The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-11-06

Results in the Senatorial con.
tests definitely ascertained give to
each faction "a Senators, this in.
cluding the holdovers coupled with
the newly elected members.
Grant county where Fred Pfaf-
man holds the Republican nomina.
tion he was leading o. C. Gross.
entered as an individual nomination
candidate, by Is votes, with 10 Of
the county's 4S precincts not report.
ed.
The county auditor in an estimate
to the Associated Press said that
the result would swing inside 20
votes either way, with the League
faction in Il better position to win
as the outstanding precincts lead
toward the Nonpartisans.
House to League
The House of Representative
goes under the control of the Non.
partisan League for the first time
since 1919. As predicted by some
independents the possibility that
the House would go the League way
was always strong, for the reason
that the Leaguers had fortified
themselves with candidates in every
district in which they had chance
to win while several districts here
tofore Independent permitted cleo
tion of Leaguers by default.
AS for the Senate it was stated
that the Independents could continue
control only in the event they were
able to ride through two state elec-
tions without suffering a single up-
set However, that upset impends
in Grant coLnty. In every other
district the Independents named
their candidates though they failed
to make a gain in any of four dis
tricts, Burleigh, Dickey, Nelson and
the Golden Valley county district,
where it was thought they might
have a chance TO beat a Lacquer.
Other Contests
The independents had q chance
to win but three state Offices
State Auditor, AttOrney.General
and Commissioner of Agriculture
and Labor. John Steen, George
r. Shafer and J. A. Kitchen ap-
peared to have won these Offices,
although the growth Of the Sor-
lie lead over HalvorsOn made
some observers want to wait for
more complete returns. Miss
Minnie J. Nelson was out in
front of Miss Bertha X. Palmer
for State Superintendent, but re-
turns were still somewhat mea2-
er in this contest.
Coolidge and LaFollette
Returns from l.64S precincts for
President gave Coolidge S1,174; La
Toilette 70.560; Davis 1897. In the
last IS precincts LaFollette register
ed gain of II votes precinct. La
Toilette managers, however, expect
him to make an even better gain than
this when more complete returns are
received from Mountrail. Mckenzie,
Mercer, Burke and Hettinger count
les, where LaFollette is piling up a
large majority.
These counties always turn in q
large plurality for progressive" can.
didates and the Nonpartisan League
and it is this slow movement of their
returns that always casts doubt 40
to the winner of close election in
North Dakota. With the remaining
precincts claimed by LaFollette, it is
certain the Presidents plurality in
the state Of 1864 will be cut rapid,
ly.
The number of missing precincts in
these counties follow: Mclean 80
out of 50; Mckenzie 80 out Of s.;
Mountrail 80 out of go; Mercer 10
out of 20; Hettinger 4 out Of 80;
Burke "a out of 40. A snowfall in
this region together with interest in
county returns slowed up returns in
these decisive counties.
President Coolidge however has
maintained constant lead from the
time the first precincts were report.
ed. His high mark was attained
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