Evening star., 1936-09-15
COUzENS |
|NF|RST RETURNS
Gets Only Six to Brucker's
Eight Votes From Pointe
Aux Barques.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DETROIT, September 15.-Pointe
Aux Barques, small community at
the tip of the Michigan thumb district
upheld its record of being first to re-
port In Michigan elections by COM
pleting tabulation of its is registered
votes at 1890 am. Fourteen Re-
publican ballots and one Democratic
were cast in that one precinct. There
are 3,467 precincts in the State.
In the Republican contest for United
States Senator, WILDER M. Brucker re-
ceived eight votes. while Senator
James Couzens, pro-Roosevelt Re-
publican, got six. The one Democratic
vote for Senator went to Prentiss M.
Brown Of st. Ignace, one of four
candidate for that nomination.
Fitzgerald Gets IA.
Gov. Frank D. Fitzgerald received
all IA Republican votes for renomina-
ton. The one Democratic vote went
to George w. Welsh, former Repub-
lican Lieutenant Governor, opposing
Frank Murphy, Philippine high COM
missioner, for the gubernatorial nomi-
nation.
Ideal weather throughout the State
together with reports of unusually
heavy balloting indicated the total
primary vote for this year would SUR
pass the record of 1,047,117 cast In
the 1882 primary.
In Detroit where $4,000 votes had
been cast at 10 am, election officials
reported SO per cent of the voters
called for Democratic ballots.
The polls close at 6 pm, Eastern
standard time, in the rural districts
and 8 pm. in the cities, with ruling
by the election commissions that all
voters in line at closing time must be
permitted to vote.
Ballots "as long as boarding house
towel confronted both Republicans
and Democrats. Candidates were
seeking nomination to the United
States Senate. Congress, the Cover
norship and a host of lesser Offices,
Party Lines May Disappear.
Predictions Of a record vote were
based on the keenness of the cam
paigns for the Republican senatorial
nomination and the Democratic nomi-
nation for Governor. Both contests
threatened to break party lines.
Murphy and George w. Welsh, q
former Republican lieutenant COVER
nor, legislator and city manager OF
Grand Rapids, Mich, established their
race for the Democratic gubernatorial
nomination upon a basis of personal
qualifications through previous expert
ence in public Office and vote getting
ability In the November general elec-
ton. Each pledged himself to support
the New Deal and both had powerful
political followings.
Brucker Anti-New Deal.
Former Gov. Brucker campaigned on
an anti-New Deal platform against
Senator James Couzens, Republican
incumbent. Couzens shattered a Isl
lent campaign" for the denomination
with the pronouncement that he would
support President Roosevelt.
Charges of Senate campaign funds
investigating committee that Brucker's
campaign committee did not CO.
operate in its sift Of reports of a
5000, 900 slush fund and charges that
Government-franked envelopes bear
ing proposed Democratic slate had
been brought into Michigan enlivened
the closing week of the campaign.
Murphy, whose name appeared among
those on the proposed slate. denied
any knowledge of the envelopes and
Brucker said his records were avail
able to the Senate committee.