The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-07-03
OFFICIAL COUNT
MAY UPSET DOPE
IN THE PRIMARY
Some League Candidates Fall
Behind Governor in League
Counties
HALL IS RUNNING STRONG
Kositzky Also Passes LANCER in
Some Counties Indicating
Mixed Ticket
HALL IS RUNNING STRONG

Mixed Ticket
AS more complete and detailed re-
turns of Wednesdays primary were
received and tabulated today it was
indicated that mixed ticket had been
selected
Governor Frazier's majority will
not be as large as had been claimed
by the Nonpartisan league headquar-
ters, it was indicated.
1t is more than probable that Thom-
as Hall has been nominated for Sec
retary of state over ]. l. Cahill, league
candidate, and Carl Kositzky, indie
pendent Republican candidate for
state auditor John Sten, candidate
for state treasurer; w. H. Stutsman,
candidate for railroad commissioner
and Miss Nelson may have been
named.
Most of the league candidates, with
the exception of John Hagan, can,
didate for commissioner Of agricul-
ture and William Lemke, candidate
for Attorney general, appeared to be
running behind Frazier.
The Fargo Forum, dispatch said
today, claims the nomination OF Con
gresham Young by 2,30O and the
probable election of Hall on the basis.
that group of counties which gave
Howard Wood $500 majority gave
Hall 1000.
Outstanding features of the situa-
ton, as the result on the full ticket
began coming in today were as fol
lows:
The Associated Press compila-
ton showed the vote for Governor
in 1870 precincts out Of 2,O64 as
follows: Frazier, 51,52S; LANCER,
5O,6O2, or lead for Frazier of 926.
The Nonpartisan league headquar-
ters in Fargo, with returns in their
Office from 1,724 precincts, claim
ed Frazier to, be- leading by 3,241.
Burtness has lead Of 1926
over Congressman Baer in the
First district, and his nomination
is conceded.
Congressman George Youpg's
friends believe he has won in the
Second district, although Nonpar-
tisan forces claim Pendray has
won.
Pat Norton has lost in the Third
district to Congressman j. H.
Sinclair. Although he made
remarkable race, running ahead
of the ticket in many places, the
strong league majority in the
northwest counties could not be
overcome.
DR.. Ladd, it appears, has been
nominated over Gronna, although
in some districts Gronna has run
ahead of the ticket.
The remarkable race of Tom Hall
is shown by returns from several
counties. In Billings county LANCER
received 2O8 votes, Hall received 25l
and Kositzky received 213. while Fra
zier received 2S1, Cahill 224 and Poin-
dexter 261.
In Ramsey county LANCER received
1,G12, Hall 1,712, while Frazier receiv-
ed 1913 and Cahill 91S.
In Mercer county, strong league
county, Frazier polled TT votes, Lam
ger 3O7; Cahill 6O7 and Hall AS. In
this county Kositzky received 351
votes as against GAS for Walker.
In Wells county LANCER received
941 and Hall 1,O49, Kositzky. getting
948 and Steen 973 In this county Fra
zier received 1915; Cahill 1,134; Wal
ker 1,025 and Poindexter 1918.
The defeat of the smelling commit.
tee, the state sheriff law and the
amendment to the absent voters act
also is indicated. In Adams county
the vote on the smelling committee in
favor of it was more than $50 less
than Fraziers vote and the state sher-
iq bill lost in the county by 25 votes.
In Morton county, while Frazier
carried it, the state sheriff, the alb
sent voters and the smelling commit
tee referred measures were lost. In
Billings county the state sheriff re-
ferred measure lost by II votes, al
though Frazier carried the county,
while the smelling committee carried
only "a votes, with Frazier carrying
the county by over 10 votes.
Bishop Bill Lemke and John Hagan,
for commissioner of agriculture, ran
we'll up with Frazier, the league men
evidently making strong effort to
put them over.