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Show SHORTRiGGE IS LEADING KENT IN M81I Some Nominees Become Candidates Can-didates of Two Parties by Primary Vote j SAN PRANCISCP, Sept. 1. Returns Re-turns from yestorday'a state primary' election compiled early today from 3.03J prec!r.ct3 of n total of 6,129 in the state, gave Samuel M. Shprtridge, candidate tor the Republican nomination nomina-tion for United States senator, a bad 'of more than 20,000 votes over Wll- I Ham Kent, his nearest rival, while M J. Walace was running more than 2,- I ooo otea bi hind Kent I Senator James Phelao was unopposed un-opposed for the Democratic side in the face of returns Representative Representa-tive Clarence U i.ea, who bail no op- i position fur the Democratic nomination nomina-tion for representative from the first COngrbM ort; I distcift, was leading for the Republican nomination. Representative Represen-tative John E. linker, Democrat also wa-i leading for ih- Reiuiblican nomination nomi-nation for ri?presentatjvd In the second district, while Representative Henry '' Harlow. Itepublican, hud a laTge! lead for the Democratic nomination I in I he h venth ills! ri. I i u .ki;ss. Representative fJtiffh S. Hersman wa- iinonuused in the eighth district for the DemocrAtld nomination, but was i nnnln,; h. hind Arthur M- F'ree for the Republican nomination. Representative Rep-resentative J A. Klston had a substantial substan-tial lead ovoi William It. Geary for the Republican nomination In the1 sixth district In the ninth district Charles P. Van' do Wuter was leading for the KcpubJI-ean KcpubJI-ean nomination, Charles If. Randall who was unopposed for the nomlna- ! I 'on on the prohibition ticket. Returns from the tenth district were too moa- I fri to Indicate the outcome of the race for the Democratic nomination between Milton Bryan and Representa-1 live Henry Z Osborre, who was unopposed unop-posed for the itepnbhean n in.itl..n WIN TWO NOMINATIONS. A somwhat unique situation was' I presented in the first, second and sev-j en h congressional dwtrlcta where the I present representatives In congress not nlv won the nomination of their ownj parties, but also captured the noml-j nation on another party ticket Roprc-I I sentatlye l-a, a Democrat, defeated la field of candidates for the Uepubll- it nomination; In the second dls-tricl dls-tricl Kepresentatlvo Raker, also a ! leniocrat, won the Republican nomination nomi-nation over hi.s Republican opponent, and in the seventh dvtrlct, Representative Represen-tative Barbour, ,i Republican, apparent appar-ent lj has won the Democratic nomination. nomi-nation. The California direct primary law permits an aspirant (or any office to qualify for nomination on any ticket, provided he receive sufficient names on petitions io get his name on the party ballots. The law recognises the party affiliation of smh a candidate for more than one nomination a thati of the pets with which be Is registered. register-ed. 1 |