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VOLUME 64
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Taft and Roosevelt Will Not
Take Stump Further Dur
ing Fight for Delegates
Managers to Chicago.
TAFT INSISTS HE
WILL BE NOMINATED
Declaration of President
That He Has Enough Del
egates Not Shaken by Re
sult in New Jersey.
Washington, D. C., May 29.—So far
as a direct appeal to the voters of the
country is concerned, Col. Roosevelt's
complete victory in New Jersey has
brought to a close the unprecedentedly
bitter fight in which Mr. Roosevelt,
President Taft and Senator LaFollette
have been almost constantly engaged
the last three months.
Senator LaFollette will speak in
South Dakota before the primary June
4, but otherwise the campaign In that
state and the state conventions of
Arizona and Ohio will not engage the
personal activity of any of the candi
dates. Concern over the outcome in
New Jersey kept the national head
quarters of the candidates in Wash
ington open until an early hour today.
In practically all states where direct
primaries were held for the election of
national candidates with the exception
of Massachusetts Col. Roosevelt
WOT
pronounced victories over President
Taft. This fact has been in each case
advanced by his campaign managers
as, Increasing evidence'. .'of 'ihe pet
talrity of his nomination and election.
Leaders Move on to Chicago.
The Washington headquarters of all
the republican candidates will close
this week and managers and their as
sistants will be in Chicago Monday for
the opening of the battle before the na
tional convention. The Taft attorneys,
former Senator Dick of Ohio and Fred
C. Bryan, of Washington, have com
pleted their defense of all the cases
where the Roosevelt forces are contest
ing delegates. It is understood all
briefs and evidence will be filed with
Secretary Hayward in Chicago before
tojr^ht.
'he attitude of the Taft managers
fere indicates that they will lend their
lull support to Chairman New In the
effort to seat Senator Root as tempor
ary chairman. It is understood the
Taft forces were not advised of the
^election of Senator Root until after
the latter had accepted Mr. New's in
vitation, but have seized what they be
lieve to be an opportunity to weld to
gether New York's delegates and other
delegations that will support the na
tional committee upon this issue.
Senator Dixon predicted that Gov.
Hadley of Missouri would be the
Roosevelt choice for temporary chair
man.
"That, of course', is subject to change
if conditions change" said the senator.
"1 believe however that Gov. Hadley's
name will be proposed for the place
and that William R. Pendergast of
New York despite recent illness, will
make the speech placing Col. Roosevelt
in nomination.
Taft is Still Confident,
Washington, D. C., May 29.—Presi
dent Taft's declaration that he has
enough delegates pledged and in
structed for him to control the nation
al convention was not shaken by the
victory of Col. Roosevelt in the New
Jersey primaries. White house of
*.cials made no official statement but
Taft leaders who saw the president
today would not recede from the pres
ident's own figures made public in
several of his New Jersey speeches,
which he said gave him thirty more
than necessary to nominate.
Friends of President Taft admitted
today that much now depended on the
republican national committee. They
were confident, they said that the
committee would be for Taft.
7 It was said positively that the pres
ident's name would be presented to
the convention no matter what hap
pened. Just how far President Taft
will go in making plans for the con
vention was not revealed today. He
is interested now particularly in the
platform conditions and in the selec
tion of a man to present his name to
the convention.
Mr. Taft was in the white house
study, working and glancing over the
returns from New Jersey until 2
o'clock this morning. He was at his
desk before 9 o'clock. Although he
showed the effects of his hard travel
he was smiling but did not mention
New Jersey to his early visitors. No
general conference of the president's
supporters was scheduled tor today
but several dropped in, including At
torney General Wlckersham, Senator
Crane of Massachusetts and Secretary
ml
©ttatitwa
TODAY IN CONGRESS
SENATE—Met at noon.
President Melen of the New York
N. H. & H. railroad, protest to the
Interoceanic canals committee
against provision in Panama canal
bill which would bar railroad own
ed steamers from the canal.
Magdalena bay matter referred by
foreign relations committee to a
sub-committee for Investigation.
