Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-06
ROBERTS HAS LEAD
|NTENNESSEERAC
FOR GOVERNORSH|P
Representative Sims Defeat
ed by SoIdier-Returns in
Other Primaries.
BY the Associated Press.

OlIICI j iiiICli ISSs
BY the Associated Press.
MEMPHIS. Tenn, August 6.-Re-
turns as tabulated by the CONNER
cial Appeal at 80 this morning from
fifty-five counties, unofficial and in
complete, indicated Gov. A. H. Rob-
erts had a lead Of 12,797 votes over
NV. r. Crabtree. his opponent. in
! thursdays primary for the demo-
cratic nomination for governor.
! NASHVILLE, Tenn. August 6.-The
! Nashville Banner says: In Thursday
; democratic primary for governor, AL
! pert H. Roberts was renomlnated
over W. r. Crabtree by 10000 to
$4,000. George n. Welch was re-
dominated for railroad commissioner
by approximately the same majority.
All Taylor was nominated by the re-
publlcans for governor over Jess M.
iLlttlcton, c. r. Evans and J. Q. Eaton.
In the democratic primary in the
third congressional district early re-
turns indicate the denomination of
l1ams. In the eighth district, Rep
resentative T. w. Sims was defeated
! by Capt Gordon Browning, returned
soldier, by 1000. At midnight returns
from the republican primary in the
| first district indicated a close race
I
and Lieut.. Carroll Reece, returned
soldier. In Davidson county a legis
lative ticket favoring change from
commission government in Nashville
seems to have won.
| Incomplete returns from Tennessee
| showed the following in the race for
democratic nominee for governor:
| Roberts carried the following coun-
ties by the estimated najorities:
Maury. %; Sumner. 600; Haywood,
300; Hickman. with four precincts
out, 311; Lewis. two precincts out,
102; Carroll, 401; Bedford. 200; Laud-
erdale, $40; Giles. 400; Wayne. 100;
IObion. 100; Marshall. 900; Carroll. 800.
In the same race it seemed certain
that Littleton would be the choice
of the republicans by large
majority.
Senator Gore Comedies Defeat.
OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla. August s.
yesterday conceded his defeat as can
dldate for the democratic senatorial
nomination, has announced he would
!go to New York soon on a brief bust
ness trip and plan then to go on to
Washington. Mrs. Gore, when asked
whether the family expected to return
to Lawton. their home, said: 1--WE
iShall continue to make Oklahoma our
home" She said they expected to
spend part of their time in Washing
ton.
A new tabulation on the results of
tuesdays primary had not been made
early today. A tabulation by the
Daily Oklahoman showed Gore had
cut the lead of representative Scott
Ferris, to whom he conceded the nom
nation, to 24,6S0 votes. The tabula-
ton showed 2,115 of the 2.7OS pre-
Icincts in the state reporting, giving
Ferris 94,27S and Gore $3.50
Th1rty-nine counties have furnished
complete reports. Three counties
have not reported at ALL
Judge F. B. Swank continues to lead
Roy E. Stafford in the fifth district
democratic congressional nomination
race With only two precincts not
reporting: the vote was: Swank. TO-
446; Stafford, S,7S7.
| In the sixth district democratic race
Elmer Thomas had lead of 500 votes
for the congressional nomination.
TWO thirds of the precincts had re-
ported and gave Thomas 6.263; Chum
Jones. $3.50.
| With the exception of the contest
| Tor the democratic nomination for
| united states senator none of the
more important races in Tuesdays
primary election had been definitely
night.
Election board officials said it might
be week or more before the com
plete returns were. available.
senator Gore in a statement said:
AS this rings down the curtain
upon my political career I take this
opportunity to express my gratitude
to the people of Oklahoma for all
that they have done for me in the
| past and to express my apprecia ton
to my friends for their fidelity in
| this contest.
| Il shall continue to wish and to
| work flor the triumph of democratic
principles. liberty of thought; speech.
conscience. the press, etc"
| Senator Cores war record was made
the issue in the campaign by Repre-
sentative Ferris. Ferris made his
! campaign on a Wilson platform
Senator Gore has repr esented Okla
homa in the Senate since statehood
| in 1907, while Ferris has been rep
resentative from the sixth district
| also during that length of time.
! For the republican senatorial nomi-
| nation J. w. Harreld. Oklahoma City,
continued to hold his lead over ]. B.
| Cullison of Enid. on the face of tab
ulated returns.
Long Continues to Gain.
ST. LOUIS, August 6.-Unofficial
returns on Tuesdays state wide pri
mary slowly coming in from the rural
| districts are showing continued gains
for Breckenridge Long and Senator
Selden p. Spencer, candidates. re-
j spectively, for the democratic and
republican senatorial nominations,
and for John NJ. Atkinson and Ar
/ thur NJ. Hyde, respective candida ties
/ for the democratic and republican
! gubernatorial nominations
( With more than $500 precincts out
of 4,486 in the state heard FROM the
totals for Senator are: Long, 53165;
Priest (dem), 37,456; Hay (dem.)
1852; Spencer, 7O,59S and Davis
/ (repD, 61.354
] This, it is: believed. approximates
SO per cent of the total state vote.
/ The nomination of Long was to-
night conceded by Charles NJ. Hay
who apparently is running third
Senator Spencer's denomination has
already been conceded by Dwight F
! Davis.
Kansas Returns Scattering.
I TOPEKA, Kan, August 6.-The
\ only change in the scattering returns
| from Tuesday 5 primary reaching To-
, peka yesterday was slight in
crease in the lead by L. r. Thomp-
| son of Bellaire for state treasurer
and to add to the majority of the
other republican candidates who are
known to have been nominated.
I! Little change is shown in the demo
cratic contest for nomination for gov
ernor, few of the scattering returns
showing the democratic vote.
Figures on United States senator
and governor, all republicans: Cur
tbs, .64,s22;. Edwards. 30.223; Allen
67,725, and Snow. 26,472.
MAY SWITCH FUND PROBE.