South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-08
BEVERIDGE 5000 BEHIND
IN STATE; COUNTY GIVES
WOMAN CANDIDATE LEAD
H / c k e Us Strength in
Rest Of District Makes
Result Doubtful.

St. Joseph county voted
Tuesday to send Miss Esther
.O'Keefe of Plymouth to a seat
in the house of representatives
at Washington, D. c.
Such was indicated early to-
day when unofficial returns from
/ % out of the 80 precincts in the
county were compiled. giving
lndianas first woman candidate
for congress a lead of 1911
over Andrew ]. Hickey, present
incumbent. The total from the
% precincts gave Miss O'Keefe,
Democrat. 1886 against lt. =
295 votes cast for Hickey, her
Republican opponent.
Gaining an early lead in the
county, Miss O'Keefe continued
to pile her lead as the ballots in
the various precincts were count
ed. She carried Mishawaka by
40. according to the unofficial
returns from the | 3 precincts in
that city.
Miss O'Keefe ran ahead of
former Gov. Samuel Nj. Ralston
in the balloting in St. Joseph
county. which gave the Demo
cratic candidate for the United
State senate a IS lead in the %
precincts. In many precincts
she ran ahead of Albert ]. Bev-
eridge, Republican senatorial
candidate. and ran well ahead Of
county candidates on her ticket.
With the apparent choice of
the county in giving the congress
sional candidate the lead that
places her over so far as the
county is concerned, interest
centered on other counties of
the Thirteenth congressional dis
trict.
Other Counties Awaited.
Returns from the other coun-
ties were slow in being reported
to the county board Of election
canvassers. according to reports
| from the county clerks Of those
counties early today. In several
I of them the machines were not
used, the election being under
the Australian ballot system.
/ This necessarily makes returns
late. because Of the vast amount
of work in compiling the results.
While Republican ounty
chairmen were claiming leads for
| Hickey in the other counties of
the district. returns early today
showed that Miss O'Keefe was
leading by 100 in Marshall
county. her home. This was
from six of the "a precincts in
that county. Ten of the ! J pre-
cincts of Fulton county gave
Miss O'Keefe a lead of l66 over
Hickey. In six of the 90 pre-
cincts in Laporte county Hickey
held a lead Of 29l, according to
unofficial reports. Hickey. in the
reports from Starke county,
which he had expected to carry
by an overwhelming majority,
held a margin of % votes in the
several precincts that had re
ported at o'clock this morn
ing.
Despite these returns. the variou:
Republican county ch@irmen are
claiming for Hickey. Fulton county
10y leo, Starke county by 900. Kos
ciusko county by 400 and Elkhar
! and IAporte counties ~ fair mar
gins
EIkhar1 County for Hickey.
In Elkhart county. where mucl
+ scratching OF the ballot was indicat.
ed by the slownesS in which returns
+ came in. Hickey was said unofhcially
20 have a lead OF 1897 IL IS OF a
: / precincts. Whether she will be abl'
: 20 cut that lead Is doubtful. becaus,
the entire EIkhart county Repubu
can ticket was swept into Office.
| IN Lapo-te county AZ 1 o'clock ths
morning 10 out OF so precincts CAV,
| / Hickey 1853 while Miss O'Keefe va
/ 4 credited with LOTT. Michigan CStl
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