Evening star., 1922-07-19
HITCHCOCK, HOWELL
PICK OF NEBRASKA
Democratic Senator Scores
Sweeping Victory Over
Two Opponents.
BY the Associated Pres.

OMAHA. Neb., July Ex-senator
Gilbert NJ. Hitchcock and r. b.
Howell. republican national commit
teeman. were nominated at yester-
days statewide primaries as demo-
cratic and republican candidates. re-
spectively, for United States senator
Senator Hitchcock's victory was
sweeping. the combined vote OF his
two opponents. on the face OF the
returns from approximately one-third
Of the state. being about half that
cast for the incumbent senator. Tab
ulation Of votes from SIS Of the 1913
precincts in the state showed Senator
Hitchcock, 20.468, against 6.757 for
J. o. Shroyer. his nearest opponent.
Howell's lead over Representative
Albert w. Jefferis Of Omaha and
Attorney General Clarence A. Davis
while safe, was by no means as com
manding. He showed margin OF
moro than 5000 votes in tabulations
of returns from 71s precincts. with
Davis and Jefferis fiuctuating be-
tween second and third place in the
race and the three other candidates
hopelessly outdistanced. The vote
stood: Howell, 1888; Jefferis. 1851.
and Davis, Hats. -
Eighty Counties I'm Vote.
The vote represented eighty Of the
states ninety-three counties.
Leading candidates on republican
and democratic tickets for the guber-
material nomination awoke today not
knowing whether to accept congratu-
lations or condolences. In both OF
these races the leaders held their
places by such slender margins that
additional returns might at any time
wipe out their advantage. The race
between Dan B. Butler, Omaha, and
Charles W. Bryan, brother of William
Jennings Bryan, for the demQcratfc
nomination showed Butler leading
with slightly more than one-thlrd OF
the state heard from. One-half OF
the vote of Douglas county tOmaha).
where Butler showed great strength;
was tabulated. while about one-third
Of the state outside Douglas county,
where Bryan was strongest, also was
reported. Political observers were
inclined to the belief that Bryan had
returns to come. The vote, 6SS pre-
cincts: Butler. 1889; Bryan, 1850;
Norton, s,311; Maupin. 1853.
Governor Race Close.
In the republican race for the NOM
ination for governor only few votes
separated Charles H. Randall of Ran
dolph and Adam McMullen of Bea-
trice In 725 precincts Randall has
22.26s and McMullen 21,s09. Alfred
H Bryum of Bloomington and George
w. Sterling of Omaha. the other two
candidates. were hopelessly beaten.
The denomination of Representative
Robert o. Evans of the third con-
gressional district on the republican
ticket, and Representative NJ o. Nc
Laughlin of the fourth district was
indicated.
In the second district, James H.
Hanley of Omaha, former prohibition
director for Nebraska. was nomi-
mated over his only opponent, %ent Charles les
democratic race. w. c. Sears of
omaha was named by the republicans
as Hanley's opponent in the Novem-
ber election. Mr.. Sears defeated his
only opponent. Nathan Bernstein.
Edgar Howard of Columbus, news
paper publisher and former lieutenant
governor. apparently was nominated
over P. F. OGara of Harrington, in
the democratic third district congress
sional race.
Mrs. Irene C. Buell. of Ashland, who
sought democratic nomination in the
fourth district, was running third for
IS of the districts 235 precincts re-
ported H. B.. Cummings of Seward
was first, with Clifford Fall of
Beatrice second. In the first district
Walter L. Anderson Of Lincoln had a
rather commanding lead with ap-
proximately one-third of the pre-
cincts in.