Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-06-25

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Large majorities for Shipstoad In
the remaining precincts conceivably
might defeat Preus. it was pointed out,
but such possibility was discounted
heavily by the fact that Preus main
tanned his lead Of $1,000 and gained
300 votes while the last ~ precincts
came fn- "
Collins HAS Big Lead.
Louis L. Collins, Endorsed by the con-
vention for the office Of lieutenant gov.
ernor, had a larger lead than Preus,
according to totals from 2.l42 precincts
out of the s,195 in the state. Collins
received 120.47l votes in these pre-
cincts against lOl,483 for George H.
MallOn. -.
In only one state office. that of at.
torney general: was there any appre-
tension that the Republican candidate
Endorsed by the: con vantiou would be
defeated. Returns from 2.l68 precincts
gave Clifford L. Hilton. the conven-
tons choice and. the incumbent, "a $40
votes to 81. 1851 TOR Thomas v. Sulli-
van. Some possibility that s'ullivan's
strength might cut down, Hilton's lead
OF 1000 and 1ossibIy dafeat him was
expressed. I | =
Nomination. Of Mike Holm for secre-
tary of state~.qppareuty was assured.
With raturng rom 1887 precincts CIV
ing him SO, 800 votes compared with
77.904 for Thomas VoIlom, and $1,000
for A. M. Opsahl. it Was thought ex-
tremely improbable Holm could be de-
feated.
The same number of precincts
showed considerable strength for Hen.
~ Riuos. state treasurer, giving him
105,995 votes compared with 94,081 for
Charles A. l.und. :.
Democrats Name Hodqson.
Mayor l.. G: Hodgson of st. Paul was
the overwhelming choice of the Demo
Gratis Of the state for governor. He
received three times rs many votes as
his nearest opponent
voistoad Defeated.
Congressman Andrew ]. Volstead,
chairman OF the House Judiciary COM
mittee, was defeated for denomination
from the Seventh district by the Rev.
o. ]. Kvale, of Benson. Returns from
1913 Of the 375 precincts I'm the Seventh
district give V0lstead 1912 votes and
Mr.. Kvale 1876. Congressman Vol.
stead, ut his hume in Granite Falls,
said that he expected tn DO defeated
by $500 or NOR votes
With the denomination of Congress-
man Walter IL. Newton. of the Fifth
district. over Ernest Iundeen, former
paciflst congre ssman. interest in the
congressional situation switched to the
Seventh district.
Reports from counties throughout
the state, AS the tlbnlation neared
completion. Indicated vote running
almost true to form, so far as tho split
between the Republican and the Non
partisan League vote was concerned.
Although in several sections of the
state. local matters overshadowed the
state fight In Internationally the
fight in the Seventh district between
Congressman Volstead and Rev. Kvale
the vote on tho governorship race
was the best index OF the trend of
sentiment In each county.
Frankson failed to get much more
than complimentary vote from his
friends in any county. Pipestone
county refused to give him a single
vote. according to returns, said to be
complete. His votes ranged from 8,
hts total In Clearwater county, to the
6,370 he received In Hennepin county
For Supreme Court.
One thousand and Afty-three pre-.
ctncts out Of 3.196 give George r.
Setgel 1857: Albert Johnson, 36,144;
Homer B. Dibell. 30.825 and William
II. vanderburgh. 1857.