The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-11-15
SILENT VOTE.
MAY DEFEAT
AMENDMENTS
Electors Who Refused to Ex-
press Opinion May Down the
League Program
WOMEN VOTE IN LA INQUIRE
Ballots in One Precinct May Be
Thrown Out Because of
IrreguIarity
WOMEN VOTE IN LA INQUIRE

The constitutional amendment 70
moving the state debt limit and open
the way, to the financing OF state
owned industries and enterprises con
templated in another amendment tC
the constitution lacked Sc votes OF
having q majority Of all the votes cast
for governor in that same number OF
counties. according to reports com
piled by The Tribune early this morn.
ing.
Mckenzie county, 4 strong Non
partisan league county. which went
about 1860 TO ) 0 for the League tic.
ket in the primaries, and Cavalier
county which gave Doyle a 200 ma
jority in last Tuesdays election, have
not reported on the debt limit amend
ment. The Mckenzie county figure
is not available because wire com
is disrupted, and in Cava'
lier county the county auditor said
last night that the ta5ulation on THE
amendment had not been completed.
In all but TWO counties the debt
limit amendment without the enact
ment of which the Socialists are
powerless to conduct their proposed
scheme of state owned industries,
received 1906 votes, while 35,543
voters marked their ballots against
the amendment.
In that same number Of counties,
there are S6,3l4 votes cast for COVER
nor. thus giving the amendment in
question Sc less than majority OF
the votes cast for governor.
Many Did Not Vote
4 potent factor in the final deter
mination Of the success or failure Of
the league amendment, however, is
that part Of the state electorate
which did not ballot On the office Of
governor. An estimate furnished by
Burlsigh county last night indicated
thai between l25 and $50 voters in
that county who participated in the
election did not vote Tor either can
didaJe for governor, so that the re-
ported vote for governor il Burleigh
county, does not, in fact. represent
the entire number Of voters who par
lucopated in the election. That sit
uaLion doubtless holds true in pracLi-
caliy every county Of the state, and
an estimate, while arbitrary II its
nature, would indicate that probably
two or three percent Of ali voters
who participated in the election, cast
ing ballots for presidential electors.
did not vote on governor.
Soldier Vote Z Factor
another factor that probably viii be
determined is the soldier vote, two
10 four thousand Of which are ex-
pacted before December tenth. Lnder
Attorney General LANCER 8 recent ru]-
ing, those votes viii count if received
before the state canyagsing board
meets. The bulk Of the soldier ba-Ior
VIII DC against Lhte Socialist aI-elu-
msnts-
Count Auditor Temple y La-1o-re
county. who Was called Up On long
distance telephone iGst I-gEc. said h
hal heao advised Lha- women vote-
On constitutional. amendments n a.
least one LaACu-e court precinct
They rar4 moi empowered y he con
s-5rulion 10 co SO. and Nj Temple
sid Ihalr woe wCald IL thrown Cuf
L-aNoure Is one Of the strongest for
Inc amendments.
4-ae-5roents FATE Hardicap.
While Il VIII resuire the official
vUts 10 finally determine the out
cgzne OF the amendment question. ii
= apparently On the face OF the fig
ur=5 that the issue will swing one
way Or another within the margin Of
only 4 few hundred votes.
The counties tina. have reported on
the amendment, all except Cavalier
and Mckenzie. give 50.77l for Fraz-
Ter. and 3j,343 for Doyle.
In Mcintosh county, strong Ger
man county that went three to one
for Frazier. the voters rejected the
amendments. while nearly all Ger
man counties polled proportionate-