The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-06-06
Apparent Result OF
Yesterdays Primaries
in South Dakota
RICHARDS STRONG
Early Returns Put Him AheaG
of Gamble,- La Toilette
Makes Good Record

Judging from reports received by
The Republican up to $3.50 O'Clock
this afternoon, the winners in tht
primaries held yesterday in South Da-
kota are as follows:
Roosevelt, for president.
Sterling, for Senator.
Dillon, Burge and Martin for con.
gress.
Byrne, for governor.
Not enough returns have been re-
ceived on the minor state offices TO
indicate the winners for these offices.
A few returns on these other Off
ces indicate that Pay and Glassner
are leading for secretary of state;
Ewert for treasurer; Murphy for rail-
road commissioner, and Haney and
Policy for judges of the supreme
court.
La Toilette made surprising run
in the state yesterday, coming close
behind Roosevelt and carrying num-
ber of counties, notably, Dawson, Cod
ington and Day. Returns from eleven
counties scattered all over the state
on president, give Roosevelt 1884, La
Toilette 3419 and Taft 1874.
The Ster'in headquarters at Red-
field today claim the nomination OF
Sterling for Senator by 1000 votes
over Gamble, but this IS undoubted-
ly too large. However, there seemed
no doubt at all that Sterling had
won. The Sterling eople say that he
carried all but three or four of the
counties east of the river and were
claiming Lawrence, Fall River and
Meade in the Black Hills. The returns
received by the Republican up to 3:5U
O'Clock show total of $3.50 votes foi
Gamble, 1856 for Sterling, 6,o'S
for Richards and 1 ,295 for Grigsby
Richards, in the counties reported
From 81 counties Richards polled an
especially large vote in the eastern
part of the state.
Byrne's victory over Egan was as
sured early last evening. Egan los'
his own county by 400, after carrying
if two wears ago by 2,4'0l0. In mos
places he showed a slump, though he
carried Aberdeen and Watertown
Eleyen counties on governor at l:5'
o'clock this afternoon gave Egan O.
$50. Byrne 220 and Gull 923. Th'
Bvrne headquarters claims pluf
ality of 10 900 for Byrne and The Re
publican would agree with that estl
mate.
The race for congress in the Flrs
district is described in another col
rmn i
In the Second, Burke's follower
were claiming the victory, though hi
lead was not very large. The Republi
can obtained the figures from ten o
the counties in the Second district
including Curtis home county, an
these give Burke 4,2s2, Curtis 3,72
and Glass 2,39S.
In the Third district these is n
question of Martins nomination.
Marshall Strong for Burke
Britton. S. D.-Fifteen precinct
out of total of "a precincts in Maj
shall county, gave the Taft delegate
1853; Roosevelt delegates $50; l.
Toilette delegates 213; Gamble 1877
Sterling 222; Richards 239; Grigsh
Al: Egan 246; Byrnc 375; Gull rs
Burke 443; Curtiss PIG; Glass o2.
Union all One Way.
Elk Point, S. D.-Union county wi
give Dillon big majority, probabl
800 votes. Egan lost the town of El
Point by 10 and lost the count
Sterling for Senator leads over Gan
Bile by 500 or 400.
Brule Against Branson.
Chamberlain, S. D.-Twenty-tW
out OF 81 precincts in Brule count
containing 80 per cent of the tota
give Dowdell, democrat, for congre