The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-08-04
LATE RETURNS
BOOST LAMM'S
LEAD in STATE
SO Counties Are in and Swan
ger Trails q, 500 Votes
Behind.
GARDENERS PLURALITY
ADVANCES TO 10000
Last II Hours Show Lamm Gains
in Country in Swanger
Territory.

81. LOUIS, Aug. At / fldaF u aDu-
Iations of 144,336 Republican votes
from the cities and 80 counties gives
the gubernatOrial nomination to Judge
Henry Lamm by plurality that will
be from $4,000 to 10000 Colonel Fred
D. Gardeners plurality over his near
est opponent, John NJ. Atkinson. has
grown in the last II hours from 5000
to 10000 and there is no reason to
doubt his nomination.
Instead of losing in the country as
the Swanger managers predicted,
Judge I.amm within the last few hours
has been gaining over his opponent
and with but % counties remaining to
be tabulated, Swanger is hopelessIy in
the rear. Lamm soon will have q lead
Of 1000 votes per county over his OPP
ponent.
At Swanger headquarters, Lamm's
victory has not been conceded and they
are pinning their faith to big change
when the official count is received from
the country.
In the 1912 primary there were only
AS, coo Republican votes. The count
already indicates that the Republican
vote will be much heavier The total
Republican vote in the general cleo
ton Of 1912 was 217,S19.
If the 1912 primary is taken as a
basis of comparison, the nomination of
Lamm is virtually assured.
With incomplete returns from 50
counties and all the cities, the follow
ing is the Republican vote: Lamm,
1883; Swanger, 522,355; Morris, 12,-
900, and McIndoe, 5,139.
Observation-Disclosures, 69,96O; Atkin-
son, 33,S37; Roach, 22,35S; Lindsey,
I9,14S; Houchin, 13.477; Barker, 49,
300; Painter, 6319.
Lamm Strong in Country.
Tho ,o+,,rpe fo,. I IL mn, apd Syroprnr
demonstrate the unreliability of pre-
election reports. Stranger was the ia
vOrite in the betting in st. Louis.
where Lamm received d plurality of
-, $50. Estimates that Stranger would
win were based on an estimated plu-
rality of $4,000 for him in St. Louis,
and on reports from the state that he
Was leading Lamm two to one.
Returns from rural counties, arriv-
ing slowly, are reducing the lead
Lamm had in the returns from st.
Louis, st. Louis County, st. Joseph and
Kansas City, but Lamm is much
stronger in the country than reports
had indicated he would be.
The returns from the larger cities
which came in yesterday gave Lamm
a lead of approximately $4,000. Such
lead did not enter into the calcula-
tiOns of Swanger's supporters.
Swanger's supporters said this to-
day they had not given up hope and
believed that the vote not tabulateC
would show Swanger slightly aheaC
of Lamm. At Lamm's headquarters
lin Sedalia a statement containing ar
estimated plurality of between 7OOC
and 5000 for Lamm was issued.
Returns are still to come from al
parts of the state.
Swanger showed much strength il
! Greene County, where he carried 3!
of 10 precincts, including the city o.
Springfield.
No Changes on Other Offices.
There was nothing in the later re
turns last night and this morning t
indicate any possible changes in tn
list C minor state officers whose nomi
nation was indicated by the earlier re
turns yesterday.
| Returns on these minor offices, how
ever, are not nearly as complete a
on Governor, and an attempt to est
mate their pluralities or the votes an,
of them will receive is mere guess