Arizona republican., 1920-03-06

Lacking but 51 votes of being elected at the primaries by obtaining a clear majority of all votes cast, J. A. R. Irvine. candidate for city commission CT, rolled up the highest number of votes in the city primaries yesterday Irvine's total was 2,01S, while he needed 2069 to gain a majority of the 4.l5S votes cast in the F precincts during the day.
 Willis H. Plunkett and George (. Young were the successful aspirants for nominations for mayor subject to the general election. Plunkett obtained 1,93S votes, and Young 1.410. Harold Baxter. the third mayoralty candidate voted upon, was eliminated by the primaries. obtaining 670 votes.
 For nominations to the post of city commissioner J. A. R. Irine. c. W. Barnett, Frank Woods and J. M. Shott were the winners, netting respectively, 201S, 1,729, 1879 and 1,340. The can didates for commissioner eliminated by the primaries were Walter M. Davis and F. A. Trincano. who received, re- spectively. 616 and 564 votes.
 Much Interest Shown
 From the four commissioners nomi- hated yesterday, two will be elected to office at the general elections month from now. In the general election the contest for mayor will lie between Plunlett. present city auditor, and
 
 As Irvine and Barnett, the leaders in the race for commissioner yesterday, are both concluding terms as city com missioners. and as Plunkett, leader in the race for mayor, is present city auditor. the results of the primaries were hailed at the city hall last night as a vote of confidence in the present city administrati ton. Plunkett and Irvine received several hundred more votes than their nearest opponents, while Barnett led Woods by 50 votes, and Shott by nearly 400.
 The primaries yesterday brought forth rather more interest on the part of Phoenix at large than had been eX- pected. and last night the telephones in the city hall, police station and Re publican office buZzed with call after call. Voting was fairly brisk, with everybody non committal about pre- dieting the winners. When the polls closed at o'clock last night 4,13S per sons had voted. Eligible to vote. ac- cording to the registration books, were 5,S13.
 Voting It Late
 More votes were cast. however. than appeared in the total, it was said last night. In some cases two mayors were voted for on the same ballot. Tn such cases only the votes for commissioners were counted. In other cases four commissioners were voted for on the same bdlIOt. ailu m IneSe cases OllN the vote for mayor was counted
 Perfect spring weather proved an aid in geeting out a large number of the registered voters. No excitement was manifest, however. at any time. Work CTS for various candidates were in evil dence near many of the polls, and these endeavored, by oral checking outside the polling places, to find how their favorites were running. Estimates during the day were almost impossible to be had.
 More than three -fourths of the total vote was cast in the afternoon. the morning proving as dull usual in elections. One feature of the day was the fact that the total vote. while con sidered good, ran little higher than in past elections, notwithstanding the in crease in the city's population, indi- eating that a number of eligible voters had not even taken the trouble to register.