The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-12
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EXPECTED TO.
Win EASILY

When the polls opened at II
a. M. Tuesday, everything point
ed to the most non-partisan pri-
maries in the history of Washing
ton voting.
Interest in returning Miles
Poindexter to the United States
senate by an overwhelming ma
iority, and in putting forward
peoples governor, led to predic-
lions everywhere that heavy
vote will be cast. and that a big
proportion of this vote will be
rolled up on the republican pri-
mary ballot.
Progressive democrats in Taco
ma and throughout the state, con-
fident that the showing made by
their party in the primaries will
have little effect in the election
of President Wilson in November,
discarded party lines for the day
and cast their vote for the states
representative in Washington
who has not let party lines stand
In the way of supporting benefit
cial measures of the administers
ton.
All Bluff.
Progressives who have not re-
turned to the republican fold also
forgot old differences to aid In
the downfall of mileage-grabbing
Humphrey.
Because the polls did not open
until late in the morning, It was
expected that most of the voting
would be done this evening, after
business hours.
Voting started out light during
the midday hours.
Although republican bosses had
sent out yelled threats that vot-
ers from other parties calling for
the republican primary ballot
would be challenged, there were
no attempts to carry out the
threat up to this afternoon.
County Auditor Morris declared
emphatically that such attempt
ed challenges, If they should be
made, could not stick.
1t was generally predicted that
Poindexter would get better than
SO per cent of the first choice
votes in Pierce county.
Dark for Humphrey.
The horizon is dark for Will e.
Humphrey. With his bluffs
called at every turn, his chances
have been diminishing ever since
the day he started on his state
wide attack on Senator Poindex-
ter.
The last bolt that put the
crimps into whatever hopes he
had was the exposure this week
of his raw piece of grating In
connection with the franking
privilege and the fake speeches
sin congress" sent broadcast by
him as campaign material at the
expense of the government.
Almost equal in interest to the
senatorial vote was the race for
the republican nomination for
governor. The fight to put Nc
Bride at the top, as the most pro-
gressive OF the candidates, with
Arthur w. Davis for lieutenant
governor, met with popular APP
peal and aided furthe,sin smash
ing strict party lines.\
On the non-partisan judiciary
ballot there we're three candi-
dates for supreme court judges to
be chosen out of seven in the run
ming. Also four superior court
judges from field of IA candi-
dates. g1
One Scrap Close.
1t looks as II the race between
Mayor Fawcett and Albert John
son for the nomination for con-
gress. would be one of the clos
est fights of the day.
Charges by Fawcett at the close
of the campaign that Johnson has
been standing idly by while Seat
tie has been dipping into the pie
added zest to the fight.
The polls will close at o'clock
tonight. Election officials have
been urged by the county Auditor
to send In returns from their pre-
cincts at the earliest possible mo-
ment.