The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-06-22

BY about 500 votes. Tie President
vote is u,47l.
Smiths vote, however, is virtually
all from New York state. As a mat
ter OF fact he is running ahead OF
Ford in New York by more than 1900
Smith s heaviest vote outside his own
state was from Pennsylvania. although
he collected votes in Florida, Oklaho-
ma, Maryland, South Dakota, Illinois,
Kansas, South Carolina. ONO AMI
| Massachusetts.
The real voice OF the voters Is heard
in the Ford and Harding votes. The
Detroiter seems TO be equally popular
in all sections OF the country and Is
piling up small m~ajorities in virtually
every community.
Illinois, Maryland and Oi.o give
Harding an early lead over Ford
But New York, Florida, Oklahoma
Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Kansas,
South Carolina, Missouri, Michigan,
and Massachusetts give Ford major
tiles.
Harding leads Ford in Ohio, the
President 5 state, l,il7 to 1916. Ford
leads Harding in Michigan, the De
ltroiter's state, l,234 to 567.
OF the fourteen states, many OF
which are in the Democratic south
voters seem quite divided. Cox is
running ahead of McAdoo, 2,4l2 tC
2,200.
Hiram Johnson is running next tC
, the President in the Republican pos
|, sibilities with .1,919 votes. Their
: comes LaFollette with 905.
Bryan received 633 votes. Under
wood $40, Pinchot of Penn, 524
/ Hoover, $50 and Hughes 81.
I In Golfers Weekly straw vote, fifth
week of voting as announced in it
issue this week, June 20-23, Ford lead
J.. with 54,257 to Harding's 1924.
The Collier face-to-face straw vot'
is representative of the city and larg
er town choices. Both Hughes ant
johnson show remarkable strength
there. Cox and McAdoo are RUNNING
5 far ahead of the field in big city Dem
v %ocratic ranks.
The Collier vote this week, with
total of l65,257 votes counted, shows
!, Ford, 54,257; Harding, 1924; Nc
Adoo 1923; Cox, 1l,044; johnson
l0,53S; Hughes, 9,453; Smith, 1875
y Hoover, 6,54l; LaFollette, 4,4SO
' Leonard Wood, 3,432; Underwood, 2,
31S; Borah 2,629 and Davis 1899.
4 In the Pioneer poll, many favOrit'
I sons showed surprising strength il
their own commonwealth but coul(
. only be tabulated in our scattered
, votes column inasmuch as they receiv
ed no votes outside their own states
For instance: In Missouri Sena
, tor James A. Reed leads Ford 81:
votes to 407. In Pennsylvania Gov
. ernor Pinchot, who stands as a "Dry'
pOlled 465 votes. Senator Capper pol
led Ia votes in Kansas and Owen q
in Oklahoma.
!, Have you voted yet? The Pioneer
!, polls do not close until July but
We urge you to vote today.
\ The voting is entirely non-partisar
| Party lines are down. Just pick out
. the man you think best fitted to be
. our next president, be he Republican
! Democrat. Socialist, Progressive, OF
Farm-Labor, clip the ballot below
! write in your choice and mail or send
il to the Pioneer office. You do not
need to write in your name, because
the voting is just as secret as when
you enter the election booth.
Vote today. Let's show the rest
of the nation who South Dakota wants
to be u next president.
First Returns From Fourteen States
In Pioneer Presidential Vote
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