The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-09-19
RETURNS HAVE BEEN VERY
SLOW AND ARE STILL
INCOMPLETE.
Jones Wins in Senatorial Contest
by Large Majority Over Ankeny.
COsgrOve Gets GubernatOrial
Nomination on Second Choice
Clause.
Republican and Democratic State
Tickets.

Biased on Unofficial Returns
United States Senator-W. L. Jones,
Republican,; G. F. Cotterill, Democrat.
Governors. G. Cosgrove, Republi-
can; John Pattison, Democrat.
Lieutenant Governor-M. E. Hay.
Republican; A. G. Edwards, Demo
crat
Secretary of States. H. Nichols,
Republican; Otis johnson, Democrat.
State Auditor-C. w. Clausen, Re-
publican.
State Treasurer-E. K. Erwin, Re.
publican.
Attorney General-W. P. Bell, Re-
publican.
Land Commissioner-E. w. Ross,
Republican; Albert Schooley, Demo-
crat.
State Superintendent-H B. Dewey,
Republican; Eldridge Wheeler, Demo-
crat.
Insurance Commissioners. H.
Schively, Republican; E. F. Master
son, Democrat.
Congress, First District-W. E.
Humphrey, Republican; G. H. Miller,
Democrat.
Congress, Second District-F. w.
Cushman, Republican; B. D. Brown,
Democrat.
Congress, Third District-Miles
Poindexter, Republican William Good
year, Democrat.
Seattle, Sept. 12.-Returns from
the republican state primary are still
incomplete, but all the counties ex-
cept one have been heard from.
Levi Ankeny, incumbent, is defeated
for United States senator by decis-
i've vote, as follows: w. L. Jones of
North Yakima, 32,129; Levi Ankeny,
Walla Walla, 17,O5S; W. H. Smell, Ia
coma, $500.
The present governor, Albert E.
Mead, and Henry Mcbride, the two
leading candidates next to Cosgrove,
both concede the latter's nomination
for governor.
The feature of the contest is the
fact that the second choice vote NOM
mated Cosgrove. Nichols, Clausen,
Ross, Dewey and Schiveley are renom-
mated. Miles C. Poindexter, nominal
ed for congress from the Third dis
trict is to succeed Jones, who is NOM
mated to the United States senate
over Ankeny.
The republican fight has been so hot
and there were so many names on the
primary ticket that the result of the
democratic primary has been lost sight
of altogether, and it may be another
day before the returns are totaled
There was no contest except for the
gubernatorial and senatorial nominal
lions, and meager returns indicate the
probable nomination of George F. Cot
terill of Seattle for the United States
for governor.
The nOn-partisan judicial ticket for
judges of the state supreme court re-
suited in the nomination of John E..
HUMPHREYS and Milo A. Root, repub-
licans, of Seattle, and Stephen J. Chad
wick, of Colfax, democrat Root is
now on the supreme bench.
On the republican governorship and
United States senatorship the great
battle was fought all over the state.
All other issues, save the question of
local option, were subservient to these
contests. That the question of local
option is settled to great extent is
apparent from the returns at hand. 1t
is true that the republican platform
is committed to the local option idea,
but the fact that Mcbride was backed
by the liquor interests and received
such heavy vote as to place him Sec
ond in the race on second choice votes
and first in the race on first choice
votes leaves the liquor men sanguine
that only reasonable" local option
law will be passed in the next legisla-
| ture
Governor Meads closest friends ad-
nit that the issue of local option and
racetrack gambling is to blame for his
defeat. Even in his own county he
against him in many counties where
campaign managers believed him
strong fell off so surprisingly that no
other conclusion can be drawn.
King county was first and foremost
the battle-ground Of the campaign. In
that county both Henry Mcbride and
Ankeny won by heavy vote. That the
King county agreement to support the
| wishes Of Senator Piles carried the
day cannot be disputed in the face of
the returns. That an insurgent move
ment to "get the scalp" of Senator
Piles will be made is freely predicted
| by many politicians here.
Record Lumber Order Placed
Vancouver, B. c., Sept. 12-Both
the logging and lumber industries on
the British Columbia coast are exhibit
ing signs of a healthy Improvement.