The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1920-07-22
St. Paul Letter


St. Paul, July 20-A study of the
primary election figures reveals
some Interesting things not to men
ton considerable food for thought.
]. O. A. Preus led his chief rival for
the Republican nomination for gov
ernor, DR.. Henrik Shipsted, by g.
1919 votes. He carried the First Con-
gressional district, the Second, the
Fourth, the Fifth and the Eighth,
but he lost the other five districts.
In the First district Mr.. Preus pre-
vailed by 5,051, Ia the Second 2,94a-
in the Fourth by 1858, in the Fifth
by 1884 and in the Eighth by 5,2lo.
In these five districts were located
the principal population ce.lters and
the regular Republican nominees pre-
vailed in nearly all of them. DR.
Shipsted, the League candidate car
ried the Third district by only IS
votes, the Sixth by 112 votes, the
Seventh by 6,416, the Ninth by 7,444
votes and the Tenth by 20 votes.
Mr.. Preus prevailed in 80 counties
and DIR. Shipsted in 81. There was
a total of 319,s60 Republican ballots
cast of which Preus received 1885
and Shipsted 125,OS7. The other four
Republican gubernatorial candidates
which included Franklin F. Ellsworth,
Tom Frankson, S. G. Iverson and
Thos. Keefe polled combined total
of 47,493 votes. The total number
of Democratic votes cast and counted
was 27,28S. At the primaries two
years ago with only two Republican
candidates contesting for the guber-
material honor the regular Republic
can candidate prevailed in Sc counties
and the League candidate in only 80
counties. The total Republican vote
cast was 369,O98 and Democratic
vote 32,649. In the two League
strongholds, the Seventh and Ninth
districts, Lindberg the League can
didate of that period only lead by
LOGS in the Seventh and by 5,6l9
in the Ninth. The banner Republi-
can districts was the Fifth which
gave the regular candidate a MAORI
ty of nearly $4,000.
The late primaries undoubtedly
saw the finish of such political ceie-
brities as Tom Frankson, S. G. lver7
son and Franklin P. Ellsworth and
political Minnesota has in all proba-
bility seen the last of them. Iom
Frankson's vote of little over
27 900 was surprise even to Tom
and beyond question considerable
of disappointment to him for, while
Tom considered his nomination only
a chance, yet he had a hunch that
the figure would be well over the o.
600 mark. That there is something
in a name and we'll advertised one
awaited Sam Iverson but little as ne
only received 1862 votes, just sol
less than a much ridiculed rival,
Franklin Ellsworth of Blue Earth
County. Thomas Keefe, an utterly
unknown, and whose chief bid Tor
votes was his platform of drawn
democracy, polled better than 5000
votes. AS pointed out the four can
didates named polled a trifle over
$1,000 republican votes and the ques-
ton now is who will get these ballots
at the November election. In every
instance, with the possible exception
of Tom Frankson, whose heavy adj
vertising stunts were viewed with
considerable alarm in regular Re
publican circles, those who voted for
either Ellsworth, Iverson or Keefe'
knew beyond question that they were
backing a loosen and the point now
is will these same votes continue 70
go astray.
James Arneson, the new state I'M
migration commissioner and his as
sistant, C. T. Kelly, of Menahga, took
the oath of office this week and were
duly installed in their offices at the
state capitol. Fred Sherman and A.
M. Opsahl, the sitting commissioners
retired without protest, though it is
said that Opsahl may figure in the
fall election to the extent of filing as
independent candidate for Secretary
of State or joining the ranks of the
Non-partisan League with the same
thing in view. In retiring Mr.. Sher-
man said he wished his successors
the best Of luck.
The last legislature passed law
giving preference to al veterans IT
xxvo,. ~, fo nffici al