The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-05-05

CROWN POINT, Ind. May 6.-The
election board was more asleep
than awake. Newspaper reporters
shuddered each time the phone
rang, fearing the rage of city edi-
tors demanding final returns. Forty
four hours after the close OF the
polls the outcome of the treasurer's
race was still in doubt
Just then a Negro shuffled into
the court room where election re-
turns were being received. He car
ried with him the returns from the
Nineteenth precinct of Gary. The
Gary police patrol came a few rnln-
utes later with two other precincts,
and then a farmer from Lowell
hitched his horse TO the rack in
front of the square and carried in 4
the last precinct.
While these leisurc.y precinct Of
hcials came tardily to the court
house late yesterday. the political
destinies of three men-Otto Fifie.d,
Win Hunter and Hazel Groves
hung in the balance. Until the last
four precincts arrived there was a
chance for either man to win
There they were, compelled to sit
for two days that must have SEEM
ed two years. 1t was an ordeal
that none OF these men will ever
care to experience again.
The most Sensational race IN the
history OF Lake county primaries
came to an cnd yesterday afternosa
when Otto Flf1eld OF Crown Point
member of the last state legislature.
was declared by the election board
to be the winner OF the nominatisa
for county treasurer on the Repub-
lican ticket
The three candidates for the
treasurership nomination finished
as follows: Fiheld. 7.47s; Hunter.
1908; Groves, $50. Fifeld's plur-
ality was 473.
In the clerkship race. Kiliigrew
had total vote OF 1924 for the
90 precincts. and Dyer 1916, CIV
ing Killigrew a majority of 1.o4s.
The vote for Beveridge was 17.-
2e1 and for New s.2Ts. giving the
former a majority of 2.ssk
DR.. Evans of Gary won the nomi-
nation for coroner By = two to ono
vote.
The official returns for the entire
county (9s precincts) follow;
United States Senator
Albert j. Beveridge. 1881: hairy
s. New. e.27s. Beveridge leads New
by Ass.
United states Congressman
Will r. Wood. 1915: VIII B. An
derson. e.s24; Gust Strom. s,s85: El-
wood Washington. e15.
Prosecuting Attorney
Dwight Kinder. 1881.
Judges of Superior Court
Room 1. V. S. Reiter. 1911.
Room 2. Maurice t.. Critics 1f,a45.
Room 3. G. Z. Greenwald. 1917.
state Senator for Lake County
Erie G. sproat s,772: Thomas
Grant, 6,o22; William r. Hodges.
7.14s; willis E. Roe. 2.so5. Hodges
nominated.
Representative for Lake County
Five to be nominated. J. Glenn
Harris, 1884: Michael Havran.
5.ss4; Herman La Key. s.s1s: VIII
liam NJ. Love, $3.50; Berthold NJ.
Paulding. 1887; d. 7. Rosenthai.
4.2ss; ]. w. Thiel. 1926; willard
B. Van Horne. 5.147; Oscar A. Ahl-
gren. s.os3: Peter Boult, 1904;
James I. Day. S,247. Harris, Day.
Love. Ahlgren and Thiel nominated.
Joint Representative, Lake and
Porter Counties
william A. Hill. 1858; Arthur o.
J. Krieger. 5.132; Jay J. overmyer.
3.2s7.
County Clerk
Charles r. Dyer. 1916; John Kill
ligrew. 1924.
County Treasurer
Otto G. Fifeld. 7.476; Hazel K.
Groves. $3.50; Winifre6 D. Hunter.
1908.
sheriff
William H. Olds. 1929.
Coroner
Edward r. Evans 11,721; Frank
II. Mervis, 51s6; NJ. z Rafacz, s4s.
Evans nominated.
Ray Seely. s,419; C. Keller wallace
s,s15. Wallace nominated by 1895.
County Assessor
William e Black. 10.57s; Herman
Meeter. $500. Blacks majority.
4,072.
County Commissioner. End District
John H. Claussen. 1131s: August
w. Neunfeldt, 7.o75. claussen NOM
mated.