THE SUNDAY OR EG ONI AX, PORTLAND, APRIL 21, 1012.
ROOSEVELT HAS LEAD OVER TAFT OF 7000 VOTES
returns from 19 precincts compUt
llson ha 208 to 114 for Clark, with
r' for Judson Harmon.
Marry Ur. la far In the lead for
eandidt for l'nltd States Senate on
he tcmorratlc ticket. l.n has 233.
Pierre . l'ohow (I and .Millar 61. I-
urns from aom of the outlying pr
rlncta art coming In o slowly that It
Is possible It will be several ! be
f.re l!ie complete count for Marlon
County can be given.
CONTEST IS CLOSE IX WASCO
Rooevcll- Lead by Three Votes,
With One Precinct Mirslns.
THE DALLES. Or, April SO. Spe
clal.) Complete unofficial returns from
il out of 24 Wasco County precincts.
t!ie missing one being Maupln. with a
registration of only 34 Republlcana nil
16 Democrat., follows:
La, Follette 451. Roosevelt 619. Taft
516: Bourne 334. Lowell 110. Morton
Felling 994: Cochran 91. Fills 133
Roosevelt 47. Kusk 126. Sirnott 1131
Fields 713. Oicott 671: Cottel 412. Ed
wards 175. Lea 3:5. Mtckle 443. Altchl
(on 731. .SchuMrrman 276. Stayton 317
No circuit Judge waa up for nomi
nation.
District Attorney, seventh Judlcla
district Bell 832. Pepper 53:. Smith 144
State Senator. Wasco and Hood River
Butler 1080. Cooper 419.
State Representative. Wasco and
Hood River Anderson S3S. Brodie 361
Moores 354. Schmeltzer 316, Stranahan
4aS.
Democrats Clark 119. Harmon 1
Wilson 137: Coshow 41. l-ane 1S5 Miller
13. Pierce 34. Covey 17. Graham 74.
R. R. Cutler, of Jhls city, was nomi
nated State Senator for Wasco and
Hood River counties over D. J. Cooper,
of The Dalles, his majority In this
county being Cel.
Dr. J. E. Anderson, of this city, and
C. H. Stranahan. of Hood River, were
chosen by Republicans for Joint Slate
Representatives.
The seventh Judicial district embraces
Wa-co, Hood River and Crook counties.
Crook County returns are Incomplete,
but with available figures there and
complete Hood River and Wasco re
turns. W. A. Hell, or this city, is lead
in Ernest T. Smith, of Hood River,
and Carlton L. Pepper, of this city, by
134 over Smith, his closest opponent.
F. S. Gunning was nominated county
Judge over M. M. Remington by 694
votes In 13 of the 14 precincts of Wasco
County.
Snerlff Levi Christian. Republican,
was renominated for Sheriff for the
fourth time by 711 votes over E. C.
Height and Chief of Police IU R. Mc
.Donald, of this city.
Halite S. Rice defeated Claud S.
Knight for County Treasurer.
Clyde T. Banney. of Tygh Valley, was
chosen for County School Superintend-
ent by 1170 majority over Cnarlea
Deems, of Waplnltla.
Witn 1:3 to the good. F. C. Clauson
put out C. J. Llttlepage, of Mosler. for
County Commissioner.
A. W. Mohr. Incumbent, secured the
Indorsement for Surveyor with 171
votes over Roy Campbell, J. B. Golt and
Edward Btrgfeld.
L. B. Fox. for County Clerk, and
James I. Davis for Assessor had no op
position.
Democrats nominated the following;.
ho were not opposed:
I. D. Driver, of Wamlc. for Joint
Representative; George .C. Blakeley for
County Judge: H. F. Woodcock, c f Tygh
Valley, for Sheriff; John H. Fltxput
rlck. of Dufur. for Clerk; W. H. Wil
liams for Commissioner.
' TAFT SECOND IN WALLOWA
Complete Returns Received From
Ten of Largeft Precincts.
WALLOWA. Or.. April 20. (Special.)
