The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-18
When Footed, Tuesdays Primary
Election Vote Was Much Larger
Than Originally Estimated.
1t Was Only About $500 Behind the
First Days Registration
Two Years Ago.
Powers Nomination Will Call for a
Special Aldermanic Election
in the Eighth Ward.

There is no occasion to worry over the
lack of interest in the primary election.
Taking into consideration that the vote is
much heavier at presidential elections
than at state or local elections, Tuesdays
results are eminently satisfactory. Based
on the vote for congress, which doubtless
brought out the full strength of both par
ties it is found that the candidates for
the republican nomination pOlied together
22.41S votes and the democratic candidates
secured 9,166. This makes total Of
31.5S4
These figures fail to indicate the total
registration. The figures are not avail
able the judges Of the election in many
districts failed to enter them on the pre-
lminary and unofficial returns. The Of
fetal returns have not yet been can
vassed. 1t is known. however, that many
registered who did not vote and that the
number in this class is somewhat larger
than at the primary election last year. In
the whole city it is probably safe to say
that there were several hundred who reg
istered, but did not vote and the total
registration would thus be IN the neigh
borhOod Of 81 900.
The figures for the registration two
years ago are not available at this time,
but the vote for Judge of the district
court, which will be remembered as be-
ing hard race on both sides, gives an
approximate idea Of this years registra-
ton. The total number of primary cleo
ton votes cast by both parties for judi
cial candidates in 1900 was 1921. The
registration was but little heavier than
the total vote. 1t thus appears that only
about 900 fewer voters turned out last
Tuesday than at the primary election of
two years ago which also had the adVan-
tage Of being something quite novel for
the electors.
The figures also show that about 10, 900
thon
out last Tuesday.
Heavy Congressional Vote.
Loren Fletcher came within 434 votes OF
securing as many votes as his two COM
petitors combined. The total figures,
with the fifteenth precinct Of the fourth
ward and the seventh precinct OF the
ninth ward missing, give Fletcher 1882
Hay. 6,OS1: Peterson, 5,345. Uncle Lo-
rem received a plurality in every ward in
the city except the sixth. eleventh and
thirteenth. He carried Petersons own
ward the seventh, by almost 800 votes
This was wholly unexpected and was one
of the surprises of the campaign. He
likewise led Mr.. Hay in the latter Sine
ffth-ward by 800; but as this also hap
pens to be the ward in which Mr. FLETCHER
resides. the fact causes no comment
Politicians who have scanned the re-
turns closely comment on the fact that
the Fletcher vote runs surprisingly close
to the Comstock vote in the thirty ninth
district and to the Ed Smith vote in the
forty-thrd district They have several
theories to account for this coincidence.
James A. Peterson led his successful
rival by At in the sixth ward and by 81
in the eleventh ward, but the pluralfties
were very small. The Hay ward Is the
thirteenth which gave him plurality Of
three over Fletcher.
The vote for congressman on the re-
publican and democratic tickets IS as fol-
lows: