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Show is moR He Carries Maryland by a Majority of About 4,000 COMPLETE RETURNS. - Baltimore, Md May 7. Complete unofficial returns -f from the Maryland primaries -t f today gave Theodore Roose- -( volt 66 delegates, or one more -0 f than necessary to control tho -t 4- state convention. -t 4- Democratic primary returns f with only five precincts miss- - -- lng gave Clark SI, Wilson 44, - Harmon 4, President Taft's friends ex- -f -- press a doubt about only one -f count credited by these ro- -f turns to Colonel Roosevelt. ' Bnltlmore, May 7. Theodore Roosevelt Roose-velt today clung to the sixty-six delegates del-egates to tho state convention which tho Maryland presidential primaries gave him yesterday and, although this was but ono more than the majority necessary for control and the returns from many of the counties outside Baltimore are incomplete, enough have been received xo establish his victory and the dofeat of President Taft. nomnnMHft frtfut-vie atlll Inrnm. plete, but apparently conclusive, give Champ Clark 72 delegates, Woodrow Wilson 44. Judsou Harmon 4, with nine votes from two counties still unsettled. un-settled. These, however, cannot change the result. The Clark men claim both these counties and, if established, establish-ed, these claims would make Clark's total in the state convention SI and his plurality over Governor Wilson 27. Governor Harmon carried onlv one county, but the Wilson men believe be-lieve his vote played an Important part In the result, since they say much of It would have gone to Governor Gov-ernor Wilson If the Ohio governor had not been in the race. Thfnk Fight Is Won. This means" that both "Roosevelt and Clark will take from Maryland to the national conventions a solid block of sixteen votes. The Republican delegates del-egates chosen at the primaries will name sixteen delegates to Chicago at the state convention May 14 The Democratic state convention on May 16 will select thirty-two national delegates, del-egates, each with half a ote. Although the Taft forces claim they will control the personnel of the state convention Colonel Roosevelt's, friends dcclaro they have no fear that trouble may arise from this situation. They point out that the state delegates dele-gates elected are bound by the law to instruct the delegates to tho na tional CUUVUUIIUU 1UI IlUUbUVUIL uuu they express confidence that now the fight is over the two factions Into which the contest divided the party will unite to place a delegation behind be-hind Colonel RoosoeIt that will remain re-main faithful to him at Chicago as long as he has a chance of getting the nomination. Estimates today of tho personal preference of the suite as a whole glvo Roosevelt a majority over Tnft of less than 1.000. Clark's plurality in the city of Baltimore Bal-timore over Governor Wilson was about 12,700 and the vote in the counties, coun-ties, whon it is counted, expected to reduce this to a total of 11,000 for tho state as a whole. Tho slate preferential vote had 1:0 direct bearing on the result, but the RooBcvclt and Clark campaign committees com-mittees were none the Ies6 pleased that It went for their candidates, since they believe It will make the preference prefer-ence by counties through which the state delegates aro instructed all the more binding and mllltnto against the possibility that the delegations to the nntloual conventions will not stay hitched, If the tight there Is close. The law demands that the Maryland delegations continue to vote as Instructed In-structed as long as in their conscientious conscien-tious judgment thoy beliovo their candidates can-didates havo a chanco to get tho nomination. nom-ination. Doubts Figures. John H Hanna, chairman of the Republican stnto central committee, a Taft leader, said ho was In doubt about the figures received from How-ard How-ard county, which apparently wont for Roosevelt by a majority of 80. The Taft managers had no other figures but said thoy wished to Investigate the count more closely. All the other counties carried by "Roosevelt gave him majorities of four, hundred to 1,-500. 1,-500. The Roosovelt leaders said they were sure of Howard county and pointed out the vote there was handled han-dled by election officers appointed by the friends of President TafL With the three from Howard, Roosevelt would have slxty-slx delegates to the stato convention, compared with 63 for Taft. Mr. Taft said he had received no evldenco that warranted asking for a recount, and he let It be understood ho mado no claims for Taft outBlde of the possible doubts ho felt regarding regard-ing the result in Howard county. He oxpressed the opinion, however, that tho president's friends would control the state convention. It is impossible to make any clean cut divider, of the atate delegation because tho primary tickets carried the delegates named without designation to show their sympathies for ono candidate or tho other, and many of them aro uncommitted. uncom-mitted. .(Continued, on Page Eight) .,V - - ROOSEVELT (Continued from Pago One.) Roosevelt Supporters Sure. Colonel Roosc'elt's supporters point out that sixty-six delegates to the state convention will insure him 16 votes at Chicago and declare that tho instructions thut these delegates shall continue to vote for him until they conscientiously believe he cannot be nominated, are as binding as the instructions in-structions imposed upon national delegates del-egates from any other state Onlv one other county, Garrett, remained tn doubt on the Democratic count th's afternoon and there the result cannot can-not change the rest. If this county goes for Clark, as Is now indicated, he will hae SI delegates, compared with It for Governor Wilson and four fo.-Governor fo.-Governor Ilnnnou. Clark's majority in the state convention on this basis would be oo. Later estimates slightly reduced Roo3evell's popular majority on the statewide preference to 3.000 and Clark's pluralitv over "Wilson to 11,-500. 11,-500. ROOSEVELT PLEASED. Xew York, May 7 "Maiyland went right and I am pleased, of course, but T have nothing else to sa," said Col lueodcrc Roosevelt, who came to his editorial office fiom Oyster Bay to-da. to-da. Colonel Rooccvelt goes to Ohio next Tdcsdav. |