Complete returns from ten of the
largest precincts In Wallowa County
Etve the Rcpuh'lcan votes as follows:
Delegates Ackerson 52. Applegate 3,
Itoyd Bvnon M. Campbell Carey
2. Coe 2S. Hull 17. McCusker 1. Mcl
scrtan 4. Mtuto 1. I'atton 1. Smith C.
Swift .
President I .a Follette IIS, Roosevelt
S.:. Taft 142.
Senator Bourne 1"3. Lowell 146.
Morton 22. Seillng 25S.
Kepresenrntlve In Congress Cochran
153. Kills IK. Roosevelt 19. Rusk 19.
Slnnott 54.
Secretary of State Fields 227. Oicott
2 73.
Dairy and Food Commissioner Cot
tcl 36. Edwards 54. Iea 59. Mickel 25.
Railroad Commissioner Atchison 310.
Schulderman 3. Stayton 91.
State Senator E, 11. Flags 1S2. E. E.
Kiddle 343.
Representative. Union and Wallowa
Davit P. I.ofgrca. of Mai taenia a.
Kaeeraefnl Besohllcaa aaaldate
for Joint Kereeaatlve for .
4 larkmai aad .Hlissiib.
Jjl-.n McDouald 4S. A. 51. r.iinnHs 91.
The Republican cour.ty ticket is ap
parency as fallows.
ounty Judge J. B. Olnsted. incum
bent. n cnnlcsL
Sheriff . H. Bowman has slight
lead over H. C. Cramer.
Clerk W. F. Saage, no contest.
Treasurer F. A Rachow. no contest.
Assessor C. IT. Allen, slight lead
over C. C. Grorm'.er.
S'iperlrten.ient cf Schools J. C. Con
ley. renorrlnateJ.
Survey r A. H. Rtidd. no contest.
I'oroDfr W. L. Nichols, no contest.
Commissioner W. L P. Newby.
Ieniocratlc returns from eight of the
largest precincts are: Twlegates Ben-
rett 2 Burke 3. Cole 3. (Godfrey 2(
Holmtn 1. King 1. Maloney 3. hca!un
14". WlM 2.
President Clark 11C. Harmon 4. Wil
son 97.
Presidential Electors McCUln SC.
Petersen 41. Wall 10. Watson 10.
L'nlte-J States Senator Coshow 21,
Lane tl. Pierce V
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Representative in Congress Covey
74. Graham 94.
Ifemocrata of Wallowa County ap
parently have -nominated John 25. Hod
Kin for Joint Senator.
County Judge J. A. French.
Sheriff Edgar Marvin, no contest.
'lerk C. G. Ullyeu.
Treasurer G. W. Franklin. .
Assessor S. F. race.
School Superintendent Alfred 1L
Holmes.
Surveyor Elmo T. Haskell.
Commissioner F. 8. Johnson.
UAKEK KETCnXS SAME STORY
Rooseielt and lieu Selling Lead by
Safe Majorities.
BAKER. Or.. April 20. (Special.)
Roosevelt and Clark lead In Baker
Cour.ty and city. Roosevelt getting
more than twice the Taft vote in that
county, and three times the vote In the
cltv. These figure are based on re
ports from 23 out of 38 precincts In the)
county. Precincts not heard from are
small and probably will not change the
result. Clark and Wilson had a close
race In th" county. In the city Clark
bad 251, Harmon 42 and Wilson 141.
Selling not only defeated Bourne In the
county by a good plurality, but in th
city he got 22$ to Bourne's 97 and
Lowell's 1C7.
In the Republican race for Congress
man of the Second District, the city
gave Cochran 115. Ellis t3, Roosevelt 3,
Rusk 143. Slnnott 12$.
Fields had 160 to Olcott'a 16S-
On the Iemocratlc side the city gave
Pierce Miller 1 and Coshow 24.
Graham's home city of Baker had 31!
for him In the Congressional contest,
and Covey 151.
