Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-05-21
OHIO PRIMARIES
HELD TODAY
Result Will be Decisive in
Choice of Presidential
Nominees
SUNSHINE MEANS LIGHT VOTE
Farmers Will Remain at Home
to Plow Political Prophets
Have Declared.

Columbus, Ohio, May 21-The most
sultry weather of the season played
havoc with the vote in the Ohio presi-
Dental primary election today. At
noon total city vote of less than
half the usual figure was expected by
politicians, while in the agriculture
districts much smaller proportion
OF citizens went to the polls.
Taft Manager JubiIant.
Taft managers were jubilant over
the weather and termed it a perfect
Taft day. Anti-Harmon politicians
declared that the sunshine would re-
salt in a greatly decreased vote for
the governor.
A cold wet spring has put the far
mers weeks behind in their spring
work and put them in a position
where they must take advantage of
every fine day. Consequently they
remained in the fields at work rather
than driving to voting places.
Republican Vote Outnumbers
Democratic.
In most of the cities, watchers de-
clared that Republican voters were
outnumbering the Democrats. In Co
lumbus, the proportion was as high
G fn1tr tn
is said, by the unusual interest in the
| fight for the Republican presidential
nomination and the unprecedented
speaking tours just completed by
President Taft and Colonel Roosevelt
In most of the cities, too the interes
was augmented By local contests fol
| places on the judicial or county tick
/ cts
Roosevelt supporters stuck to theil
| former claims that a majority of the
| delegates elected would be Roosevelt
men,
Large Early Ballot.
Almost all of the approXimatel,
| five thousand voting precincts in tn,
state opened at $50 o'clock an
in the cities a large early vote wa
cast The polls will close at 80 tc
night in the cities, but in some of tn
country districts will remain open ur
til six o'clock.
Two Candidates Vote at Cincinnati.
Two candidates for the presidentia
nomination, President Taft and Cover
nor Harmon, will cast their votes il
Cincinnati. The president will leav
that city early in the day. Governo
Harmon will remain at his home t
hear the returns.
40 Per cent Vote in Cleveland.
Ideal weather was reported from a
most every point in the state. Indics
tions at Cleveland were that onI
forty per cent of the votes would b
cast. Numerous wagers have mad
Roosevelt and Harmon slight favo
ties. It was estimated at Cincinna
that $4,000 or 10000 votes, twenty-fiv
OF thirty per cent of the total in Han
ilton county, would be cast.
SO Per Cent Republican Vote at Akro
Akron reported that fifty per Gel
of the Republican vote and twent
; five per cent of the Democratic vol
of Summit county had been polled
: 9 o'clock Bitter fights for congre
sional and county nominations brougl
, voters of Stark county out early. o.
, OF twenty delegates to the Republics
state convention. fourteen are expec
! ed to be for Roosevelt as they a.
!. union districts.
!. Toledo Votes Hard.
}, Early activity today followed vi
! orous campaign indicated an unusus
S ly heavy vote at Toledo where the
d are nearly one hundred candidates Fl
= local nominations and where, ther
d fore, the count may be late.
t Watchers at the polls in Colunb
declared that the Republican ballo
were taken at the rate of about TO
# to one, and that the morning Dem
" cratic vote was unusually light Su
g porters of Governor Harmon
It ciared he would have almost the tot
s local Democratic vote.
D, Farmers Will Not Vote.
o Many farmers are reported not to
It voting today because of the inhibiti
v. in the Kimble corrupt practices ;
i. which prevents the hauling of vot'