The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-03-19
LEAGUES LOSS
SEEMS CERT AIN,
BLUE LAWS NOT
Election Of Gunder Olson and
H. Fl. Perry and Their
Tickets Conceded
) CHANGE IN SUNDAY ISSUES
Fate Of Initiated Acts in Doubt
Probabilities Against
Passage

Passage
With 600 precincts, Gunder Olson
regular republican. leads in the race
for republican national committeeman
lin North Dakota in the election Of last
Tuesday, Reports stifl are badly de.
layed with many counties isolated. On
the face Of available returns. Gunder
Olson has 12.3OS and Ole H. Olson, the
NOnpartisan candidate. has 8.234. Civ
ing the former a majority at this time
Of 4O84. The counties not reported
include Ia counties which have Ordi-
narily given majOrities to NOnprtisan
candidates. y ,ss
H. H. Perry Of Glendale. regular
democratic candidate for democratic
national committeeman. has 2.474 In the
same precincts. while l. P. Baker Of
bismarck. his opponent, endorsed by the
NOnpartisan league. has, 1890
The proposed legislation Of Sunda:
baseball In the same precincts was ap-
proved by a vote of 14145 yes to 12..
5O2. The precincts still TO report are
expected to overcome the ma ajority in
favor OF the measure with the proba-
bility Increasing that none OF the So
called "blue laws" repeal laws have
feen approved.
BLUE LAWS IN DOUBT
While. original predictions seem
borne out insofar as the regular, re-
publican and democratic tickets, hea..
ed by Gunder Olson and H. H. Perry,
are concerned, more complete returns
from Tuesdays primary election Civ :,
more cause for hope to supporters Of
the blue laws which would be repealed
by the passage of initiated acts sub
mitted Tuesday.
While some of the Slope cities ap.
pear TO have returned very large ma
porities In favor of the repeal OF the
blue laws, the result in others was
very close, while the rural districts
in the Red river valley appear to BE-
almost unit in favor Of the retention
Of the statute prohibiting professional
boxing, Sunday baseball and theatres
and the licensed sale Of cigarettes.
LOGAN COUNTY SURPRISES
One of the surprises in today's re-
turns Is a report covering eleven ou,,
Of Logan county'B rs precincts, which
shows a big majority against each Of
the initiated acts. The Logan county
returns tend to support q conviction
that has become more or less general
that many voters were confused by the
four constitutional amendments and
the four Initiated laws, and that a
large number voted "yes" or "no" foi
the whole eight without discriminat.
ing between the two.
Logan is one, Of the few counties
which has reported majorities against
all four of the constitutional amend.
ments, and It Is also the only county
reporting to date which has major.
ity against each Of the initiated meas.
ures.
The vote in Logan ran about the
same on each Of these eight measures,
as follows: S ~
Amendments: Recall, rs yes, 116
no; leasing coal lands, 81 yes, 80 no;
qualification Of electors, 81 yes, 100
no; municipal bonding, 80 yes, 105 no.
Blue Laws: Sunday baseball, 93
yes, 1O5 no: Sunday theatres, 78 yes,
1875 no; boxing, IS yes, l16 no; cig
arettes, 96 yes, 104 no.
LEAD IS VERY SMALL
With very few returns available,
from rural districts the Sunday base
ball bill, which appears to have been
the most popular of the quartette, is
given in state compilation a ma:
jority OF less than .2,O0O standing
S,325 to 6,6O5.
The baseball bill was the only one
which won out in Grand Forks county,
while only. the baseball and boxing
bills received a map0rity in Cass.
In spite Of the fact that the blizzard
decimated the rural vote, it is doubt
full whether the very small majority
which the initiated measures received
in the towns and villages will suffice
to overcome the general opposition
which is expected to develope in the
country vote. I
Mandan voted on the blue laws
much as Bismarck did, boxing $40 10
179: cigarettes, 457 to 1856; baseball,
485 to IA; theatres, 438 to 1S4. In
Morton county fifteen precincts Civ,
Sunday baseball TAO to 294 and Sun
day theatres 662 to $50. q,
In Linton the vote on the blue laws
was very close: Boxing IS to 20; Gig
arettes, SO to Ga; baseball, S6 to 81,
theatres, ~ to Y.
LOGAN AGAINST LEAGUE
Logan county republicans voted
solidly against the league candidates,
the returns from II out Of Is pre-
cincts being as follows: :
President: Hiram w. Johnson, 14O;
vice president, VIM. Grant Webster,
S3;. national committeeman, Ole II,
Olson, 54; Gunder Olson, 125. Presi-
Dental electors-Snortland, 6; Nah.
wald, 9; Trubshaw, 139; Garden, 146;
Hoverson, 1856; johnson, 1S; Heaton,
5 l41; Cole. Ia; Nicholson, IA; SherI-
dan, SO; Underwood, Al; Backer, As,
Baker, 46; Joyce, SO. Delegates -
national convention Hendrickson.
1874; MeKellar, 2l; Shaw, 15;. Tosts-
win, 1881 Kraabel, i146; LokensgarG:,
141; Kelly, 143; Steel, 40; Bishop,
l41; Mclean, 1873; Lucas, las; Mad
den, II; Motley, Sc; J. Monson, 45;
Gilbertson, 81; Rose, 4S; Cannon, 40;
Pofndexter, Jr.s41; Aaker. As; Eckert,
so; Rudd, 43; Nelson. 1877.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
Recall of ofiicersYes, 76; no, III.
Coal lands cultivatiOn-Yes, 81; no,