Weekly journal-miner., 1914-09-16
SMITH LEADING LING IN THIS
 COUNTY
(From Wednesdays Daily.)

battle of ballots which ragged yester- day in Prescott and Yavapai coun- ty. and for that matter all over the state.
 Owing to the number Of candi- dates it was impossible at late hour last evening to determine the victors in the primaries. as the long ballot made counting very slow and at the time Of going to press this morning the election officials in the two local polling places were still at their task. the prospects being that it would not be ended until ten o'clock today
 Only a few complete returns from a limited number of precincts were received. but these with partial re- turns available justihes a forecast as to the result, but not an accu- rate one
 The chief interest locally centered in the fight for sheriff and county recorder. Tn the first named contest it looks as though Joe Young had the best of the argument. Drew possibley second and Lowry third. with Colwell leading Mrs. Ruffner by a narrow margin for the nomi- nation for the latter office.
 Somewhat of surprise was sprung when the tallying of the votes began and it developed that Mark Smith was beating Reese Ling for the United States senatorial nom ination by almost three to one, il this. Ling's former home town. For the House of Representative ]. F. Leeper and A. A. Johns seem to have a commanding lead with no danger of their opponents overtak ing them. Jacobs is at present tho third man in the race with the oth- CTS trailing on behind. Who vii be nominated besides the two first named is yet question to be de termined with the receipt Of addi- tional returns At the present writ ing it would appear that GoldwateI and Andrews have the best of tho argument for the State senatorial nominations. It is difficult to yet figure the possibilities of the ter men seeking the supervisorial nomi nations with the exception tha' Stephens, the present chairman oi the board. seems to be polling 2 heavy vote in the districts heard from.
 In the only contest on the Re doubt but that Governor Hunt has beaten Hughes in this county al. though some Of the outlying pre- cincts have favored the Maricops prohibitionist
 Henry D. Ross, candidate for re, nomination to the supreme bench not only in Prescott but also those portions of the county already heard from, is distancing the other judi, cial candidates and from presen' indications may be given the highes' vote in the primary in this county
 In the only contest in the Re publican ticket, for the nomination of treasurer. Chas. Bradbury is lead ing C, F. Mckinley. The nomina ton Of Harry Heap and Barney Smith for the su2ervisorial board is conceded.
 A total of 1.28S votes were cas,' in both of the Prescott precincts Of this number the Democrats poll ed 1,032, the Republicans 217 the Progressives g and the Social ists but l6. The Republicans, hay ing no contests in their own pri mary evidently decided to help ou' their Democratic ofice-seeking friends and for this purpose about 400 of the standpatters took bour- bon tickets. Even the Republican women followed the lead of the men folks.
 By precincts the vote locally was as follows: Prescott North-Demo- cratic. 55S; Republican, %; Pro eressive, ,; Socialist, 6, total oil 655; Prescott South-Democratic! 474; Republican, l2l; Progressive IS; Socialist 10, total of 623.
 More returns will be received to- day. in fact a sufficient number tel determine who will be the candidates of all the parties. As fast as they are received they will be posted on the Journal-AIiner bulletin board
 Women Voting the Feature.
 The active part taken by women was conceded to be the feature oil the election. From the time the polls opened until their close, the women made themselves conspicu- ous at the polls and throughout the city manifesting a snap and vim which was interesting to contem- plate. There were just as many women in charge of election autos as there were men, and there were just as many women distributing campaign cards and literature on the streets as there were men. Every where the female worker appeared to predominate, and her presence seemed to enlivcn and give zcst to the election.
 The vote among the women was exceptionally strong for Mrs. Edith Ruffner DenOcroti~ candidate for