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Show 'SI OMAHA, Neb. Aug. 16 The only definite returns received up to midnight mid-night from tho Nebraska primaries election today indicated tho nomination nomina-tion of Congressman Gilbert M. Hirchcock for United States senator and Judge A. Sutton by the Republican Re-publican Insurgents for congress In the Second district On ' governor, appearances favor Mayor Dahlrnan, but the race is close and many believe be-lieve l;ho vote will gle Governor fnallenberger a lead. Dahlman will have a majority of close to six thousand thous-and In Douglas, Omaha, county and he will nlso have a good load in Ivan-caster, Ivan-caster, Lincoln, county. The vote of the Republicans for United States senator Is Indefinite snd greatly In doubt. Cady leads Aldrlch In this county by a good majority ma-jority but at other point.-! of the state the standing of each candidate varies. var-ies. OMAHA. Neb, Aug.. 16. That It would not be possible to forecast the result of today's state-wide pri-mnrj pri-mnrj In Nebraska before latr Wed-i Wed-i esday was apparent tonight because the polls remained open until D o'clock in moJt counties and In several sev-eral they did not close until 10 p. in. Three precincts of this colnty reporting re-porting up to 10 p. in. gave much en-i en-i couragomcnt to Dahlman and Cady. I candidates for governor, respectively on the Democrat and Republican tlck-I tlck-I ets. The three precincts gave Dahl man 313 as against 81 for Governor Shallenbergor, his opponent. Cady received 140 aud Aldrlch, his opponent, oppo-nent, 2S. " Terhaps the most significant Indication Indi-cation of these returns I the heavy vole given to the Democrat ticket. 'Under the primary law voters may fast their ballots for any ticket wlth-o.ii wlth-o.ii rpgurd to former pavtv affiliation, ha long ns they confine their markings mark-ings to candidates on one ticket. 71 now appears that, the Republican vote cast for Mayor Dahlman may exceed even the expectations of his supporters. The precincts heard from consist of two residence dUtricts In the city and ono country district. In, Lincoln, party affiliations were not closely adhered In., The absence of bitter contests among Republican candidates, except on United States f-enator led hundred of the mem bors of the pnity to switch to tho Democratic ballot, especially among the so-called "wet" Republicans who lined up for Mayor Dahlman of Oma- i ha for governor. |