Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-08-18
Complicated Ballot and Late Hour Of
Closing the Polls Delays the
Returns.
RETURNS VERY INDEFINITE
Few Contested Places Evidently Robs
Contest of Interest.
ONLY FEW COUNTIES REPORT
These Show Vote on Supreme Judge
Badly Scattered.
GIVE LITTUE CLUE TO RESULT
Only Few Counties Have sent in
Any Returns, and Even from
These Precincts Are
Few.
Few Contested Places Evidently Robs
Contest of Interest.
My FEW COUNTIES REPORT
1--WE LITTUE CLUE TO RESULT

Returns from the state on the primary
election are too meager to form any opinion
as to the result The large and Compli.
Gated ballot and the late hour Of closing
the polls makes the count late, and in addi-
tion there are not enough contested places
to induce people to send in the returns from
country precincts.
The returns from Omaha and Douglas
county are slow and indefinite as from
the remainder of the state ana no definite
figures can be given at this hour
LINCOLN Neb, Aug 1.-THE few scat
tering returns received up to midnight on
today's statewide primary election are IN
sufficient to accurately forecast the result
OF the eight republican candidates for the
supreme court justiceship vacancies, Barnes
and Sedgwick seem to be running well
ahead, with the third nominee In doubt.
AS there only three democratic candi-
dates for the nomination, the three named
on the primary ballot-Johu j. Sullivan, J.
r. Dean and Benjamin r. Good--are, OF
course the nominees The same is true of
the candidates for regents OF the state uni
versity, there being but two names the
ballot for any party. In Lincoln the vote
was light. Barnes, SodgwiclS and Hamer
are ahead in this county, but interest cen
tered mainly in the county ticket
BEATRICE, Neb, Aug. 1L.-(Special Tele.
gram paddock and Glenwood townships
give Hamer, %; Duffe, 20; Yeiser Il; Scdg-
wick, AZ; Calltus 25; Barnes, Al; Fawcett, q,
CObbey, Z. Sherman and Logan townships
give Hamer, 20 Duffie S; Yeiser, .; Sedg.
wick %; Calkins, II; Barnes %; Fawcett,
%; Cobbey, 43. Lincoln and Grant town.
ships give Hamer 2S; Duffie, "A; Yeiser u;
Sedgwck 10; Calkns, "a; Barnes, %; Faw.
Cett II. CObbey. 42
GRAND ISLAND, Neb., Aug. 17.-,Spe-
cial Telegram Twelve precincts in this
city and Hall county give the following
vote: Barnes ia; Fawcett, 70; Cakins 1O3;
Hamer, 80; Duffie 81; Sedgwick, 152; cob
bey, 56 Yese-, g..
BLAIR Neb. Aug lT.-CspeciaI Tele-
gram 1.-Two wards Of BlaiI city give Cali
lns. 10; Barnes. IA; Fawcett. 2l; Yeiser, 10.
Sedgwck 49, Hamer, 5; Duffie 5; cob
hey, 16.
LINCOLN, Aug. l7.--(Special Telegram
The vote in Lancaster county is light In
Precinct A of the Fourth ward, where
usually 600 votes are cast, when the polls
closed tonight there had been lis people
voted. In A Of the First and a half dozen
other precincts heard from. about the same
ratio of the vote was cast II will be late
tonight before any definite information re
gardinR the vote can be secured as no pre-
cinct has yet reported its vote. Many dem
Oorats voted the republican ticket.
WEST POINT, Neb,, Aug. H-CSpecial
Telegram )-Thres precincts of Cunning
county give the following votes: Barnes,
1872; Fawcett. 21; Calkins, A.; Haner, gS;
Dutfie, 80; Sedgwick. 2O6; Cobbey, $50;
Yeiser IA.