The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-03-17

| Slope Is any criterion, NOrtn Dakota
Yesterday rejected the Blue Laws
which have so long regulated the
states morals and repudiated the two
national tickets presented with the
endorsement of the Townleyites. In
Bismarck city the vote in favor of tht.
repeal of the blue laws was almost
four to one. The same result is re-
ported from all neighbOring county
seats which could be reached this
morning by wire, with the exception
Of Steele. where the vote was strong
ly in favor of the retention of the
blue laws, and particularly heavy
against the repeal of the anti-cigarette
and Sunday theatre acts. Steele,
however, voted heavy majorities for
the regular republican and democratic
tickets. -,
TOWN VOTE PREDOMINATES q,
Indications are that in majority OF
the Slope counties the urban vote
will decide the day. In many country'
precincts because of the severe wealth
er yesterday no attempt was made 10
open the polls AS a result in mos;
instances the town and village vote
will be in the majority. In almost
every case where reports are avail.
able, the town vote was strongly anti
Townley and in favor of The repeal il
the blue laws. t....
Because of the extremely unfavora
BILE weather the woman vote was very
light, even in the cities In Bismarck,
for instance, the total wOmen's vote
was less than $50.
! JOHNSON BIG WINNER
I The Bismarck vote would indicate
that Johnson, the only presidential
candidate whose name appeared on
the ballot, will be big winner i0r
the republican nomination. The Cali
fornian appears to have received about
ten times as many votes as his clos
est competitor Major General Leon
ard Wood F. O. Lowden ran third
and Hoover was poor fourth on the
republican ticket. Il.
The democrats wrote. in the names
of five favorites. Hoover, McAdoo.
Bryan and Johnson-none of whoM
received more than a dozen votes in
4 Bismarck. A feature of the democrat
. ic voting in the city was the close
race between Capt I. P. Baker of Biz
marck and H. H. Perry of Glendale
for the democratic national commit
teeship. None of Bakers teammates
on the Bryan democratic ticket ap
pears to have Jared as well as he, al.
though the balloting on presidential
electors and delegates was badly mix
ed
FIRST RURAL PRECINCT
Hay Creek, the first rural precinct
in Burleigh county to report produced
but one republican vote, which Wa:
cast for o. H. Olson of Eddy, the
Townley candidate for republican ma
tional committeeman. Hay Creek.
where the polls did not open until
after noon, cast eight votes. The town.
ship went solidly in favor of the foui:
constitutional amendments and in fav
or of the repeal of the blue laws.
For national committeeman Fl. n.
Perry, regular democrat, got seven
votes; for presidential electors the
vote was: Fulkerson, / Bergman. /,
Kennedy, 1; William Olson, l.; John
Sullivan, g. Anna H. Roach. Z; Jens
Petersen, 6; Hegge, z; Lamb, s.
For delegates: C. P. Peterson, l ;;
Raney, j; Richards, l.; Nostad, u;
Nuchols, L; McHose, 6; Mann, 6; Muir
ply, s; Burchard, S; Noyes, Z; Breen
7; Glotzbach, 4; Simon, z; Wooledgo,
Z; Fried, 6. ...N
MANY VICE PRESIDENTS
In addition to William Grant Web.
ster of New York. whose name ap.
peared on the official ballot, Bismarck
dominated number of vice presidents
esterday. F. o. Lowden, C. B. Little
: cabot" Lodge. and l. p Baker each
receiving some republican votes in
Ward three. ~,
CARSON GOES STRONG
Carson. N. D., March 17.-CarsOn
cast 81 republican votes, Of which a
very small minority were claimed by
the Townleyites. Carson went strong
in favor Of the repeal Of the blue
laws. The regular democratic ticket
headed by H. H., Perry of Glendale
received a majority of the two demo-
cratic votes cast. No returns from
the country precincts are yet avail
able, the wires being down in most
instances 1t is believed that many Of
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