The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-11-25
Harding Beats Cox Four to One;
Preus' Plurality Over Ship
stead Is 134,403.
797,945 BALLOTS CAST
voistead Gets 1.452 Votes Margin Ov.
er His OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Leads
State Ticket with a Plurality
of 268,3o1.

made Win Otner states, IL Is DelleveQ
by Republican leaders here that his
is the record vote, based on popula-
ton, Of any state in the Union. Hard
ing ran almost four to one over Gov
n Cox The final vote was: Hard
ing, 519,421: Cox, 42,994.
The full extent OF the Republican
victory in Minnesota was made
known when julius Schmahl, secre-
tary of state, announced the complete
figures on the votes cast.
]. A. o Preus defeated his Town
ley opponent, DIR. Henrik Shipstead,
for governor by a plurality Of 1874 403
votes.
797,s45 Votes Cast In State.
The total number of votes cast was
797, 945 II was necessary, therefore,
that a proposed amendment to the
state constitution receive 3GS.973
votes. The good roads amendment,
which led the field, received 526.936
votes. There were 1885, SOB votes re-
corded against 1t.
Two of the other amendmeaSs, No.
2 and No. 4 on the Ballot, were carried.
They call for extension of the terms of
probate Judges from two to four years,
and for the assessment of railroad
property for local improvements.
Andrew J.. Volstead defeated the
Rev. o. ] Kvale by a margin of 1,452
votes for Congress in the Seventh lis
trict; o. j. Larson of Duluth defeated
Congressman w. l.. Cars in the
Eighth district by a margin of 1923
votes.
jacobson Leads Field.
o. p. b. Jacobson leads the field of
state candidates as far as plurality Is
concerned He had no Nonpart san
league opposition, however. His plu-
rality was 26S, 301. Attorney General
Hilton led the field of those who had
league opposition. His margin ever
Thomas v Sullivan was 195,34S.
Canvassine Board Meets Nov. 23rd.
Mr.. Schmahl announced all the re-
turns on receipt Of the vote from Itas-
ca county, which had delayed the con-
pletion of the final count. The mem
bers of the state c~anvassing board will
meet at Q a. m. Tuesday, November %,
to certify the vote. Mr.. Schmahl is
chairman of the board. Chief Justice
c. l.. Brown and Associate Justice An.
drew Holt of the supreme court and
District Judges Frederick N. Dicks IN
of st. Paul and H. l.. Dickinson Of
Minneapolis are members Of the
board.
Amendment Results.
Tia Vnfa nm fha nmandrnanfQ FOL-
lows:
Amendment No. 1-For. 52e.93s;
against. 1e9. f03.
Amendment No. 2 .(probate Judged
For. 446, $50; against, 171.414.
Amendment No. 3 (incosHs tax)-For,
s3i,1o5; against 2i7.55S.
ments)MFor. 4ss.4s7: against. ss.oI5.
For President.
Harding, 6lg;421; James NJ, Cox, l42,-
Watkins. 'ii.4ss. Harding's plurality.
a76.447.
Prsus tl5so5i Hodgson, si,2ss; Ship.
plurality. 134.403.
For Lieutenant Governor.
Collins. 432.226; Mcdonald, 79,414;
maseell. $685. o MalloI; ss.,soi; =, TFi sss
For Secretary of state.
Holm. 4s4.1s2; Anderson. 1865: Bur-
i s i H as,isni!; p GGPsifSd' s aiSs : Hir''
For state Treasurer.
Rines. 44s.als:. Wagner. 1s1,47s; Lue-
a asI,v ss;ssii Phelps. aa'4s4- Rines' plu-
For attorney General.
Hilton. 4te.7ssi McQuat, s3,7sS: Sui
Ivan. 251.4Ss. Hilton's plurality. 1885,
For Railroad and warehouse Commits
Jacobson. ..s.s si9ns M.ok,rz,.. ,77ass
Robinson. 7s,ss4; May. ss.s0o. Jacob
sons plurality. tss.30i.
Representatives I'm Congress.
An Tirss cop sS'sss; julius Di. J. S.i,s.. s;.y
Second Congressional District
ErnnfM i. cl e Ys,i ts;isi; Frank Simon. g.
Charles 3 psvis. ;,;sIs; James N, MI
'si Fs;oaas sii co =; e. so%adf 6,. .siSss e.
SO; SsrIw Cumming; t.ios
H. Newton. $500; 7. 8. Dahl. s.sss:
Lynn Thompson. as'ss4; Ernest Lun-
Sixth congressionai DIstrict-Harold
Knutson. t7.sst; Charles A. Lindbergh.
Seventh congregational p,strict-An-
chen. 5.s58: O. J. Kvale. s5.370.
Eighth congressicnsi pistrict-oscar
j. Larson. Ss.fSos w. Ii CarSS. 1883.
Ninth Congressional District-Halvor
s~teenerscn. ss,!22: Frank Je9ers. s.7li:
Tenth CONVERSATIONAL DISTRIBUTION
as ID. Schall, 1871; Henry A. Finiay-
son. s.si7; John Gabrial Soitis. 1850.
Judges Of District Court.
First Judicial Dlstrict-Willard /.
Converse. 9,S02: Charles b. 1855.
Secoud judicial District-Hugo o.
Hanst. 4e.9t7; Orrin B. Lewis. l6.363,
Sreier NJ. Orr. 4e.Sol. $3.50
Fourth Judicial pistrict--J. w. Molly
seaux. s3.0<S: Edmond A. Montgomery
1901; Frank. NJ Nye, SLS71; Thomas
sixth judicial District-w. L. Com
Seventh JudIcal District-wniam L.
parson. l1.370; John A. Roeser. l7,01O.
Ninth Judicial DistrictJ. NJ. Olson,
t7.b64. Albert Pfaender. fi,sse.
eleventh judicial plstrict-wmian
A. Can't. 40,65t: Bert Fosier. 1851; G.
e Magney, 2s.S7e: Warren 2 Greene.
az; Risnnrd y; Funok. s.ss7; Hama
Eifsesnth. judicial Dlstriet-R. y.
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