The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-01

doubt but that he will get the 8tl district. The votes cast for two dele gates of each candidate in the respec tive districts are:
 First-Taft, 11,s2e; Roosevelt. g..
 second-Taft, 1a.oos; Roosevelt S,672.
 Third-Taft. s.7ss: Roosevelt. g.. 54S Gone city and town missingD :.
 Fourth-Taft, 1o,715: Roosevelt 12,1o0: (one city and town missin g. )
 Fifth-Taft, 2.776; Roosevelt, B. ss1. (rwo cities and one town miss.
 Sixth-Taft, 12,995; Roosevelt, 12,- 453.. (One city missing.)
 seventh-Taft, 10.9s3; Roosevelt 13.O14. (Two cities missing.)
 Eighth-Taft. 6,694; Roosevelt. G. 1o7. (Two cities missing.)
 Ninth-Taft, 2,5S5; Roosevelt, B. 763. (One city missing.)
 Tenth-Taft, 7,2S7; Roosevelt, T. 174. (One city missing)
 Eleventh-Taft, 12,235; Roosevelt 9,?16.
 Twelfth-Taft, 11,104; Roosevelt 1o,es7. (One city, two towns miss
 Thirteenth-Taft, s,256; Roosevelt 5,826. (One city. two towns missing
 Fourteenth-Taft, 9,623; Roosevelt 13,131. (One city missing.)
 Politicians in both Taft and Roose- welt circles here, today, in discussing the results so far obtainable, arc free ly expressing the opinion that United heading the Taft delegates-at-large ran over 5000 behind Charles s. Bax- ter, who headed the Roosevelt dele- gates will spell the Senator's retire ment from public life. His term ex- pires next March and there was talk, today, that he may not be a candl- date for reelection.
 Mayor John F. Fitzgerald, of Bos- ton, was beaten by David I. Walsh, candidate last fall for lieutenant gov ernor, in his fight to head the Demo- cratic delegates-at-large. He wss second, running 262 votes behind Walsh. This. 1t was declared: today, will crush Mayor Fftzgerald's nope 10 get the Democratic nomination tSr rer mayor got some consolation. Many of his friends wrote in his name as g. candidate for the vfce-pres1denttal nomination.
 The Democratic delegation wil! be split. At 8 o'clock it was known tnat ' of the delegates-at-large pledged to Governor Eugene Foss were elect, ed. Clark is thought to have elected all of the remaining zS.
 Because the official count In the 8th Congressional district gives the second of President Taft's delegates a majority over Roosevelt's delegate by only three totes, petitions demand- ing a recount were circulated In the various wards, this afternoon. by the Roosevelt managers.
 The eight delegates-at-large elect. ed as pledged to vote for ex-Presioent Roosevelt at the Chicago convention will not even be seated "and much less vote" if the fight which General Cham plin, head of the Taft head ouarters. started, today. succeeds.
 From President Taft's victory In The preference vote" said General today. 'T am satisfied and believe every fair niiided man believes that Massachusetts vents Preeidebt raft renominated. We lost the eight deIeeates-at- large through grievous blunder in the makeup of the pal lot"
 Massachusetts, despite her hereto fore almost perfect election organiza- ton that has in years. past al State and national elections tabuiated com plete official figures seldom later than three or four o'clock the morning fol- owing the voting, was completely up- set over her first primaries, and noon today came without full returns being made. In fact, the only city to clean m it's figures by Il o'clock today, all fer those announced at 6 this morning, was Brockton.
 Incomplete returns from worcester, zecond largest city in the State, at II o'clock. showed President Taft to De Roosevelt by about 1900 or l. aoo Sneaker Clark continued to pile up his plurality over Governor Will