Voted down amendment to metal
tariff bill to place farm implement
on free list.
Judiciary committee continued its
investigation in charges against
Judge Archbald.
KEOKUKCITY
OFFICIAL SHOT
TIMOTHY HICKEY WOUNDED BY
WILLIAM DUNN, WHO IS
NOW UNDER ARREST
Keokuk, May 29.—It was announced
early today that Timothy Hickey, the
well known southern Iowa politician
and now a city commissioner, will re
cover from wounds received last
night. Hickey, while walking along a
street, was shot twice and seriously
injured. William Dunn, a' relative of
the injured man, is said to have done
the shooting and was arrested imme
diately. Hickey and Dunn are said to
have quarrelled several times during
the past few weeks. Both bullets en
tered Hlckey's body and Inflicted
serious wounds. Dunn accidentally
shot himself in the knee but was not
seriously injured.
William A. Buchanan, a pedestrian,
was the only person near the
scene of the shooting. Hickey, he
says, passed him and spoke to him as
they passed, while Dunn, who was evi
dently lurking in a nearby stairway,
rushed out to meet Hickey. Buchan
an's back was turned to the men and
his attention was first attracted to the
attempted murder when Dunn fired
the first shot. The men had clinched
and Hickey, who is much larger than
his assailant, was crushing Dunn to
earth. The other was struggling and
firing into Hickey's body.
Four 8hots Are Fired.
Four shots
wiera
fired by Dunn,
One
of whiph entered the assailant's knee,
white the mjm were wrestling. Hickey"
received three wounds, one taking
effect in the left side and the other
two in the left ariti.
Pedestrians were attracted by the
shooting and rushed upon the strug
gling men. Dunn was dragged from be
neath Hickey and the revolver
knocked from his grasp. Hundreds of
people were attracted by the shooting,
but none of the local police force ap
peared. The shooting occurred on
Fifth street, a block from the police
station. The shots were heard by men
in the station.
Jealousy May Be Cause.
What caused the shooting is un
known. The only cause assigned be
ing that Dunn held a grievance against
Hickey because his former wife, Mrs.
Dunn, is housekeeper for Hickey, who
is a widower. She was divorced from
Dunn a few'years ago. Commissioner
Hickey has long been known as a
democratic political boss in Keokuk
and Lee county, where he has been
a prominent political figure for a num
ber of years. He was elected as one
of the three councilmen of Keokuk
under the commission form of govern
ment at the election last April.
U. S. MARINES
LANDED IN CUBA
Leader of Insurrectionists Gives Out
Statement Declaiming Aim of
Attacking Whites
r-oimnnera Cuba Mav 29— The
fand'el'SYt DerSofn?
United States marines who arrived emblem of stripeis olT red, yell
Pr"rle'
regular troops and the insurgents are
reported in this vicinity. The losses
have been insignificant.
The trains between Guantanamo
and Santiago are running but the tele
graph wires are still interrupted.
Negro Insurgents Captured.
Havana, May 29.—Twelve negro in
surgents were captured today at Sea
sta, a port at the entrance of Nipe bay,
according to government reports.
Traffic on the Guantanamo and West
ern railroad still is interrupted. No
further news has been received from
the province of Oriente.
General Evaristo Estenoz, one of
the leaders of the rebels in the
province of Oriente in an interview
today said of the negro rebellion:
"The movement is not a racial one
but simply the action of concerted
Cuban citizens to assert their rights
at all hazards. We have no hostility
to the white people and I have given
strict orders that no violence shall
be committed on the persons of
whites under pain of death.
"If the Americans intervene they
will recognize me and my followers
as a political party. We are prepared
to continue fighting, whatever hap
pens."
No important military movements
are expected to occur before the ar
rival
of
General Jose J. Monteagudo
tomorrow,
when he will take chief
command.
Attack on Train Planned.
Santiago, Cuba, May 29.—The super
intendent of the Cuba railroad today
advised the government that a large
force of insurgents has assembled at
Yaraybo with the Intention of attack
tng the train coming up from Bayamo.
