in de-
liyering the primary ballots throughout
Queens Yesterday, hundreds of enrolled
Democrats and Republicans were unable
TO vote. ana i'm some of the outlying cleo
ton districts the ballots were not re-
ceived until after the time for closing the
polls. While the polls in that borough
opened at O'Clock in the afternoon the
ballots did not begin 10 arrive until after
4 o'clock. In the mean time the telephone
In the Bureau of Elections, in Jackson
and East avenues Long Island City, was
clogsed with inquiries from the 1l5 cleo
ton districts scattered through the Dor
ough asking for the ballots.
The ballots for the Independence Lea que
party led the van in Queens They
were followed by the ballots for the So
calists, which arrived at ago o'clock
They were followed at $50 o'clock by a
big furniture moving van containing the
Republican and Democratic ballots. The
first stopping place was the 275th pre-
Cinct, in 4th street, Long Island city.
where the men in charge OF the delivery
began sorting their load. IL appeared
they had ballots for about every one of
the twelve precincts in the borough. II
took fully fifteen minutes to make the
delivery here. When the ballots il was
necessary to take out in order to find the
ones designated for this particular pre-
cinct had been reloaded the van went on
to the 27ith precinct, in Grand avenue,
Astoria.
Al the Election Bureau It was understood
that the deliveries were being made In a
numeer Of fast going taxicabs and when
1t was learned that the entire voting para.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-27

phernaIia Of the borough was intrusted to a
slow moving furniture van the election of
Gcials we're in quandary. Theron H.
Burden. Republican leader in the LIST As
semblv District which comprises Long
Island city. called at the Bureau Of Elec-
tions and announced that. unless he re-
ceIyed the official ballots In time for vot-
ing before the closing of the polls, he would
print ballots Of his own and have his fol-
lowers present them at the polling places,
He said he was not going to see his fol-
lowers DISTINGUISHED through a fault of the
bureau i'm the delivery of the ballots.
During tho confusion j. +. Britt presi-
dent of tho Board Of Elections. put in an
appearance at Long Island city. lie was
also under the impression that taXicabs
we're being used i'm delivering the ballots.
and instructed the clerk TO TAX" steps TO
employ automobiles and intercept the furni-
,urc van and aid i'm the delivery.
According TO their schedule the van, af-
ter leaving Astoria. was to make for the
e77th Precinct in Newtown. then to the
Goth Precinct i'm Flushing. and its routes
included the Rockawavs and Glendale and
ozone Parl, II allowed 10 try TO cover the
route it would not roach IN" outlying pre-
cincts until after midnight.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-27
None Of Delegates Instructed.

All but these two upstate districts went
for President Taft unanimously-that is,
the organizations candidates were elected
without contest None of the delegates is
instructed or could he be under this form
of direct primary. In most cases the in
di, idual delegates preferences are we'll
known, and while there is nothing to bind
them they are considered by their districts
ir most cases to be for Taft. Some dis
triCts have strong Hughes sentiment; some
where the preference of the individual dele
gates is for raft show Roosevelt and
Hughes sentiment strongly. That is true
particularly of the Rochester and Syracuse
districts. in the cities ana the jefferson
and Chautauqua county districts in the
rural communities
The vote i'm all the upstate districts was
light, even in proportion 10 the light regis
tratiou.
The Democrats did not elect delegates 10
their national convention. They had sew
eral fights over membership in the Demo
cratic State Committee. mostly on the
Tammany issue. Tammany won.
This Was the first trial OF direct pri-
mary in this state outside of primaries for
county or municipal officials in parts of the
state. The trial showed. As no amount of
argument in legislative bodies could do, the
faults and shortcomings of the law which
7'ammany Legislature and Governor Dix
put on the statute books. Upstate there
was not 80 much trouble, because there
were comparatively few contests, and the
political machinery was not 50 complicated
as here. But i'm this city there was trou-
HE of varied description. The huge blanket
ballots made necessary because the Assem-
hlv district was adopted as the primary
INIT confused the voters and made the
mechanical processes Of voting and count
ing them slow and tolsome In parts of
Queens. Brooklyn and Staten Island there
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-27
LOSE VOTE IN BROOKLYN
Many Polling Places Receive No
Bsllots-Some Arrive Too Late.

