The figures of the Ohio primaries on Wednesday caused a
sensation throughout the United States. Mr. Roosevelt accomplished the extraordinary feat of beating Mr. Taft in his own State. Throughout the campaign it had been assumed that Ohio, noted for its loyalty to its own sons, would remain "solid" for Mr. Taft, in whose election to the Presidency it took infinite pride four years ago. But Mr. Roosevelt has got thirty-two out of forty-two delegates to the Republican Convention. The Times correspondent says that Mr. Taft's humiliation is accentuated by the fact that the Ohio Democrats have remained characteristically loyal to Mr. Harmon, the Ohio Democratic candidate for the Presidency, although he has won little support elsewhere. Mr. Roosevelt has already succeeded in changing the whole aspect of the Republican campaign. Ho has a conquering way. He stands for something that is superior to, or at all events quite different from, the exigencies of the Republican machine. It is said that ho will now certainly prevent Mr. Taft from being re-nominated for the Presidency, but wo are inclined to think that, after all, he will achieve more than that negative result, and will actually get the Republioan nomination for himself.
