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Show IBEMOCRATS I AK CRAFTY Reported to Be Voting"! For La Pollette in North Dakota Fargo, N. D March 19. Heavy voting vot-ing marked the. oponlng of the first stato presidential .preference primary today. Apparently responding to Senator Sen-ator La Folletto's personal appeal Issued Is-sued In his recent rapid trip across the state, followors of the Wisconsin senator were tho first nt the polls In many precincts. This particularly was true In Fargo, Grand Forks and other points In the eastern end of tho state. Campaign managers for Col. Roosevelt Roose-velt said reports received from Bismarck, Bis-marck, Mandan and other point3 In, the wostcrn end of tho stato showed that Roosevelt had lost nothing as n result of Senator La Folletle's. spceQh-making spceQh-making tour. There has been no effort made by' the national Taft committee Jo bring out votes for tho president in the prl-i mnrics today It is goporally recog-, nizod that the fight lies between tho La Folletto and tha Roosavelt men. Among tho Democrats there is no contest in tho matter of a presiden-' tial choice, as Governor John .Burke's name appears alone on tho ticket. From reliable sources it was learned today that many Democrats, realising that one primary voto for Burke would bo as good as a thousand are casting ballots in favor of La Follette, believing believ-ing a defeat for Roosevelt would widen wid-en the breach in the Republican party. |