DETROITGETS
NEXT MEETING
OFTHE BAPTISTS
Choice Unanimous, Though
Denver Made Bid for the
Convention Workers Ad
dress Meeting.
Des Moines, May 29.—Detroit was
unanimously awarded the next annual
Northern Baptist convention at the
closing session of the Baptists here
today.
Denver was the only city considered
on the floor of the convention. The
committee reported in favor of Detroit
when the proposition that the 1913
gathering go to the Colorado City was
made by resolution.
The resolution failed to gain any
large amount of support and the
choice of Detroit was made unani
mous. The 1913 convention will open
the third Wednesday in May.
Frank L. Miner of Des Moines was
today chosen treasurer of the North
ern Baptist convention.
The Duty of Missionaries.
"Jesus Christ is not going to play
the oratorio of the redemption on a
drum and fife, but on the combined
instruments ofithe combined orchestra
of the east and of the west," said the
Rev. Cornelius Woelfkin of New York
in addressing the Northern Baptist
convention in session here today. In
speaking on foreign missions he de
clared that it was the duty of mis
sionaries to prepare the field for the
service. "True religion must rejuve
nate Itself with every generation. I
have no sympathy for the sentiment
of simply applauding the work which
has been done. We should carry out
the work of those who have gone be
fore," he concluded.
Several minor business matterB
were taken up at today's session
which is the closing session of the
convention.
Young Missionaries on Platform.
Twenty young men and women,
iKjWiy appointed foreign missionaries
of the Baptist church, stood" on the
platform and told why they were go
ing to the fields where there is a call
for Christian workers. Every one of
them are college graduates.
Five of the young women are
fiancees of the young men who are go
ing into the business of soul winning
in far countries. Two of these young
women were present and stood on the
platform with the men with whom
they have promised to share burdens
and honors alike for life, and unhesi
tatingly told of their determination to
go to make the homes for the men
who loved them and who were going
into the foreign mission service.
There were several young married
couples who together decided to leave
the work here and go into the foreign
work, and these young wives unhesi
tatingly renounced the comforts of
the homes they might have had in the
land of their birth to go with the men
they have chosen for life partners and
as they all said, "Make Chhistian
homes for these men."
One father, old only in the service
of the denomination, threw his arm
over the shoulders of his son, who is
going for his first term of service, and
proudly told how the entire family is
in the foreign service in three lands.
Delegates rose to their feet and
saluted the new flag of China, which
was waved from the platform by Mrs.
A. F. Groesbeck, wife of one of the
missionaries to the new republic of
he
far
ea8t-
The
na«
'tt'ilon
was a 1Ittle 8tlk
ZL.
few sklrmtBhes between Cuban chips'and
hats paid homage to the new banner.
Mission Society Elects Officers.
Rev. Carter Helm Jones of Okla
homa City, Okla., was elected presi
dent of the American Baptist Foreign
Mission society. Other officers elected
were: First vice president, I. W. Car
penter, Omaha: second vice president,
Andrew MacLeish, Chicago third vice
president, Rev. W. B. Hinson, Port
land, Ore. recording secretary, Geo.
B. Huntington. Newton Center, Mass.
foreign secretary, Rev. J. H. Franklin,
Colorado Springs Home secretary,
Rev. Fred P. Haggard, Boston treas
urer, Ernest S. N. Butler, Botson.
CARPATHIA CAPTAIN
GETS LOVING CUP
Committee of Titanic Survivors Meets
Vessel and Makes Presentation
—Medals for Crew.
New York, May 29.—Captain Arthur
H. Rostron, commander of the Cun
ard liner Carpathia, which sped to the
rescue of the sinking Titanic, was to
day presented with a loving cup by a
committee of Titanic survivorB who
boarded the liner on her arrival.
Medals, together with a framed set of
engrossed resolutions were presented
to the officers and entire crew. Capt.
Rostron in responding, said the credit
was all due to the crew of the Car
pathia, he had merely tried to do his
duty as a sailor toward suffering hu
manity. They crew, he said, "have
brought this honor to me and to them
selves.'*
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OTTUMWA, WAPELLO COUNTY, IOWA.THURSDAY, MAY 30,1912.
