Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 88, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 April 1912 — ILLINOIS FOR ROOSEVELT; WON IN THE PRIMARIES. [ARTICLE]

ILLINOIS FOR ROOSEVELT; WON IN THE PRIMARIES.

Champ Clark Gat the Democratic Delegates—Deneen For Governor —‘Dunne His Opponent Theodore Roosevelt swept Illinois in the presidential preferential primaries Tuesday. Apparently he received about, "two votes to one for Taft. LaFollette did not figure very strong. Roosevelt carried practically every county and will get all but two and possibly, all of tbe delegates, in Illinois. This will give him 56 or 58 ‘delegates from thst state. Champ Clark, of Missouri, gave the learned Woodrow Wilson, of New Jersey, an even worst beating, getting about three votes to the latter’s one, and all of the delegates. Charles S. Deneen was renominated for governor by a plurality estimated at 70,000. He defeated Wayman, Small, Yates and others. Edward F. Dunne, former mayor of Chicago, received the democratic nomination, defeating Alshuler, Caldwell, and Dixon.