The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-08-19
PRIMARY RESULTS
Kansas Returns Show a Close
Vote on Many of the Con-
tested Offices.
GARDNER CHOSEN IN MISSOURI
Democratic Candidate Has Safe Mar
ein-Late Returns Give Lamm
Lead Over Swanger.

Topeka, Aug. 3.-In the big feature
of the Kansas primary-the race for
the Republican nomination for state
auditor-it appears that the official
vote next Friday will have to decide
and even then the absent vote and the
soldier vote may change the result.
Frank Organ, Fred Knapp and Dan
Dyer are so close together on the re-
turns from seventy counties that
every time a report comes in it
changes the position of the three men.
The returns are incomplete in a ma
jority of the counties.
The early returns on the state treas
urer race have been entirely upset by
the reports coming in tonight. W. W.
Cook OF Kansas City has been defeat
ed by Walter Payne OF Burlingame.
All of the early returns gave the race
to Cook by a good plurality, but M
merous counties which he was expect
ed to carry were found to have given
C. z. Evans a plurality and such
close vote between Payne and Cook
that the big Payne counties entirely
overturned the Cook lead. The Evans
vote is one of the surprises Of the
primary.
Ross Still In Lead.
W. D. Ross still is leading Miss
Lizzie Wooster for state superinten-
dent of instruction, but he still is far
from being declared the winner, as
there have been numerous upsets in
this vote. too.
Tom Botkin has been renominated
by the Republicans for secretary of
state.
Other Republican nominees, re-
named without opposition, are:
Lieutenant Governor-W. Y. Nor
gan, Hutchinson.
Attorney Generals. NJ. Brewster,
Troy.
Superintendent of Insurance-Carey
Wilson, Topeka.
State Printer-W. R. Smith, Colum-
bus.
Max Anderson has conceded the
nomination of Otis L. Benton for con-
gress in the Sixth district by small
majority. Anderson made hard
fight for a short time, but the long
campaign of Benton won him the
nomination Clyde Miller has be-
tween $500 and 5000 plurality in the
Fourth district, carrying every county
but Greenwood and Woodson, with
Chase in doubt. Martindale was thir-
teen ahead of Miller in Chase county
on the incomplete returns tonight. The
other two candidates made only q
slight showing except in their own
counties.
J. S. Simmons has won the nomi-
nation in the Seventh district over
Frank Russell and three other candi-
dates.
Easy for Lansdon.
W. c. Lansdon has a big majority
over Ben Gaitskill for the Democratic
gubernatorial nomination. Some Of
his friends here were claiming tonight
that Lansdon would have a larger ma
jority than Gaitskill's total vote. But
they had only incomplete figures to
prove it and some of the big south
east counties where Gaitskill will poll
a majority were not included.
The Result in Missouri.
St Louis, Aug. 3-With a vote Of
1880 in the city Of st. Louis, Judge
Henry Lamm tonight was running far
ahead of John E. Swanger for the Re-
publican nomination for governor. Re
turns from ninety counties and st.
Louis gave Lamm a lead of 1854.
Unless late returns from counties out
in the state show unusually large plu-
ralities for Swanger he will be unable
to overcome Lamm's lead.
Both Lamm and SWanger headquar-
tiers claimed victories. The official
vote may have to be referred to to de-
termine the winner. Lamm's sweep
ing victory In St Louis and the COM
plete crumpling Of the KielSchmoIl
machine gave Swanger an almost Inn
possible handicap to overcome. But
in the down state districts he has
been creeping up on his jurist COM
petitor and the Lamm plurality has
been slipping.
Democrats Name Gardner.
Returns from ninety counties and
the city OF St. Louis, tabulated to
night, gave Frederick D. Gardner,
nomination for governor, lead Of
$4,000. His nearest opponent, John
n. Atkinson, had $1,000.
Other probable nominees are:
Lieutenant Governor-Wa1lace Cross.
ley (Dem.l, Roy F. Britton (Rep.)
Attorney General-Frank W. Nc
AIlister Dem.), James H. Mason
Rep).
Secretary OF State. Kelly Pool
(Dem.), William c. Askin (Rep.)
Treasurer-Geo. Middlekamp Oem. },
Alfred J Witt (Rep).
Auditor-John P. Gordon Dem.) },
| George E. Blackman (Rep-).
Supreme Court, Division No. IA.
n. Woodson (Dem.), Robert S. Rob
ertson (Rep); Division No. 2, Fred
Williams (Dem.l, Edward Higbee
| Rep.).
Judge st. Louis Court of Appeals
Davis Briggs EDem.), Lamber E Wal
Their (Rep.).
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