The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-07-18
Johnson Is
Elected by
Big Margin
Late Returns Indicate Plural
ity for Minnesota Farmer
Labor Candidate More
Than 10000.
Democrat F ar in Rear
BY Associated Press.

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ST. Paul, July 17-Further returns
late today from the United States
senatorial election in Minnesota Mon
day indicated the plurality of Mag
nus Johnson, farmer-laborite, would
exceed 100. 90 and might mount to
the $4,000 mark.
With the election of johnson as.
sured, no concerted effort was made
by state tabulation headquarters to
bring in the missing precincts. but
when 2,721 of the states $3.50 pre-
eincts had reported, johnson had a
<ead of 67.479.
In those precincts the farmer.labor-
ite polled 24S,0 ,060 votes. as compared
TO 1so,373 garnered by Gov. J. A. o.
Preus. republican. and 1906 for
James A. Carley. democrat.
This total of 446,339 votes was be-
lieved within 60,000 to $4,000 of the
total for the state. as compared to a
total of 300 900 polled in the June Is
primary election.
To Sit With Shipstead.
Senator Eject johnson will sit with
Henrik Shipstead, who was elected
last fall over Frank Il. Kellogg, re-
publican. Both Johnson and Ship
stead are farmer-laborites and have
announced their intention to af-
filiate with the followers of Robert
NJ. La Toilette" in congress.
Though jubilant over his victory
the real dirt" senator-elect was more
concerned today about getting his
haying done" than things political
and he sought to postpone statements
incident to his election, but he did
let drop O few remarks.
We'll. boys" he said, II put 1t
over; / beat Jake Preus as I said |
would. Now 1 can go home and help
my sons get the haying done. After
that l can do some more organizing
before / go to Washington"
He wanted to ignore statements az
10 his political plans-the haying and
other harvesting had fallen behind
during the strenuous campaign he
had waged. but now "the election job
is out OF the way and he can turn
sr6 the job bac< home.
Pressed for details of his organiza-
ton plans, he repeated an excerpt
from his campaign keynote speech:
II will do this tecause I believe
the farmers and the workers and
the business men can by united ac-
ton better their conditions"
Against World Court.
He was willing to let is be known
In semi.official way that he was
against the world court and the
league of nations, and any other
foreign entanglements." For the
present he preferred not to discuss
recognition of Russia, though be
tween you and me 1 am for reccogni-
ton right away" Prohibition he
passed over, but expressed himself
as for a soldiers bonus payable out
of excess profits.
Charles r. Adams. chairman of the
republican state central committee,
attributed the defeat of Governor
Preus to the fact that "the best
effort of republican workers were un-
able to overcome the feeling of un-
rest and dissatisfaction with economic
conditions which found its vent in a
protest vote against the party in
power"
Governor Preus. who had an
nounced his support of the policies
of the Harding administration. which
aad lent a Harding versus La Fol
cite" flavor to the election, had notn-
lne 10 add today TO his brief state
mont thanking his supporters for
their votes.
q He will continue as governor until
he expiration Of his term, January
f.a925. lie has not indicated whether
ne would try for the long tern sena-
loriai election in 1924. johnson ex.
poets to be "A candidate for the long
term, friends said.