The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-09
HALL DEFEATS
HOLMES FOR
CONGRESS SEAT
Unofficial Figures Give Dry
Plurality of 706 Over
Wet Lawyer.
PRIMARY CONTEST LOOM
4 May Make a Lot Of
Trouble for Somebody i"
Attorney Says.

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Claims of Archibald M. Hall,
manufacturer and dry, to the Re-
publican nomination as Seventh
district representative in congress,
by TOO votes, were borne out today
by unofficial tabulation of complete
official returns.
These gave Hall plurality of 706
votes over Ira M. Holmes, attorney
and wet, the exact margin of Halls
victory awaiting official tabulation
by the canvassing board, expected
Saturday.
Complete official returns, unof-
ficially tabulated, gave Hall 9,433;
Holmes, 8,727; Schuyler A. Mowrer,
dry, 8,O52; Asa j. Smith, 8,516, and
Ward B. Hiner, wet, GILT.
41,44O Cast Ballots
Unofficial tabulations of the con-
greSsional vote disclosed it ap-
proximated Al ,440, the lowest num-
Der ever voting in Republican
primary in Marion county. DEM
ocrats. however, polled the largest
primary vote in their history, ap-
proximatlng 26,00G.
Together, Holmes, for modif1ca-
ton, and Hiner for repeal of the
eighteenth amendment, polled 49,
439 votes, to the $4,000 amaSsed by
their three dry rivals.
counted out" Holmes today said:
81 am waiting to see what
happens, because I know I have
been elected by 383 votes. I may
make a lot of trouble for somebody"
May Ask for Recount
Several candidates for nomination
on the Republican ticket awaited
final counting by the canvassing
board and indicated they may ask
for a recount.
While County Clerk George o.
Hutsell said his own tabulations
showed him victor over Jesse j. P.
Mcclure, for denomination, by 16,061
votes to 1923 for Mcclure, a care
fully revised compilation of official
returns, by The Times, gave the to-
tails as: Mcclure 16,609 and Hut
sell 16,462.
Coroner Charles H. Keever lost
the denomination to DR.. Ralph
Coble by sixty-f1ve votes, according
to unofficial tabulation of official
returns.
In addition, there were several
close races on the Democratic
tickets, according to the unofficial
count, which, may result in action
for a recount.
Pritchard Ahead of Collins
Walter Pritchard, candidate for
Republican nomination for Grim
inal court judge, stepped ahead OF
Judge James A. Collins as the ottl-
cial vote was read and unotnclal
tabulation showed Pritchard had
q. 567 votes to Collins 15,549.
Frank R. Childers, county re-
corder, polled 1880 votes less than
r. Walter Jarvis, former parks SUI
perintendent, to gain the Repuo-
lican nomination for recorder.
other Republican winners were:
Prosecutor Judson L. Stark, Birch
ard Butler, for auditor, and Paul r.
Brown for county surveyor. All Re-
publican superior judges and judges
of juvenile and probate courts were
renominated.
Republican nominees for state
representatives appeared to be: Will
liam H. Harrison, James H. Lowery,
Thaddeus r. Baker, Booth T. Jane
son, Louis r. Markun, John L.
Benedict, Herbert E. Foltz, George
A. Lemcke, Frank Noll Jr., Will G.
Wetter and John E. King.
Ludlow Claims Sweeping Victory
Congressman Louis Ludlow made
sweeping claim of more than
81 ZOO votes for denomination over
Byron Horn who made no campaign
for the post.
Three of the Democratic contests
were neck and neck races. Herbert
E. Wilson won over Herbert M.
Spencer for the Democratic nonnina-
ton for prosecutor; Smiley N.
Chambers won the probate court
nomination over Thomas Garvin
with a plurality of less than 500
and Timothy P. Sexton won the
nomination for county treasurer
over Frank F. Woolling by 700 votes.
Other winners for Democratic
nominations are: John w. Kern,
superior court one; Joseph r. Will
liams, superior court 2; William A.
Pickens, superior court 3; Clarence
E. Weir, superior court 4; Russell
Ryan, superior court 5; Frank P.
Baker, criminal court, and John F.
Geckler, juvenile court.
Democratic legislative ticket
nominees appeared to be: Walter
Myers. Henry G. Cox. Gerritt NJ
Bates, E. G. White, Russell j. Dean
John F. White, Albert Walsman
Jacob Weiss, William B. Conner
Fred S. Galloway and Clyde Karrer