An extraordinary condition If affairs ev-
isted i'm BROOKLYN YESTERDAY Deputy Com
missioner Walsh said last night that thor"
we're polling places in every Assembly dis
trct that had received no ballots. \ f"H
moments before o'clock an automobile
rushed up 10 the Butler street police sta
ton and threw I'm q couple II bundles Of
ballots
Some ~ them we're addressed 10 the
Hamilton avenue station Under the con
tract tho company was supposed to send
the ballots 10 the police sta tons designated
by the Board of Elections, and the police
we're To take the ballots to the polling
places. In some wav the addresses became
changed, and many bundles Of ballots wore
sent 10 the wrong place.
Scarcely any rolling place was in condi
ton 80 proceed when 2 o'clock, the opening
time. arrived an afternoon the company
vas delivering the DELAYED and wrongly al
dressed bundles and the police vcr"
Strengthening out the difficulties under the
supervision of Mr.. Walsh. Ballots we're
delivered in the Greenpoint district az late
ss o'clock, the closing time.
When Il was found that the ballots could
not ne had in all quarters. the Roard If
Elections sent out inspectors to the poll
ing places 10 inform the workers 70 permit
the prospective voters 70 write out their
own ballots As some of the ballots when
printed were fourteen feet long, the vct-
ers either gave M and went home or else
struggled for hours with the tansIe If
names deciding IN the end TO vote for
only part NJ the candidates. To aggravate
tho conditions fsctlona fights We're IN
among the Republicans in eight Assembly
districts and one Congress district and
among the Democrats IN eleven Assembly
districts and two Senate districts. The
voters protested that the failure or the
Board Of Elections was due to Il desire 20
make the primary laws look impracticabe
and TO dsfranchise them
The Board Of Elections denied that there
was any plot behind the failure Of thu"
ballots The commissioners insisted that
they had given the printing company the
correct addresses and the failure was due
To the company's carelessness. The com.
panv's oficials declared thai they had sent
the ballots as instructed. but no eYplana-
ton Of the delay in delivery was forth
coming.
Although Sheriff Law followed the in
structions of Governor Dix and had $40
special deputies out to prevent Disorder
the day passed without fights and there
were fewer arrests than usual.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-27
TAFT SWEEPS COUNTY
OnIy One Assembly District
Lines Up with Roosevelt.
KOENIG IN HAPPY MOOD
County President Hopes Result
Will Bring All Factions to
Support of President.

President Taft Won a sweeping victory
IN this count YESTERDAY, when the cdhdi-
oates for delegates to the Republican Ma
tionaI Convention designated by the rHsu-
lar organization were elected over those
nominated by the Roosevelt organization.
The Taft delegates were elected by vote
of about three to one.
Win ~ districts missing the total vote
for delegates was Taft 213l2, Roosevelt
l2.c5S
Samuel : hoenig. president OF tho Re
publican county Committee, was IN a
harry mood AZ ! o'clock this morning lie
rad this 10 say:
This indicates that President Taft beats
colonel Roosevelt in this city by over ~
10 one THIS Is the most remarkable VIC
tory tho organization has ever achieved,
considering that tho colonel IA a native Of
New York County.
We hope now that tho primary contest
ra over. that al Republicans VA the city viii
unite in support of President TAFT. whose
domination now seems assured and make
,artsin hts reelection"
In some of the districts the vote against
Roosevelt vas as high "a to I. Oscar
e Straus. who n vas thought would win
u anv Of the Roosevelt candidates we're
elected. was beaten by large majority.
The only Assembly district in IN" COUNTY
10 90 for Roosevelt was the sth, ~ which
rous Friedel IS leader. II went for Roose
cit bv n vote Of 81 to 80 Cor Taft
I'm tho 18th Election District NJ the
count, Of Richmond Roosevelt got u votes
- Tafts -.
In addition 10 delegate 20 IN" national
convention the Republican, elected yester-
day delegates 10 the state convention, NOM
hers ~ the state committee and members
of an the organization committees which
win make nominations for Office this ian
and I'm the fall ot 1918. The Democrats
elected the local committeeman delegates 20
tho state convention aud members Of tho
state committee, but did not elect delegates
TO tho national convention, leaving that TO
De done by the state convention
st % O'Clock this morning fe" ~ the
congress districts had been completely tab
ulated with no election districts missing
The detailed vote as II had been com
rlsted ~ that time, follows
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-27
ELoN R. BROWNS MAN WINS
Elected Member of Congress Commit
tee and Fayors President Taft.
IRy Telegraph to Th" Tribune J

