The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-11-05
HUGHES STANDS
AHEAD OF ECH0LS
ON LATE RETURNS
Interest Now Centers in
Political Complexion of
Next State Legislature;
Strong Republican Mi.
nOrity in Senate Likely

Oklahoma City Nov. 5.-Incom-
plete and unofficial returns from
SO of the II counties in the state
compiled shortly after 2 o'clock
this afternoon, had taken the lead
away from X. r. Echols, demo-
crat, for corporation commission
er, and r. r. Hughes, republi-
can of Oklahoma City, jumped
ahead.
The vote in these counties give
Echols 1915, Hughes lGl,249.
Oklahoma City, Nov. 5.--BteakinE
away from what appeared to be a
close defeat on returns late last night,
r. f. Echols, of Elk City. Democratic
candidate for corporation commission,
on a compilation at l o'clock today
had taken lead of 6,249 votes over
his Republican opponent. r. f.
Hughes, OF Oklahoma City. Figures
tabulated at that hour, Echols had a,
lead of l20,S36 and Hughes l14,ll7, al
of "A counties of n in the state.
Although Mr.. Echols lead OF 5000
on present figures normally would
forecast victory, to combat this is the
fact that counties yet to report have
usually voted Republican.
Trailing the close contest between
Echols and Hughes is a similar one
between Jim McClintic, Democrat.
against D. Montgomery, of Hobart,
for congressman from the seventh
district. Returns at hand, which are
unofficial and only partially complete,
from 295 Of 331 precincts in the dis
trict gave McClintic Is. 1856 and Mont
gOmery 1891. or n majority of a.
524. Political observers take this ma
iority as an indication OF victory for
McClintic.
In the third district c. D. Carter,
Democrat, held a plurality OF 5,207
over Shlnaberger Republican, on the
face of incomplete and unofficial re-
turns from 26l Of 4O5 precincts in
the district The vote was:
Carter, 24963 Shlnaberger, 1886.
Complete returns from the fifth dis
trict showed that +. W. Swank OF
Norman, Democrat, had won his seat
in congress over p. T. Hainer, Re-
publican, by 1911 votes. The figures
We're: Swank. 34,s65; Hainer 33,25i.
Oklahoma City. Nov. with tie
presidential and senatorial contests
IN Oklahoma safely in the Republi-
can column. and on the face OF un.
official but complete returns from "a
OF the II counties in the state giving
five republican and three Democratic
congressman, interest in Tuesdays
general election today centered on the
complexion of the new state senate.
Legislature and local and state Off
ces
\ tabulation compiled late last
night from 1908 precincts OF the
2.6s5 in Oklahoma, gave for presi-
dent: Harding, 204, $50; Cox, lS7,963.
a similar tabulation compiled from
2,3i9 precincts for United States sem
ator gave Harreld 221.575; Ferris,
1876. .S05
Congressional returns from work
ing majority Of precincts In practl-
cally all districts, have returned Re-
publican congressman safely in the
first, sixth and eighth districts long
and short) and elected by close plu-
ralities in the second and fourth dis
tricts. Democrats, on these same re-
turns have been elected safely In the
third. fifth and seventh districts,
although Republican leaders early to-
day were loathe to concede the victory
OF McClintic In the seventh. These
calculations were based late last night
on available precincts in each district,
which in some were nearly complete.
while in others only small number
had yet 10 report. The third and
seventh districts showed the greatest
margin In number OF precincts hav-
ing reported 203 OF 4O5 In the third
giving Carter (d) 1850: Shinaberger,
(r) l5907. In the seventh, 222 OF
331 precincts gave McClintlc (d) l6.-
49i; Montgomery. il,2s4.
Republican control OF the next state
legislature seemed assured on the
face OF returns made up at late
hour last night, although those re-
turns were very meagre, and incom-
plete. Following this, these same fig
ures forecastcd a strong Republican
minority in the senate, 20 new seats
Of which were to be filled from
Tuesdays election. With a. seats
In the senate, IL were held by Demo-
Gratis and four by Republicans In the
last legislature. OF the remaining o.
Is are held by Democrats and six BY
Republicans. From returns Mt hand,
IL appears that nine OF the new sena-
tors will be Republicans with the
possibility that one other also viii
be Republican.
Based on returns compiled last
night. Republican leads In 80 and
Democratic leads In 80 OF the nine
legislative districts are shown. Forty
three had not reported. From this
calculation Il was the opinion u
observers that the house would con-
tain membership Of "a Republicans
and as Democrats. In the senate.
these. same observers predicted
Democratic scat OF 90, and Rcpubli-
cans l6.
Having temporarily cleared the prcsl.
dental. senatorial and apparently the
congressional races, results Of the
corporation commission contest. the
various judicial. county and locul
races and the fate Of the five state