Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-11-12
Election Returns.

in stain quo. Hancock carries New
Jersey, Nevada and Califoruia--ex-
cept one of the electors-and lhe
Southern States. New York, the
turning point, is repored for Gar
field by 10000 or $1,000 majority,
but the Democrats have shown some
evidences OF fraud on the part of
their opponents, which may demand
revision by Congress. Tie Re-
publicans place some stress upon the
fact that Wednesday comes before
the first Monday this December, and
the Electoral College will have met
and fixed up things before Congress
convencs. They claim that if the
Senate undertakes to investigate the
correctness of the returns, Vice
President Wheeler will bag" the
documents and declare Garfield
elected
The returns in this Territory do
not admit of any such doubt. The
majority for Mr.. Brents will proba-
bly, be as large as it was two years
ago. The counties giving Democra-
tic majorities, thus far reported are,
Island, Jefferson, Mason and Ska
mania, aggreSatins less than 200,
while the reported Republican
majolitics foot up over 600.
Gen. Wilson kindly furnishes us
the result in Mason county:
Burke 81, Brents 80; Gutenberg
90, Hathaway SO; McAuliif 81, lib
bets so; Hunt so, Bush 81; Bonner
IS, OHrien SO; Dustin s., Bloom
field At; Ostrander 81, Reed so,
Cline /; McReavy 115. Hovey 20;
Kuhn SO, Moore As.
For Auditor, f. A. Wilson re-
ceived 81 votes, a. f. Chapman 40;
Sheriff, r. Watkinson GO, VIM. Cal
low 20; Treasurer, NJ. Fredson 112;
Probate Judge, f. Kennedy 81, J.
Nj. Elson As; School Supelintend-
ent, II. Watkinson &c, !. Campbell
60; Commissioners, NJ. G. Simmons
93, Thos. Webb 81, L. c. Purdy IS,
VIM. Walter G1, r. McLaine II,
David Shelton 4G; Survey or, Chas.
Armstrong SO, L. Miller 30; Coro-
ner, c. +. Towle 50, John Price SO.
In Chehalis county, Burke received
81 votes and Brents 1874. The av-
erage majority for the Republican
militia and district officers was 55,
excepting for the Legislature, Evans
receiving Is majority and Goodell
IA. The county officers elect ore !:
Commissioners, Chas Sheasby, S.
Ford and Jason Fry; Auditor, w.
A. Anderson; Treasurer, c. N. Biles;
Probate Judge, H. d. Taylor; Sher-
if and Assessor, d. J. Gaddis,
School Superintendent, Sherman
Estus; Surveyor, G. NJ. Biles.
The official vote of Island county
gives Burke 100 and Brents 80,
majority for the Democratic nominee
of 10. The Republican militia Of
ficers each receive majority OF 10;
Ballard 2G majority. Hovey leads
McReavy Al votes for Joint Council
man and John Alexander and Wal
ter Coockett each received 90 votes
for Joint Representative II. c. Hill
is elected Probate Judge and Audit
or by 3S majority. Jos. b. Libby is
elected Treasurer and Jos. G. Pow
er, Sheriff, and Assessor. Mary +.
Coupe leads Julia Kinney one vote
for School Superintendent, the vote
standing o. to 81.
Snohomish county gave Brents
231 and Burke 175 a majority of Sc
for the former. Billiards. majority
in this county is al. The Republi-
can militia nominees receive ma
jority of about 100. Saml Calhoun
for Joint Councilman received 244
votes and JAS. GillilaDd 1852; John
Alexander, for Joint Representative
$50; Walter Crockett 16G; II. A.
Gregory for Auditor, 225; j. H.
SWEET 10; VIM. Whitfield, for
Sheriff 227; +. c. Ferguson, 1863;
L. Wilbur, for Treasurer, 24O; II.
Haskell, 100.
In Walla-walla county the Demo
Crafts elect Joint Councilman and
Representative. also a Councilman