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proximately 100000. Seventy-five pes
cent of it has been reported and
tabuated. ..-
Legislatt Heavily Republican.
On the non-pa,tisan judicial and
school officers ballot, Chief Justice
Morrissey was reelected over Gran,
Martin by over 10000 majority,
George A. Day, appointed state SUI
preme judge to fill vacancy, and
John M. Matzeu, similarly appointed
state school superintendent. were re.
tanned in office by heavy majorities.
George Seymour was elected a
university regent an William L.
Bates is running Regent Liford a.
close race for the second seat on tie
board, a..
The state legislature is heavily re-
publican.
The law enacted by the last legis-
lature, repeating the direct primary
insofar as it referred to minor state
offices, was defeated on referendum
by 2 to l vote.
The latest available totals on
president. governor and congress
men. representing rs per cent of thc
total vote cast, follow:
FOR PRESIDENT.
(l9o,36s Of 1877 precincts.)
Harding, republican .1o0,365
Cox, democrat .......... $3.50
FOR GOVERNOR.
(l,37s Of 1877 precinco.)
McKelvis, republican n........1z0,l56
Morehead, democrat ....... .1o3,727
Wray, independent .......... $3.50
w.. FOR CONGRESS.
First district (l72 of 2o5 precincts.)
Reavis. republican .2S,771
Peterson, democrat ,33e
Second district (los of lee pre-
eincts):
Jeffris, republican .......... 2e.424
O'Hara, democrat 1854
Third district (2se of 344 pre-
cincts):
Evans, republican ..27.424
Rlce, democrat 1888
Weeks, independent ..........1l,7s7
Fourth district (zos Of go pre-
cincts):
Mclaughlin, republican 1852
Sprague, democrat ..........lo,fo7
Fifth district (23s Of s2l pre-
cincts): '.
Andrews, republican .........z2,s64
DUNCAN, democrat ......... 1868
Sixth district (224 of 3E pre-
cincts):
Kincaid, republican ........17,3S3
Grimes, democrat .......... S.o2o
Vote on Judges.
he race for supreme court Justice
tabulations from $50 of the states
l,sz7 precincts gave A. NJ. Morrissey.
78,5lO, and Grant Martin, 81, 1897. The
plurality of ll,173, when applied to
the ratio test indicated that Judge
Morrissey had won the contest by
approximately 10000 votes.
For Judge of the supreme court.
with 81 precincts counted, George
A; Day had plurality of 2l,439 over
William Dorsey. The totals were:
Day, 1926; Dorsey, s6,S2o.
For railway commissioner. long
term, reports from 957 precincts
gave Thorne A. Browne, republican,
1856, against 64,786 cast for Rov
NJ. Harrop, democrat. The ratio M
dicated an approximate plurality OF
$4,000 for Brown.
For lieutenant governor: One
thousand and twenty-six precincts
gave P. A. Barrows. republican.
lo9.Ss4; Cass G. Barnes. democrat,
l,S28; Robert D. Mousel, independ-
ent, 2S,0l6.
rot attorney general: One thou
sand and seventeen precincts gave
& a; Davis. republican. 1885; 4.
!. Huter, democrat, 65.674: F. |.
Bolen, independent, 27,lS3.
For secretary of statc-One thou
sand and fourteen precincts gave D.
NJ. Amsberry, republican, l2o, 1888; L.
A. Larson, democrat, 7l.l6S.
For auditor: Nine hundred and
nnety-seven precincts gave George
W. Marsh, republican, l26.4Sl: ]. W.
Mckissick. democrat, 60,9o2.
For treasurer: Nine hundred and
torty-five precincts gave d. h. Crop
sey, republican, 1851; J. S. Cana
day. democrat, o602S. stN
'On the ratification of the primary
law s94 precincts showed 1e.S0l at
firmative votes and 44,2So negative.
On state university regents, $50
precincts gave Seymour. s4,i6o:
Bates, 5S.644; Lyford, 1852; Ger
hart. 46.ol9
For land commissioner. oSl pre-
cincts. gave Dan Swanson. repub'i-
eau. l2S.732; Fred Heller, democrat,
Cs,Sl6. This ratio indicated Swan
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