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Show BARNES CLAIMS A GREAT VICTORY NEW YORK. March 2C State-Wide Republican primaries for delegates to the Republican national convention at Chicago Chi-cago today resulted In tho election of organization or-ganization candidates n practically every I dlstrlet where there was a contest, ac-l ac-l cording to unofficial returns, fairly complete com-plete In many Instances, at a late hour tonight. Claims Hint at least, eighty-three of tho ninety delegatus will bo for Taft and not more than seven for Roosevelt were mndo by Stale Chairman William Harncs. Jr., and John W. Hutchinson, director of the eastern branch of the national Taft bureau. Chairman Charles II. Oiiell of thn Roosevelt city commlttoc declared that the primaries, characterized by "a complete com-plete breakdown of the election machinery, machin-ery, had been a farce." Samuel S. Kocnlg, chairman or the Republican Re-publican county committee, speaking for the organization, said: "The primaries of New York countv gave the voters an opportunity to express ex-press honestly and accurately their preferences pref-erences for a presidential nominee." Revised returns from all of the thirteen congressional districts In New York county, coun-ty, with returns complete- from all but forty-nine olectlon districts, irovc the organization or-ganization a plurality of 15.8SH. There seemed every probability tonight that contests would be instituted by the defeated candidates In many of the districts dis-tricts because of the alleged dlsfranelilse-ment dlsfranelilse-ment of many voters, even if an effort were not made to fnv the entire election elec-tion declared Invalid. Colorado for Taft. ! COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo.. March 26. -That President. Taft will be indorsed for rpiiAnilimtlou and that the deUgates-at-Inrgo to the national Republican convention con-vention In Chicago will be Instructed for him ut the atatc convention tomorrow. were the only two questions decided up to midnlsht. So far as the personnel of the delcgates-at-largc and temporary chairman arc concerned, the various counties still were caucusing. The cause of the trouble Is thot the Denver delegation dele-gation or 12S Democrats chose four of the eight delegales-at-large. The four supported sup-ported by Denver county delegates are United States Senator Guggenheim. Crawford Hill, W. G. Smith and A, M. Stevenson, former national committeeman. committee-man. Tho progressives hold a caucus tonight and It. Is understood they will present the name of a candidate for temporarv chnlrinaj), probably Philip Stewart of Colorado Springs, and ask for representation represen-tation on the resolutions committee, which will give them an opportunity to present a minority report Including a Roosevelt resolution. The progressive state that If those, concessions aie made they will accept cheerfully the verdict of tins convention. The temporary" roll call prcpnrnd by tho state central committee todnv gives the supporters of President Taft two-thirds two-thirds of tho 902 seats in the convention, the Roosevelt loaders claiming about 200. For national commlteeniau from Colorado. Colo-rado. I'lilted States Senator Guggenheim Is mentioned most prominently. Result in Indiana. INDIANAPOLIS, March 2R. Controlling Control-ling the Indiana Republican convention by it majority of lO.'i of the 1 ISM delegates, dele-gates, supporters of tho president today elected t heir four candidates for dele-gat dele-gat njwit-lurgc to the national convention conven-tion and Instructed them to vote for the rciiumtnntfon of the president. Advocates or the nomination or Colonol Roofnvelt, charging they had a majority or the delegates made Ineffective be- j caoae. of the "road roller" methods of tho Tnft organization, held an independent convention while the crowd was pressing from the hall and elected four delogates-itt-huge Instructed for the Tonner president. presi-dent. The contest will be carried to the Chicago convention, tho RooFovelt campaign cam-paign managers suld. Fourteen ine.mbcrs of tho Indiana delegation dele-gation of thirty to the national convention conven-tion have been instructed to voto for th" renominntion of Tnft and the Roope.vclt force hav two. Seven district conventions conven-tions are vel to be held, and a roll call of the delegations todaj indicated that Roopnyclt would carrj lUc and Taft two, mailing the mini division of the Indiana representation eighteen for Taft and twelve for Roosevelt- |