Others nominated are: District Attor
ney. Levens. Democrat, and C. T. Good
win. Republican. Judge, of the. Circuit
Court. Gustav Anderson, Republican.
State Representative. B. F. Mitchell.
Republican, and Asa Brown. Democrat.
County Clerk. A. B. Combs, Democrat.
Figures for 23 precincts In are:
National Delegates Republican. Ack
erson 170. Applegate 23, Boyd 46, Bynon
73. Campbell 19. Carey 16. Coe CI. Fry 8.
Hall 57, Harris 7. Huston 3. Jones C
McCusker Si. Motschan 13. Mlnto 6. Pat-
ton 4. Smith 59. Swift J21; Democratic,
Bennett 7i, Burke -458, Cole 10. Edmun-
son 3. Godfrey 9, Goas 15. Holman 7,
Holmes 10. Jewell 4. Kadderly 11. King
hi. Maloney 22, Moses . Reynolds 0.
Sheehan 61. Sherman C. Stevenson 7,
Sweek 2, Wise 23.
President La Follette 1(4, Roosevelt
(91. Taft 303.
Senator Bourne 293. Lowell ' 2(2.
Morton 43. Selling 407.
Secretary of State Fields 477. Oi
cott 424.
Dairy and Food Commissioner Cot
tell 250. Edwards 111. Lea C4. Mickel
337.
Railroad Commissioner Altrhlson
42. Schulderman 209. Stayton 10.
Congressman Cochran 1S3. Ellis 233,
Roosevelt 23. Rusk 310, Slnnott 172.
Democrat:
President Clark 39, Harmon C7, Wil
son 317.
Senator Coshow 47, Lane 135, Miller
41, Pierce ilC.
Congressman Graham 516, Covey
252.
For County Clerk Reynolds. Repub
lican: Assessor. Dodson; Commissioner,
Welch.
Circuit Judge Democratic. Smith.
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Selling Keeps In Lead Over Bourne
In Complete Returns.
MORO, Or.. April 20. (Special.)
Complete official returns from Sherman
County give the following:
La Follette 67. Roosevelt 135. Taft
15i. Bourne 67. Lowell 41. Morton 9,
Selling 222, Cochran 200. Ellis 49.
Roosevelt 9. Rusk 75. Slnnott 184. Fields
194. Oicott 134. Cottel 73. Edwards 44,
Lea 64. Mickle 116. Aitchlson 183.
Schulderman 47. Stayton 63. Champ
Clark 65. Harmon 2, Woodrow Wilson
33, Coshow 12. Lane 61. Pierce 19.
Delegates to Republican convention
Ackerson 64. Applegate 3. Boyd ((,
Bynon SO, Campbell 10. Carey C. Coe
22. Frye 2. Hall 23. Harris 3. Huston 3.
Jones 11. McCusker 14. Metschan 10.
Mlnto 4. Patton none. Smith 31, Swift
0.
Democratic convention Bennett 6:.
Burke 1, Cole none. Edmunson 3. God
frey 2. Goss none. Holman none. Holmes
Jewell 2. Kadderly 1. King 3. Ma
loney 4. Moses 3. Reynolds 1. Shehan 2.
Sherman none. 8tevenson 5, Sweek
none. Wllhelm none. Wise 3.
Prosecuting Attorney Starr 231.
Weinke 101, II. W. Ragsdale. State Sen
ator. 304: W. A. Campbell 29S and W.
B. Potter 210.
State Representatives Democratic
electors McLane 17, Peterson SS. Wal?
Watson 21, Whltten 5.
CROOK COVXTY RESULTS CLOSE
Returns Oivc Taft 34, Roosevelt
3 4 3. La Follette 2 30.
PRIXF.VILLE. Or, April 20. (Spe
cial.) Partial returns from all but flva
or six small precincts In Crook County
give I Jk Follette 220. Roosevelt 343.
