The Dickinson press., 1912-03-23

La Toilette swept the state in Tues
days presidential preference primaries
by 10000 to 1900 votes. 1t was
cold day, mercury lowering around zero
most of the time and little snow fall
ling in the morning, in consequence of
which the vote was very light in many
places.
Thomas Marshall. for republican
national committeeman, defeats E. c.
Cooper by large majority.
President Taft is not considered in
many places. A great many precincts
gave him nothing and no where did
he get more than to 10 per cent. In
Dickinson he was given but three votes.
The La Toilette ticket received the
full support of the socialist party and
is believed to have received support
from democrats.
Dickinson gave Roosevelt 81 plurality
and the county about 100. Medora gave
Roosevelt 20 votes and La Toilette 10,
Manning % and 29. Fayette II and ii,
Kniferiver Fl and S, Sentinel Butte 46
and 22, Hettinger 40 and 50, Beach 3S
and As. Bowman As and &c. Sand Creek
ii and IS.
John Bruegger of Williston is probably
elected democratic national commit
teeman. He carried Stark county
nearly 2 to / over Ben Whitehead. who
was making such blow all over the
state that he would secure the most
votes for this office. Ben was too we'll
known.
The La Toilette headquarters gave out
the following on Wednesday: Repre-
sentative Hanna said he did not care
to comment on the returns of the presi-
Dental preference primary yesterday.
Obviously Hanna was much disappoint-
ed. He]gesen, who was lined up fol
La Toilette also declined to talk. He
was pleased but felt no reason why
he should do any boasting.
Senator Dixon, manager of Ro0se-
| velt's campaign, in statement COM
menting on the North Dakota primary
said the result was crushing blow to
Taft. In the election yesterday but
one republican voter in forty in North
Dakota expressed wish for Taft to be
the republican nominee for president.
No such humiliating, crushing defeat
of presidential candidate asking nom-
ination has ever been witnessed in
American politics.
Director Mckinley of the Taft cam
paign headquarters, characterized North
Dakota's presidential pr rimary as an in
dication of what might have happened
in the so-called ''soap box' primary.
STARK COUNTY
Stark county was very hostile to the
bond issue and with the exception of
perhaps the 3rd ward in Dickinson it was
defeated in every voting place in the
county. The Dickinson ward gave 4
majority for bonds, but in other places
the majorities were very large against
the proposition and will likely total
700. In Richardton the majority against
was IA. Gladstone 81, St. Mary's A.. So
it does not look as though the county
would have court house for some time.
With two or three precincts to beaI
from the Roosevelt vote in the county
was 532, LaFollette 374, Taft rs, Tom
Marshall 453. Cooper 228, John Burke
203. Bruegger has 80 votes from the
places reported, Whitehead As. Wilson
38 and Duis 81. The footing against
bonds as far as reported is ga.
BY towns or precincts the presidential
preference vote was as follows:
Dickinson-Roosevelt 191. La Toilette
1877, Taft 3; GIadstone-R. Al. l. 10;
Taylor-R. 81, L. As, T. 8: Richardton
r. %. L. 49. T. 4; Antelope-R. 7.
L. 3; South Heart-R. ii, L. Z; Fertile
Valley-R. 10, L. 7: Lehieh-R. 3, l..
3; Springvale-R. S, L.. 2, I'll; Farm.
ers Valley-R. II, L. s. T. 2; Grand
Meadow-R. II L. s.; Plum Cgeek-R.,
IA, {. 6: Green river-R. 2; St. Mary 8
-R. 9. I. Is. T. 1; StoIz-R.. IA. T. 3;
Heart River-R. 2s: Daglum-R. 16, L.
2; Rader-R. 9, L. 10, T. /; Gaylord
-R. 8, L. IL, T. 1: Ridl-R. 2, L. S;
Bel6eld-R. so. L. 80. r. 1.
Roosevelt carried the Slope counties
by about 1,50o majority. Billings
county was in doubt at last report. :,
CITY OF DICKINSON
The city election on the whole was
quiet. R. H. johnson had no opposi.
tion for mayor. The election of alder.
men by wards was as follows: 1st-