The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-03-21
Bismarck Casts Only 1905
votes-Returns Come Slowly
Interest Decidedly Lacking in
Outcome Of Presidential
Primary-lndependent Can.
didates Get Majorities in
City - Kelly Beats Casey
Here

yesterdays presidential preferential
primary election, returns from Bur-
leigh county precincts were slow in
coming in today and shortly before
noon only one precinct had reported
at the county auditors office, 9TH
er than the 10 precincts in the city
Of Bismarck, which were all in.
Although Frank o. Lowden and
Alfred E. Smith received the en-
dorsement Of Burleigh county vot-
ers for president on the Republican
and Democratic tickets, respective.
~, being unopposed, a perusal of
the tally sheets from the city Of
Bismarck precincts shows that Her.
bert Hoover and Col. Charles A.
Lindbergh are favorites Of a num-
Der of local people for the highest
offices in the nation. Hoover re-
ceived several votes for the presi-
dency, while Lindbergh was favored
by many for vice president.
Senator Thomas ]. Walsh OF
Montana received number Of votes
in Bismarck for president, as did
Vice President Charles G. Dawes.
Light Vote in City
The city Of Bismarck cast prob.
ably the lightest vote in many years
yesterday, the total being 1906, a.
compared with 1915 at the primary
election on June 80, 1926. A table
elsewhere gives the total vote cast,
BY precincts, together with compar.
ative totals from the primary OF
two years ago.
Independent or "real" Republican
candidates for national committee.
man, presidential electors and dele
gates to the Republican national
convention received majorities in
the city, although the Nonpartisan
candidates polled good-sized votes
in all precincts.
In the city of Bismarck, Harrison
Garnett received $50 votes for ma
tional committeeman, while +. ],
Graham received 338 votes.
Kelly Beats Casey Here
The only contest on the Demo-
cratic ballot was for national COM
mitteeman, and. j. Nelson Kelly
polled 60 votes in Bismarck, while
his opponent, Tobias D. Casey, re-
ceived 81 votes.
The five Independent candidates
for presidential electors on the Re-
publican ticket received the highest
vote in Bismarck, running in the
following order: Ben @. Eycrson,
Henry Mclean, r. A. Lathrop,
Blanche M. Nelson and F.. F. Wye
koff. The Nonpartisan candidates
finished in Bismarck in the follow
ing order: +. H. Brant, Nels Mag
nuson, D. A. Gibbs, Thomas Pendray
and c. H. Noltimier.
For delegates to the Republican
national convention, Bismarck voters
favored the Is Independent candi-
dates, in the following order: J. G..
Oberg, William Stern. Frank H.
Hyland, Q. F. Bryant, p. D. Norton,
Jerry D. Bacon, Lee B. Greene, Will
liam Watt, H. p. Jacobsen, F. T.
Gronvold, r. L. Peterson. Harry E.
Polk and A. F. Bonzer, Jr.
The Is Nonpartisan candidates
finished in the following order:
Walter Maddox, E. G. Larson, J. J.
Simonson, Barbara r. Parkinson, E.
r. Cline, H. B. Wingerd, George E.
Grastrup, r. A. Kinzer, w. E. Mat
thaei, Adam A. Lefor, Peter Rom
saas. Obed A. Wynn and Marie
Durey.
Both Amendments Favored
Voters of the city favored both
constitutional amendemtns, the
vote on the one to increase the
pay Of legislators being COL yes and
369 no. and that on the one TO ex.
pard the powers Of the state equal
zation board being TIA yes and SOC
no.
A table elsewhere gives the vote
in Bismarck by precincts on the Re.
publican and Democratic national
committeeman, Republican prcsiden.
tial electors and delegates to the ma
tional convention. and the c9nstitu.
tional amendments.