The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-09-10
JOHNSON WINS;
BLACK LOSES
In PRIMARIES
City and County Strong for
Townsend Candidates; the
County Totals for State
Offices Given

Returns from Tuesdays election
indicate that Benton is perhaps tho
strongest county in the state for
the Townsend plan. This is the
only county i'm the STATE which 1as
carried by Otto Case, the candidate
for governor endorsed by the adj
herents Of the plan. Other cardi-
dates endorsed by the organization
indicated that the voters in this
county went right on down the line
for candidates who espoused That
cause. Mr.. Case, however, was q
bad third in the democratic race for
gcvernorsnip in the state at large.
Case carried the three wards In the
city OF Kennewick by two votes.
Owing to the vast number OF
candidates for most of the offices
and further to the fact that this
was the first use made OF the slan-
ket primary, the count has been UNI
usually slow and nearly q thousand
small precincts have not yet turn
ed in their tallies. Il is thought
that even with the slow precincts,
the relative positions for the Of
fices will not be changed.
Another indication which appears
from the election returns is that the
state at large does not endorse the
radical stuff which has made King
county the object Of criticism from
all parts of the United States. The
candidates endorsed by the radical
element were defeated in every case.
bright spot of all being the splendid
vote cast for the anti-communistic
candidate for fudge Of the supreme
court, John s. Robinson. Kyle, the
candidate sponsored by the radicals,
ran a poor last in list Of six.
Governor Martin stepped way
out In the lead over Radio Speaker
Stevenson, who led Otto Case by q
wide niarkin, on the democratic tic
ket. Former Governor Hartley had
no difficulty In placing first In the
race, beating Walter r. Meier by
about the same proportions as the
lead grabbed by Martin over stew
enson.
The most one-sided race in the
entire ballot was for lieutenant gov
ernor, where Vic Meyers beat his
nearest competitor by fifteen TO
one. Charles r. Maybury, former
director Of licenses, captured the
nomination for the office on the re-
| publican ticket with a nearly two
to-one lead over Fred Wolf, weekly
newspaper publisher from Newport.
Kennewick's only candidate for a
state office, Erwin s. Black, who
campaigaed on the democratic tic
ket for the office of state superin-
tendent of public instruction, ran
third in a class Of four. Until ibis
evening, 1t looked rs though furth-
er returns. principally from small
eastern Washington precincts, would
close up the gap Of about two thous-
and between him and the leader.
Later returns, however, have drop
ped him to this place in the race.
Kennewick's other candidate, l..
e. johnson, who is seeking q seat
in the legislature, Jared better. He
led field OF three by margin of
l59 votes, beating Price of Carson.
Mrs. Ratliff Of Stevenson. Fred
Kemp OF Prosser and Aalvik of Stew
enson, were unopposed on the DEM
ocratic ticket.
The upset in the Legislative dis
trict was the winning Of Sam Sam
son of the lower end of the district
for democratic nomination for
state senator. MIR. Samson defeated
Hurley and Neff, while Cbas F.
Stinson, republican, also OF Pasco
was unopposed in the primary.
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