The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-04-25
OREGON PRIMARIES
r.. NJ. CAKE OF PORTLAND De
FEATs SENATOR FULTON
BY 5000 VOTES.
Ellis for Congress Defeats Both Geer
and Shepherd in the Second District
by About 2,500-HaWley Carried
First District Without Oppoition.

= ~ SA%~AN, AN'S AARAAA SV' - A"As Os'A>S
has defeated Charles w. Fulton for
the Republican nomination for United
States senator by majority of approx
imately $3.50 votes. Complete returns
from eight and incomplete returns
from % of the 80 counties of the state,
covering total of more than three
fourths Of the entire vote, show that
Cake has 23,705, against 20,990 for
Fulton, or a lead of 2,715. Nothing
has been heard from Curry, Lincoln,
Harvey or Wheeler counties, but re-
count on the remaining vote in the
state at large will not materially af-
feet the result, though Mr.. Cakes ma
jority may go to 5000. Mr.. Cake has
carried Baker, Clackamas, Columbia,
Douglas, Jackson, Lake, Linn, Marion,
Multnomah, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa,
Wasco, Washington and Yamhill coun-
ties, total of Is, while Mr.. Fulton has
been successful in Benton, Clatsop,
Coos, Crook, Gillian, Grant, Josephine,
Klamath, Lane, Malheur, Morrow, Polk,
Sherman and Tillamook counties, a
total of IA. In several of these coun-
ties, however, the result is quite close
and it may take the official count to
show which candidate has prevailed.
1t is probable that Fulton will carry
Curry and Harvey and possibly Wheel
er. Lincoln is generally conceded to
Mr.. Cake. The majority for Mr.. Cake
in Multnomah county is 2,017, a de-
crease from the promise of the first
returns.
w. R. Ellis has been nominated by
the Republicans for congress in the
Second district by plurality of about
$500 over Mr.. Shepherd and about the
anne over his other competitor, Mr..
Geer. The returns are nearly COM
plete. Geer and Shepherd are running
a neck and neck race for second place.
On the fact of the present count Shep-
herd has a lead of about 40 over Geer.
The likelihood is that complete re-
turns will decrease, rather than in
crease, this lead.
C. B. Atchison has been nominated
for railroad commissioner in the Sec
ond district by narrow margin over
w. H. Hurlburt, his nearest Compel
itor. Hurlburt carried Multnomah
county by 481 against Atchison, but in
the other numerous counties of the
district he fell uniformly behind. AS
the count now stands, Atchison has a
lead of 700, which will probably be in
creased by several hundred, but it
will not be greatly over 1000 in the
aggregate. The third man is Loucks,
the fourth Hamilton, the fifth CASTOR,
while Whiting makes bad sixth. In
the First district there is an exceed
ingly close contest between Thomas
X. Campbell and w. A. Carter for rail-
road commissioner. Campbell at mid
night had lead of less than 200 over
Carter, with Jackson county, Carter's
home, to hear from. 1t is extremely
likely that Jackson will give Carter a
handsome plurality. In that event the
outcome of the contest will be ex-
tremely doubtful.
w. c. Hawley carried the First dis
trict for congress without opposition.
R. S. Bean had no opposition for su-
preme judge. j. w. Bailey is victori-
GUS over DR.. Alexander Reid for food
and dairy commissioner by about 49,
900. Bailey is running about two to
one throughout the state.