The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-07-10
KINC'SLEAD OVER
RINES WAS 1889
Canvassing Board Declares
Welfare Agent Is Named
G. o. P. Candidate
HOUGEN DEFEATS LUND
Schall Distanced Christensen
by 1886, While Chase
Led Burnquist

Stafford King, state soldier well
fare agent, and former commander
of the Minnesota Department of
the American Legion, was declared
the republican nominee for state
auditor by majority of 1889 votes
over Henry Rines, state comptrol
Ter, by the State Canvassing board,
which met at the state capitol.
A surprise was shown in the re-
turns for lieutenant governor
showing that John H. Hougen of
Crookston won the republican NOM
ination by one less vote than King,
Hougen's majority being 1888 over
Senator Charles A. Lund of Vining.
The official lead given Senator
Thomas D. Schall for the republi-
can nomination for senator over
Governor Christianson reported by
the board, was 93,346 votes. Schall
received 266,736 votes; Christian
son 1880, while John F. Selb,
"wet" candidate, trailed with 24,573
votes.
Ray p. Chase, state auditor, won
the republican, nomination for gov
ernor by slightly higher plurality
than Schall, receiving 96,861 more
votes than the nearest of his five
opponents former Governor ]. A.
A. Burnquist. The official returns
showed POI, 234 votes for Chase;
114,473 for Burnquist; 1869, for N.
j. Holmberg; 1889 for Albert
Lagerstedt; 1916 for Paul F. Deb
mel and 9,769 for DR.. Eivind Klave-
ness.
King, who was conceded victor in
the contest for the republican NOM
ination for state auditor and con-
graduated by Rines, received 1885,
go votes on the basis of the Of
fetal returns, compared with 103,O21
for Rines. Oscar M. Anderson, of
Minneapolis received 72,501 votes,
while John E. Lindberg of Marine
on-the st. Croix was officially cred
tied with 70,188 votes.
Senator Hougen had been cred
tied in unofficial returns with
lead of approximately 5000, but
apparently there were errors in the
SAoNAChSiSAAJ Will lDuICo "
the main surprise of the canvassing
boards meeting, when it was shown
that his lead over Lund was only
1888. Hougen received 1852 votes
to 1854 for Lund. Both have been
members of the state senate and
both live in the Ninth district. Both
also drew heavily from the vote
which Cd oe@
ben G. Thoreen, of Saltwater, hav-
ing led for a considerable time in
unofficial returns
Thoreen's official vote was 49,
610. Sam A. Rask, of Owatonna
was fourth in the race for lieuten-
ant governor, receiving 57,747 votes
and Edward w. Hawley former
Minneapolis alderman, was fifth
with 1891 votes; Henry B. Rut-
ledge, of Minneapolis, sixth, with
35,417 and Jens K Grondahl, Red
Wing editor, last in the seven-sided
contest with 24,400.
Official returns in the farmer
labor state contests were:
For the party nomination for
United States senator, Ernest Lun-
deem, Minneapolis, 1859; Knud We
fald, Hawley 27,661.
For the party nomination for
governor, Floyd B. Olson, Mime
apolis, 6O,455; Carl E. Taylor, H.
791.
Henry N. Benson, of st. Peter, in
cumbent, won the republican nomi-
nation for attorney general by a
substantial margin, receiving 212,-
SIG votes to 130,688 for John c. Lar
son, Of Minneapolis. Frank w.
Matson st. Paul, incumbent, won
the republican nomination for rail-
road and warehouse commissioner
with total Of 110,492 votes, with
Frank c. Hughes, of Duluth, his