The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-08
LENROOT LEADS
IN PR|MAR5e
Early Count Of Ballots 8
consin Shows Senatl
be Slightly
Ahead
SOME OTHER 5Lrs
Walsh Has Lead In Massachusetts,,
While Oddie is Ahead of Rev.
Adams Out in
Nevada.
SOME OTHER JLTs

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Sept. 8.-7-Sen-
ator Irvine Lenroot early today was
leading James Thompson for the re-
publican nomination for senate on
returns from 247 precincts out Of
|2,379 in yesterdays primary.
These returns gave:
Lenroot, 1883; Thompson, 1905;
McHenry, 2,705.
Thompson was backed by Senator
Robert LaFollette.
w H. Stafford, of Milwaukee, was
leading in forty-seven precincts fos'
the republican nomination for con-
gress in the fifth district. G. H. Zad-
ing was running second. The fifth
district elected Victor Berger to con-
gress.
The race for republican guberna.
itorial nomination was close. Roy Will
cox, a strong antiLaFollette man,
was leading in early returns.
Meager Returns.
RENO, New. Sept. S. Meager re,
turns from yesterdays primary in
Nevada, available today, gave ex-
Governor Tasker Oddie a small lead
Iover the Rev. Brewster Adams in the
contest for the republican senatorial
nomination. Returns were so incom-
plete, however, that the result still
was in doubt Senator Henderson
had no opposition for the. democratic
Inomina ton.
Esch Falling Behind.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, Sept. Sir
vine L. Lenroot, candidate for re-
nomination for United States senator
on the republican ticket at yesterdays s
Wisconsin primaries held a lead of
approximately 10000 votes today over
James Thompson, backed by the La
Toilette organization on incomplete re-
turns.
Returns from 636 precincts out of
1873 in the state gave Lenroot 1929
and Thompson 1891.
Roy P Wilcox, an anti-LaFollette
candidate and John Blaine we're run
ming close race for the republican
nomination for governor. Unofficial
returns from 43S precincts gave Blaine
2O,525 and Wilcox 20,149.
One Of the big surprises of the early
results was that John J. Esch, con-
gressman from the seventh district
and coauthor of the Esch-Cummins
railroad bill, was running behind J. D.
Beck, his opponent.
Esch fell behind in his home city of
Lacrosse, railroad town"
Smith Renominated.
PHOENIX, Ariz., Sept. S.-United
States Senator Marcus Smith ap-
peared to have been renominated by
the democrats on the basis Of early
s1,1> fnla
ering yesterdays primaries.
Vote in Georgia Today.
ATLANTA, Ca, Sept. S.-Georg1a
democrats today were nominating a
United States senator, governor,
eight congressman and state and
county officials, following one of the
hardest fought political campaigns in
the states history. Nomination in
Georgia is equivalent to election.
Four candidates are in the sena-
torial race-Senator Hoke Smith, in
cumbent; Governor Hugh M. Dorsey,
Thomas E. Watson and John r.
Cooper.
Walsh and Long.
BOSTON,, Mass, Sept. S.-lncom-
plete returns from the state primary
yesterday showed that James ].
Walsh. democratic candidate for gov,
ernor had 32,794 votes while Richard
III. Long, another democratic candl-
date polled 30,553 votes. These
figures were based on returns from
969 precincts out of 1888.
Lieutenant Governor Claiming Cox
republican, was unopposed as the
party's candidate for governor.
| Smith Wins Out.
| PHOENIX, Ariz., Sept S.-United
States Senator Marcus Smith was re-
nominated in the democratic primary
Yesterday, defeating r. c. Stanford on
the basis of incomplete returns today.
/ Both Milt Simms and Mulford Win
sor claim to have won the democratic
nomination for governor, though the
result was still in doubt at ten a. m.
today. Governor Thomas Campbell
was unopposed for the republican nom
ination. Ralph Cameron and L. .
Clark were leading in the fight tui the
republican senatorial nomination, the