Taft 244. Bourne. 286. Lowelt 10S. Mor
on 58. Selling 493. Cochran 239. Ellis
67. Roosevelt 47. Rusk 113. Slnnott
01. Flolds 275. Oicott 621. Clark 170,
Harmon 7. 5Vllson 104. Coshaw 37. Lane
77. Pierce 64. Covey 221. Graham 58.
Returns from all but five or six of the
smaller precincts give G. A. McFarland,
of Redmond. the Republican nom
ination for County Judge. The other
aspirants were H. C. Ellis, of Bend. In
cumbent. Chns. O. Pollard, of Prlne
vl !, and William Boegll, oT Culver.
". N. Balfour, of Prlnevl'.le. was re
nominated for Sheriff on a Demo
cratlc ballot over J. E. Edwards. Ms
ormer chief deputy. Frank Elfct-s. it
Prlnevllle, who was the cpt"aell 1 1 t
. Balfour two years ' It IKe Repub.
Mean nominee fi Sheriff. The
race between Ray L. Brewster and Fred
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Rice, present County Surveyor, for the
nomination for that office, is very close,
but slightly In favor .of Brewster.
W. K. Van Allen, or Keamonu. is ine
probable nominee on the Republican
ticket for County Assessor. Wr. A.
Bell, of The Dalles. Is the nominee for
District Attorney in the district com
prising Wasco, Hood River and Crook
counties.
Roosevelt shows surprising strength
in Ctool County, although Tart win
lead him slightly. Clark Is the favor
ite over Wilson.
SXOW STOR.M DELAYS RETURNS
XIne Precinct In .Malheur County
Give Selling Majority.
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There was a very severe snow storm
In sections of this county yesterday,
probably the worst ever known at this
time of the year, and the vote was very
mail and the returns slow in coming
In s a result. Nine precincts, about
half the vote of the county, gave La
Follette 71, Roosevelt 221. Taft 188.
Five precincts gave Bourne 100,
Lowell 6. Selling "05.
Four precincts gave Cochrane SO.
Kills 101. Roosevelt 17. Rusk 117.
Slnnott 62.
Five precincts c:ive Miller 105. Stew
art 18S, for Sti.te Senator.
Sixteen precincts, about three-fourths
of the total vote. srve A. G. Klnfrman
317. J. A. Hurley HS5, for Joint Repre
sentative. For Prosecuting Attorney. W. It.
Brooke lias n lead In the district of 6i.
George -McKnlstit won out for Coun
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ty Judge: David Graham, Clerk; Ralph
Weaver. Treasurer; L. E. Hill, for
Assessor, ns Indicated by threo-fourths
of the total vote.
The Democratic returns are slim
Seven precincts gave Clark 149, Harmon
10. Wilson 3.".
Three precincts gave Lane 59. Coshow
27. Pierce 13, Covey 43 and Graham 30.
William Ijiwrence won out for Coun
ty Judge; Lackey, for Assessor; Zcko
Briimbach. for Commissioner.
JOSEPHINE COUNTY
CLOSE
Selling Leads by Seven Votes In 20
Precincts.
GRANTS PASS. Or., April 20. (Spe
cial.) Out of 20 precincts in this
county, complete and Incomplete re
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turns indicate that La Follette has car
ried the county by a small margin, with
Roosevelt second. For Senator. Selling-
is in the lead seven votes. Follow
ing are the totals:
President La. Follette 333. Roosevelt
347. Taft 168.
Senator Bourne 323. Selling- 332.
Secretary of State Fields 374, Oicott
327.
Delegates to National convention
Ackerson 61, Applegate 19, Boyd 27, By
non 20, Campbell 14, Carey 7. Coe 63,
Fry 34. Hall 4i. Harris 1, Heston 1,
Jones 1, McCusker 79. Metschan 26,
Smith 42. Swift 4.
On the Democratic ticket:
Candidates for National convention
Stephen Jewell heads the list with a
large majority.
President Clark 63, Woodrow Wil
son 79. Harmon 14.
Presidential electors McLaln 23,
Peterson 6, Wall 12, Watson 22, Whlt
ten 10.
