Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1916-03-23
DEMOCRATIC CONTESTS
M0N0P0u|zE INTEREST
REMARKABLY LIGHT VOTE IN
RURAL PRECINCTS-SCATTER-
ING RETURNS RECEIVED
BRUEGGER-PERRY TILT CLOSE
BRUEGGER STRONG AT HOME
LaFOLLETTEAND OLSON LEAD
THEIR OPPONENTS

THEIR OPPONENIS
A stormy day, bad roads, merely {
fractional vote in the country pre-.
cincts and no contests to excite wide
interest, except the Bruegger-Perry
democratic struggle for national com
mitteeman-that was the situation al
yesterdays presidential primaries.
If this section can be taken as rep.
resentative, not over Is percent of the
country vote turned out and less than
so per cent of the town vote. In
numerous country precincts of Will
liams county not a ballot was cast.
The democratic vote of the cities and
towns made good showing. Prob
ably week must elapse before some
of the winners are known.
In Williston
For once the democrats out voted
the republicans in this city. The to-
tails on the leading candidates were:
Bruegger 172, Perry Is.
LaFollette so, Estabrook 21.
Gunder Olson 60, Lemke Is.
The vote on national convention
delegates is badly mixed with local
candidates and few others stepping
out in front.
County Totals
Only "a precincts had made re-
turns to the auditor at noon and sew
eral Of these showed "no election"
The totals for these precincts are:
Bruegger 240, Perry %.
Lemke 81, Olson IT'S.
Lafollette 237, Estabrook 49.
President Wilson was the only
democratic presidential candidate on
the ballot. In a few cases republi-
cans wrote Wilson's name on their
ballot and few wrote in Roosevelt's
name.
Such meagre returns as are found
in this mornings dailies indicate that
Gunder Olson has won over Lemke
for republican national committeeman
and that Lafollette leads Estabrook
by wide margin. All signs point to
neck and neck race for democratic
national committeeman between John
Bruegger of Williston and H. H. Per-
ry. If there is any hunch to be got
ten from the first reports it seems
to be in the local mans favor. Re-
suits on national convention delegates
and republican presidential electors
will not be known for some time.
Eastern Part of State
Wednesday evenings Fargo Forum
says:
One hundred and sixty-seven scat
tering precincts in the state, reported
to the Forum up to 2:3O o'clock this
afternoon, gave LaFollette 1896 and
Estabrook 1,041.
Robert LaFollette has been en-
dorsed by North Dakota Republicans
as their choice for President of the
United States by a margi nof at least
;hree to one and probably four to one
,ver H. D. Estabrook of New York
:ity.
Slowly arriving returns from every
lection of the state, except the Mis-
ouri slope, place LaFollette far in the
cad. The Missouri slope, or German
ettled communities, are returning
najorities for Estabrook, but they bid
air to disappear before they go very
ar eastward. |
Gunder Olson Ahead {
Gunder Olson has been made ma s
ional committeeman of the Republi- {
an party, defeating William Lemke, t
he Progressive Republican league, or T
ticket" candidate, by T
ig margin. The total may run five a
, one and even six to one in favor t.
Olson, former state treasurer.
Democratic Fight Close
In the Democratic ranks, the fight
" national committeeman remains
1settled. With a light vote polled
the rural precincts of the lc
ate, because of the bad road con- N
tions, the few returns that are N
1ailable fail to give any clear idea
the outcome. On the returns at K
md, Perry seems to lead. The fact, c.
'wever, that Perry has not made Je
ry good showing in the extreme III
utheast counties, may operate tu
'ainst him when the returns from pc
illiams and adjoining counties, tn
uegger's home district, are avail
lie. an
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