The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-07-02
PREUS IS WINNER
IN COP. PRIMARY
Nominated For Governor BY
Maintaining Big Lead Re-
ceived In Early Count.
VOLSTEAD IS DEFEATED
Author Of Dry Enforcement ACT Loser
to Preaoher-oolllns Piles Up
Largest Total on Tlokst-Hll.
ton In Close Race.

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>Preus for governor, with O plurality OF
approximately 10000 votes, was made
a certainty with tabulation of figures
from all but few small scattered pre-
cincts. These delayed figures will not
out down the lead Of the candidate In.
dorsed by the Republican elimination
convention to any noticeable extent,
at was conceded.
With DR.. Henrik Shipstead definitely
out Of the gubernatorial contest for
the Republican nomination; with
Louis L. Collins more than 10000 in
the lead Of George H. Mallon, and
other candidates for state Office in.
dorsed by the Republican convention
showing substantial leads, the Repub.
lican forces were able to point to q
more decisive victory than even the
most sanguine had expected
Preus Lead 1o,o43.
Preus' lead over DR.. Shipstead, when
returns had been compiled from 3,05S
precincts out of 3,195 In the state, was
10,045, the count at that time showing
Preus. 1918; Shipstead, 121,73S.
, Other candidates for the Republican
gubernatorial nomination finished In
this order: Frankson, 26,160; Ellis.
worth, 1865; Iverson, 6,753; Keefe
4,308.
Candidates on the Republican state
ticket Endorsed by the elimination con.
vention rolled up pluralities ranging
from approximately $4,000, in the case
of o. P. B. Jacobson, railroad and
warehouse commissioner, to 5000, the
plurality which is expected to repre-.
sent Clifford L. Hilton's margin Of vic
tory over Thomas v. Sullivan, the
Nonpartisan leagues candidate for at.
torney general.
Mike Holm, instead of losing ground
in the country districts, gained stead.
lily on Thomas Vollom, and in spite of
10000 votes given to Opsahl, was ex.
pected to have a plurality of nearly
$4,000 when the official returns are
made for the office of secretary of
state.
Collins Plurality $4,000.
tenant governor, whose opponent was
Capt. George H. Mallon, Nonpartisan
league candidate, polled a plurality of
$4,000 with unofficial returns from
1882 precincts out of 3,195 in the
state, and was expected to increase
that lead appreciably on the official
canvas.
Henry Rines had $4,000 majority
over the league candidate.
Mr.. Jacobson gained the largest to
tai of any of the state candidates, get
ting 15S,039 votes to f10,561 given to
Paul I. D. Ostby.
Homer B. Dibell, associate justice
Of the Supreme Court, was expected to
have plurality of $4,000 over George
L. Siegel, ST. Paul.
Democrats Name Hodgson.
Mayor L. C. Hodgson of st. Paul was
the overwhelming choice of the Demo.
Gratis of the state for governor. He
received three times as many votes as
his nearest opponent.
voIstead Defeated.
Congressman Andrew j. Volstead,
chairman of the House Judiciary com.
mittee, was defeated for denomination
from the Seventh district by the Rev.
o. ]. Kvale, of Benson. Returns from
1913 of the 375 precincts in the Seventh
district give Volstead 1912 votes and
Mr.. Kvale 1876. Congressman Vol.
stead, at his home in Granite Falls,
said that he expected to be defeated
by $500 or NOR votes.
With the denomination of Congress,
man Walter H. Newton, of the Fifth
district, over Ernest Lundeen, former
pacifist congressman, interest in the
congressional situation switched to the
Seventh district.
Reports from counties throughout
the state, as the tabulation neared
almost true to form, so far as the split
between the Republican and the Non.
partisan League vote was concerned.
Although in several sections of the
state, local matters overshadowed the
state fight in interest-notably the
fight in the Seventh district between
Congressman Volstead and Rev. Kvale
the vote on the governorship race
was the best Index of the trend OF
sentiment in each county.
Frankson failed to get much more
than complimentary vote from his
friends in any county. Pipestone
county refused to give him a single
vote, according to returns, said to be
complete. His votes ranged from 5
his total in Clearwater county, to the
$3.50 he received in Hennepin county