Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-11-15

Burton X. Wheeler. democrat. sena-
tor-elect from Montana. carried Cas-
cade county by 2.145 votes in the gen.
eral election a week ago Tuesday, ac-
.cording to the official canvass of the
vote, completed Tuesday by 5ohn e.
Moran, county clerk and recorder. The
lead of Scott Leavitt, republican, con
gressman-elect, was 511. Lew l.. Cal
laway. republican, candidate to succeed
himself as chief justice of the state
supreme court, carried his home county
by 1868 votes.
j. w. Speer, republican. state sen
ator-elect, has the smallest lead of any
successful county candidate. He de-
feated Joseph K~irschwing, democrat. by
Il votes. John Z. Moran, republican,
uncontested for reelection, received q
vote of approval from 7,112 electors.
A. p. Stark, republican. ran 1893 votes
behind J.. A. Matthews, democrat, in the
county for associate justice of the state
supreme court. Dan Boyle, republican,
ran 1856 votes behind J, w. Drake, DEM
ocrat, for railroad commissioner. J. Il.
himself as clerk of the supreme court,
has a lead of TOT votes over Dana NJ.
Easton, republican, in Cascade county.
Vote TabuIated
The vote on the congressional and
state ticket follows:
For senator--Wheeler, 6,163: Rid
dick, 4,O18; Ambrose (soc.), Sc.
For congressman-Leavitt, 1920;
Moss. 400.
For chief justice-Callaway, 5,705;
Jackson. AIT; Duffy (soc), los.
For railroad commissioner-Drake,
4.717; Boyle, 1862; Benjamin (soc.),
121.
For clerk Of the supreme court-Car-
roll. 1926; Easton, 4,224; Dargis (soc.)
On the county ticket Speer for state
senator won over K~irschwing, 4,S51 to
4,7SO.
Carl e. Boorman, republican, is the
only candidate elected to the legislature
who served in the last session.
The changes in the court house that
will be brought about by the election
returns include the replacement on the
first Monday in January Of w. J.
Tighe. republican, by Fred A. Ewald,
republican. J. A. Barker takes the
place of g. T. Boyd rs county commits
sioner. Both are democrats. Clara
Christison will replace Jane Keeney as
county superintendent. NJ: D. Nichol-
son, treasurer-elect, will not take office
until the first Monday in March,. He
will replace Fred G. Andretta. Both
are republicans. In January Charles
Wegner, democrat, will replace C. n.
Cobb, republican, as public admins
traitor.
Democrat Leads
John L. GiIlen, democrat. has 5.2S7.
Carl e. Boorman, republican. 5,241.
N. T. Lease, republican, 5,12S. Will
liam z. Pilgeram, democrat, 4,736. G. A.
Bosley, democrat, 4.673. The defeated
candidates, with their votes, are John
G. Crowley, democrat, 4.617; J. A. Mar
tin. republican, 1855; H. L. Blomquist,
republican. 4,4S3: R. NJ. Lord, demo-
crat, 4,479: E. H. Cooney, republican,
4.24S; Sam Stephenson, republican,
4.119.
NJ. D. Nicholson, republican, was
elected county treasurer with a lead of
3S1 over John j.. Holmes, democrat.
Nicholson. $3.50; Holmes, 1900.
Bob Gordon, republican, was re-elect-
ed sheriff by 1855 over +. P. Burns,
democrat. Gordon, 6,742; Burns, 1867.
Fred A. Ewald, republican. was elect
ed county attorney over ID. J. Ryan,
democrat. by ia votes. Ewald, 5,06S;
Ryan, 1884.
F. C. Roosevelt, republican, was re-
elected county auditor over Dominic
Spogen, democrat, by a margin of 492
votes. Roosevelt, 5,1S2; Spogen, 1890.