The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-06-26

so far are Ramsey, st. Louis, Wash
ington, Dakota, Becker, Crow Wing,
ltasca, Lake, Morrison and Stearns,
and some of these are incomplete, SO
their vote may show reversal. Lee
carried even Winona county, which
his friends had no idea of doing, and
he carried nearly every county in the
third district, where Ebehart was sup
posed to be strongest.
The banner Lee county to date is
Lyon, which gave Lee 1,195 to 800 for
Eberhart, or almost four to one. Lyon
county Is the home of G. B. Bjornson,
secretary of the Lee campaign COM
mittee.
Halbert Well in Lead.
The II counties which have report
ed officially, have given Hugh 7. Hal
bert sufficiently large enough vote
to justify the statement that he has
defeated his opponent, Edward N.
Westerlund, and will go on the ticket
as the Progressive nominee for COVER
nor.
Returns on all other candidates for
state Office have not change the re-
suits. Lyndon A. Smith, attorney gen.
eral, leads James A. Manahan by
thousands of votes,
Justices Run Evenly.
Justice Bum of the supreme court
and Judge Johnson of Red Wing, are
the nominees for the Office of asso-
ciate justice. They both polled practi-
cally the same number of votes.
J. A. A. Burnquist has steadily in
creased his lead over Elias Stevenson
for the Republican nomination for
lieutenant governor. Early returns
showed Stevenson pushing Burnquist
close ]
Walter j. Smith, state treasurer,
leads his opponent, R. j. Johnson, of
Austin, by more than 10000 votes in
1897 precincts. o. P. B. Jacobson has
a lead of nearly that amount over his
closest competitor in the race for the
Republican nomination for railroad
and warehouse commissioner. /. A.
Caswell, clerk of the supreme court,
has lead of nearly $4,000 over McCu-
brey, his opponent.
Congressional Results Definite.
In the First district Sydney Ander-
son has lead of nearly 5000 over his
former secretary, Ola M. Levang. In
asmuch as the Democrats and Social
lists have no filing in this district, Mr..
Anderson is certain of reelection as
representative in congress from the
First.
In the Second district, Franklin F.
Ellsworth, the young Mankato attor-
ney, who has twice before received
the Republican nomination, and who
was defeated both times by w. S.
Hammond, the retiring member, gets
away with the nomination for the third
time, defeating julius E. Haycraft, the
present senator from Martin and Wa
tonwan counties, by 1,151. Jean A.
Flittie, a Mankato attorney, is the
Democratic nominee and J. H. Hollis
ter of Sleepy Eye will run as Social
list.
In the Third district, c. R. Davis
was nominated without opposition,
while in the Fourth district Fred G.
Stevens had a similar pleasantly. In
the Fifth district George R. Smith, the
present member, defeated Ernest Lun-
deem by vote of II, 2O5 to 9,243. Three
counties are missing from the Sixth
district, but Charles A. Lindbergh, the
present member, has defeated his OPP
ponent, H. ]. Maxfield, by over 5000.
voIstead Not Opposed.
In the Seventh district Andrew j.
Volstead, the present member, had no
opposition, and will not have at the
general election. In the Eighth dis
trict only Carlton county has reached
the Office of the secretary of state, but
Clarence B. Miller is an easy winner
over his rival, James P. Boyle. In the
Ninth district, Becker, Marshall and
Norman counties have not yet report
ed, but Halvor Stevenson, the sitting
member, wins out by several thousand
Fires At German Diplomat.