Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-29
WILL GET ALL DELEGATES
Colonel Manifests Much Elatlon
Over the Outcome.
WILSON CARRIES THE STATE
Governor Loses Two Districts, Where
He Had No Hopes of Winning,
and Gamers "a Delegates.

NEW Atshs y. j., May III neouoTe
Roosevelt's clean sweep of yesterday s
New Jersey primaries was emphasized to-
day when late returns gave him small,
but substantial pluralites in the few dis
tricts about which last nights figures left
any doubt and increased his lead else
where in the state Gov. Woodrow Will
son carried all but two of the twelve
congressional districts and gained
twenty-four of the twenty-eight dele
gates. including the delegates at large
His opponents today abandoned hope tnat
they had carried the eighth district
where the vote was close. but which Gov
Wilson won apparently by a liberal ma
jority.
Incomplete returns about noon on the
vote for delegates-at-larse and the presl-
dental preference indicated that Col.
Roosevelts popular plurality for the
whole state would be about $4,000. and
that Gov Wilson's lead, based on the
vite for delegates-at-large. as about the
same. President Taft made his best
showing in the third. fifth and sixth dis
trcts. which include the New Jersey
coast towns almost as far south as Atian-
tic City and the counties lying in the
north central part of the state. most OF
them outside the committing zone
RooseveIt's indicated pluralities in these
dred.
Where Roosevelt Scored.
Col Roosevelt scored heavily in the
agricultural communities Of southern New
Jersey and in the thickly settled towns
and cities populated largely by voters
who work in New York. His preference
vote in Essex county, next to the largest
In the state. was 1855. compared with
e.1Ss for Taft and $40 for La Toilette.
Gov. Wilson won his most striking vic
tory in his home county. Mercer. wL.on
also contains Trenton, the state capital.
The total vote for the Wilson delegates
at large In Mercer was 2,674. compared
with 81 for the anti-Wilson nominees.
The republican vote in this county was
Roosevelt, 3.371: Taft. 2, 49,.
The vote in Newark. the largest city in
the state. with one district missing, gave
Roosevelt 1905, Taft 5.402. La Toilette
ass Democrats-Wilson. $3.50. anti-Wil-
son, 5945. Former United States Senator
James Smith. jr., and former democratic
State Chairman James r. Nugent. VINO
led the fight against Gov. Wilson. reside
in Nswark. and both were among tne ioul
anti-wilson delegates chosen
The vote in nearly all sections or the
state was exceedingly light. seyeraI
counties casting less than half OF the
election The polls did not close until
o'clock last night and the vote was
very late in being counted. Even at
late hour the returns were ~incom-
plete from several counties.
Chairman Writings Statement.
Early today Borden d. whiting. chair
man of the Roosevelt state committee.
made the following statement:
New Jersey has come through hand
somely. The men who make UP the rank
and file of the republican party and who
carried the state by $1,000 at the end of
Roosevelt's administration have shown
that they are still loyal to their old lead
ar. They hail with delight his return to
the command of the republican party and
will give him $1,000 again in November
Roosevelt has unhorsed the old machine
leaders and will now turn the party oack
TO its first principles.
The New Jersey primary Is the last but
one (South Dakota) to be held before the
political conventions
Roosevelt Delegates.
The twenty-eight Roosevelt delegates
probably elected are as follows:
At large: Frank H. Jess, Camden. 3D.
gar B. Bacon. Jersey City; John Franklin
Fort. East Orange. Everett Colby. West
Orange.
First district-Duncan w. Blake and
John Boyd Avis
Second district-Joseph III. Marvel and
John w. Harris.
Third district-E. Gerry Roberts and
Adrian Lyon.
Fourth district-Jonn Z. Gill and James
Il Bathgate
Fifth district-Charles w. Ennis and
Edgar A. Knapp.
sixth district-william NJ. Taylor and
Herbert NJ. Bailey.
Seventh district-G- Blauvelt and Harry
c Whitehead.
Eighth district-James w. Mccarthy
and Louis NJ Brock.
Ninth district-Edward T. Ward and
Tenth district-Edmund B. Osborne and
Frank l. Driver.
Eleventh district-John Garner and Fred
Nollmer. jr.
twelfth district-John Rotterdam and
George l. Record
Wilson Loses Four Delegates.
Gov. Wilson's triumph on the demo
cratic side was only a trife less complete
than that of Roosevelt. The governor
lost four delegates out of the twenty
eight. and these four were elected from
Essex county, the stronghold OF the anti
Wilson machine. where he had no hopes
of winning The final result stands: Will
son, "a delegates; uninstructed. dele
gates. The Wilson vote as compared with
that OF the opposition was q staggering
blow to the antis. being in q ratio OF
about q to l. Some districts went FOR the
governor by vote as high as 70 TO l.
On the democratic side the vote In the
eighth district. which included part OF
the city OF Newark. was close With
three wards OF Newark missing, Gov
Wilson had a lead on the vote for dis
trtct delegates. which his supporters
believed would remain unchanged wher
the complete returns were at hand. Out
side of this district and the ninth anC
tenth which were carried by the anti
Wilson element the governor led by
heavy majority. With the eighth dis
trict his list Of delegates stood - to
elected by the opposition. These fouI
Will go TO the Baltimore convention
-'uninstructed."
The democratic returns came in mor'
slowly than those from the republican
primaries. Estimated on a percentage
basis from figures on hand from abou
one-third OF the election districts in thu
state. Gov Wilson's popular ma1orft,
in the vote for delegate at large viii b'
$4,000, and may run higher
Democratic Delegates.
The democratic delegates are as follows
all being instructed for Wilson except tn
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