The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1922-11-16
INDEPENDENTS
WELL SATISFIED
Get Important Offices in State and
Make Clean Sweep in Dickey
County
CONTROL HOUSE AND SENATE
Candidates for Supreme Bench Have
Small Pluralities

OuO1ltC1bl ISIUEuS 0r0 uOC yet COIN.
plete in the state, but Of the precincts
still out there are not enough to
change the result.
For senator, 2,085 precincts out Of
2,138 give Frazier 10O,667 to 92,152
for O'Connor, lead for Frazier Of
8,515.- i
For governor, 2,0s1 precincts, Mes
tos has 107,977 and Lemke 92,152, q
lead Of 31,016 for the independent can
didate.
All those in the republican column,
independents and nonpartisans on the
state ticket, were elected. Miss Mel
son was reelected state superinten-
dent.
Independent candidates for mem
bers Of the supreme bench are elected
by small pluralities. johnson was
high man in the field with vote Of
1898 in 2,115 precincts, Birdzell was
next with 86,606, Nuessle has 85, ,486,
Richardson 1886, Burr 81, 1892 and
Englert 77,705. It was a close race
between Nuessle and Richardson for
third place, but it looks as though
Nuessle will win by 1900 votes.
The Independents on the face Of un-
Official returns appear to be in control
Of both houses Of the legislature. The
senate will stand 26 to %, majority
Of 3. The surprise in the senate race
was in LaMoure county, where w. D.
Lynch, an Cakes boy, won by hand
some majority over r. A. Kinzer, non
partisan.
The house stands So to s. in favor
Of sthe independents. Two women
were elected to the house this year;
Miss Dougherty, an Independent, from
Ward county. and Mrs. Craig, a leag-
uer, from Benson county.
The election showed Dickey county
more strongly in the independent col
umn than ever. O'Connor for U. S.
senator in 1922 ran about as strong
as he did for governor in 1920. The
vote is 219 less than tw4 yearjsso,
and he gets majority in the county
this year Of 212 as against majority
Of 277 for governor in 1920. O'Con-
nor stands well in Dickey county. =
But while O'Connor was getting
that majority of PIP this year, his
team mate, R. A. Nestos, running on
the republican ticket, runs up the
splendid score Of 832 majority. That
is quite spread; and while Mr.. Mes
tos is piling up that majority, the
nonpartisans on the republican ticket
with him are nearly all getting ma
jorities with him, not so large but
on the right side Of the ledger just
the same. The only Independent in
the democratic column to get ma
jority was E. A. Lillibridge for insur-
ance commissioner. It showed dis
position to accept the republican tick
ct as nominated, regardless Of en-
dorsements.
The vote for those in the individual
column may be taken as a gauge Of
the dyed in the wool nonpartisan
strength in the county. VIM. Lemke
for governor led the field with 1,436
votes, while Lillian Dinsflore fof rep
resentative polled 1,349.
The independent candidates for the
legislature outdid themselves in gath
ering in votes. Root received 2,085
and Hodges trailed just little behind
with 2,033. The withdrawal Of the
democratic nominees helped to clar-
ify the atmosphere, although they re-
ceived substantial complimentary
vote, which was to be expected.
For official paper the Times piled
up a majority Of 2S7 over the Sen
tinel. This is very satisfactory in
view of the fact that the Leader had
only 173 majority two years ago.
Frank Northrop for register Of
deeds again leads the field in extent
Of majorities for county Offices, with
Faith Stevens for county superintend-
ent only one vote behind the pace
maker. Dan Brennan for treasurer
comes in with a nice lead Of 594. Mis-
feldt for auditor only squeezes out "a
ahead Of Oberman for auditor and
Smith has lead of 78 for clerk over
Haskins. All the other court house
fellows come out with majorities Of
over three hundred.
Following are the complete unofficial
returns in the county:
u. S. senator: j. F. T. O'Connor,
1909; Lynn ]. Frazier, 1897.
Member Of congress: George NJ.
Young, 1906; J. w. Deemy, 1869.
Governor: R. A. Nestos, 2268; Will
liam Lemke, 1896. /,
Lieutenant governor: FIJI. Hyland,
2110; Eric Bowman, 1415. rs.
Secretary Of state: Thomas Hall,
222O: p. A.. Moeller, 1870.
State auditor: D. G. Poindexter,
1908; Hans Anderson, 1649.
State treasurer: John Steen, 2148;
e. G. Larson, 1402. B
A++o.ror ponoral. Cao Sh.%or.