New Ulm review., 1920-06-23
PREUS
N PRIMARIES?
sHIPsTEAD, APPARENTLY, is
STRONG SECOND IN RACE s.
FOR GOVERNOR.
INDICATIONS POINT TO VIC
TORY OF REGULAR REPUB-
LICAN CANDIDATES.


farmer and labor organizations in the
state seem to have lost the battle in the
state primaries last Monday, according
to late reports Tuesday evening. These
reports indicate clean sweep for the
regular Republican candidates endorsed
by the elimination convention held in
ST. Paul several weeks ago. Figures
are not available at the present time, but
telephone inquiries in St. Paul Tuesday
afternoon divulged the fact that J.
A. O. Preus, state auditor, was leading
DR.. Henrik Shipstead, league-farmer
candidate for the nomination for COVER
nor, by vote of about $4,000. Thomas
Frankson, lieutenant governor, was run
ming a poor third and the other three
candidates Samuel G. Iverson, Frank
lin F. Ellsworth and Thomas Keefe-
received only scattered votes.
Adherents of DR.. Shipstead were claim
ing, at an early hour Tuesday, he would
gain steadily by the incoming returns
from outlaying districts, but their hopes
were shattered during the day when the
strength of Preus did not weaken but
rather kept on gaining.
Took Lead in Cities.
Preus took big lead in Minneapolis
and St. Paul, and in the country towns.
In 1876 out Of 250 precincts in Hennepin
county, Preus had lead of approximate
ly 6,100 votes over Shipstead. The
vote was Preus, 19,401; Shipstead 49,
283; Frankson, 1873.
In Ramsey county, the Preus lead
was estimated at 1900. The towns Of
Minnesota gave Preus large lead. In
towns reporting, Preus had lead of
nearly 5000 votes.
Collins Leads in Hennepin.
Louis L. Collins, Fighting Corporal
of the 151st,' showed a big lead in
Hennepin county over his Townley op-
ponent, Capt. George H. Mallon.. In
III out Of the 250 precincts, the vote
was Collins, 1880; Mallon 1886.
Clifford L. Hilton, attorney general,
led his Townley opponent by more than
1000 votes in 145 out Of the $50 pre-
cincts in Hennepin county. The vote
was Hilton, 14,433; Sullivan, 1O,055.
Lundeen Defeated.
Former Cong essman E. Lundeen, ap-
parently, was. defeated in the fifth con-
gressional district, Minneapolis, where
he ran for the nomination for congress.
His strongest opponent, Walter H.
Newton, present incumbent, seems to
have been renominated by plurality of
several thousand votes. In SO precincts
out of 155 in the Fifth district, the vote
was, Newton, 1912 5; Lundeen, 8,514;
Elliott, 1872.
Brown County For Fuller.
III. A. Fuller, progressive Republican
candidate for congress in the second
district, showed considerable strength
I in Brown county where he received a
majority of more than 800 votes over his
opponent, Judge Frank Clague. But
the latter''s lead in the other counties
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seems to have overcome this, according
to early reports. Redwood, Blue Earth
and Martin counties gave Clague a con-
siderable majority.
County Commissioner
| Primaries were also held in the First
| Commissioner district of Brown county,
comprising Cottonwood and Sigel town
ships and the First ward of New Ulm.
Three candidates Jos. j. Sperl, ]. P.
/ Graft and Fred Hamann were in the field.
Tuesday afternoon Sperl was in the lead,
/ with 249 votes, Graft following closely,
with 212 votes and Hamann being a
poor third, with 107 votes. Sperl and
Graft will contest for the position in the
November election. s. IS. l1.'=. sls
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Mrs. A.. M. Oswald returned Saturday
from Minneapolis, where she ATTENDED