The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-11-07
LEAGUE WILL
LOSE OUT ON
A. AMENDMENTS Ne
'=~r - 's-
Defeat of Economic Program
Offered by Townley Now
Seems Certain.
SOLDIERS ELECT M'CURDY
Practically Assured That $50
Absent. Yank Ballots Will
Turn the Tide.

Turn the Tide.
1t is probable that the total Burleigh
county vote in Tuesdays election will
exceed 2,60o and 1t is very doubtful
whether the league amendments will
receive the more than 1900 votes
which will be required to give them
the majority. In spite of Spanish in.
fluenza and other handicaps, vote
which ran very close to 100 per cent
was polled Tuesday. With two pre-
cincts missing, the total vote on the
governorship runs 2,459 and it is
probable that at least 100 republican
electors refused tOyote for either can.
didate at the head of the ticket, OBJ.
jecting to the Lacquer as their candi-
date, and declining to vote for his op.
ponent because he was democrat
The discrepancy revealed by the poll
books may be even greater. Then
there are $50 soldier votes still to be
counted. 1t is the general belief that
at least 100 Of these will express dis
approval of the league amendments
With all but two precincts in, ap-
proximately 300 votes have been cast
in favor OF the amendments 1t is not
believed that this will stand as a ma
jority when count Of the poll books
Is mare and when the soldier vote fin
ally is announced.
Frazier 3o5 Ahead.
Frazier iss 305 ahead in Burleigh
county; with the vote from Wilson aud
Grass Lake townships still to come in.
In the PRIMARIES Frazier carried Bur
leigh county by 81 votes. polling L.
4to against Steen's 1,152 The present
total, 1882 for, Frazier to 1,U77 for
Loyle VIII nol be increased by more
than 80 from the two precincts yet to
report, and the 15V soldier ballots
will bring the total up to 1869, or 81
more than the 2,615 votes cast for the
governorship at the primaries. The
Two townships yet to be heard from
probably wilL increase q FraziersN lead
an, this countyIby 80, while the soldier
'baAots areo expected to- go at least
loo: for Doyle TO only 90 for Frazier.
in this event, Frazier would carry the
county by 285, as compared with a ma
jority Of 1,54S over y. H. Macarthur,
his opponent OF two years ago. In
1916 burleigh county gave Frazier
2,01S to 47O for Macarthur, and there
were 81 socialist votes for Oscar A.
johnson. This total of 1920 votes on
the governorship promises to be ex-
ceeded by so this year. Frazier's loss
in strength in Burleigh county may be
counted as 1,19S votes, comparing the
most favora BILE aspects Of this years
vote with that of two years ago.
With but two precincts ssing,
Bronson is 78 votes ahead of Fisk
for the associate judgeship, the tally
standing 1859 to 1881. Two years
ago Fisk's total vote in Burleigh coun-
ty was 1897, while Associate Justice
Luther r. Birdzell, who headed the
league ticket in this county, polled
1877.
With two precincts missing, Miss
Minnie j. Nelson has 1882 to 1858
for Macdonald. Two years ago Mac
donald polled 1880 votes in 'Burleigh
to S43 for his opponent. Macdonald
stock haos slulnped in Burleigh coun-
ty almost as severely as has Lynn j.
Frazier's.
Croft township returns this morning
increased Ed S. Aliens lead over F. K.
McCurdy by ten, making Aliens ma
jority a.. The two country precincts
yet to be heard from may still further
increase Aliens lead but 1t is expect
ed that 125 of the $50 soldier votes
yet to be counted will 60 to McCurdy,
electing him by majority of almost
100. McCurdy served in the national
guard and in the home guard with
many of the boys who now are in
France They know him for an hon
est. able official. The Patterson gang
did not go to the extent Of investing
in cablegrams to spread its poison
with these boys in France, and the
element opposed to AMcCurdy would
have accomplished little with the
Yanks could their ear, have been
reached. It is therefore safe to con-
clude that Burleigh county will have
two years more of honest and eff.
cient service in the office of states
attorney, and admirers of good gov
ernment and general decency may re-
joice.
FROM ToWNLEt's HOME TOWN.
Beach, n. D., Nov. 7.-Doyle. Hal
,yerson and the entire democratic tick
ct carries Golden Valley county by a
majority Fisk carries and
Miss Nelson carries by 255 majority.
We defeated every Townley candidate
for county office and put the socialist
amendments to sleep forever.-Hugh
EGAN.
KIDpER COUNTY.
Young, Sc; Torson, 202.
Frazier. IT'S; DOYLE, 271.
Bronson, 859; Fisk, 3O5.
Macdonald. 804: Nelson, 43O.
Amendments: Yes, 636; no, 225.
ADAMS COUNTY,.
Frazier, 566; Doyle. 3l4.
Macdonald SIS: Nelson, 404.