Py Telegraph to The Irlpunf
Watcrtown. n V, March 2b.-Ihe Only
contest In the primaries to-day was TOT
member of Congress committee In the Re
publican ranks, due To the fact that virgin
n. kellogg. the designated member OF the
committee. had refused to support eN-Sen-
ator Zion r. Brown for delegate to the
national convention and had brought about
the designation of Mayor Francis NJ. Hugo
instead. Browns friends then put up
Charles II. Skinner former Superintendent
OF Public instruction. against Kellogg, with
the result that Skinner was elected by a
small majority. Kellogg announced that
he was for Roosevelt. while Skinner and
his supporters were Taft men.
II was plain TO see from the vote that
the city I'm which Skinner got his big VOC
IL for Taft, while the country. due to the
reciprocity agreement. was against him.
Delegates elected TO the national convention
without opposition are Perry c. Williams,
District Attorney Of Lewis County. and
Mayor Hugo, and James $. Ioyster, of
Madison County, had no opposition for
state committeeman.
The Democrats had no contest, and First
Deputy State Excise Commissioner Charles
L. Norris was reelected state committee
man.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-27
qwhv. the plain people, of course" he

"Whv, the plain people, Of course ne
replied
Mr. Eoeris said that a statement tna'
the organization was spending va al
election district was far too hIsn an
eetimai,. The exact amount used Wouid
~ ,or,, cut when the certificates OF eN-
peuses we're filed. he declared.
Mr., Roosevelt said at the Pennsylvania
station that he had personally caueo
commissioner Waldo on the telephone
when he learned that the Roosevelt vol
unteer Watchers had been driven from
the polls. Waldo. he said, told him that
he would do all in his power to bring
about fair play.
of course. it's too late now to undo
the mischief" the colonel declared. ihe
commissioner was most polite
"scandalous!" Says Roosevelt
Never was there such scandalous
spectacle as he conduct of the New
York County machine in running tn
Taft ticket in these primaries. First
they drove our inspectors out and then
they uusted the volunteer RooseNeit
watchers from the polls. 1t is abso
utely impossible to get even an approx
mately honest expression Of Republican
opinion i'm this state under such condi-
tons
Judge DUEL was then asked about the
charge Of Mr. Koenig that Sihooo had
been spent by the Roosevelt managers
in New York County alone.
"Absurdly ridiculolf!' he said. Tho
entire Roosevelt movement hasn't seen
$1,000. About so was allotted to each
district to-day to cover legitimate OK
penScs That's all"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-27

