Weekly journal-miner., 1920-09-14
PECULIAR ASPECT OF
 ELECTION GAVE WISEST
 PREDICTION A SETBACK

in characterizing Tuesdays primary election as typical example of nom mating elections in which you cant most always sometimes tell"
 Just when the early returns were giving the friends of some candidates a case of acute joy, later figures would come in and dash their hopes.
 There were reversa1s of form as the count proceeded; there were upsets in the relative strength of candidates and there were aspects that not the wisest of gucssers foresaw.
 The vote was comparatively large for a primary; it is said the Prescott vote was higher than at any previous primary. This is said to be due 10 the fact women turned out and cour- ageously registered their choices.
 Some women votes were spoiled, however, because someone had pass ed around instructions" to the fem mine. voters to sign their names or initials on the ballots.
 According to the early returns, Nit Sinlms looked fine for the gov Iernorship nomination. Then along came some returns from the Verde Valley where the labor vote IS heavy and Simms' farmer lead was cut down and finally he was passed
 E. s. Clark was running so well that his friends were much encour- aged His vote was unexpectedly heavy in Jerome, for instance, where his managers had calculated on heavy op- position pluralities. Instead, Clark carried three out of the four Jerome precincts. The vote against him in Clarkdale where the anti-Clark ma chine probably had its most firm grip, was lO7 to s, the heaviest recorded against him i'll the county.
 John L. Sullivan appeared on early returns to be away ahead of John A. Ellis for county attorney. As more returns came in Sullivan's lead dwin- dled, but he kept lead throughout.
 According to returns on file at noon Wednes lay, Mark Smith had Yavapai county by a safe lead, al though it was pointed out the anti Smith vote recorded in favor of Nor ton, Stanford and Worsley exceeded that of Smith by nearly 50 percent.
 1t is freely admitted by some dem ocrats that more than half the anti Smith vote will be cast in favor of E. S. Clark if the latter wins the nomination.
 | The races for sheriff and supervis- or in the democratic primary indi- cafe close contests with the result in possible doubt until all the returns 'are in. C. C. -Stukep, however, led his ticket by a comfortable margin in practically all precincts. The sec ond choice at noon appeared to be Davis with Byers almost a sure third. Davis was beaten by Stukey in his town precinct, which IS also Jack Jae- gers precinct and where Jaeger was beaten by Jones. .., ..,..
 John Dial and Bill Fitzgerald ran neck and neck throughout, with the Iatter's local tstrorgholds keeping him close, to the leader and with Selig- man vet to he :heard from Dial was expected to get out of his home town end out Of Camp Verde with good leads. and Fitz was conceded all ot Prescott.
 T. ]. Marks ran ahead of expecta- tions. Charlie Shull ran about as supposed.
 State Officers
 Tn theheat of interest over county offices and of the contests for demo- cratic governor and republican sen ator comparatively little attention was paid 10 the state offices. Wheeler's campaign in Yavapai seemed to bear fruit and Jones kept safe over Hardy and Whitney. C. O. Case was leading A. C. Peterson for school chief.
 Oddly enough Loren Waugh held a lead over Adams and Cashel for the corporation commission while Zan- deh Cincu1nbent) ran behind Luke, Huges and Murphy for the tax com- mission.
 Pattee led McAllister and Nealon ! for the supreme court nomination. Some Odd Votes
 There was great deal of emitting 1 and writing in on city ballots, ac- cording 10 precinct election board ! members. |
 Women are thought to have single . shot county and state favorites in many precincts, where it was not un- common to find ballots. with no names crossed except half dozen for state offices and written names. One cleo ton officer said in his ptecinst num- her of women had apparently written