The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1912-04-05
PLURALITY IS
A LITTLE LESS
RETURNS WILL GIVE SENATOR
LEAD OF ABOUT $4,000 OVER
ROOSEVELT.
IS VERY LIGHT
Colonel Carried Is of 40 Counties
Total Vote in North Dakota Esti-
mated at 52,ooo-John
6ruegger Elected.

Fargo, March 22.--On more COM
plete returns, which were obtained
covering Tuesdays presidential pref.
erence primary in North Dakota,
United States Senator Robert M. La
Follettes plurality over Colonel
Roosevelt has been materially reduced.
as compared with the early claims OF
the La Toilette forces. His plurality
over Roosevelt will be between 1900
and $4,000.
Colonel Roosevelt. on the returns
now at hand. has carried is counties
OF the ~ in the state, instead Of nine.
as originally claimed by the La Fol-
lette forces. In many other counties
ne has reduced the majorities, but, to
offset those. Senator La Toilette has
raised HI majorities in still other
counties.
Cass county, which appeared to give
La toilette q majority of 1900, has
been reduced to 900, while the same
ratio Of decrease has been obtained
IN several other counties. In a total
OF LII precincts Out of 1913 in for
mer counties, La Toilette has received
g majority i've Roosevelt Of 1920, the
vote being 22.S75 to 1873. In those
same counties Taft has received a
vote Of about 1900.
In the five counties which have not
made definite reports, La Toilette has
received a majority OF approximately
1920, which, together with the gains
which he will make when the remain
Ing 500 precincts in the partially re-
ported counties are received, will fix
the La Toilette plurality over Roose-
welt and Taft at between 1850 and
$1,000.
Counties Carried by Colonel.
The counties which have been car
ried by Roosevelt are Billings, Bur.
leigh, Emmons. Logan, Kidder, Eos
ter, Hettinger, Ransom, Richland,
Pembina, Morton Stark, Dunn Sheri-
dan, Mercer and Mcintosh. Morton and
Pembina gave him the biggest MAORI
ties. In the Is counties Roosevelt
was given a majority over La Toilette
Of about $3.50. while in the remainder
OF the counties carried by La Toilette
the senator had a majority over Roose-
welt of about ID, 1925. giving him a ma
jority, based on those returns, OF H.
100.
The total vote in the state, as in
Dictated by the returns on hand, was
about $4,000. OF that vote, La Toilette
has received between 10000 and 49,
900. while Roosevelt has received be-
tween $4,000 and 10000 votes. Presi.
dent Taft's vote in the state will be
between 1000 and $4,000 when the
count is made.
Marshall Has Majority.
Thomas Marshall. as the candidate
for Republican national committee
man, has a majority e f. c. Cooper
which will be even greater, on the per.
centage of vote cast, than is the ma
jority given La Toilette. In many
counties he has run four and five to
one against Cooper. The vote for the
delegates has been close to the line,
as indicated by returns available.
Taft's vote in the state is so small
as to be insignificant. With about
twelve hundred voting precincts in the
state, his total vote will be less than
$500, precinct after precinct reporting
not a single vote for the president.
John 8ruegger Is Elected.
Every indication pointed to the cleo
ton of John Bruegger as nationa
committeeman of the Democratic
party. The returns which have beer
received at the Bruegger h%eadquarterl
in this city, as we'll as those which
have been obtained by the Fargo an
Grand Forks newspapers, show tina
Mr. Bruegger is running we'll ahea'
throughout the state and it appear
impossible for any of the other car
didates to overcome the lead. MI
Bruegger's support has been very ger
eral and in several counties he ha
received as large a vote as all tn
other candidates combined.
Despite the unusual heat injected il
to the national committeeman fight b
the candidates themselves, they wer
unable to bring the Democrats to tn
> polls in very large numbers, as tn
total Democratic vote in the state
only about 5000 or 1000.
z Woman Suffrage Defeated.
Boston, March 22.-Woman suffrae