La Junta tribune., 1914-09-12
PRIMARY ELDCTION RESULTS.
Less 1haA 1900 voees Cast in the
Primary Eleettoa n Oteso Coan.
q Lest Tuesday.

y Lest Tuesday.
Otero county. with IL twenty
eight Drecincss. did not cast q many
votes In the primary election last
Tuesday - wsre cast m the seven
precincts Of II Junta At the last
presidential election. The total
vote in the seven precincts Of La
Junta in November. 1919. was g.
lS1. The total vote cast for presi-
dent in Otero county In November.
1912. was l.l7s-wilson. s.332;
Roosevelt. 1905. and Taft 1901.
The vote In Otero county At the
primary election last Tuesday was
not quite 1000. the total vote Of all
the candidates for governor being
1891. This Il less than fifty per
cent Of the vote cast for president
two years ago.
The democrats cast twice as many
votes At the primary election as the
republicans-the total for democrat
ic candidates for governor being
1890. and only 658 ror the republi-
can candidates for governor. Cos
tigan. the progressive. only had =
grand total Of - votes In the entire
county. In the election two years
ago S2s ballots were cast for him
fn6 wnvaennp Te as anita uunh~ ~ A
that these thirty-three votes will be
the limit Of his total vote in Otero
county this fall. North La Junta
gave Costisan 8 votes-the greatest
number that he received in any Of
the twenty-eight precincts. and In
only six precincts did he receive
more than one vote. and In over half
Of them none Mt all. The attorney
for the United Mine Workers Of
America did not do very well in
Otero county.
Nothing definite was known as to
the result Of the primary election
uatil tie official count was made.
Returns were received At the court
house on the night OF election but
NO record vas kept o. the republican
vote, ~. 9enecsats belng The ealy
- mt e6s6 6Ine6fssesd d ksspla2
tab on the rstuSns-democratic re-
turns. The chief concern Of the
democratic hosts seemed to be ON
the vote for Heating. and he was
skinned In Otero county 70 the tune
Of 34s. The democratic postmas-
tor at Mansanola got out . circular
and made special plea 70 his demo-
cratic friends q vote for Heating.
and the result was that Keating re-
ceived 10 votes while Mcdaniel poll.
ed 3s-mors than two to one In "a
vor Of the latter. Had more effort
bsen made on Ksating's behalf Nc
Daniel would probably have landed
the nomination.
AZ this writing the Indications are
that Caflsoa recsivsd the republican
uominatioa for governor. II Otsro
county Carlson pollsd SCI votss-
81 more thaa he combinsd vote for
Nlcholsoa asd ooudy.
The official count was commsaced
st the court house Wednesday after.
noon and was coacludsd Thursday
morning. undss The supsrvtsjoa oe
the eounty clssk and Justices Of lhs
Peace J. n. Tsssr. Of L. Juata. and
J. ". chrittoa. Of Rocky Ford. Ths
totals for the various candidates ass
- foilows:
REPUBLICAN,.
United States 0enator.-Hubsrt
Work. $50; Isaac n. Stevens. ils.
Representative ip slth Consrsss.
Third Congressional District-Frsd
Stanley. iss: Edward :. Boushton.
|ol: J. W. D. Smith. los: Charles
y. ceriest. O.: Neil Mclean. iss.
Judgs Of the Suprsms Court, for
~ tern Of ten ysars-John Camp
bsll. se7: George w. Allen. lss.
oevssaor- Samuel D. Nlchelsoa.
ie3; 0eosss A. carlson. ssi: Frsnk
c. 0eudy. ie%.
oeeeseasy ef Stats-John e. Re-
~. ~; A1olph Ussus. ise.
Auditor q otate-Bsnjsm @.
cseseo. ~ 81; Albloa <. viekssy.
oe; 8nSyv \. Mulnlx. 1o5.
\ eoaeo 1Seaeurss-A1lisos oeeskss.
SS1s Lo01o Q. 0eeea1es. So1.
AtooeAQ 0eoegal-Wlllla0 .. o.
~ e1as vev1 =. Psa1sll. lsi;
ns0soouno11lvD Seth oessgal ~.
oontovs - oooeo 80 Csevisv eDss.
ooD-choA Q. Weeo1s110s. lSes
neuhoa q. ~ llS.
49, q tssis 90.
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