The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1920-07-09

primary election passed the, 5000
mark today and is steadily CLIMB
ing.
According to the unofficial re-
turns from 1918 out Of 2,0e4 pre-
cincts in the state Governor Fra
zie1"s total vote now is 56,481.
Langer's total is 51,278, giving
Frazier a majority of 5,203 with
LAG precincts to hear from.
At least l20 OF these missing
precincts are in strong League ter
ritory. Governor Frazier has been
averaging approximately IL ma
jority in the favorable precincts
reporting in tho last "a hours. II
this average gain is kept up the
governor will have about 5000 ma
jority when the final count has
been made.
In unreported precincts that are
not so strongly for Frazier he prob
ably will break even.
Supporters of the governor ex.
pect his majority to pass the 1000
mark in the official count.
The additional returns on gov,
ernor include the complete vote OF
Slope county which is reported as
going for Frazier by 1919 majority,
the remaining precincts in Williams,
Mckenzie and Renvil1e counties
Pembina county, which was car
ried by the I. V. A. ticket.
The majority that Dr.. E. F. Ladd
will receive will be approximately
the same as that given Governor
Frazier. The race for United
States senator has in a general way
followed closely along the race for
governor
The contest for secretary of state
between Tom Hall and Senator
Cahill continues very close, but Ca
hills friends say he will pull thru
when the returns from missing
strong farmer-labor counties are
received.
Congressman foung still leads
Thomas Pendray in the race for the
Republican nomination in tho Sec
ond district. There is g slight
chance that Pendray will be able
to overhaul Young.
~, Returns Come Slowly
Returns are coming in very
slowly on offices below governor
and only partial tabulations can be
made. These assure the nomina~
tion of all the farmer-labor state
candidates, with the possible ex-
ception OF Senator Cahill.
State Auditor Kositzky,- who
ranked second only to Langer in
his political treachery, has been
decisively beaten by y. C. Poin-
dexter.
The race is close between Miss
Ruth Johnson and Miss Minnie
Nelson for state superintendent
and between Seth Richardson and
Supreme Judge christensen for
Justice OF the supreme court.
The names of the four contest
ants, however, will go on the ballot
thia fall.
Returns FROM the legislative dis
tricts are so incomplete that 1t is
impossible to give list at this
time Of the successful candidates.
The entire county vote is now in
and shows that while the farmers
did not stick to the league county
candidates as we'll as they did for
the candidates for the state off1ces,
every candidate endorsed by the
farmers for county office received
the largest number of votes, and it
is very likely that the same xind Of
a vote will be cast in the fall This
will clean out the entire court
house on January 1st, and the
county will start cut next year
with a complete new set of officers.
The first returns received here
on Thursday Of last week showed
that the league candidates were
running behind. their opponents,
but after the scountry precincts
started coming in the majorities OF
the I. ". A. candidates were gradu-
ally cut down until when the last
precincts, were heard from every
league candidate was ahead. Ed.
Drinkwater for sheriff made the
best run of any candidate not en-
dorsed >by. the farmers, he being
beaten by only 28 fotes, and the
next best was O.. S. Hall, who was
beaten, by only 81 votes. 1t is
generally believed that these two
candidates are the only ones not
end orsed by the farmers who have a
fighting chance next fall against
the league candidates. a..
All the names appearing on the
county Nonpartisan ballot at the
primary election will again appear.
on the general election ballot in
November with the exception OF
Nels j. Lund for county auditor
and w. C; Heath for register OF
deeds, both OF whom came in third
at the primary election. A. Only the
names Of the two candidates recefy-
Ing. the highest number Of votes
viii appear on the general election
ballot. ID I. ss IS
b some Of the candi idates for coun>:
tty offices awhp failed to receive the.
highest number OF votes at the pri-;
mary election, but whose names
will appear on the general election
ballot are OF the opiniOn that by.
putting up q siren o,ls campaign
next fali they Will he able to over 'er y
COME the ma jori hes. Of their oppon--ss
$sants but the Members Of the league
do not intend to sit Idly and
allow themselves to be beaten after
the success they have acilieved At
the primaries The light on both % ~