Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-11-08
HUGHES LEADS
N CITY; BUT
LOSES COUNTY
Head of Republican Ticket Goes
Out of Bismarck With 81
Votes to the Good
sTEEN RUNS AHEAD OF
CASEY; PENWARDEN WINS
Nominee for State Treasurer Out.
strips Democratic Rival
County Candidate Safe %.

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Complete returns from II precincts
in Burleigh county, including the City
of Bismarck, give Hughes $50 and
Wilson 1,0l1. In the city Hughes ran
ahead of Wilson in every ward ex-
cept the Fourth, polling 69l to Will
sons 637. In the country precincts
Wilson led with 374 to Hughes's 259
Steen polled rs votes in the city
to Casey's 299. In the country pre-
cincts Casey led with 1863 to Stems
1S4, but the latter is ahead to date
in Burleigh county, with $50 to 6GS.
PenWarden High Man. '
Richard Penwarden, for county
treasurer, polled heavier vote in
the city than any other candidate on
the Republican ticket. His total in
Bismarck was 849, to Johnson's 1873.
In the county to date Penwarden is
we'll in the lead with 1888 to 1886.
His election is conceded.
George NJ. Young, for congress, ran
even with the head OF his ticket in
Bismarck, leaving the city with a
vote of 600 to McDonald's 266 His
lead was still further increased by
the. country precincts, which gave
him FOG to McDonald's 81.
Judiciary Results.
Bismarck gave Fisk 767, Burke 76S
and Spalding 697, as against 222 for
Robinson, 22S for Birdzell and 17G
for Grace. Outside the city Robin
son got 413, ,Birdzell 40S, Grace 397,
as compared with 1863 for Fisk, 155
for Burke and 1876 for Spalding. The
results for q precincts find Fisk,
Burke and Spalding in the lead, with
$50, 925 and S33, respectively, while
Robinson. Birdzell and Grace, in the
order named, have 635, G34 and 573.
Unanimous Fer Normal.
Bismarck was almost unanimous in
favor Of the Dickinson Normal school,
registering 42S votes for the PROPOSE
ton, in three wards. and but Cd
against. In the outside precincts the
proposition polled l51 votes for and
AZ against, the totals for the q pre-.
cincts standing SO "Yes" ind 107
mo"
Mcdonald Leads Hoover.
For state superintendent of public
instruction Mcdonald leads Hoover in
both the city and the county, with
o19 to lO7 the totals to date
..t',@'a+ Voting Brisk:
Voting throughout the city was un.
usually brisk. At every polling place
during the forenoon and early after.
noon voters stood in line awaiting
their opportunity at the booths. In
Ward One. which has a normal vote
Of 1879, 165 ballots had been cast at
2 o'clock. Ward Three, with nor.
NAL vote of 1S9, reported 100 ballots
in at o'clock. In Ward Two, 3
O'Clock found 202 votes cast. The
normal vote Of this ward is 24O. In
Ward Four 1Ol votes out Of usual
total of 1876 had been cast; in Ward
Five there were 121 out of a total OF
$50, and in Ward six 1879 cut of a
normal total of 1S9.
Because of the unusual number of
ballots and the extraordinary length
OF the general ballot. more time than
usual was consumed in voting. In
spite of this fact, there was compar-
atlvely little delay in the city pre-
cincts.
Sentiment Changes.
During the morning /uch Hughes
money was In evidence. BY mid.af-
ternoon it had all been covered or
withdrawn. There was no fixed sen.
timent for either presidential canlli.
date toward the close of the ballot
ing. EveFyon candidly confessed to
being up in the air."
Spsnd" Day at Home. ....
A majority of the state candidates
for reelection whose voting residence
is outside of Bismarck spent the day
at home. Chief Justice C. J. Fisk
was at Grand Forks. Associate JUS
tice E. r. Burke spent the day in Bis
marck. John Steen, candidate to sue.
coed himself as state treasurer. pass
ed the day at Rugby. Tom Hall. Re-
publican candidate for secretary of
state, and Carl II. Kositzky, Republi-
can candidate for state auditor, en-
1oyed day of rest and quiet at their
homes in the Capital City.
The Results in 1912. a
IN 1919, George NJ. Young, Republic
can candidate for congress, polled
l,2S5 votes in Burleigh county. and J.
A. Mincklert Democratic, 395: L. B.
Hanna, Republican candidate for gov.
ernor, received 1899, and F. O. Hells-
from, Democrat, 76S.
In Bismarck city the 1912 vote by
wards war: Young, rs, 1913, 113, IS,
20, 116; Minckler. "a, 26, 20, 20, 90, rs.
Hanna, 100, 1902, 90, Ga, Is, Ill; Hels-
from, 81, Ga, so, A, 40, 46. Young, who
received the highest Republican vote
in the city, polled GA. while Helstrom,
who led the Democratic ticket re.
Ceived 2S1. -
CHAS. E. HUGHES CARRIES
WISCONSIN BY 10000