The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-07
UNOFFICIAL RETURNS FROM
OVER THE STATE UP TO
MIDNIGHT TUECOAY
7. R. and BYRNE IN LEAD
Returns Incomplete But Now Point
To Roosevelt, Byrne and
Sterling

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swept the state. Returns. widely
some sources are sufficient to make
Roosevelt and Byrne a certainty.
with Sterling a safe probability.
The gubernatorial contest held the
interest Of the entire state. The tel
lers at the voting precincts hurried
ly rushed through the mass OF bal
lots in order to get the returns on
the s~overnorship before the anxious
public as 500 as possible and thus
passed by other offices Of minor in
terest for the night.
Complete returns Will not be in for
several days.
Pierre, S.. d., June 4.-Roosevelt
carried the South Dakota primaries
today by a substantial plurality, ac-
cording to the claims Of the Roose-
welt headquarters at Pierre tonight.
No figures were given to prove the
assertion, as returns are scattering
and slow. All the figures on the
voting received thus far Indicate 4
victory for Roosevelt. In places
Taft ran third with LaFollette sec
and, while in others Taft was nearly
even with Roosevelt with LaFollette
a poor third. According to returns
received at the Roosevelt headquar-
ters. Thomas Sterling won the sena-
torial race from Senator Gamble and
r.. O. Richards.
Reports received here indicate that
Congressman Martin was chosen for
nomination in the Third district and
hat Congressman Burke by a close
vote carried the Second district. The
same returns indicate the nomination
of O. S. Branson in the First dis
trict.
Returns on the state ticket receiv-
ed here indicate that the progress
sives are we'll in the lead except on
lieutenant governor.
Watertown. S. D., June 5.-Water-
town returns complete, gives Egan a
majority Of 6; county precincts. slow
in reporting indicate Codington county
will be even break for governor. City
gives Sterling 625, Richards ITO, Gam
BILE 14O, Grigsby 81. Reports from
Hamlin county indicate Byrne will
carry 1t. Castlewood, Byrne BAL, Egan
"A, Gull 3.
Two townships in Hamlin county.
Egan SO, Byrne 100, Gull 3. Castle
wood on senator: Richards 81, Sterling
Yankton. S. D.-Seventeen out Of
nineteen precincts give Gamble lead Of
1OC over Sterling. Byrne carries the
county by 150. Late returns from
counties west of the river show from
two to three to one for Gamble. Aside
from these is evidenced a very close
race with Sterling. Looks here as
though Gamble will win with small
lead.
Clear Lake.-Seven precincts return
the following in Duel county for gov
ernor: Egan 342. Gull Il, Byrne l59.
Five precincts return the following in
DueH county for congressman: Burke
", Curtis 120, Glass 81. Five precincts
return the following in Duel county for
United States Senator: Gamble "a,
Sterling 1917, Richards Y. Grigsby 8.
Five precincts return the following for
presidential delegates in Duel county:
Taft ~, La Toilette SO, Roosevelt Sc.
Hot Springs, S. D.-Roosevelt almost
unanimous in county. Fourteen pre-
cincts out of total of ~thirty-two
give Gamble three, fifteen give Ster-
Ing 90, ItiCHdI us no., NIiSSDy u, SuAi
gets 301, Egan 264 and Byrne 1877.
Madison-Fourteen out of "a pre-
cincts in Lake county including the
city of Madison, are as follows:
Byrne, 554; Egan, AGA; Gull. 1874;
Sterling, 479; Gamble. 30S; Richards.
267; Dillon, Gs1: Branson, 413;
Roosevelt, COS; LaFollette, 2G0; Taft.
173.
Murdo-Presho and Draper in Ly-
man county give Byrne ia to 70 for
Egan.
Gam Valley-Buffalo county will
go for Roosevelt and Byrne. The
vote here is 20 for Roosevelt, 10 for
Taft. 4 for LaFollette, 20 for Byrne.
II for Egan. On the democratic
side, wiskhem gets %. Johnson Is.
Wilson 35, Clark 10.
Yankton, S. D.-Ten out Of nineteen
precincts in Yankton county give
Byrne ATS, Egan 419, Gull %; Gamble
IA, Sterling AGA, Richards 70, Grigs-
by 26; DILLON 603, Branson 1S4. Ret
turns are very slow. Scattered re-
turns from outside counties west OF
the river and east indicate Sterling
and Gamble running close. Dillon Is
strong everywhere. Yankton county
goes for Roosevelt. Johnson Is ahead
for governor on the democratic ticket.
He wins Yankton county and all
heard from outside.
has CQrriad
Lawrence and Meade counties.
Parker-Twenty-seven precincts
out Of 80 in Turner county give
Byrne, 933; Egan. 655. Egan's vote
in his county two years ago was
1912.
Hughes county fourteen precincts.
gives Byrne 456. Egan 400, Gull 1O7;
Burke 5Si. Curtis 204: Richards 235.
Sterling 375, Gamble Dab. Grigsby 60;
Pennington County. Is precincts
gives Sterling BAT. Gamble 256; Byrne
Sl7, Egan ISL, Gull 351.
Stanley county. four precincts give
Egan 40. Byrne IS. Gull 8; Grigsby 8.
Richards Is. Sterling 73. Gamble 80.
Chairman Sutherland at Progressive