The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-06-09
FLETCHER AND HARDEE
SWEEPING THE FIELD
A Long Ballot and Slow Count Delay
the Returns.
THREE TO ONE AND TWO TO ONE
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Jacksonville, June 9.-On the face
of early returns from Tuesdays state
democratic primary election, accord
ing to the Florida Metropolis tabula
ton of the returns, Senator Duncan
U. Fletcher has received the nomina-
tion for third term in the Senate
and Cary A. Hardee has been nomi
mated over Van G.. Swearingen and
Lincoln Hulley for governor. A dem
ocratic nomination is equivalent to
election.
Senator Fletcher has defeated
Governor Sidney J. Cats for the Sen
ate by vote which will average bet
ter than two to one, while Cary A.
Hardee has defeated his opponents by
a vote which will run close to two to
one, on the face of early returns.
Three hundred and fifty-fve pre-
cincts out of 977 in the state give
for senator: Fletcher, 1850; Cats,
6239.
The same precincts give for gov
ernor: Hardee 1898; Hulley 1929;
= Swearingen 1907.
Tho the long and intricate ballot
makes the count of votes slow work,
there is little doubt that Fletcher,
Hardee, Amos and Luning led i'll
Tuesdays election. Fletcher, in al
most every precinct heard from has
about three votes to Cats one. Har-
dee is receiving about two votes to
one cast for both his opponents. Amos
has badly defeated Angle and it looks
as tho Luning is far ahead of McLin.
The success of Sheats or Hollins, of
Calkins, Buford or Billingsley is in
doubt.
LOCAL RESULTS
Ocala and Marion county went
democratic with a whoop. 1t was a
landslide. Ocala inspectors as soon as
the polls closed, counted the votes for
senator and found that Fletcher had
502 and Cats 70. Following with a
count for governor, it was found that
Hardee had 504 vote; Swearingen, ga;
Hulley, 22.
A large crowd remained around the
courthouse and telegraph Office until
after midnight, receiving returns by
wire, telephone and messenger. Up
stairs, the inspectors and clerks
worked at their tedious task. 1t was
soon noticeable that as bulletin after
bulletin came in that Cats was car
rying few precincts, he not having
the majority in half a dozen out of
over a hundred reported. Fletcher
and Hardee seemed running as one
team and Cats and Swearingen as
the other, and in nearly every pre-
cinct the first team had two or three
to one majority.
While the results of the contests IN
the county are approximately known
yet hardly any are known with GER
tainty, because several precincts have
not been heard from, and the second
choice vote will have to be called on
to decide on some offices. At D. m
today, following was the result as
nearly as could be ascertained:
Representative: Hunter leads with
Folks second. Second choice votes
may be needed.
Sheriff: s. c. M. Thomas seems tc
be considerably in the lead.
Tax Assessor: Colbert leading, but
maybe second choice votes will change
result.
Clerk: Lancaster has a substan.
tial lead with Thomas second, and
Aver and ConnOr about neck and necB
in the rear.
County Judge: Futch seems to have
the lead.
Superintendent of Public Instruc.
ticn: There is but little doubt that
Henry G. Shealy has defeated W. D
earn.