The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-11-10
MORRISON LOSES
TO HAYES; M'KEE
:. ALSO SO DEFEATED.
Vote of Twelve Of Fourteen Missin,,
Precincts Received and Close
Contests Are Decided.
AKERBERG WINS BY TH1RTY-0NE
Johnson Majority Given Another In
crease and He Carries County by
More Than Fourteen Hundred

Spruce Grove, with it's thirty Eight
votes, has decided who is to serve on
the board of county commissioners
from the Third district, for when
the returns of that precinct were re-
ceived today the vote was shown to
be, Morrison 5, Hayes 81, giving the
latter, with all precincts accounted
for, 21 majority and spelling defeat
for the chief of the Minnesota Chip
pewas. r.:
Morrison's Friends Hoped.
With three precincts missing, Nor,
rison's friends predicted his election,
even with Hayes six votes to the
good, the total being Hayes 293, and
Morrison 287. Then came Lee and
Northwood precincts giving Morrison
l9 votes to for Hayes, and placing
the chief five votes to the good The
election Of Morrison was believed to
be certain. Then came Spruce Grove
Will ITO OVC1 w tOIc lOI Tie
Socialist candidate.
Mckee Also Defeated.
Not only did Spruce Grove defeat
Morrison, but it played a prominent
part in the victory which Garfield
Akerberg, Socialist, has finally Sc
cured over H. N. Mckee in the race
for coroner. In this precinct Mckee
received five votes to % for Akerberg.
Yesterday with fourteen precincts to
hear from, Mckee led by vote of
1893 to 1,246, but today the election
accounts at the court house show
Mckee to have been given a vote os
1882 to lab for Akerberg.
There are two more precincts to
hear from, Waskish and Potamo, but
it is not certain that elections were
held in either place. The vote, how
ever, cannot change the result from
that here announced. d. ~.
Johnson is Favorite. -.a.a~
Sheriff Johnson's majority over
Petersen continues to increase and
he has carried the county by far
greater vote than any other candi-
date. The popular sheriff's lead now
totals 1,470, the vote being Johnson
2,2S3, Petersen S13.
..,. George Easy Winner.
Another race which has created
much interest at the court house dur
ing the past few days has also been
decided by the late returns. Rhoda,
Beltrami county's efficient clerk of
court, was running ahead of James
l.: George, county auditor, as the re-
turns were received, his lead for sew
eral days being as low as ten votes
But the contest has been finally de-
cided, the auditor winning by less
than a hundred votes. Both were
reelected by flattering majorities,
being we'll over the one thousand
mark
The vote, George 1894, Tanem
SS7. Georges majority, 1,1O7. Rhoda,
2,012, Schroeder 975. Rhoda's ma
jority, 1,037.
Socialist Vote Tells.
1t had been expected since the re-
turns began to appear at the court
house that Graham NJ Torrance
would be reelected by a vote of not
less than 800 majority, but as the
last precinct totals were received the
Socialists showed strength and Funk
ley was enabled to gather a large
portion of the votes, cutting the lead
of his opponent from 351 to 276. The
present count, Torrance 1,7O1, Funk
ley, 1,425.
Moon Gains Easy Victory.
c. o. Moons lead in the race for
register of deeds has been continually
increased and now figures sos. 1t
had been predicted that the race for
register of deeds would be one of the
warmest of the campaign and many
claimed that Harris would be return
ed to office. AS the vote stands Har-
ris secured only 1,169 votes to 1874
for Moon, whose efficient service as
a public servant had much to do with
his victory.
Stewart Runs Strong.
w. B. Stewart, county superintend
ent of schools, has shown remarkable
strength in all parts of the county and
his reelection has been caused by a
large majority. Mr.. Stewart is per-
haps the best known OF any of the
county officials, his work regularly
taking him into the different dis
tricts.
Judge Clark has defeated Harris,
his opponent for the judge of probate
seat, by majority of 314, the vote
being Clark 1,645, Harris, 1881.
Nord's Endorsement.
The endorsement given Nord in his
candidacy for state senator is one
of the most substantial given any
candidate in either Koochiching or
Beltrami counties and proves the