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Show ROOSEVELT TRICK TO GAIN SUPPORT SACRAMENTO. Cal.. May 11. Senator Robert M. La Follettc was offered, and refused, assurance that if h would throw his support to Colonel Roosevelt In the campaign for the Republican presidential presi-dential nomination. Roosevelt In turn would name La Follettc as his successor, according to Gilbert 12. Roc of New York. La Follette'a former law partner, who spoke here tonight on "The True Story of tho Desertion' of La Follette." Mr. Roe did not mention Colonel Roosevelt Roose-velt in his account of the affair. Minnesota Results. ST. PAUL. May 1 1 Scattering returns from the Republican preferential primary elections, held today In many counties. Indicate that Roosevelt Is running ahead of President Taft by three to one. In nearly all. In Ramsay county (St. Paul). It Is estimated Roosevelt will have at least two-thirds of the delegates. In St. Louis county Roosevelt Is running run-ning three to ono over Taft In the early counting. Returns from twelve precincts pre-cincts in Duluth and on the Iron Range give Roosevelt S12; unlnstructcd (Taft). 301. Contest in Georgia, ATLANTA, Co.. .May 11. Reports received re-ceived at the headquarters of the Roosevelt Roose-velt Progressive club here, It was said tonight. Indicate that Roosevelt Republican Repub-lican conventions were held in practically practical-ly all Georgia counties today and delegates dele-gates named to state and district conventions, conven-tions, to be held May 17 and IS, respectively. re-spectively. According lo SI. Julian Yates, president presi-dent of the state organization, the Roosevelt Roose-velt wing will send a fulS contending delegation to tho national convention. The so-calli-d regular or Taft wing hold a stuto convention In .March and named h delegation of twenty-four to the Chl-rago Chl-rago convention. Instructed for Taft. one district having named an unlnstructcd delegation. Separate Conventions. Al'STIN. Tex., May 11. Republican district conventions wore hold in three Texas congressional districts today. In the Tenth, at Austin, and the Sovonth. ut Galveston, separate conventions wore he'd by Taft and Roosevelt supportorK unci contenting delegations named to th Chicago Chi-cago convention. At Mcxla dolegates were selected from the Sixth district un-instmcted. un-instmcted. Thn delegates aro: Tftith district Fnr Taft. H. M. Mor and V. L Wotah; for RoohcvM M. M Turrrjy and Harvey C HtdH. Seventh district For Tuft. Georgl-i V Durlcltt, (', A. Clinton, E. D. McCarthy and IS. F. Wallace, each with half r vote, for Roosevelt. J. W. Ilawloy and H. L. Price. Sixth district J. A. Allen Meyer and Rubo Frecdman, unlnstructcd. Rump Convention. BIRMINGHAM. Ahu. May 11. At the state convention of tho Roosevelt adherents adher-ents of Alabama hero today twelve delegates dele-gates at largo with one-half voto each were elected to tho Chicago national Republican Re-publican convention. They are George J. Brier. J. F. Wright, W. R. Fairley. W. F. Tcbbctts. C. II. Scott. W. F. McElroy. Wllllum Vaughan, R. F. Partyman. F. J. Petree. Josoph O. Thompson. W. P. Williams Wil-liams and G. C. MIchaclson. District caucuses resulted as follows: First district W. T. Henderson and A-J. A-J. Spencer. Second A. B. Long and J. M. Grecno. Fifth J. O. Thompson and Preston Alexander. Ninth O. R. Hundley and T. R. Lewis. MONTGOMERY. Ala., Mav 1L Delegates Dele-gates Fifth district to Republican conventionDouglas con-ventionDouglas Smith. Wcdoweo. L. B. Hicks, Aulaugaville; instructed for Taft. Goes to Ohio Today. WASHINGTON, May 11. President Taft. accompanied by Chief Justice White and Victor Roscwater. acting chairman of the Republican committee, reached Washington shortly beforo U o'clock tonight from Princeton. Tho president will leave tomorrow for Ohio to. begin his campaign of the state previous pre-vious to the primaries here. Roosevelt Men Bolt. ETJRKIvA SPRINGS, Ark.. May 11. Twcnty-jtwo delegates loft the congressional congres-sional district Republican convention hero today, organised a second convention, conven-tion, named Thomas Williams and John McAllister delegates to tho Republican national convention and instructed them for Roosevelt The remaining 100 dclegntos chose J. F. Mayes and R. S. Granger to represent repre-sent tho district at Chicago, and Instructed In-structed them for Taft California for Taft. SAN FRANCISCO, May 11. The California Cali-fornia primary campaign for Taft and Roosevelt closed tonight. Senator La Follette will mako his final appeal Monday Mon-day night in San Francisco. Tho primary pri-mary will be hold Tuesday. "On tho eve of the presidential election," elec-tion," said Col. Charles Mifflin Hammond, Ham-mond, chairman of tho Taft Republicans of California. In his final statement, "wo are confident that Prcsldont Taft will carry California." In reply to Colonel Hammond's assertion asser-tion that stale Issues havo no placo In tho California primary campaign, Roosevelt's Roose-velt's friends mado public today a telegram tele-gram from Milton T. U'Ren, secretary of the Direct Legislation league of California. Cali-fornia. Among other things, it says. "Tho old forces of corporato domination domina-tion are still at work with their customary cus-tomary cunning. They hope to defeat tho progressive organization through the old scheme of dividing tho progressive strength." Neither Roosevelt nor La Follotto supporters sup-porters gave out any estimate tonight. |