BUSY ON LAST
M. E. Delegates Evade Re
vision of Ritual, but Name
Commission for That Pur
pose Bishops Get Raise.
Minneapolis, Minn., May 29.—Dele
gates to the general conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church today
evaded the question of a revision of
the ritual which last night caused
much confusion. The conference
ordered a commission to prepare a re
vision of the ritual and present it at
the 1916 convention. The conference
also Indorsed the district nominations
for members of committee of the
church organizations which to a great
extent will have charge of the church's
affairs In the next four years.
Among other things accomplished
today were:
Increased salaries of bishops from
$5,000 to $6,500, of which $1,000 Is for
living expenses and $500 for secre
tary's hire.
Refused to be influenced by senti
mental consideration In favor of the old
name "presiding elder" and ordered
that the term "district superintend
ent" adopted at Baltimore In 1908 be
retained.
Announcement also was made that
a $50,000 gift to the board of confer
ence claimants of the fchurch had
been made by a donor whose name
was not divulged.
The conference by a vote of 524 to
45 adopted the report of the episco
pacy committee favoring a "bishop of
races." This applies especially tq, the
negro churches of the south. The
question is referred to the annual and
lay conferences of the next four yearB
and comes up for final action in 1916.
The districts into which the Meth
odist Episcopal church is divided,
have completed their nominations for
members of the three standing com
mittees ofct&t which wljl heV«
in charge the chief business at til#
church during the coming quadren
nium.
The names will be presented to the
general conference for approval some
time before the adjournment, which
is scheduled to take place at 1 o'clock
today. The final adjournment may be
somewhat later, however, as numer
ous reports are to be adopted or
rcjcctcd
The following with the conference
from which they come, are the nom
inations for the book committee which
is called the "backbone of the
church": Silas Pierce, New England
John Handley, New Jersey J. G.
Shepard, Wyoming W. F. Conner,
Pittsburg R. T. Stevenson, Northeast
Ohio J. A. Patten, Houston M. S.
On the general committee, one min
ister and one layman trom each dls-.
trict are chosen and on the Epworth
league board one, either a minister or
layman from each district.
On the book committee devolves
the work of deciding the place of hold
ing the next general conference and
while It probably will not be decided
until some time in 1915. numerous
requests already have been received
from various cities for the privilege
of entertaining the 1916 session.
Among those seeking the conference
are: Portland, Ore. Colorado Springs,
Colo. Washington, D. C. Chicago and
San Francisco. As the 1908 meeting
was held in Baltimore and the 1912
session here, it is thought probable
the 1916 gathering will go to some
city in the south or west.
Charges and counter-charges, accu
sations and denials, and for fifteen
minutes the din of Methodist hymns
sung on the floor of the general con
ference for the purpose of preventing
the recognition of any speaker, last
night delayed the transaction of the
business of the Methodist Episco
pal conference.
The trouble arose with the submis
sion of the report of the committee on
revision of the ritual of the church.
Some sections of the majority report
had been adopted when the minority
of the committee objected that it had
a report to be heard.
The question of whether the words
dust to dtfst should be left In the bur
ial service was discussed, and was
laid on the table.
After the confusion had subsided a
motion was adopted striking the mat
ter from the records.
Among things which the conference
later did are:
Provided for a commission on
church union.
Appointed a commission to join in
protest conference to discuss affairs
of churches represented.
Refused to make automatic retire
ment of bishops at seventy third
birthday effective at the close of the
next general conference instead of at
beginning, as previously adopted.
The announcement also was made
that W. A. Rankin, of Anarga, 111., was
the first of twenty who had contribut
ed $25,000 of $50,000 for the general
educational fund established by the
conference
Davage, Louisville Hanford Craw-|,jre8B jn the afternoon Tuttle post
ford, St. Louis H. M. Havner, Iowa
Joe BUI, Central Illinois C. E. Bacon,
Indiana J. S. Alland, Northern Min
nesota W. E. Bletich, Chicago Ger
man Rollo V. Vatt, California W.
