The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-11-15
|BURNQU|ST WINS
| BY WIDE MARGIN
Minnesota Minnesota Gensee:r s SECURES Bio
Plurality Over Evans and
- wheaten 49,
SENATOR NELSON SAFE
w. g. Calderwood Receives Only q
Light Vote for Seat in Senate
Clarence 3. Miller Is
Beaten for Congress.

Minneapolis, Nov. 7.-Senator Knute
Nelson, Minnesota's grand old man, is
running far in the lead of w. G. Cal
derwood of Minneapolis, who was
backed by the Nationalist party and
few Democrats 1t is estimated thu
the Nelson majority will run far in
excess Of 100000 votes.
Burnquist Leads by 10000.
Governor Burnquist has lead OF
10000 votes over David H. Evans,
in 1,776 out of 3,119 precincts in the
state. The vote in those precincts
follows: Burnquist, 11S,067; Wheaton,
52,777; Evans, 71,139.
In 1873 out of 2O4 precincts in Hen
nepin county the vote on governor
was: Burnquist, 2S,555; Wheaton.
14,193; Evans, 1866. Burnquist's
lead in Hennepin county will run APP
proximately $4,000 votes.
ALI Of the other Republican candi.
dates on the state ticket have appar.
emily been elected by heavy majori-
ties or pluralities. For some time
there was doubt about Herman Muel.
Ter, Republican nominee for clerk Of
the supreme court.
Mueller was ,repudiated by the Re.
publican state central committee, but
the reputation came too. late. In 1893
precincts out of the 3,119 in the state
Mueller polled 45,677 votes and Charles
A. Letheart, Democrat, Endorsed by the
Republican committee, polled 1868.
Returns from SIG out of 3,119 pre-
cincts In the state indicated the re-
election of sitting members of the
state supreme court.
Chief Justice Calvin L. Brown re-
ceived 43,042 votes against 25,SS4 for
his opponent, Benjamin Drake, in the
available figures.
Associate Justice Oscar Hallam and
Andrew Holt received in the same pre-.
cinct 29,227 and 34,534, respectively,
for reelection, while w. H. Wander
burgh received 13,247 and Thomas
Frazer received 1926.
Returns for attorney general from
LIP precincts out of 3,119 in the state
give Hilton 64,575; Davis, 36,114; Gis>
Jason, 1876, and Haugh, 1924.
Returns for lieutenant governor
from 709 precincts increased Frank.
sons lead. The lieutenant governor
received 1866; Helweg got 17,912
and Haggard polled 1852.
The secretary of state, 652 pre-
cincts, gave Schmahl 65,165 and Indre-
nus 27,425.
Minnesota will send eight Republi-
cans and two Democrats to the nation.
al House of Representatives for the
next session.
The big feature of the election was
the defeat in the Eighth district of
Clarence B. Miller of Duluth, Repub-
lican, generally regarded as one of the
strong men of the House, w. l.. Cars
of Proctor, who was filed at the last
minute, defeated Miller.
In the First district Sydney A. And
erson, Republican, was elected with
out opposition. In the Second, Frank
Lin F. Ellsworth defeated his Demo
cratic opponent by an overwhelming
majority. In the Third, Charles R.
Davis, Republican, was returned, al.
though he was pushed hard.
In the Fourth district Carl C. Van
Dyke, Democrat, was returned by a
large vote.
In the Fifth district Walter H. New.
ton, Republican, was elected over w.
C. Robertson, Democrat
In the Sixth, Harold Knutson of st.
Cloud was reelected by a smashing
majority.
Andrew J. Volstead, Republican, de-
feated his National opponent, E. e.
Lobeck, by large vote in the Seventh
district.
In the Ninth district Halvor Steen-
erson, Republican, was reelected by
heavy majority, as was Thomas D.
Schall, Republican, in the Tenth dis
| trict.
With the drys leading by approx
mately 1000 votes on the prohibition
amendment to the state constitution
in one-third of the precincts in the
state, the fate of the amendment will
remain in doubt for several days.
In 99S precincts out of the 3,119,
the vote stands-yes, 72,735; no, H.
9O5.