The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-06-06
KENYON 8 CLARKE
ARE NOMINATED
Former Leads Late Young by 3d.
II edt 600 to rs, 1000.
RETURNS COME IN VERY SLOW
Democratic Vote Was Lishtest it Has
Been for Years--John 4. Homilton
Appears to be Leading (. G.
Dunn for Governor.

Des Moines, June Especial: Al
IL O'Clock this morning Kenyon head
quarters claim Kenyon's majority be-
tween forty and seventy-five thousand
The Daily Capital returns at noon in
dictate Kenyon had a majority of 90,
600. This is based on returns from
onethird of 1850 precincts il the
state. Six hundred perecincts give
Kenyon a majority of 10000, with a
total of IS 1000. Young's vote is about
$4,000 in the same precincts. The
Capital says Clarke has been nomi1-
ated over Holden and Proudfoot by
10000 plurality. The Holden men
claim returns from the rural dis
tricts will overcome this and say
their man will yet be nominated.
Harding is in the lead for lieutenant
governor; Bleakly for auditor, and
Ketchum for railroad commissioner,
are apparently in the lead, according
TO returns from 100 precincts.
Young in an editorial pledges sup
port to Kenyon ana this morning sent
the following telegram to Kenyon at
Fort Dodge
Senator w. S. Kenyon: Success
and congratulations on your sweeping
victory in Iowa. | made clean cam
paign and have lost. wish you sue
cess in all your work. You certainly
have n great opportunity"
The Daily News today claims the
nomination of Clarke for governor
and says that the ratio of 600 pre-
cincts now in if kept up Clarke will
have $4,000 plurality over his closest
opponent and 10000 over the other.
Clarke carried his own county by
1000 over both opponents. Polk
county gave Clarke 1900 plurality.
Proudfoot is not receiving any more
votes than did John Hamilton four
years ago.
The total republican vote cast win
not be far from $4,000. Kenyon car
ried every congressional district and
nearly every county. 1t was the most
sweeping victory in Iowa for years.
Partial returns from sixty counties
give Clarke for governor 21,278; Hol-
den 1892; Proudfoot 1882.
Democratic returns are yet uaob-
tainable.
Because of the meagerness of the
returns it is impossible to predict the
successful candidates for the contest
ed Offices on the republican state tick
ct below governor
Few voting precincts completed
their work last night and it will be
late today before sufficient counties
have been heard from to fix the win
ners definitely.
The race between n. s. Ketchum
and Chris Ottoson for railroad COM
missioner is exceedingly close. 1t
looks as though W. L. Harding has a
little the better of Senator c. H. Van
Law for the nomination of lieutenant
governor.
Both friends CT Ed Chassell and Ed
Van Duyn are claiming the nOmina-
ton for secretary of state by big ma
critics.
The democratic vote throughout the
state was the lightest it has been in
years. John T. Hamilton had the ad-
vantage of E. G. Dunn, of Mason City,
for the nomination of governor in the
few precincts from which the demo
cratic vote was reported.
Young Makes Statement.
Des Moines. June 4.-The Capital,
Mr.. Young's daily newspaper, says:
Eve attribute the result to the dis
satisfaction of the voters of Iowa
caused by Taft carrying the Iowa dele
cation and then losing his own state.
The overwhelming defeat in New Jer-
sey started a tidal wave of progress
siyeness.
''The Iowa voters did not think that
and feared the election of Young
would affect Cummins' chances two
years hence.
"Mr. Young's large vote came from
his personal admirers. We take our
defeat gracefully and pledge our sup.
port to the republican party"
BY Senator Kenyon.
FOTl bouSe, June f-AIIeT nearing
of the immense majority his friends
had given him, Senator w. s. Kenyon
issued the following statement:
Il am deeply and gratefully appre-
ciative of this endorsement from the
people of my state. The only pledge
made by me in this campaign was
that If nominated and elected, should
know no duty ibutlthe one of faithfully
serving the people of my state and ma.
ton The pledge will be faithfully
kept. Senator Kenyon has received
congratulations from many friends
out Of the state as well as from Iowa
supporters.
Success On the Farm.
Some ten years ago Mr.. John L.