The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-11-13
Incomplete Returns Indicate He.
Has Votes to Spare Out.
side Cities.
HAMMOND DEFEATS M'CltARY'
legislative Contests Result in Gain Of,
Nine Members by Democrats
In House.

Gov. Johnson's majority in his thirds
race for governor of Minnesota will be
close to $4,000. It may be more and
It may be somewhat less.
Complete returns from about halt
the counties in the state and incom-
plete returns from most of the other
counties indicate that Johnson will
have a few thousand to spare outside
the Twin Cities. His plurality in Min.
neapolis is $500 and in Ramsey $780,
Johnson has been running ahead Of
jacobson in great number of coun-
ties In the state, so the belief that the.
cities would defeat jacobson is not
justified.
st. Louis county gave johnson =.
majority Of about 1,0O0 Duluth gave
Jacobson 4.2S8 and johnson 5,4S3.
but the outside towns cut this margin
down somewhat, the total being:
Johnson, 1874; jacobson, 6,817.
Taft Gets 100000.
Chairman A. D. Brown of the Re
publican state central committee did
not give up hope until yesterday noon.
when SO many returns were in 1t was,
certain there would be no change in.
the result. The Democratic managers
were confident of victory alb along.
The campaign was the hardest
fought in number of years, with the
exception of the Dunn Johnson fight
In 1904.
The returns received yesterday Oh
Taft and Bryan bear out the first esti-
mate Of 100000 or more for Taft.
Nearly all the counties outside of Hen.
nepin and Ramsey have been doing
better than two to one for Taft.
Congressional Race.
The surprise in the congressional
fights was the close fight which Ole
Sageng Of Fergus Falls gave Con.
gresham Halvor Steenerson in the
Ninth district. At one time there was
q doubt as to Steenerson's reelection,
but when the returns became more
complete 1t was found that Steiner
sons plurality was between 1000 TO-
$500.
The returns yesterday bore out the
early assertion that McCleary was de.
feated by. 1000 or 5000 by Congress.
will be about $500.
The other Republican candidates
who had any opposition at all beat
their opponents about two to one. Da.
Wis did this in the Third district, Ste.
vens in the Fourth, Nye in the Fifth
and Lindbergh in the Sixth. C.. B.
Miller of Duluth and A. J. Volstead of
Granite Falls did not have any real
opposition.
Democrats Gain in Legislature.
Legislative contests furnished some
surprises in some parts of the state.
and several of the old members who
were candidates for reelection were
laid by the wayside. The Democrats
get twenty-three members in the low.
er house this year against fourteen
two years ago. The Prohibitionists
will have three members, the same as
last year.
George H. French was elected a
state senator, to succeed Patrick Fitz.
patrick of Winona, who died last sum.
mer. French is Republican living at
st. Charles. This means loss of one
Democrat and gain of one Republic.
an.
Among the members Of the last
house who ran this fall and were de.
feated are: F. c. Carlton Of Medford,
Steele county; John T. Lewis and
William Mcqueen Of Blue Earth coun.
ty; J. d. Davidson of Waseca. John
Echrooten of Fairmont. J. L. Void OF
Twin Valley and c. w. Glotfelter OF
Waterville.