The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1928-07-27
'CONE-HARMON
IN CLOSE RACE
COP. STATE SEC'Y CONTEST
STILL HOLDS CENTER
OF STAGE

went to the polls at the primaries
The highest number of votes cast fol
any one office was for county at
torney, 1491. There were 1885 votes
cast for governor and 1896 for I'm
tied States Senator. When the Her
ad went to press last week it looked
as if the only close contests for state
office nominations were between Err
ickson and Ayers for governor and
between Angstman and Stark for as
+ sociate justice on the republican bal
Z lot. Latest reports give Erickson a
. lead of $40 over Ayers and Angst
man 687 votes over Stark.
Cone Harmon Race Close
These contests were all but for
gotten, however, in the interest that
developed this week in the Cone
Harmon race for secretary of state.
Sunday it developed that a wrong
tabulation in Ravalli, Cone s own
county, gave him more than a thous-
and votes less than he had. Har-
mon IS majority dropped from 1856
to 1873. AS more precincts came in
this lead was cut still further and
the race became a nip and tuck
affair which will not be definitely
settled until the last precinct is of
fcially counted On Wednesday Cone
had a majority of fourteen votes.
The discovery of % unreported votes
in Madison county put Harmon
ahead with 3S majority. In RoOsc-
welt county Cone had lead of two
votes.
Never in the history of the state
has there been such a close race for
major state office, the only case
paralleling this being in the general
election in 1916 when the republi-
can party was divided and J. T. Car
rol, democratic candidate for clerk
of the supreme court, won over w.
o. Craig, republican, by 16S votes.
How Roosevelt Went
The Roosevelt county vote on
state and county Offices follows.
United States Senator: Democra-
tic: Samuel V. Stewart 45, Sam w.
Teagarden u, Burton x. Wheeler
262; Republican: Joseph M. Dixon
1856, Charles F. Juttner 80, Charles
II. Williams 371, Burton X. Wheeler
IA.
Second Congressional District Rep
resentative in Congress: Democra
tic: B. A. Taylor 236; Republicans:
Scott Lcavitt 1889.
Chief Justice Supreme Court: De-
mocratic: Walter Aitken ia, H. L.
Maury 11S; Republican: Llewellyn
L. Galloway 9S3.
Associate Justice Supreme Court
a Year Term): Democratic: Henry
L. Myers 227; Republican: Albert
Anderson 305, Miles j. Cavanaugh
295, s. C. Ford 495
Associate Justice Supreme Court
C Year Term): Democratic: John
j. Greene 210; Republican: Albert
H. Angstman 657, Albert p Stark
291.
Governor: Democratic: Roy E.
Ayers 76, John E. Erickson 226;
Republican: Lee Dennis 222, w. j.
Paul 275, Wellington d. Rankin $40,
j. w. Walker l66.
Lieutenant Governor: Democratic:
F. H. Cooney 166, Warren Toole 72;
Republican,: Frank A. Hazolbaker
676, w. s. Mccormack 400.
Attorney General: Democratic;
George Bourquin 1872, E. Pat Kelly
1872; Republican,: L. A. Footc 1923.
Secretary of State: Democratic:
John w. Mountioy 2O7; Republican,:
j. Frank Cone 5O4, w. f. Harmon
500.
State Treasurer: Democratic:
Thomas E. Carey 156, Sam j. Hamp-
ton 80; Republican: Dick Baker 226,
f. E. Esselstyn 210, H. j. Faust 203,
F. E. Williams 397.
State Auditor: Democratic: Peter
j. Kelly 21S; Republican: Geo. P.
Porter 951.
Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton: Democratic: Walker B. Carroll
15S, Ella Crowley Rowland 76; Re
publican: Elizabeth Ireland 645,
May Trumper 522.
Railroad Commissioner: Democra-
tic: w. j. Kelley 207; Republican:
Daniel Boyle 342, Bob Mcmillan III,
Jess H. Stevens 272, Arthur G. Waite
260.
Clerk of the Supreme Court: De-
rnocratic: Miss Mary E. O'Neill 2l0,
Republican: John Ward Crosby 600.
Judge of District Court goth Judi
cial District: Democratic: j. j. Gun
ther 1856: Republican: Geo. Cudhie
285, s. E. Paul 914.
State Senator: Democratic: L. i.
Danielsen PAL; Republicans: j. W.
Schnitzler 1884.
State Representative: Democratic:
John Hurley 213, Herman Mitchell
35: Republican,: Lucy A. Curran GIL,
Arthur Ryder 787, Harry T. Sands
482.
County Commissioner: Democrat
ic: Albert Lee 50; Republican: W.
L. Young l107.
Clerk and Recorder: Democratic:
Edgar L. Bowers Al; Republican: W.
j. Hardie 1179.
Sheriff: Democratic: Joe Wix 52;
Republican: John Anderson 9I4,
Prdo1nh HIM 326.