The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-06-06

TUESDAY was primary eleCllOu udy
in South Dako and a big vote was
cast in Brook S city and county.
Complete retu ( from twenty-eight
out of the thi g one precincts of the
county had bt received up to last
night and this Q termines the county
officers, as tho 3 tie in Laketon, Lake
Hendricks s Preston, cannot
change the re : Of any contest. The
vote contains . tie a few surprises,
and evidently = voters did not con
fine themselves very closely to the
States arranged for them, taking
their choice from both sides Of the
ticket.
Geo. w. Egan, the independent can
didate for COY ernor, carried the cOun-
ty by 40 majority, according to the
nearly complete returns. The figures
are: Egan, 977; Byrne, 1886; Gull, 164.
Byrne carried Brookings city by 10
majority over Egan, the result being:
First ward-Egan, Al; Byrne, IS; Gull,
10. Second ward-Egan, So; Byrne,
80; Gull. 10. Third ~ward-Egan, Go;
Byrne, %; Gull, 1. Fourth ward
Egan, rs; Byrne, GA; Gull, 81.
Congressman Burke carried Brook
ings county by one Of the largest ma
~jorities of any candidate on the repub-
lican ticket, having 3l6 to the good
over Curtiss. The figures are: Burke,
1922; Curtiss, zoe; Glass, 200. Cur
tiss carried the city by AZ majority,
but lost out heavily in the country.
r. O. Richards was the high man
among the senatorial candidates, the
figures being as follows: Richards,
1884; Sterling, 6S4; Gamble, 3S9;
Grigsby. 1877. This was a surprise, as
many expected. that the contest would
be between Sterling and Gamble.
Kerr of Brookings city, Olson from
the west side and Schulz from the
northeastern part of the county, were
the winners on the legislative ticket.
Kerr was the high man, his n%eighbors
in the city giving him q fine vote, but
he ran strong all over the county.
Simonson, who has been a member of
the legislature for three terms, was
among the ~"also-rans," receiving the
poorest vote among the five. The
totals are as follows: Kerr, 1876;
Olson, LIS; Schulz, 1920; Mielke,
963; Simonson, 7S5.
The contest for county treasurer
furnished quite a surprise, as it was
predicted that it would be close, but
Gullick ran away with the nomination
in easy fashion. He received over
three hundred majority in the city,
which was a big help. The figures:
Gullick. Lila; Martinson, 626; Reeves,
3S4.
Ripley also furnished a surprise by
winning easily over Stearns for our
ty auditor. The figures: Ripley, l.
1879; Stearns, $40.
John A. Lunden Of Medary, won the
nomination for clerk of courts over
Norman Hanson, the present holder of
the office, by a substantial majority.
Brookings city, Hanson's home, gave
Lunden a majority in each ward and
he received a good vote in all of the
country precincts. The result: Lun-
den, LII; Hanson, $50.
Rood detected Woodwork for
coroner, S65 TO els.
There was no contests on for the
other county Offices.
For county committeeman Young
burg won out over Nyman, 1899 to
427.
Theodore Roosevelt is overwhelm-
inglv the choice of the Brookings
county republicans for president, with
LaFollette second and Taft a very
poor third. The vote on delegates
was: Roosevelt, 1896; LaFollette,
514; Taft, 166.
For national committeeman Thor,
son received 1,13S votes and Halliday
597.
There was apparently little interest
in the contests for state Offices and
only incomplete figures were obtain
able.
The vote in the democratic, pro-
hibition and socialist primaries was
light and no figures obtainable.
County Commissioner ]. l.. Jarvis
won out in this district over H.. G.
Fox by a substantial majority. 1t was