Wandusen, Idaho.
DECORATION
DAY PLANS ARE
Arrangements for the
servance of National
morial in Ottumwa
morrow Have Been Made
Line of
March.
The program includes the following:
Fifty-Fourth band.
Speakers, president of the day, min
ister and singers in carriages.
Women's Relief corps in carriages.
Old soldiers in carriages.
G. A. R. posts of the city.
Co. G. Fifty-fourth regiment.
Citizens in carriages.
The line of march will form at 1
o'clock at the court house and city park
and start Immediately.
Reaching the cemetery the band will
separate from the soldiers and proceed
to the grand stand. The soldiers will
visit the veterans' gaves and while
a firing squad fires a salute over the
graves, the children will place
garlands of flowers upon the resting
place of the honored dead. Upon the
completion of the decoration of the
graves, the regular program begins
With selections by the band.
Maf.A. H. Hamilton as president of
the day, will make a few remarks and
Introduce the various persons partici
pating in the program, which follows:
Invocation—Rev. R. Ames Mont
gomery.
Music by the male quartet.
Address of the day. Sant Kirkpatrick.
Music by the male quartet.
Benediction—Rev. R. Ames Mont*
gomery.
Selection by the band.
The veterans of Tuttle post of South
Ottumwa will hold ritualistic services
tomorrow morning at 9:30 o'clock at
their hall, corner of Church and Divt
sion streets. The school children and
their parents will join the soldiers in
their tribute to the dead. Sant Kirk
patrick will deliver the memorial ad-
will join
service.
the Cloutman veterans .in
BAY CITY MAN
PRONOUNCED LEPER
Authorities Provide for Quarantine,
But Allow Man and Wife to
Live at Home.
Bay City, Mich., May 29.—Dr. A. S.
Warthin of the University of Michigan
and Dr. A. L. Dixon, secretary of the
state board of health, yesterday made
a personal examination of Herman
Hirschfleld, the suspected leper who
recently was brought here from Cen
terville, Iowa. The physicians con
firmed his disease as typical leprosy.
It has been decided by the local
health authorities to permit the man
to remain In his own home. He is to
build a porch on the back of his house
and fix up his back yard as he sees
fit. He will be allowed to spend his
time out of doors there, but will be
required to keep off the front porch
and will not be allowed on the street.
Mrs. Hirschfleld has decided to re
main with her husband and will be
subject to practically the same regula
tions. The couple's four children will
be permitted to see and talk with their
parents but cannot live at home. They
will be cared for by relatives.
HOSE CART STRUCK
BY ENGINE 1 DEAD
Chicago, May 29.—George J- Laugh
lin, pipeman in the city fire depart
ment, was instantly killed and Lieut.
Morris O'Day and Frank Swlckrath,
also firemen, were seriously injured
when the hose cart in which they were
responding to an alarm of fire was de
molished in a collision with a Chicago
junction railway switch engine today
at Forty-first street and Ashland ave
nue. Four other firemen escaped in
jury by jumping from the cart.
NEGRO ORPHANAGE
HEAD SENTENCED
Chicago, May 29.—"Rev." J. H.
Hudson, a negro, former head of the
Hudson orphan asylum in Carroll
avenue, an institution for colored chil
dren, was found guilty today of a
serious charge made against him by
two young girls, former inmates of
the asylum. A jury fixed Hudson's
punishment at twenty-five y^ears in the
'.penltentlar"
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The plans for the observance of
Memorial day have been completed by
Chairman E. H. Emery of the arrange
ments committee and all will be in
readiness when the Fifty-fourth regi
ment band sounds its first note for the
march to the Ottumwa cemetery to
morrow afternoon. The line of march
will form at the court house and the
various organizations taking part will
move on foot and by carriage over
Court street to the last resting place
of many of Ottumwa's soldier dead.
Maj. A. H. Hamilton, president of the
day and chief marshal Is in charge of
the program and will be aided by As
sistant Marshal C. S. Harper. A quar
tet under the direction of Edward
Weeks will sing and Rev. R. Ames
Montgomery will be the minister on the
occasion. Sant Kirkpatrick will be the
speaker of the day.
