The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-19
SMITH WINS EASILY
DEMOCRATS OF THE CITY IN
DORSE PR ESSENT ADMIN
ISTRATTON
BETz FOR COMPTROLLER
municipal Judges and Aldermen in
Doubt at :: A. NJ. This Morn
ing Returns Come
in Slowly.

The Democrats of ST. Paul yesterday
Endorsed Mayor Smiths splendid admins
tration of the city government by nom
mating him for another term by the big
gest primary vote ever given a St Paul
candidate.
For the nomination Mayor Smith beat
John Wagner by vote OF fully two to
one. and the official returns will probably
show that he received as many votes as
all the other candidates for mayor COM
bined. The semi off1c al returns on the
head Of the ticket from ffty-seven pre-
cincts, compiled at a. M. give Mayor
Smith total of 3SSS. as against 1850 for
Wagner. Those returns included the
precincts in which Wagner might rea-
sonahly be expected to make the best
showing, and the completed official re-
turns viii probably increase the ratio
Of two TO one, as shown by the returns
Of the first ffty-seven.
Based on the returns from the first fifty
seven precincts the Democratic vote will
reach the phenomenal total of approx
mately 9,G00 Of which Wagner will re-
ceive but little in excess of 5000
The tremendous light prognosticated by
the Republicans did not come off as per
schedule There never was a minute after
o'clock yesterday morning when the APP
proXimate outcome of the Democratic
vote could not be estimated with very
satisfactory degree of accuracy. From
a Democratic standpoint the primary
election law in it's experimental workings
W@s satisfactory. There were very few
CT aiienges on either side, and the men
VITO presented themselves at the several
polling places not qualified to vote COM
pTised only a mere handful. The Demo-
Gratis vote early, and at clock at least
so per cent of the whole Democratic vote
which represents at least rs pei. cent Of
the normal vote of the party, was reg
istered
On account Of the immense amount of
detail work necessary to the canvass of
the primary vote it was possible up to 8
o'clock to get only an approximate line
on the relative positions of the heads Of
the tickets. the administrative candi-
dates, the candidates for the municipal
bench and the leaders in the brush for
assembly nominations A peculiarly sig
nificant feature of the vote is that Mayor
Smith, on the face of the partial re-
turns, will lead the whole ticket. The
implied endorsement of his administra-
ton, without casting any slight on the
remainder of the ticket, cannot be over
estimated. It means that many Repub-
HcanS Whc voted the Democratic ticker
at the. primaries came to the polling
place simply to add their Endorsement to
Mayor Smiths administration City
Treasurer Bremen received substantially
the same vote polled by Mayor Smith
which is again in part a Republican in
dorsement of his admirable administra-
ton of his Office. Louis Betz, candidate
for. comptroller, had opponents in Miller
and Pendergast. Both Messrs. Miller and
Pendergast ran very well in sections pc
culiarly committed to them in a personal
way, but the completed returns will
probably show Mr.. Betzs vote to be far
greater than their combined poll
With the return for Judge of The mn
niclpal court half in the situation is 4
puzzle. Oppenheim, Kelly and OaNeil are
Iar enough ahead on the partial return
70 practically leave the sitpatien between
them, hut they in turn are running 50
close that it is a toss-uD sor the choice
of Two from the three. The leaders on
the assembly ticket by the same returns
are II order Whitconlb Schiffmann. Dor
an, Haas and Powers. The completed
returns will undoubtedly not be in before
o'clock this morning