Senator Coshow 28. Lane 36, Pierce
26.
Secretary of State Ryan 81.
Prosecuting Attorney Kelley.
SherlfT W. M. Chesbore.
County Clerk Pattlllo.
On the Republican ticket Campbell
won the nomination for Railroad Com
missioner without opposition, as did Dr.
J. C. Smith for State Senator. E. E.
Blarchard for Representative, and. Will
Smith for Sheriff.
County Assessor Ecltis Pollock.
County School Superintendent Lin
coln Savage.
TAFT SECOXD IX COOS COVXTY
Selling Leads ly Big Majority Over
Bourne.
MARSHFIELD. Or., April 20. (Spe
cial.) Returns of Coos County, includ
ing most of the precincts, give Rose
velt 620. Taft 325, La Follette 293.
For Senator Bourne 256, Lowell 80,
Morton 45, Selling: 690.
Representative Hawley 978.
Secretary of State Fields 528, Oi
cott 499.
Dairy Commissioner Cottel 128, Ed
wards '69. Lea 63. Mickle 174.
Railroad Commissioner Campbell
910.
Circuit Judge Harris 965.
District Attorney George M. Brown
646, C. S. Jackson 517.
State Senator, Eighth District F. K.
Gettins 583, I. S. Smith 627.
Representative, Sixth District A. J.
Marsh 421, S. P. Pierce 685.
Returns on delegate to Republican
National convention are incomplete,
but Indicate that Charles W. Aitchison
will lead and probably receive 400
votes in the county. S. P. Pierce car
ries Curry County as well as Coos and
has defeated A. J. Marsh for joint Rep
resentative from Coos and Curry coun
ties. I. S. Smith has carried Curry
County as well as Coos and Is nomi
nated by Republicans as State Senator.
Democratic returns are incomplete,
as follows:
Clark 64, Harmon 3, Wilson 23; for
Senator, Coshow 60, Lane 31, Pierce 31.
It is estimated Clark will have a
plurality of 150 and Coshow a plural
ity of 75.
The Republican county ticket nomi
nated in Coos follows: Sheriff. O. O.
Lund: County Clerk, James Watson;
County Treasurer. T. M. Dimmick; As
sessor. George E. Peoples; School Su
perintendent. Raymond C. Baker;
County Surveyor, A. N. Gould; Coroner,
F. E. Wilson; County Commissioner, W.
T. Dement.
The Democratic county ticket nomi
nated in Coos County follows: Sheriff,
W. W. Gage: Assessor. T. J. Thrift;
County Surveyor. W. J. Rust: County
Commissioner. Thomas Coke. Raymond
C. Baker, who was nominated for
County Superintendent of Schools on
the Republican ticket, was also nomi
nated by the Democrats.
BOVRXE'S RVX BAD IX BEXTOX
Roosevelt Leads, With Taft Second.
Selling Ahead of Ticket.
CORVALLIS. Or., April 20. (SpeciaL)
The Republican vote of Benton
County, with all precincts in, gives La
Follette 239, Roosevelt 401. Taft 338.
Senator, wtlh three precincts not re
ported Bourne 2S4, Lowell 85, Marton
42, Selling 513.
Secretary of State Fields 252, Oicott
417.
Dairy and Food Commissioner Cot
tel 134. Edwards 64, Lea 335, Mickle
243.
Little interest was taken in the
Democratic primaries, and unofficial
reports could be secured from but 10
of the 18 precincts. These give Clark
83. Harmon 12, Wilson 146, Coshow 24,
Lane 115, Miller 28. Pierce 61.
Only a small Democratic vote was
cast in the unreported precincts. Until
the official count, which will be made
Monday, no definite information con
cerning the delegates to the National
conventions can be given. The vote
in both primaries outside of Corvallis
was very light In this county.
