Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-15
hi[[ER leading
IN n. Y. PRIMARY
p.,urns From 4725 Precincts
Give Regular Republican
Candidate 77,782 Majority
kevA1oR wADsWoRTH WINS
Nv the Associated Press

N.v York. Sept. 15.-Republican
, nomocratic candidates who received
!. endorsement Of the unofficial state
..voption at Saratoga won decisive
.,ories IN all state wide contests in
..,ordav's New York state primary.
with 254o districts missing out Of
"a, of 1874 In the state, Nathan l..
,iller, of Syracuse. former judge Of the
,.ts Court of Appeals. Republican or
,rization designee for governor, led
.s,o senator George +. Thompson, Of
isSora. by 1872 votes. The vote
as: q 40,
Miller. IN $3.50; Thompson, 03, ,4SS.
.nator Thompson's name. however,
n, onncsr on the ballot in November
" the prohibition candidate for gov
NOR, He was unopposed for the proht-
tion nomination.
t;S Governor Alfred Il. Smith was re-
minated without opposition by the
|emocrats.
United States Senator James w.
vadsworth, Jr., backed by the Re
,bljcan state organization, won an easy
Glory over Mrs. Ella A. Boole. presi-
snt Of the state branch Of the Woman s
hristinn Temperance Union. and
Gorge II. Payne, New York city tax
ommissioner. The. vote In 1854 dis
.icts was: Wadsworth. 170,745 |;
oole. 1852; Payne, 2S.997.
lieutenant Governor Harry g. Walk
organization candidate for the Dem
cratic nomination for United States
pnator, apparently defeated Mayor
Gorge r. Lunn, Of Schenectady, by a
ote Of more than two to one. With
15j districts missing the vote was {:
Walker, 1884; Lunn, 30 Q.
Organization candidates also proved
ictorious in virtually all the contests
or nominations for representatives in
congress, Supreme Court justIceships,
tate senator's and state assemblymen.
Harriet May Mills, unopposed Demo-
ratio candidate for secretary of state.
vas the only woman nominated for
tate office by the two major parties.
he prohibitionists nominated Irene b.
rayor for secretary Of state, and the
,ocialists named Hattie F. Kruger for
tate treasurer. Two Republican and
vo Socialist women were defeated for
congressional nominations. .-
Mai. Hamilton Fish, Jr., won the
hree .cornered Republican fight for
congress in the Twenty sixth district
ver George f. Gregg and Akin y.
raman.
Neither side apparently polled the
ote expected. although splendid weather
prevailed and both Republicans and
Democrats strove hard to round up the
oters. There are approximately
1000 enrolled Republicans and
V0, 900 enrolled Democrats in the state.
Montpelier, VT, Sept. 15.--(By A.
IA four cornered contest for gov
,nor on the Republican ticket in the
tate primaries yesterday resulted in a
victory for James Hartness, of Spring
field, by a vote of nearly two to one
over his nearest opponent. With only
3 few isolated towns missing, the vote
tor governor was:
Hartness, 23,025; Frank w. Angan,
ef Ludlow, 12,443; Curtis s. Emery,
II Newport, 1880, and Fred II. Bah =
vt, Of Rockingham, ii ,267.
Congressman Porter II. Dale was
nominated by the Republicans in the
second district, winning an easy vic
DRY over two other candidates.
Senator William p. Dillingham; and
Congressman Frank l.. Greene, in the
first district, were renominated with
'ut opposition.
The Democrats, who had no contests,
nominated Fred g. Martin for COVER
lor, Howard e. Shaw for senator, Jere
niah c. Durick for Congress III the
irst. district and Harry w. Writers in
be Second district.
The total Republican vote Of abou;
1900 was larger than ever before cast
or either governor or President on the
Republican ticket in Vermont, largely
iue TO the, fact that women voted foi
he first time and turned out in large
numbers. In 1896 the Republican nom
nee for governor received 90, ,426.
Denver. Sept. 15.-(By A. P.)-
Narl {. Schuyler, Denver millionaire
y! man and attorney, led Samuel d,
Nicholson, wealthy mine owner, OF
leadvillc, by 1923 votes today when
III precincts out of 1882 in Colorado
acIuding Denver, had been compiled in
he contest for the Republican nomina
ION Tor United States senator. Lieut..
ol; Rice w. Means, of Denver. who
naac the race on his war record, was
'anning far behind.
WITH only one third of the state
heard from, close race was indicated.
l',3 out of 211 precincts in Den
w. schuyler led Nicholson by 5000
In the Democratic gubernatorial
ace' robert II. Higgins, of Denver.
nas running about 5000 votes behind
'ameS NJ. Collins. Of Eaton, indorsed
the Nonpartisan and Labor parties,
Uar hundred and thirty precincts, in :
collins, 10, 1858. ''
For the Democratic senatorial nom =
uauoh, FULLY Scott, of Denver. was
su,u'hg w. Il. Callicotte, of Carbon
lale, lndorsed ID by the Nonpartisan La
W.T. groups, by about 300 votes.
...ne New Orleans, Sept. 15.-(By A. P.)
I,I IJ" In, oae face of scattered and unoffi :
rretic Turns nni trom yesterdays Demo
eariv primary in Louisiana, compiled
Rsn,o.oo R ooaay by the Times Picayune,
l;h.niatlye sl;rh. Jard Y. Sanders had
,dw;sS" ds"t 9 lead over his two opponents,
l,rv o. broussard and Donelson CAT
pow;i NOM; IN the contest for the senatorial
psrisbaeIon' iaIon' Returns, largely from
ststo IN the northern part of the
lS4S gave Sanders 1908, Broussard
go 20 and Caffery 655.
ann scattering reg returns from North Louis
sls" std Itecelved by the Shreveport Times
Ewos,n Nm showed wed Sanders in the lead, the
BronSso ,S ngGres being Sanders 1906,
osrtiss vdSsard 1858 and Caffery 1118. A
INV ia, y, count Of the vote cast in the
ratsd VI New Orleans, however, indi
plurslittHn tnat Broussard had received a
I'M. n.oTalng ng to the tabulation of the
was 'S nnrrlcayune,. Andrew J. McShane
mayor rOrG'Hated Of Md by the Democrats for
,aye "TIicials hi1 from all precincts in city