New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-06-24
News Of Especial Interest TO.
Minnesota Readers.
Two CONTESTS VERY CLOSE.
Hammond and Preus Defeated oppo.
nents at the Recent Primaries
by Closest Of Margins.

An apparent error in reporting the
vote for state auditor from Kittson
county is expected to cut down the
total vote for Henry Rines, candidate
for the Republican nomination, by
600.
The figures in one of the hottest
fights at the polls ever staged in the
state now are: Preus, 64,638; Rines,
64,485. Preus is leading by 1853 first
choice votes. The second choice COM
pilation to date is Preus 2,942, Riness
1885,, On the second choice ballot
Preus leads with 105. The total lead
for Preus is 258 votes.
w. S. Hammond moved up to 993
majority over D. w. Lawler in the
race for the Democratic nomination
for governor
The official returns on Hammond.
and Lawler differed slightly from the
newspaper figures in number Of
counties and the addition of the Off
, cial figures in fifty-three counties to
the newspaper figures on the remain
ing thirty-three gave Hammond 21,-
1856 and Lawler 20,213.
Z Lees Plurality Over $4,000.
William E. Lees plurality in the.
contest for the Republican nomination
for governor now exceeds $4,000. In
2,472 precincts the vote is: Eberhart
81,794, Lee 95.913.
All other contests have been settled
and it is now only questions of ma
jorities for Irving A. Caswell, clerk
of the supreme court; ]. A. A. Burn
quist, lieutenant governor; Walter J.
Smith, state treasurer; Lyndon A.
Smith, attorney general; O. p. B. ia
cobson, railroad and warehouse COM
missioner, and Justice George l..
Bum and Albert Johnson of Red
-Wingsfor the two nominations for the
vacancy on the supreme court bench.
Charles B. Elliott of Minneapolis, a
former member of the court, and Judge
p. W.. Morrison of Norwood are in
! third and fourth places, respectively,
| with Judge William Watts of Crooks
ton and Hunt of Litchfield trailing,
The complete tickets of the two lead
| ing parties follow:
Republican.
Goyernor-W William E. Lee, Long
Prairie.s
Lieutenant Governor. A. A. Burn
quist, st. Paul.
Secretary of State Julius Schmahl,
Redwood Falls
State Auditor J.. A. O. Preus, Min
| neapolis.z
State Treasurer-Walter j. Smith,
Eveleth
Attorney General Lyndon A. Smith,
Montevideo
Clerk of the Supreme Court. A.
Caswell, Anoka.
Railroad and Warehouse Commits
sioner-O. P. B. jacobson, Fergus
Falls.
Democrat.
Governor-W. S. Hammond, St.
James
Lieutenant Governor-C. M. Andrist,
Minneapolis.
Secretary IF Staten. N. Berkheim,
Little Falls.
State Auditor Andrew Busch, Man
kato.
State Treasurer M. Engelbert,
Benson.
| Attorney. General-Neil M. Cronin,
Minneapolis.
Railroad Commissioner Loren A.
Smith, Truman.
aI-Republican.
First Sydney Anderson, Lanes
boro.
Second-F. F. Ellsworth, Mankato.
4 Third-C. r. Davis, st. Peter.
FOURTH. C. Stevens, St. Paul.
Fifth-George R. Smith, Minneap-
oils.
/ Sixth-C. A. Lindbergh, Little Falls.
Seventh-A. ]. Volstead, Granite
Falls.
! Eighth-C. b. Miller, Duluth.
i Ninth-Halvor STEVENSON, Crooks
ton.
!. Tenth. E. Jepson. Minneapolis.
Democratic.
Flrst-H. n. Wltnerstlne' snOcnes-
ter.
Second Jean Flittie, Mankato.
Third Carlos Avery, Hutchinson.
Fourth-C. c. Van Dyke, st. Paul.
Fifth-M. c. Bowler, Minneapolis
Sixth. A. Du Bots, Sank Center.
Seventh-No candidate.
Eighth Nelson, Duluth.
Ninth-No candidate
Tenth-Harry swensen, Minneap-
oils.
WARDEN WoLFER RESIGNS On
Head Of saltwater Prison Quits His
Position.
Henry Wolfer, warden Of the. peni-
Tertiary at saltwater, submitted his