The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1932-07-22


votes in 533 of 1,441 precincts as
" both Rommey and Lewis Penwell
J of Helena, the latter being in third
place, with Harry B. Mitchell of
Great Falls running fourth.
Roy p. Ayers of Lewistown con-
tinued several thousand votes a.
head of J. F. O'Connor of Livings-
ton in their race for the Democratic
: nomination for congress from the
second district.
Mark d. Fitzgerald and Con
gresham Scott Leavitt, Republi-
can candidates for congress from
the first and second districts, re-
spectively, were unopposed.
When returns from about one
third Of the precincts had been
tabulated, the opponents of the
leading gu~bernatoria1 candidates on
both tickets were leading in only
about a dozen counties. Thirteen
counties had not been heard from
at this time.
W. S. Mccormack of Kalispell,
former lieut.-governor, was ahead
of the present lieutenant governor,
Frank A. Hazelbaker, in Blaine,
McCone, Rosebud and Toole coun-
ties in their race for the Repub-
lican nomination for governor.
Flathead county, in which Nc
Cormack resides, had not been
heard from at that ~tabluation.
Governor John E. Erickson's
leading opponents for the Demo
cratic nomination held Yeads in
eight counties-Lewis Penwell of
Helena, sheepman, in Judith Basin,
Liberty and Pondera. and Miles
Rommey, Hamilton publisher, in
Ravalli, Missoula, Sanders, Toole
and Treasure.
The present chief executive had
established substantial leads in
Cascade. Lewis and Clark, Yellow
stone, Deer Lodge, Powell, Fergus,
Gallatin and Hill counties. Rom
mey was giving Erickson a fairly
close race in Silver Bow county.
With SIS OF 1,441 precincts re-
ported, the four-way race for the
two nominations for the supreme
court on the Republican ticket was
tightening up, although the incum-
bents, Justices S. c. Ford and AL
bert J. Galen, continued to lead
by from 1000 to more than 5000 .
!
Steve c. Arnold of Broadview :
was far in the lead over R. G.
'Liney" Linebarger, Havre news
paperman, in the total votes in r
SIS precincts in their race for the L
Republican nomination for lieu
.enant governor.
Glenn T. Davis of Helena pulled
rom behind to a lead Of nearly
100 votes over J. w. Walker, also F
# Helena, as their battle for the a
Republican nomination for state il
.reasurer continued. P
F. e. Williams, present state z
reasurer, had a lead of more than d
900 votes over Frank J. Cone, his Fl
republican rival for the nomina-
ion for secretary of state.
Miss Elizabeth Ireland had al tt
lost twice as many votes as her m
)ne opponent, Christine Smith of CT
for the Republican nomi- al
alton to succeed herself as sup
rintendent of public instruction.
Lee Dennis, incumbent, contin- 81
ed far ahead of his four rivals for OF
lie Republican nomination for rail w
bad commissioner. A
All but seven of the states Sc ~
Ounties represented in the -
rs precincts. Counties which had y
Ot been heard from were Big Horn, ~
arter, F1athead, Garfield, Powder ~
liver, Richland and Sweet Grass. -
Several fairly close had -
eveloped among Democrats when
SO precincts had been reported. -
mong the outstanding changes
as the in which Tom
tout, Lewistown publisher, climb 10
closer to F. H. Cooney of Mis- ~
)ula, candidate for lieutenant gov I'd
nor. They were separated by a. re
out 900 votes. w
Thomas e. Carey Of Helena had III
vung into a scant lead over w. VI
Sands of Chinook, after the lat Ut
+ had led through the night and III
lrly morning in the five-way con- va
st for railroad commissioner. d
lillian H. BARLEY of Miles City ne
showed greater strength this
ternoon.
THE FIGURES ca
Republicans de
Five hundred and seventy-eight w