The Detroit times., 1911-03-01
HARPFER'S GIVING.
RUHRER f OK
BAD SCARE
Develops Unexpected Strength in
Today's Voting and Friends Are
Claiming His Nomination-Bliel
Is Out of It.
D. P. W. Plugs Hard for Codd in
Bench Primary, and Democrats
Cast Ballots for Owens.

Voting for the nomination of cir
cult court judges and county auditor
was light throughout the city today.
and similar report comes from the
county districts. The polls opened at
Z o'clock In the morning in the city
and will not close until 10 o'clock to-
night. Because of the late hour OF
closing, II Is expected that the heav-
lest voting will be done between 8 and
10 o'clock In the evening, after the
factory men have had a chance to get
supper.
There was little evidence Of an
election anywhere In the city during
the day. Not even ''de foist Nv de
foist" came through with squabble
of any kind. It was really more like
Sunday school than the hotbed OF
friction which usually brings II into
the limelight on election days. Billy"
Boushaw, recognized as the boss OF
the precinct, was much In evidence
about the booth.
How many votes in?" he asked ex-
citedly about IL a. m.
"Just 54." said one Of the clerks.
Gee, that won't do; guess Ill go
out and bring In some more" he said.
Billy" whose influence Is strong
in the district, was asked what he
thought would be the result of the
days voting.
'Buhrer will be nominated for county
auditor. and the nominees for circuit
court judges will be Rohnert, Dono-
van. Mandell. OFT, Codd and Shep-
herd"
While the voting was light in the
first precinct of the First ward, IL
was even lighter In the second dis
trict OF the same ward, only IL votes
out Of over 200 being registered up
to IL o'clock. In some Of the factory
districts the voting was reported as
heavier than in the downtown pre-
cincts. but the general impression Is
that there will not be a heavy vote
polled.
Friends of County Auditor Buhrer,
who seeks denomination, are some
what alarmed at the strength Harpfer
has developed. They fear that the
Robertson opposition Is having more
weight than they anticipated. Harp
fer's friends are confident that he will
land the nomination. They say he
has made big gains In the past few
days. Bleil is regarded as out Of the
running.
1t is up to the Republican voters
to pick six candidates for circuit
Judge out OF the nine applicants.
and one candidate for county auditor
out Of three aspirants. There are no
contests among the Democrats for the
judicial nomination, but James w. Cum
ningham may be opposed for the nom
ination for county auditor. Friends
of Aid. Louis Z. Tossy, Of the Ninth
ward, started a boom for him late
Tuesday afternoon, and while Tossy
positively declined to make the run,
number Of his friends have an.
nounced their intention to write his
name on the ballot.
To the great Joy of the saloonkeep-
ers, Prosecutor Van Zile and Police
Commissioner Croul, after a confer
ence, Tuesday, decided not to order
This Is the first time In several years
LNdl the DdTS nave Detu dliOWtu 10 w
business openly on primary.
The department OF public works or
ganization Is taking an active part In
the primaries. as usual. Its efforts
are being directed chiefly I'm behalf
OF George p. Codd, one Of the candi-
dates for judicial honors. under whose
administration as mayor many of the
men now In the department, received
their appointments. Hugh Shepherd
also stands well with the d. p. w.
crowd.
One report, however, is that the
d. p. w. organization will vote for
Codd alone, and for Aid. Harpfer for
auditor.
Some of the city hall politicians
say that Proctor X. Owens. who has
been regarded as practically out OF
the race for circuit Judge, will show
surprising strength. They intimate
that the Democrats enrolled as Repub-
licans will throw their support to him
on the theory that he would be
easy TO beat on the election,
which might give the Democrats
four instead of three judges. This
would help Charles T. wilkins, for
the election OF Judges Hosmer and
Murphy and Corporation Counsel p.
J. M. Hally is regarded as foregone
conclusion.