The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-06-03
RESULT OF
STATE VOTE
Clarke, Cummins and Connol
ly Were Important
Winners in Iowa
Primaries.

United Press Leased Wire Service. ]
DES MONIES, Iowa. June 3.-Re-
turns from Mondays primary election
In Iowa are still incomplete but indi.
cate that Cummins defeated Savage
for the republican nomination for
United States senator by $4,000 and
that Connolly has the democratic
nomination, defeating Meredith by
about 5000 which was his majority In
Dubuque county.
Outside OF his home county, Con.
molly and Meredith broke even in the
rest OF the state.
For congress the democrats nomi-
mated where contests took place are
the following: Second district, w. j..
Mcdonald, Iowa City; sixth district,
w. H. Hamilton, Sigourney: seventh
district. c. 8. Cooter. Des Moines;
ninth district, H. 8. Mosher, Walnut;
tenth district, D. NJ. Kelleher, Fort
Dodge.
Republicans nominated In contested
districts are the following: Third dis
trict, B. E Sweet. Waverly; sixth
district. G. w. Ramseyer, Bloomfield:
seventh district, c. G. Dowell, Des
Moines.
Bashor probably defeated Schenk
for the progressive nomination for
United States senator but the vote is
remarkably light and the party show
ed great losses.
For state ofices the following are
probably nominated: For governor,
George w. Clarke, republican, by 49,
900. and John T. Hamilton. democrat,
by $4,000.
For railroad commissioner, Thorne
and Wilson probably viii win, with a
chance for Ottosen to defeat the
latter.
The auditor fght goes to the state
convention In all probability.
For supreme Judge the leaders In
their order with returns from thirty
nine counties are: Weaver, 29.13S;
Thomas, q. .sO7; salinger, n, 1922; Ladd,
~ T,l67; Pruty. 26,7S1;; Withrow, 26.-.
754; Shankland, 26,760.
Meredith ADMITS Oefeat.
DES MONIES, Iowa, June Be T.
Meredith, publisher Of Successful
admitted his defeat by Con-
molly for the democratic nomination
for United States senator today and
sent Connolly telegram Of congrat-
ulation and issued a statement to the
5000 workers who aided him at the
polls. He says he is proud Of his or
ganization and the campaign 1t made.
He says all the democratic state cen
trail committee was against him but
two, every democratic postmaster was
for Connolly and in towns where no
has been made as yet,
several candidates for postmaster
were working for Connolly. He refers
to the attacks on him by the Connolly
which he says are uifair
and ADDS:
Notwithstanding all this, we car
He'd the state except for Dubuque
county, where Mr.. Connolly got more
votes in the primary than Mr.. Wilson
did in the election. which is Of course
Meredith says he would have liked
to make the campaign against Cum
Minis because he thinks he is strong.
or with the labor unions and the farm.
ers than is Connolly. Pledging his
to Connolly. Meredith says in
his telegram: "You have won and 1
you. Call upon me for
any service possible. sincerely hope
Tor your election. have tried hard !
iuring the campaign to do nothing
which would, cost you a vote this fall
and my effort now will be to see that
every supporter Of mine gives you the
same loyal support they have given
me- and that has been as loyal sup !
port as ever given any candidate"