The Redwood gazette., 1936-11-05
C.A.Halverson
LeadsSchmahl
In Early News
HOLM ONLY REPUBLICAN
OUT OF DANGER IN
FL SWEEP


mer-Laborites at Minnesota polls
Tuesday to sweep Elmer A. Ben
son, present United States senator,
into the governors chair while
Ernest Lundeen was elected to the
senate.
Running ahead of his Republi-
can opponent in manner which
would have made his colleague,
the late Governor Olson, proud of
his appointed successor, Benson
was leading in both city and coun-
try by a margin of % to 13 over
Martin A. Nelson of Austin who
was defeated two years ago by
Mr.. Olson.
Congressman Theodore Chris
tianson, onetime governor of the
state and a powerful vote getter,
Jared no better than his less-ex-
perienced-in-politics running mate
as the advocates of more progress
sive or radical theories of govern
ment found favor in the voters
eyes.
Not only were the Republican
ticket heads trailing but some
doubt exists, as this is written, as
to the fate of julius A. Schmahl,
Redwood Falls public servant for
many years, who is racing neck
to neck with G. A. Halverson of
Revere. Cottonwood county re-
preventative in the legislature,
who held slight lead in early re-
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elapse before the long delayed re-.
ports from hinterland precincts
will decide the battle.
Mike Holm appeared to be a
winner for secretary Of state but
his Republican colleague Frank
w. Matson, railroad and ware
house commissioner, was definite
ly a loser to Hjalmer Petersen,
governor of the state since the
death of Mr.. Olson.
Gottfrid Lindsten, Farmer-La-
borite, becomes lieutenant COVER
nor defeating Arthur E. Nelson,
Republican and A.. c. Knudson,
Democrat, while Harry H. Peter
son, Farmer-Laborite, was assur-
ed another term as attorney-gen-
eral with long leads over Oscar F.
Youngdahl, Republican and
Thomas Gallagher, Democrat.
Benson proved a more capable
vote getter in Redwood county
than Lundeen although both were
big winners. Lundeen's total was
1851 to 3,O19 for Christianson In
40 precincts while Benson had
4,576 and Nelson 3,033. Several
hundred voted for neither Christ
ianson nor Lundeen.
In the Acknowledgements race
Lindsten was leading in 40 coun-
ty precincts with 3,147 to 1904
for Nelson and 1,153 for Knudson.
Julius Schmahl carried his
home county but the margin ap-
peared to be narrow with three
precincts missing, including. sec
ond ward of Redwood Falls.
Schmahl had 1924 to 3,105 for
Halverson and 1,104 for Lang.
First ward voters favored their
former fellow-citizen with 428
votes to 139 for Halvorson and 83
for Lang.
Mike Holm continued a first
class vote getter with 4,005 in the
same 40 polling places to 1854
for Hartig and 902 for Henne-
mann. He did slightly better in
first ward, Redwood, than Julius
with 443 to 118 for Hartig and "a
for Hennemann.
The incumbent attorney-gen-
eral, figure in the famous Apple
ton case here this summer, gained
1879 votes in 40 county precincts
to 2,675 for Youngdahl and 1,143
for Gallagher but drew only 180
in the first city ward where
Youngdahl had 348 and Gallagher
%.
Governor Hjalmer Peterson
who will retire to the comparative
obscurity of a railroad and ware
house commissioner after a brief
period as number one man of his
state, was atop a 3,545 vote pile
N the county returns while Mat
son had 1883 and Cosgrove 988,
First ward returns gave him 191
! votes, Matson 339 and Cosgrove
70.
Incumbent supreme court just
ices Andrew Holt and Royal A.
Stone will serve new terms of
six years, one decision of state
voters in which both county and
city voters appear to concur. In
complete county returns showed:
Stone 2,805, Vanderburgh 1886
Holt 1854 and Lee 1,466. In the
first ward the vote was Lee 126,
Stone 325, Vanderburgh lit and
Holt SIG.
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