Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1936-09-10
MARTIN HAS
SAFE LEAD
Vote Light Considering Amount OF
People Registered; Incumbents
Prove Popular

Inc primary elecL1ou IN COu1ee
proved to be no especially popular
attraction, only 227 voters casting
their ballots out of total Of 426
registered. Present officeholders prov
ed to be the most popular candidates.
nearly every one of them being re-
nominated by decisive margins
Martin Overwhelms
As expected. Governor Martin poll.
ed over two to one advantage over
his nearest rivel, John G. Stevenson.
Martin garnered l26 votes to the ra-
do speakers As.
The election board was composed Of
F. w. Mccain, inspector; T. II.
-Twining and R. G. spurbeck, judges:
c. D. Whipple and T. E. Austin.
clerks. Counting the ballots was a
slow and tiresome task. and kept the
election officials busy until about 2
O'Clock in the morning.
Local Vote
The high candidates for each par
ty received votes as follows in Cou-
lee:
Representative in Congress: John
W. Summers. R. "a; Knute Hill, D.
113.
Governor: Clarence D. Martin, D,
1876; John Calvin Richards, r. IL.
Lieutenant Governor: Victor A.
Meyers, D. 116; Fred Wolf, r, 20.
Secretary of State: Ernest N.
Hutchinson. D. IFS: J. Grant Hinkle.
K. So.
State Treasurer: C. D. Stephens, D.,
50; Phil Gallagher. d. "a: Homer r.
Jones. So.
YeIle Is High
State Auditor: Cliff Yelle. d. 11s:
Lewis Levy, 2. IS, d
Attorney General G. W. Hamilton,
D, 81; Walter A. Martin, R, "a.
Superintendent Of Public Instruc-
ton: Joseph 4. Hazard. ID, 81:
Noah D. Showatter, r. SO.
Commissioner of Public Lands: Al
bert G.. Martin, D. "a: Thos. G..
Mortland, r, 2.
State Insurance Commissioners:
William A. Sullivan. D.. 40; George
b. Lamping, r, IL.
: Supreme Court. Judges
Judges of Supreme Court: Position
No. L., John F. Main. 1885; Position
No. 2. Williar j. Willard, 1928; Posi-
ton No. 3. VIM. r. Bell. 46.
Judge of Superior Court: G. G.
Jeffers, ISL.
State Senator: 18th District Gum
expired term) L. J. Richards. r. 5s:
DR.. A. C. Wingrove, D. 1o4.
State Representative. 18th District
1.-TWO nominated): s. j. Steve Me-
Donnell. D, 81; J. P. Simpson. d, r
Joe Wicks. R. As: J. G. Hubbell, r.
rs.
Precinct committeeman: F. E.
Smith, D, Isl.
County Vote
Returns from Ii precincts of Grant
county. complete, give: Legislative
Mcdonnell, SITS; Wicks, 1924: Hanson.
286; Simpson. 706; Hubbell. 234;
Masterson, 70. County commissioner.
Third district-StephoT. "a: Sprague.
IS; Ross, $50; Weber, 1884; Ellexson,
60 Commissioner. Second district
West. 4s2: Goodwin. 306.
SEATTLE Democratic officials
seeking denomination continued to roll
up huge totals as additional returns
were compiled from the Washington
primary election. The aggregate vote
for congressional, state and county Of
fees voted upon found the democrats
far in the lead of republican office
seekers in vote gathering.
Martin Has Huge Lead
Martin, in returns from 1855 pre-
cincts ont of 1855 in the state. polled
1895 votes to 1OO,276 for John
G. Stevenson. Semitic. who had the
backing of the Washington Common
wealth fcderation, Il production for
use organization. Otto Case, state
treasurer and Townsend entry for the
gubernatorial nomination, polled 59,-
746 votes.
Former Governor Roland H. Hart
ley, Everett lumberman. polled 49,
343 votes In the same number of pre-
cincts, to 1924 for Walter F. Me-
Ter. Seattle, runner-up for the repub-
Iican nomination