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Show oo ILLINOIS STATE PRIMARY RETURNS Senator Sherman Gets Fifty-six Fifty-six Out of Fifty-eight Delegates Dele-gates to National Republican Repub-lican Convention. TWO FOR ROOSEVELT Total Democratic Vote in Chicago Chi-cago 79,452 Republican Ballot 75,593 Sullivan Controls in State. Chicago, April 12 Returns today from yesterdajs preference primary In Illinois show that Senator L. Y. Sherman will have fifty-six out of the fifty-eight delegates in the national na-tional Republican convention. Two of the district delegates have declared declar-ed themselves in favor of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt. John M. Harlan Har-lan who ran for delegate at largo unpledged un-pledged but who In his campaign talks favored Roosevelt, was defeated by approximately 20.000, according to almost complete returns. President Wilson was the only name on the Democratic ballot but seventy voters here wrote In the namq of Champ Clark. The total Republican vote in Chicago Chi-cago was 76,593 and tho Democratic vote 79,452. Senator Sherman's name was the only name on the Republican ballot but the name of Roosevelt was written In by 11,620 voters. In like manner Hughes received 950 votes, Root 198 and Mayor William H. Thompson two. In the Democratic fight Roger C. Sullivan easily won control of the Cook county committee, the state central committee and the votes that will control the Democratic state ton-vontion. ton-vontion. A total of 7766 wpmen expressed their prefernce for president and of this number Roosevelt was the choice of about one-fourth. |