Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-05-18
DR.. SMITH RUNS
AHEAD OF BENNET
By 1900 VOTES
DIR. Withycombe Wins Repub-
hcan Nomination with s.
600 Votes to Spare
M'NARY Is CHOSEN
FOR SUPREME BENCH
Brown Of Roseburg to be OPP
posed by John Jeffrey
in November

Portland, Or, Nay 1S.-Although
election returns are still missing from
some of the outlying counties, none of
the nominations for state offices are
in doubt and the successful candidates
have all sufficient pluralities or major.
tiles to establish their claims to party
nominations.
DR.. James Withycombe, of Corvallis,
and DR.. j. @. Smith, of Portland, are
the nominees for governor on the re-
publican and democratic tickets, re-
spectively
In the republican rank, DR.. Witty
combe is winner vita nearly 5000
votes to spare.
The republican totals as far as can
be ascertained from the counties which
have reported thus far are as follows:
Withycombe, 1884; Moser, 12,797;
Crawford, 1895; Dimick, 1884; Car
ter, 1884; Geer 6,736; Johns, 6,4O5;
Drownell, 4,16o.
Further returns show DR.. Smith is
still running ahead of Judge A. s.
Bennett by about 1900 votes, and this
number is almost sure to be the doc.
tor 8 plurality when the complete vote
is in, as he has maintained this lead
since last Saturday.
Tine democratic results complete ex-
cept for few precincts show DR.. Smith
leading with 1l,505 votes; Judge Ben
nett second with 9,9T9; John Manning
third with 1855; G.. A. Cobb fourth
with 1,735, and Colonel Robert A.
Miller, fifth and last, with 1902.
Late state returns from missing pre-
cincts and outlying counties have clear
ed any doubt that might have existed
as to the four nominees ft' the su-
preme bench, and they stand: Mcbride,
Bean, McNary and Harris, in tie order
named.
The eight candidates ran in the fol.
lowing order according to the last fig.
ures available.
Mcbride, $4,000; Bean, 1926; Nc.
Nary, 32,696; Harris, 81, ,l65; Cleeton
81 ,497; Benson, 25,S39; Richardson
16,469; darcy, 1915.
George M. Brown. of Roseburg, best.
ed his nearest opponent, Frank s.
Grant, former city attorney of Port
land, by nearly 1000 votes, Grant run.
ming ahead of Brown in Multnomah
county due to nis wide acquaintance
and popularity. He win be opposed next
fall by John Jeffry of Portland, the
democratic nominee who had opposition
in the primary election.
The several republican candidates for
attorney general stand as follows, ac.
cording to the latest returns:
Brown, 24,005; Grant, 17,34S; Farrin
l0,5O9; Lord, 10,310; johnson, S,l14.
John II. Lewis, the present state en-.
gineer, running for denomination, un.
mercifully walloped L. r. Stock.
man Of Baker some 10000 votes. The
vote for this office is: Lewis, 38,863;
Stockman, 1924.
| Labor Commissioner o. P. Hoff cas-
lily secured a denomination. The stand
ing of the four candidates is: Hoff, &c..
279; BynoD, 1894; Miller, 10,746;
Madison, 9,033.
! Frank J. Miller, at present member
of the railroad commission, was re
nominated over Hal D. Patton by a
vote of nearly 2 to ], receiving 37,86C
to his opponents 1907.
Ralph f. Williams, the present re
publican national committeeman foi
Oregon, was reelected over Charles w
Ackerman, by majority of some 1000
votes, while II. NJ Esterly, of Portland
defeated w. H. Canon, Of Medford, fol
democratic national committeeman by
two votes to one all through the state