Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-06-08
Sioux City Man Distances His
Three Competitors.
EQUAL SUFFRAGE is IN DOUBT
Probable Moore Has Won for Lieuten-
ant Governor, Allen for Secretary of
State and Brown for Treasurer Of
State-N0 Contests for Democrats,
PrOgressjyes or Socialists - Repub-
ican Congressman All Win Renomi-
nation.

Des Moines, Ia (SpeciaD-W. 4
Harding of Sioux City has been named
by the republicans of Iowa as their
candidate for governor to succeed
Governor George w. Clarke. Frag-
mentary returns from the primary
election give a strong indication that
MIR. Harding has outdistanced all his
competitors and that the final count
will show that he has received close
to SO per cent Of the republican vote of
the state. On account of the length of
the primary ballot the count of the
vote has been extremely slow, and it
will be several days before detailed
statement of results can be made. The
early returns to come from the pri-
mary were mostly from the cities, and
they all showed comfortable leads for
the Sioux City man. In many in
stances the lead ran to 60 and Is per
cent of the total vote. Another sur
prising feature of the early returns
was that the rural precincts were ap-
parently giving Harding big lead
over his nearest competitors.
Mr.. Hardings opponents for the
nomination were Attorney General
George Cosson, Of Audubon; Senator
Joseph H. Allen of Pocahontas, and
Carl F. Kuehnle, of Crawford county
The votes of Allen and Cosson appear
to have been about equal in most sec
tions of the state, but it is likely the
final returns will show Mr.. Cosson to
have run second to Harding. Kuehnle
proved a very poor fourth in the race
everywhere. He carried his home
town ofaDenison and there made the
only real burst of speed accredited to
him. Senator Allen received his heav-
lest vote in the Tenth congressional
district, his home district, while Cos
sons strength was pretty evenly di-
vided in all sections of the state
The vote at the primary was un-
doubtedly the heaviest ever cast at
June election in the state, and may
reach or surpass 100000
Only One Sure Nomination.
Outside of the governorship the only
certain result on the republican ticket
appears to be the nomination of Frank
state. Mr.. Shaw is serving his first
term in that office and was unopposed
for denomination.
For secretary of state w. s. Allen,
present incumbent of the office, was
asking for third term He has
probably won over his opponent,
former Senator R. A. Hasselquist of
Charlton. The vote on this office is
very meagre. In Polk county, with
Des Moines included, Mr.. Allen re-
ceived 5,075 votes, with 2,492 for Has
selquist.
Former Des Moines mayor, James R.
Hanna was in the lead on returns up
to the present for lieutenant governor,
getting nearly as many votes in Polk
as both his opponents. He received
4,073 to 2,754 for Henry Brady of Dal-
las, and 1851 for Ernest r. Moore, of
Cedar Rapids.
The triangular fight for the treas
urership nomination between present
Treasurer w. G. Brown, asking third
term; former Senator c. H. Thomas,
of Union, and former Senator E. A.
Hoyt, of Delaware, may be anybody's
race, but the early reports gave Brown
little the best Of the balloting
Two Contests to Convention.
The contests for attorney general
and railroad commissioner are quite
likely to go to the state convention of
the party to be held in Des Moines in
July. On returns received George
Wilson, Of Des Moines, and H. M. Hav-
ner, of Iowa county, are proving the
strongest contenders, and it is pos
sible that one Of them will receive the
necessary 35 per cent Of the total vote
to nominate For railroad commits
sioner John A. Guiher, of Madison
county, is leading, but may not be
strong enough to secure the nomina-
ton at the polls. There are six candi-
dates for attorney general and five for
railroad commissioner.
No Other Party Contests.
Except on the republican ticket
there were no contests in the various
parties for state offices. The demo-
cratic nominations are:
Governor, E. I. Meredith, Des
Moines.
Lieutenant governor, j. ]. Doty,
Bhenandoah
Attorney general, j. T. Clarkson, AL
bia.
Railroad commissioner, j. p. Man
airy, Fairfield.
Secretary of state, w. G. Moth, DAY.
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