were no ballots. or else they were DEITY
cred so late as TO disfranchise many voters
There is q difference of opinion among
lawyers as TO whether this will invalidate
the primary and compel the adoption OF
some other device for registering the vote
OF those disfranchised.
As result Of the redistricting Of tia
state into new Congress districts Their,
were many changes in the Republican State
Committee which was elected yesrerday
Perhaps the most notable was tire return
to that body of Ex-Governor BENJAMIN r
Odell jr., Of Newburg, representing the
Orange Dutchess-Putnam district There
was no opposition to Mr.. Odcif FROM thit
element i'm his own county which has been
lighting him for several years under the
leadership of Senator John r. Rose. T1sss
Republicans maintain that his return to the
state committee does not indicate that he
can come back" into political power in MS
own county II they wish TO tight Aln,. Still
less do they think this means come
back" to anything resembling Prominence
In state affairs Locally Il is regarded as
a graceful tribute to the former Governor
Politicians here, remembering the fate OF
Lemuel T.. Quigg, who tried uusuccessfulJy
to come back a couple Of times, don't see
any Odel menace. 49,,
Almost as interesting Is the retirement ~
Timothy L. Woodruff. former state chair.
man and for many years a prominent mem.
Der. With him goes Michael j. Dady sone-
times his ally. sometimes his foe IN Politics
across the bridge. Charles n. Murray. one
of the Odell old guard; George w. Dunn,
of Binghamton, Al former state chairman
and one OF the big figures I'm the southern
tier yet: J. Sloat Fassett OF Elmirs. and
John *. Stewart, of Amsterdam. are Other
odtmers who go out. Lloyd &. Griscom. 4
New York County Progressive and James
w. Wadsworth. jr who, az Speaker Of the
Assembly. allied himself with the Wood
ruff Barnes opposition 10 Governor Hughes.
leave the committee IN which they served a
comparatively short time. Some politicians
profess TO see I'm the exit Of Mr.. Wads-
worth step preliminary to a graceful re-
ceptiveness toward the Republican nomina
tion for Governor this fall.
There were many retirements from ttN
Democratic State Committee, too Among
them were those of Cassidy. Of Queens
Senator Frawley, of Manhattan, Tam
many veteran; Haffen. OF The Bronx
"Packey" McCabe. of Albany, grIzSlCd
veteran. who !inally gave place voluntarily
to the man who for several years has tried
TO beat him; John Anderson. OF Essex
County: Stephen Ryan. of Chepango, and
Lewis Stuyvesant Chdnler, former LleUten'
ant Governor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-27
ERIE DISTRICTS ALSO IN LINE

tBy Telegraph TO Tho Tribune
Buffalo, March 26The Republican or
ganzation candidates in the 10Th. ilst and
i2d Congress districts for delegates to the
national convention and members Of the
State Committee were elected without OPP
position at to-day's primaries.
The vote was light Ono polling place re-
ported only two votes and many others had
between ten and twenty. or less than 10
per cent of the normal party vote, due. the
leaders said TO lack of understanding
as to the new primary law and the ab-
sence Of anything Ike "A contest against
the organiZa ton slate.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-27
Only Three District Heads Go to
Defeat at Primaries.
TAYLOR BEATEN BY BECKER
On Democratic Side Hines Gusts
Ahearn and in Brooklyn
Owen Murphy Loses.

