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Show RESULT I NEBRASKA !i II DOUBT j Both the Bryans May Be Defeated ; Henry Ford Leads for President. OMAHA, Neb., April If). Returns from yesterday's state presidential primary pri-mary have been so delayed by a complicated com-plicated ballot that late tonight only 259 precincts, included in which were eighty-eight Omaha precincts, had reported. re-ported. Only three counties had returned re-turned a complete count of the ballots. There an? 1800 precincts in the state and it is believed that several days will elapse before the result of the voting-has voting-has open established beyond possibility of change by later returns. Henry Pord is leading the Republican candidates for the presidential nomination nomina-tion by the following vote: Ford, 6U47; A. B. Cummins. 5559; Charles E. Hughes, 4300; Henry D. Estabrook, 2397. The name of Mr. Hughes was written on the ballot by the voters. The returns indicate the renomination of Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock by a vote of two to one over his opponent, I. J. Dunn, of Omaha. John L. Kennedy, Ken-nedy, former congressman, will probably be the Republican nominee for senator. He is leading former Governor C. H. Aldrich by a majority of almost two to one. Keith Neville, returns indicate, has beaten Mayor C. V. Bryau of Lincoln for the Deniucr:iti' gubernatorial nomination nom-ination by a large majority. Mr. Bryan, a brother of the former secretary of ;-tate, made prohibition his campaign issue. is-sue. W. ,J. Bryan is 2000 votes behind four of his competitors for delegates-at-large to the Democratic national convention. There are six candidates, of whom four will be nominated, and Mr. Brvan fifth on the list. R. B. Howell has a substantial lead over his opponent, C. F. M-'Grew, for the nomination for Republican national committeiman. James C. Dablmau and Arthur Mullen are close competitors for the Democratic nomination, late returns giving Dahlman a majority of 200. Incomplete returns tonight Irom the three South Plane .'ortrretonal fliPtricta indlrate the following nominations Tuesday's primary: First district DTO.vratir ; John A. M.'iulre has probablv won ovrr John S. McCarty and Daniel W. Livin-'ston i F. Reavts. Republican, had no opposition. Fourth district li-puMkii n: C. H. f loan nominated 0'r John B. Killean. "iiliam I. Stark, LJemO'-'rat, had nu opposition. op-position. Fifth district RrpuMlca n: Silas R Barton leading W. M. K. Andrews. Ash-ton Ash-ton C. Shall!n Merger, Uemoorat, far ahead of Robert Prkp. In the Sixth diMrlct Mn-j P. Kinkatd had no Repuhli.-H n nr r.o.Mtion. and the Democrats h.'id no candidate on the ballot. Returns up to midtiKht on Eovernor show the Repuhll an rac is between S. R. McKelvie and A. L. Sutton. Supporters of W. J. Brya n would not concede tonight his defeat tor delegate at large to tho Democratic national convention. |