L. T. Harris, for Circuit Judge, and
E. R. Bryson, for District Attorney,
both of Lane County, had no opposi
tion on the Republican ballot, and both
received the Democratic nomination,
rtonebrake has been renominated for
Representative by the Republicans, de
feating W. P. Lafferty.
hsT-ier Gellatlv received the Repub
lican indorsement over Hayden by 500
majority. The Republicans cnose can
non for School Superintendent over
Risley. County Clerk Newton and Re
corder Warfield. Republicans, and As
sessor Rlckard and Treasurer Bu
chanan, were each renominated by both
Democrats and Republicans. The three
Corvallis precincts gave Taft a plu
rality of two votes over Roosevelt.
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Twenty-Six Precincts Give ex-President
852, Taft 615.
PENDLETON, Or., April 20. (Spc-
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complete returns from 26 out of 44
precincts of Umatilla County in Re
publican primaries.
Republican Delegate to National con
vention Coe 225, Ackerson 'Zli, Bynon
155. Boyd 120. Hail 102 McCusker 101.
Smith 86, Metchan 56, Swift El, Carey
26, Applegate 36, Campliell 21. Minto !',
Frye 3, Harris 4. Jones ;!.
La Follette 434. Roosevelt 832. Taft
615. Bourne 202, Lowell 10S1, Morton 63,
Selling 470.
Cochran 293, Ellis 75."., Roosevelt 19i,
Rusk 435, Slnnott 259, Fields S81, Oi
cott 798, Cottel 348. Edwards 242, Lea
20. Mickle 494. Aitclv.i-on 774, Schul
derman 449. Stayton 28". Neal 595, Stei
wer 1174, Hinkle 734, Mann S61. Oliver
564. Peterson 544.
Democratic Clark 142, Harmon 9,
Wilson 263, Coshow 10, Lane 96, Pierce
227.
County offices:
School Superintendent Yoimg Re
publican, 1110: County Clerk, Saling,
Republican. 1302; County Commissioner,
Walker, SS8.
SELLING LEADS IN UNION
Portland Man Receives. 382 Voles to
3 2-1 for Bourne.
LA GRANDE. Or.. April 20. (Spe
cial.) With complete unoftlcial re
turns available from 20 out of 21 pre
cincts in Union County, except for the
candidates of Railroad Commissioner
and Food Commissioner, which have
been unreported in many Instances,
from the outlying precincts, and no
report on Presidential electors at hand,
the returns from yesterday's primaries
are:
La Follette 318, Roosevelt 610, Taft
356. Clark 34S, Harmon 2!. Wilson 33:!.
nourne 324, Lowell 264. Martin 71.
Selling 5Si.
Democratic Coshow 113,
Miller 11. Pierce 533. .
Lane 126,
Congress Cochran 445,
FTllls 237.
Roosevelt 44. Rusk 353.
Sinnott 231.
Covey 191, Graham 408.
Joint State Representative. Republi
can McDonald 732, Runnell 270.
No Democratic candidates.
State Representative Forstrom 6S3,
Lambert 573. No Democratic candi
dates. Secretary of State. Republican
Fields 611. Oicott 686. No Democratic
candidates.
State Senator, Republican E. E.
Kiddle. Democrat John Hodgin.
Food Commissioner Cottel 263, Ed
wards 132, Lea 142. Mickle 2S0.
Railroad Commissioner Aitchison
46i, Schulderman 177.
For Sheriff, August Hug. Republi
can: V. P. Childers, Democratic. Re
corder, J. R. Snook. Republican. County
Commissioner, Hutchinson, of Union,
Republican. County Clerk, Ed Wright,
La Grande. No Democratic candidates.
County Treasurer. John V. Ravvley, Re
publican; no Democratic candidates.
County Assessor. U. U. Couch, Island
City, Or., Republican; D. M. Clark.
Democratic.
County Coroner C. T. Bacon, of La
Grande. Republican.
School Superintendent E. E. Brags.
Democrat.
TILLAMOOK COUNTY DIVIDED
Results Give Roosevelt 2 11, La l'ol
lett 234, Taft 227.
