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Democratic primary Offset his
personal disappointment.
The primary result in Mime
sofa, however. brings to mind
the defeat which the late Wen
dell Willkie suffered in the Wis
consin Republican presidential
primary in 1914. Mr.. Willkie.
defeated for President in the
1910 general election. was seek
ing, like Mr.. Stevenson today.
to win a second presidential
nomination. The Wisconsin re-
suit took Mr.. Willkie out of the
race.
Senator Kefauver declined to
admit his victory was due to Re-
publican votes. He said he owed
it to a revolt by the people of
Minnesota against Eisenhower
Benson policies"
Statewide, according to AS
ISOLATED Press reports, Senator
Kefauver polled 225,499 votes on
returns from 1906 of 1858 pre-
cincts to 1885 for Mr.. Steven
son. This gave Senator Kefau-
yer Sc per cent and Mr.. Steven
son A per cent of the total.
Eisenhower Walkaway
On the Republican side Of the
primary it was a walkaway for
President Eisenhower. His only
opponent was Senator Know
land of California, an unwilling
opponent who has declared for
Mr.. Eisenhower but could not
get off the Minnesota ballot. Mr..
Eisenhower's vote in 1906 pre-
cincts was 1922 to 1924 for
Senator Knowland.
Stevenson leaders Immediately
claimed that Republicans have
moved into the Democratic
primary and voted for Senator
Kefauver to embarrass the for
mer Illinois Governor. Others
said that the Republicans sought
to undermine the Democratic
farmer labor organization,
headed by Senator Hubert Hum
phrey and Gov. Orville L. Free
man.
The total vote in the Demo-
cratic primary ran far ahead
of the vote cast in the Repub-
lican primary. This was hailed
by Democratic leaders, including
Mr.. Stevenson, as an indication
that the Democrats would win
Minnesota next November. Four
years ago in the Minnesota pri-
mary the Republicans polled
294,895 votes to 131,603 for the
Democrats. Great interest was
aroused in that primary by a
write-in vote of 100000 for Mr..
Eisenhower. Harold E. Stassen
was the only Republican entered.
Campaigned Tirelessly
Senator Kefauver, an under
dog candidate when he first de-
cided to enter the Minnesota
primary, was opposed in the
State by the Democratic Farmer
Labor State Central Committee
and by Senator Humphrey and
Gov. Freeman. He campaigned
tirelessly, however, and gained
support. particularly in the rural
sections.
His constant assertion was that
the bosses" were against him,
while the people were for him.
This has been his cry. Whether
the party leaders will listen now
remains to be seen.
Senator Kefauver said after
his victory he would be glad to
have Senator Humphrey and
Gov. Freeman on the Minnesota
delegation to the party's national
convention. They were both de-
feated in yesterdays voting, run
ming for Delegate-at-Large How
ever, the Democratic-Farmer-
Labor State Convention. under
State law. will elect three Dele
gates-at-Large, each with half a
vote The convention can elect
both Senator Humphrey and
Gov. Freeman, as Senator Ke-
fauver suggests.
The next direct encounter be-
tween Mr.. Stevenson and Sen.
ator Kefauver will take place in
the Alaska primary on April "a.
Both candidates are entered
there. Alaska has six delegate