The early returns from Manhattan and
The Bronx and from Brooklyn indicated
a complete rout Of the Roosevelt forces In
their contests for district leaderships.
The result i'm Brooklyn was not apparent
until midnight. when the returns showed
that I'm twenty-five Of the twenty-three
Assembly districts the Organization can
didates had won hands down.
In the 18th Assembly District Of Man
haitian Niles r. Becker won over John II.
Taylor the organization candidate Beck
er. who is Taft man. had the advantage
Of having three Of tho four factions into
which the Republicans OF the district were
divided with him.
The only other close contest in New
York County was in the Sith, where L. W.
Bradbury beat August f. Schwarzler, the
Roosevelt candidate. by 81 votes.
There was no primary held in the 18th
Assembly District brooklyn by the Re
publicans because no ballots were received.
In this district a fight was scheduled be-
tween Edgar II. Hardwood and Richard
Wright the organization candidate.
The Brooklyn result means that from
now Oh Timothy l.. Woodruff is IN pos
session G. the leadership Of the Kings
County Republican organization. from
which he was ousted last August by the
kracke- Calder combination
The first complete returns received in
Manhattan showed the overwhelming de-
feat Of the Roosevelt man in the 4th AS
scmbIy District, Nathan Greonbaum, who
was showed under by Alexander Wolf,
who retained his leadership by a vote OF
two to one.
DR.. Frank l.. Marshall, OF the 10Th,
buried his opponent, Leon Becker. under a
majority OF eight hundred votes. This was
one OF the two districts where the oppo-
sltion was not Rooseveltlan. The other
was the 18th, where Joseph T.. Needy, the
organization candidate, won out by 4 large
majority.
I'm Brooklyn the only local fight Of i'm
portancc was i'm the 5th Assembly Dis
trict, where J. Philip Berg, the Roosevelt
candidate tried TO wrest the leadership
from Thomas NJ Lineburgh. Mr.. Line
bureh won with majority of almost Loo
There we're but two contests for leader
ship among the Democrats in New York
County. In the 3lst William J. Wright
easily retained his leadership against Sam
uel Marx. whom he also defeated last year.
IN the 10Th James j. Hines made bitter
and successful fight against JImes Ahcarn.
In" present incumbent
There were three important fights among
the Brooklyn Democrats. William \. Doyle
tho follower Of County Leader John H.
McCoocy. made a game hut ,frutless fight
against Thomas r. Wogan for the leader
ship Of the 9Th Assembly District Mr..
Wogau drove him out Of power at the be
hest ~ Senator r. II. NcCarren several
years ago Another night, also unsuccess-
fuI and backed by Mr. McCooey, Was that
Of Thomas J. Geoehegsn against William
e. ITeffernan in tho 9Th Assembly District
In the 18th District Matthew j. Meagher
Won victory over owen J. Murphy the
organize ton man.
Manhattan and The Bronx.
The Republican Assembly district leaders
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-27
NEW YORK'S DELEGATION
TO CHICAGO CONVENTION

The Republican delegates to the ma
tionaI convention at Chicago selected AZ
the primaries. will line M approXina'eN
for Taft, -. for Roosevelt S. The Big
Four" TO b. chosen by the spring S'a''
convention, delegates TO which were
elected directly at the primaries yester-
day, will be Taft mon. The delegates
selected are:
Congress r..e,,,,
District. Delegate. '"''''''''
,LWilljsm carr. Center MoriChes.....
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-27
TWO SETS OF DELEGATES.

Jackson. Miss. March 2s.--suppcrters ~
Taft and Roosevelt in the sth Congress
District of Mississippi held separate con
ventions I'm the same hall here to-day and
elected delegates 10 the Chicago conven-
ton.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-27
REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE

Congress DIST
l..... Smith COZ
90 Joseph H. he Rraggs
g.. Philip i Williams
A......H"nrl J1cquillard
I...... Charles T. Nurrh'.
ST. j. ". ETacko.
7.....Charlps :. DcyoN.
s.....Marcu- y. campbell.
H...... Jacob 4. Livingston
10. Reuben l. Haskell
1l...... George CromTsN
r.. Joseph Levensou
Ri Thomas Rothmsn. -r.
Il. samuel :. kC"uis.
i'..-... John :. Shea
lG.....B ". 4. Brown
f7.....Anthony =. BUdd'n
Is .... Ambrose . Neal
70 ....Abraham GrIhoT
2N.. John p Cartwright
H.. Moses VI. Mckee.
% .. William " Ten EN"k.
"a. Thomas w White.
2i...... Leslie sutherland
81. William I Ward.
- .....R Y Ddell. n
ID. Philip ElunR
q .... William RaTnT-. y
% .... Cornelius Y Collin,
T.... William + KLINE
81 s... Edwin s Merritt lr
- .... James \ Iogsr'r.
q M Jesse i'Tsvton.
~ ... D. :. y smith
s.. Francis HondJiCE
&C. ..... Charles II Belts
3D.. Seymour LowWsn
3s .... Gaorg" " AldridcA
? FRED 3 Parker
90. William n Daniel
IL ... Henry g Steul
s. John Grimm o.
A...... Frank y ritter
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-27
Democrats in Brooklyn.
Tho Democratic Assembly District lead
arc oI.,,ad In Brooklyn were.

There were no contests in either Rich
rord or Queens. tho candidates Of both
parties going through without opposition