Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-10-25
PROCEEDINGS
OF the Board of Supervisors of Buchanan
County, Iowa, October Session, 1878.


County, Iowa, October Session, 1878.
The Board of Supervisors of Buchan
an county, Iowa, met in regular session
at the Court House, in Independence
Monday, October IA, 1873, and was
called to order at III o'clock A. NJ.
Members present: H. NJ. Coughtry
G. w. Butterfeld, Fl. Highly, Alden
Whitney, Isaac Muncey.
Members absent: J. G.. House, J. w
Foreman.
The Board organized by the selection
of II. Nj. Coughtry as chairman pre-
TEN.
Minutes of the September session
were read and approved.
At twelve o'clock, noon, the Board
passed to the canvass of the votes cast
at the general election held on October
8, 1S79 as returned by the several town
ship boards. Pending the same, the
Board adjourned to u o'clock p. NJ.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The board Of canvassers met at half
past one o'clock, with all the members
present, and proceeded with the official
count.
At five o'clock P M. they adjourned
to nine o'clock A. M. of Tuesday, to
await the attendance of the clerks of
Fairbank ,Hazlcton and Middlefeld town
ships.
TUESDAY MORNING.
The board of canvassers met at nine
o'clock A. NJ, members all present, and
proceeded with the canvass of the re-
turns until three o'clock p. NJ, when
they adjourned until nine o'clock A. NJ.
of Wednesday, to await the attendance
Of the clerk of Buffalo township, and
the members passed to the regular
committee work in examination of
claims
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
Nine clock found the board of can
vassers all present. The canvass was
then completed and the result of the
election declared to be as follows:
STATE OF IOWA, CO.
Buchanan County, o.
INDEPENDENCE, Oct. 16, 1878.
We, the undersigned, members Of the
Board of Supervisors, and ex-officio
members of the Board of County Can
sDssers for Buchanan county, do hereby
certify the following to be true and
correct abstract of the votes cast in
said county, at a general election, held
the Sth day of October, 1878, for the Of
fees of Secretary of State, Auditor of
State, Treasurer of State Register of
State Land Office, Judge of the Su-
preme Court, Attorney General, Clerk
of the Supreme Court, Reporter of the
Supreme Court, Representative of Third
Congressional District, District Judge
in Ninth Judicial District, District At
torney in Ninth Judicial District, Clerk
of the District and Circuit Courts,
County Recorder. and three members of
the Board of Supervisors, as shown by
the poll books returned from the sever
al election precincts, to-wit:
For the Office of Secretary 6f State
there were thirty-four. hundred and six
ty-seven 3,460 votes cast, of which
John A. T. Hull received sixteen hun
dred and forty-fve q ,645) votes, f. NJ
Farnsworth received eighteen hundred
and twenty Q,02W votes, r. B. Bayes
received one % vote and Harrison Read
received one O vote
For the office of Auditor of State
there were thirty four hundred and IF
ty-scven (3,45O votes cast, of which
Buren r. Sherman received sixteen
hundred and forty Q,64O votes, Joseph
Eiboeck received eighteen hundred and
eleven Q,S1D votes. 0. c. Searls re-
ceived one QD vote, Carl Schurz received
one CD vote, G. V. Swearingen received
four (D votes.
For the office of Treasurer of State
there were thirty-four hundred and for
ty-one CAD votes cast, of which Geo.
w. Bemis received sixteen hundred and
one q SOD votes. NJ. L. Devin received
eighteen hundred and thirty five 1889
votes, James X. Powers received one
% vote, Devin received one Cd vote,
George Bemis received one (D vote, l..
A. Hurd received one (D vote, George
Herson received one Cd vote.
For the Office of Register of the Land
Office there were thirty-four hundred
and sixty-fve g, ,465) votes cast, of which
James X. Powers received sixteen hun
dred and forty-seven Q,64O votes, NJ.
Harrington received eighteen hundred
and seventeen q 1910 votes, H. B. Fouke
received one D vote.
For the office of Attorney General
there were thirty-four hundred and six
ty-three (3,463) votes cast, of which
John F. McJunkin received sixteen
hundred and fifty Q,65W votes, John
Gibbons received eighteen hundred and
eight Il Q,908) votes, c. H. Jackson re-
ceived four (D votes, Dan Smyser re-
ceived one % vote.
For the office of Judge of the Su-
preme Court there were thirty-four
hundred and sixty-seven (3,460 votes
cast, of which James H. Rothrock re-
ceived sixteen hundred and fifty three
q $3.50 votes, Joseph G. Knapp received
eighteen hundred and thirteen Q,S10
votes, j. w. Buehlcr received one %
vote.
For the office of Clerk of the Supreme
Court there were thirty-four hundred
and sixty-two 3,462)votes cast of which
j. B. Elliott received eighteen hundred
and nine Q,S09 votes, John Runnells
received sixteen hundred and forty
eight q ,649 votes, Tim Crimes received
one % vote, Geo. w. Rutherford re-
ceived four (4) votes,
For the Office of Reporter of the Su-
preme Court there were thirty-four
hundred and sixty-four votes cast, of
which Edward j. Holmes received six
teen hundred and forty-eight Q,649
votes, Alex Runyon received eighteen
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