TILLAMOOK. Or., April 20. (Spe
cial.) Returns to date for various
places on the ticket follow: Ackerson
118, Applegate 16. Boyd 24, Byron 76,
Campbell 21. Carey 20. Coe 62, Fry 6,
Hail 58, Harris 10, Huston 9, Jones 10,
McCusker 76, Metschan 11. Minto 5,
Patton 8, Smith 56, Swift J2. La Fol
lette 234, Roosevelt 241, Taft 227, Ma
hon 310, Bourne 363. Lowell 25. Morton
E.I. Selling 240 Hawley 514. Fields 258,
Oicott 321, Cottel 114. Edwards 47. Lea
194, Mtckle 225. Campbell 393. Hill 330.
Winslow 280. Botts St8 Hciis 247;
Joint Representative, A. G. Beals 61,
T B. Handlev 243, F. A. Rowe SO.
On' the county ticket there was a
close race between H. V. A'.iey and
George R. Edner for Commissioner, the
latter being in the lead with two sraau
precincts to hear from.
H. Crenshaw was nominated for Sher
iff, J. C. Holden for County Clerk: B. L.
Beals; Treasurer; W. S. Buci, School
Knnerintendent: V. G. Jackson, Sur
veyor; C. A. Johnson, Assessor; R. T.
Boals, Coroner.
On the Democratic ticket Clark leads
for President. Lane for Senator Holmes
for District Attorney and T. B. Hand
ley. Republican, for Joint Representa
tive.
TAFT LEADING IX YAMHILL
President Receives 518. Roosevelt
150 in 23 Precincts.
Jd'MINNVILLE, Or., April 20. (Spe
cial.) Complete returns froi;-. 23 out
of 125 precincts In this county give
Taft a lead over Roosevelt of 68 votes.
This lead no doubt wi.l be maintained.
Taft has 518, Roosevelt 450 and La
Follette 396.
Selling has the largest plurality on
the state ticket. He has 788, Bourne 35;.
Lowell 117 and Morton 64. Fields and
Oicott are rlcht together with Fields
634 and Oicott 616. The rouniy still is
In doubt as regards Secretary of State.
Fields may carry the county by a very
small margin.
Mickle has received a large vote ioi
Dalrv and Food Commissioner. Mickle s
vote" is 563, Cottel 286, Lea 361, Ed
wards 131.
Democratic Champ Clark Wil
son 202.
For Senator Lane carries the county.
Lane's vote 227. Pierce 135, Cothow 79,
Miller 21.
For District Attorney for third Ju
dicial district. Holmes, Democrat, leads.
Holmes has 100. Risley 29. Holmes will
carry the county by a large majority.
Trie contest for Republican nomina
tion for District Attornty, third judicial
district, is very close, Gale S Hill, of
Albany, having 421, Walter Winslow
322.
Republican nomination fdr County
Commissioner goes to Cummins by a
. TiriTln..lnu
few votes. iamsun. "i,i,i,",
showing unexpected
Joint Senator, Hollis,
County, has a large
Botts, of Tillamook.
strength. For
of Washington
majority over
TAFT AND SELLING IN LEAD
Portland Man Two-to-One Favorite
in Wheeler County.
FOSSILL, Or., April 20. (Special.)
On the face of Incomplete returns from
Wheeler County Selling has defeated
Bourne by 2 to 1. The vote for the
nomination for United States Senator
up to date gives Selling 60, Bourne 30.
Taft and Roosevelt are running neck
and neck with Taft leading the cx
Presldent by two votes. The. Incom
plete count gives Taft 37, Bourne 35
and. La Follette 15.
Returns are slow.
Wallowa Is Strong for Selling.
WALLOWA. Or., April 20. (Special.)
Wallowa County returns to 10 P. M.
are as follows: La Follette. 125;
Roosevelt, 357; Taft. 142: Senator
Bourne, 118; Lowell, 151; Morton, 23:
Selling, 267. For the Democrats: Clark,
124; Harmon, 5: Wilson. 109. Senator,
Coshow, 28; Lane, b6; Pierce, 120. -