Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1914-06-26
News Of Especial Interest ID
Minnesota Readers.
TWO CONTESTS VERY CLOSE
Hammond and Preus Defeated 0ppo
nents at the Recent Primaries
by Closest Of Margins.


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,
SASS. Preus is leading by 1873 first
choice votes. The second choice com.
pilation to date is Preus 2,942, Rines
1887. 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,-
1876 and LAWYER 2O,213.
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; J. 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
Wing for 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.
Governor-Williame E. Lee, Long
Prairie.
Lieutenant GOVERNOR. A. A. Burn.
Quist, st. Paul.
Secretary of State-Julius Schmahl,
Redwood Falls. -..-
State Auditor-J. A. o. Preus, Min.
neapolis.
State Treasurer-walter J. Smith,
Eveleth.
Attorney GENERALIZATION A. Smith,
Montevideo. o.
Clerk of the Supreme Court. A.
Caswell, Anoka. '--.. a." ,.5
Railroad and Warehouse Commits.
sioner-O. P. B. Jacobson, Fergus
Falls.
j, Governor-W. S. Hammond, st.
James.
Lieutenant Governor-C. NJ. Andrist,
Minneapolis.
Secretary of Staten. N. Berkheim,
Little Falls. ...-...-..
State Auditor-Andrew Busch, Man.
kato.
State Treasurer-E. M. Engelbert,
Benson.
Attorney General-Neil M. Cronin,
Minneapolis.
Railroad Commissioner-Loren A.
Smith, Truman.
conoressional-RepubIican.
First-Sydney Anderson, Lanes.
boro. -.......
Second-F. F. Ellsworth, Mankato.
Third-C. r. Davis, st. Peter.
Fourth-F. c. Stevens, st. Paul.
Fifth-George R. Smith, Minneap-
oils. -
Sixth-C. A. Lindbergh, Little Falls.
Seventh-A. J. Volstead, Granite
Falls. ....s--
Eighth-C. B. Miller, Duluth.
Ninth-Halvor Stevenson, Crooks.
ton. -s-,-~--.---s----. ---ss ,>..>-.s-@ -:--
Tenth-L E. Jepson, Minneapolis.
Democratic.
First-H. H. Witherstine, Roches-
ter. e:.~-'
Second Flittie, Mankato.
Third Carlos Avery, Hutchinson.
Fourth c. Van Dyke, st. Paul.
Fifth-M. c. Bowler, Minneapolis. Z
Sixth. A. Du Bots, Sank Center.
Seventh-No candidate. f..
Eighth-Andrew Nelson, Duluth,
Ninth-No candidate.
Tenth-Harry Swensen: Minneap.
oils. -
WARDEN W0LFER RESIGNS