Colquitt Leads Texas Primary Returns Across Counties
Incomplete returns from 142 counties show Governor Colquitt leading over Ramsey in the Democratic primary with about 98,307 votes to 92,480. Attorney general and comptroller races show Walthall ahead for AG and Barker leading Lane for comptroller in late tallies. Imboden may carry lieutenant governor, Wolters leads for U.S. Senate, and town officials split across counties as results trickle in.
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Prohibition
Oscar B. Colquitt
Judge Ramsey
Colquitt
Ramsey
Red River
Texas
West
Jake Wolters
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Matt Zollner
Comptroller
Bob Barker
W. P. Lane
Barker
Lane
James D. Walthall
B. F. Looney
M. B. Harris
Walthall
Rere
Wiley M. Imboden
Will H. Mayes
Walthall Weer
Loney
Aee Harris
Sheppard
Haees
Olters
Renee Randell
Zolner
Winners in county election yesterday special to the light
Narragansett Pier July 27 fire on the summer pier destroyed six cottages and damaged four more threatening to wipe out the entire colony.
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Narragansett Pier
Citizens League dominates Bexar County primaries
With most precincts yet to report, Colquitt Barker and Walthall lead for statewide offices while Citizens' League candidates sweep county offices in an unusually peaceful San Antonio primary. Early returns show Clint Brown and James R. Davis atop their tickets amid slow counting and limited opposition.
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Colquitt
Barker
Walthall
Citizens’ League
J. Frank Gallagher
Henry Boerner
E. P. Tschirhart
John Trainer
Citizens League
James R. Davis
Clint G. Brown
Williams. Anderson
R. B. Minor
Fifty-seventh District Court
Claude V. Birkhead
Seventy-third District Court
Andres Coy
Peter P. Hoefgen
R. Neill Campbell
Clint Brown
Ben Fisk
Severy
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On League
James Davis
Huntress-Chambers-Stevens
Jim Stevens
Bexar County
Richter
J. L. Camp
San Antonio
Frank Cassiano
Colquitt Leads in Thirty Travis Precincts in 1900s Vote
Special report from Austin notes 30 of 47 Travis county precincts reporting results. Colquitt leads with 1407 votes followed by Imboden 1226 and Ramsey 952. Other offices show Barker 1263 and Lane 916 for Comptroller, Pleasants 205 and Townes 1248 for Supreme Court associate justice, and multiple county and railroad races with varied totals. The piece ends noting three leaders for congressmen.
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Singleton
Wortham
Mayfield
Thomas
Supreme Court
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Hawkins
Judges Court Criminal Appeals
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Green
Colquitt Holds Lead Across Texas In Heavy Vote
Official midnight statement from Colquitt headquarters reports an unusually heavy Texas vote. Colquitt is expected to carry about 156 counties to Dawnper's 56, with strength increasing in strongholds once claimed by Judge Ramsey. The governor is due in Austin in the morning.
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Colquitt
Texas
South Texas
Ramsey
Scratched Ballots Delay Primary Results in El Paso
In El Paso Texas July 27 the long ballot and many scratched ballots delayed announcing primary results. The contest pitted the county ring led by Mayor C E Kelly against the anti ring faction led by County Chairman W B Ware.
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EL Paso
Tex
C. E. Kelly
W. B. Ware
Weather Outlook for East and West Texas This Weekend
Special Weather Forecast from The Light reports East Texas fair on Sunday and Monday with continued warmth inland. Western Texas also fair Sunday with possible local showers in extreme western and northern areas, cooler in the north, and Monday fair throughout.
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Washington
Texas
Home Weather For Tourists
Observations at 8 p m report temperatures from several cities with general conditions. St Louis 82 degrees, clear, SE six mile wind. Chicago 70, cloudy, SE eight mile wind. Kansas City 88, fair and hot, SE six mile wind. New York 72, clear, NW eight mile wind. Boston 72, clear, NW eight mile wind. Washington 172, clear, SW eight mile wind, Sunday probably fair.
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Kansas City
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Woman suffrage cited as cause of social change in New York
Special to the Light reports Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont claiming suffrage explains New York society’s restraint on amusements. She argues women’s greater involvement leads to a cleaner city and shifts in public life with independence as a guiding principle for American women, especially eastern women.
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New York
Unfounded claim about Associated Press wire to San Antonio
The statement that any other newspaper carried the AP wire in full to San Antonio is baseless and lacks factual basis. No corroborating evidence supports such an assertion about exclusive or complete transmission by outlets other than the San Antonio Light.
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