\.X
Coaster
iiejoog
Leaves Daughter
$5 to Buy Book
on Wages of Sin
Los Angeles, Cal., May 29,—
4» "To my daughter, Edith Alice
Ogllby Tltcomb Druse living In
the Champs Elyses, Paris, I be
queath $5 with which she
must purchase work of a reli
able author on the wages of
imirtBD ows le."
IBO].IOISIH AITUA
lagraph con-
tained in the will of Mrs.
To- Lo"'8© E. Warner on file today
revealed that the once proml
nent Los Angeles woman was
never reconciled to her daugh
ter who went abroad to live.
Her two other daughters,
Elizabeth and Clarlne Maude,
receive the bulk of the estate
4 estimated at $250,000.
SAYS G.0.P CUNT
INDORSE COLONEL
CHARIMAN BARNES OF NEW YORK
POINTS OUT DANGER OF
ROOSEVELT PLATFORM.
New York, May 29.—William Barnes
Jr., chairman of the republican state
committee, today authorized the fol
lowing statement:
"This contest is one of principles not
ofjnen. If a majority portion of the
minority of an electorate in some state
have not comprehended the meaning
of the situation and have become in
fected by the personality of a candidate
it does not in any way change the
situation, nor affect the duty of the
delegates from the state of New York
who will go to Chicago pledged to the
platform of principles adopted by the
Rochester convention.
"It is not surprising that in a few
weeks' campaign a majority of the
republican electorate failed to compre
hend what Mr. Roosevelt's assault on
republican principles means.
"History is being made very fast
ajad -those who are in the thick of It
rarely realise where they are golngf.
Mr. Roosevelt's platform which, if his
candidacy should be acepted, the re
publican party must officially endorse,
is the rule of the people without re
striction through constitutional form.
Mr. Roosevelt knows, as every other
student of history knows, that no demo
cracy can endure on that basis and
that the people themselves are the
first to recognize this and turn to an
individual to rule them.
"The duty of the republican dele
gates from New York has never been
more solemn, never more clear, never
more patriotic than at this very time,
when the heedless and thoughtless are
willing to take the initial step for the
overthrow of the American constitu
tion with its honored guarantees to
each citizen that he can be protected
through the courts from the aggression
of the government, the majority or a
single individual.
"I repeat what I said the other day,
that the contest at Chicago will be be
tween mental courage and physical
cowardice."
260 CONTESTS TO GO
BEFORE COMMITTEE
Roosevelt Expected to Push 225 of
That Number at National Com
mittee Meeting in Chicago.
Chicago, May 29.—The last day for
filling contests to the republican na
tional convention began today with a
rush. It Is estimated there will be a
total of about 260 contests. Of these
the committee estimates 225 are by
the Roosevelt forces and thirty-five
by the Taft men.
Jesse A. Politan, an aid of Gov.
Hadley arrived with a brief for the
Roosevelt contests in Missouri. He
declared that Taft is contesting dele
gates at large and four Missouri dis
trict delegates and Roosevelt is con
testing one.
"If a fair and impartial hearing is
given," he said. "Roosevelt will have
twenty-six of the thirty-six Missouri
delegates.'*
TEXAS SOLID FOR
WOODRQW WILSON
Lone 8tar State Democrats Give New
Jersey Man 40 Delegates to
Baltimore.
Houston, Texas, May 29.—A solid
delegation of forty members instruct
ed for Governor Wood row Wilson was
elected to the national democratic con
vention last night by the Texas demo
cratic convention. The delegation is
composed of eight delegates-at-large
and thirty-two district delegates. The
Harmon forces made one test of
strength on district delegates and
were defeated 624 to 146. The con
vention adjourned until 9 o'clock to
morrow morning.
15 Illinois Delegates to Go.
Chicago. May 29.—It was said today
fifteen Illinois republican delegates
would go to Oyster Bay Saturday to
confer with Col. Roosevelt In response
to the Invitation they received yes
terday. Chauncey Dewey and R. K.
