Weekly journal-miner., 1914-09-16
YAVAPAI DISHES UP
 SOME BIG SURPRISES
(From Thursdays Daily.)

For general surprises a primary election has Pandora's box beaten
 Q frazzle Thus far the surprises nave been many but before all the -eturns are in the voters are likely
 o be afforded many more, both pleasant and unpleasant, and to say
 he least. unexpected.
 There were many twists and turns with the receipt of additional re
 urns yesterday from the county and state. Some who the night before considered that their margin was great enough to permit them enjoy ing a good nights sleep found by studying the Journal-Miner bulletin board that the outlook was not so 'oseate after all. Up until late lour last evening complete returns
 rom B precincts Of the 6 had been -eceived and the status of some of
 he contests was such that additional -eturns must be had before it is defi- litely known whom the winners are.
 The most exciting of all the con tests, locally. is for the nomination
 or county recorder. The outcome )f the shrievalty struggle was de
 ermined early in the day in favor )f Joe Young who now has such commanding lead over this oppon- :nts, one and all, that there is no lope of catching him. In fact all
 he Democrats have thrown up the sponge and are satisfied to have
 he umpire. the people, declare them town and out. But with this strug- gle out of the way the interest inn nediately shifted to the recorded fight between L. s. Colwell and Mrs. Edith Ruffner. At first it seemed as
 hough Colwell was out of the dan ger zone but in a short time the country precincts came rolling in md almost without exception they demonstrated their gallantry by giving a majority for the lady candi- late. From a handicap of over l60 n the morning, Mrs. Ruffner's vote sept climbing up until last night she was only 6 behind. Today's returns will in all probability be de- .erminative.
 Another exciting contest is that -or the senatorial nominations. Nor IS Goldwater can smile and say: q should worry but the other run lers will keep their eyes peeled to see if they are the favored ones. Goldwater has the nice little number of LILO votes to his credit. Reid )f Seligman comes next with 588. Rutherford Of Jerome follows with 15l while Mrs. Francis Munds of this city and Nelson is only two behind the latter with 54o. The second nomination rests between the last named with all the political lopesters keeping silence.
 There IS still another contest which IS yet undetermined-the four nomi- nations for the house of representa- lives. J. F. Leeper has ceased to fret, Johns is assured of being on the ticket but who will be the other lucky two IS yet Chinese puzzle. Orthel has 772 votes, Sweeney 75o, Jacobs 758. and the next is Oliver with 5S9, followed by Ryan with oSS. Some race that!
 Be 1t known that in the republican ranks Lute Wilson edged out Blake Baker by one vote for the nomina- tion for constable Of Prescott pre- cinct w. M Poulson has secured the nomination of justice of the peace from J. NJ. w. Moore while Chas. Bradbury has a stronghold | on the nomination for county treas ! lrer. On the democratic side of the | fence Bill Fitzgerald won handily | from Jack Took the constabulary ! nomination while Judge McLane | edged out on Fred Eckert and was -eturned a winner for the justice of he peace nomination by a nose.