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Show MOORE LEADS si mm race FOR 00VERN3R I Two G. 0. P. Candidates for Congress Are Also Well Ahead BOISE. Idaho. Nov. S C. C Moore. Republican, was leading in the gubernatorial race at 3:20 o'clock this morning by 7Ssn votes over Samuels Sam-uels Progressive, his nearest opponent, oppo-nent, with 461 out of the 814 precincts In the state reporting Moses Alexander. Alex-ander. Democrat, was running third and was 1334 votes behind the Pro- i gressive standard bearer and was 9441 behind Moore The vote follows: Moore. 30.334. Alexander, 20,893;' Samuels. 22.454. JEROME 01 M Y SLOU Jerome was the only county In tho state that failed to report complete on at least one precinct this morning but Incomplete figures indicated that Mooro was leading the field. The 1 strength gained by the Progressive candidate for governor during the past 10 days Is credited with being respon- j slbb for much scratching of ballots and the delay In counting Gaining a stronger lead as each succeeding county reported, Addison I T Smith, congressman-elect from tho! second Idaho district, rolled up the largest corresponding vote of any candidate can-didate on the Republican ticket. His' vote when 221 precincts In the district dis-trict had reported was 17. OS 4. COLLEAGUE GAINS. congressman snmn siartcu oir win a iea-i and maintained It all Tuesday evi nine as the returns came in. Increasing In-creasing it, however, as more precincts pre-cincts were heard from. His colleague, Burton L, French', In the first elis- 1 trlct. comprising the. northern counties coun-ties of the state, piled up a corres- ' pondlngly large vote In 209 precincts ; and his total was 12.65S, or more than 5000 votes ahead of his closest competitor. While no further tabulations have been made, up to 10:30 o'clock Wednesday Wed-nesday morning, it was apparent on the face of the returns, that all Republican Re-publican candidates were holding their leads with, however, a slight Increase In-crease for the Progressive candidates especially the gubernatorial race. Because of tho closeness of the race no candidate has vci copcedi I anything to his opponent. |