McCormick are expected to head the
delegation
'h/
1 1
Former President Gets En
tire Delegation of Twen
ty-eight Democratic
Candidate Loses Four.
COLONEL CARRIES
STATE BY 15,000
President Shows Greatest
Strength in Farming Dis
tricts, but Factory Town3
Rolled Vote Against Him.
Newark, N. J., May 29.—Theodore
Roosevelt's clean
Bweep
Vote In Largest Cities.
Roosevelt's indicated plurality on
these districts ranged from four to
six hundred. Col. Roosevelt scored
heavily in the agricultural commun
ities of southern New Jersey and in
the thickly settled towns and cities
populated largely by votors who work
in New York. His preference vote in
Essex county, next to the largest in
the state, was 13,515. cam pared with ic
9,168 for Taft and 820 for LaFollette.
Gov. Wilson won his most striking
victory in his home county, Mercer,
which contains Trenton, the state cap
ital. The total vote for the Wilson
delegates at large in Mercer
2,674, compared with 371 for the anti
Wilson nominees. The republican
vote In this county was: Roosevelt
3,371 Taft 2,465.
The vote in Newark, the largest
city, with one district missing, gave
Roosevelt, 7,206 Taft 5,402 LaFol
lette 455.
Democrats: Wilson, 3,359 antl*
Wilson, 5,945.
Former United States Senator Jas.
Smith, Jr., and former democratic
State Chairman James R, Nugent who
led the fight against .Gov. Wilson, re
side In -lewark and both were among
the four anti-Wilson delegates chosen.
Taft Hopes Dashed Early.,
The Taft supporters hoped for a"
share of the delegates until midnight.
At that hour they ceased to claim
more than six and an «our later their
claims dwindled to the two delegates
from the sixth district, where
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NUMBER 127
ROOSEVELT AND
WILSON SWEEP
STATE PRIMARY
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of the New
Jersey primaries was emphasized to
day when late returns gave him small
but substantial pluralities
in
the few
districts about which last night's
figures left any doubt and increased
hiB
lead elsewhere throughout the
state.
Gov. Woodrow Wilson carried all
but two of th^ twelve congressional
districts and gained twenty-four of
the twenty-eight delegates, including
the delegates at large. His opponents
today abandoned hope that they had
carried the eighth district where the
vote was close, but which Gov. Wilson
won apparently by a liberal majority.
"Uninstructed'' delegates nominated
by the anti-Wilson wing of the party
were elected by large majorities in
the ninth and tenth districts, the
stronghold of the element opposed to
the governor. Incomplete returns'
about noon on the vote for delegates
af, large and the presidential prefer
indlcated that 4ol. Roo*ev«Wu
jpb£Ularitf plurality, for the whole
state would be about 16,000 and that,^
Gov. Wilson's lead, based on the vote
for the delegates at large was about
the same.
President Taft made his best show*
ing in the third, fifth and sixth dls
tricts, which Include the New Jersey
coast towns almost as far south as
Atlantic City, and the counties lying
in the north central part of the state,
most of them outside the commuting
zone.
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was.
nr'.M'%
a
strong Taft Bentiment in Hackensack
made the issue very close. Later re»
turns indicated that Roosevelt had car*
ried this last hope for the Taft lead*
erB by about 100.
The president had small pluralities
in four of the twenty-one counties of
the state. He showed his greatest
strength in the farming districts. In
one of the factory towns where he
spoke yesterday just before the open- 'jt
ing of the polls he was beaten 40 to l.
The LaFollette vote was a neglig- *'j
able factor, not more than two per
cent of the entire vote cast.
The vote in neatly all sections ot-r
the state was exceedingly, light, sev
eral counties casting less than half of
the total registration at the last gen
eral election. The polls did not close
until 9 o'clock last night and as a re*
suit the vote was very late in being
counted.
Roosevelt Leaders' Statement.
Early today Borden D. Whiting, chair
man of the Roosevelt executive com
mittee in New York City, made the
following statement:
"New Jersey has come through
handsomely. The men who make up,
the rank and file of the republican**^
party and who carried the state by 7,1
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