The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-10-13
THE ELECTION.
a quiet Day With Lots OF Seratchin
Throughout the County

Quiet Day With Lots OF Scratching
Throughout the County.
Tuesday was an unusually Ouiet eIee-
tion day but great deal of trading off
and scratching was done. The follow
ing is the vote in Canton:
First ward, BOOkWalter 42S, Foster
415; second ward, Bookwalter PSI, Fos-
ter 349; third ward, BOokwalter PA.
Foster 1893; fourth ward, BOokwalter,
44S, Foster 320; BOOkwalter's majority
127. The Democratic county ticket has
an average majority in Canton of about
300. The county gives Foster majori-
ty of about 200. Owing to the great
amount of scratching the returns were
delayed and at this writing all the pre-
cincts have not yet reported. On this
account the estimates given will be
changed somewhat by the official count.
'a ELECTION CRUMBS.
Sheriff Altekruse continues.
The Second ward came in at IO:5
o'clock.
The Fourth ward was through before
IL o'clock.
The Third ward was counted out at
$40 O'Clock.
The great of scratching caused
a delay in the returns.
The State ticket runs about the same
as the vote for Governor.
MassillOn rolled up three hundred and
forty-eight majority for Altekruse.
Dangler's election over Rauch, Dem
Ocrat, is claimed by about eighty ma
jority.
The First ward pOlled nine hundred
and twenty-nine votes, and the count
ing was not completed until / 80 o'clock.
Judge Meyers election for Probate
Judge over Heldenbrand, Republican,
present incumbent, is conceded by some
20 majority.
Bast's Hall was used for Democratic
headquarters to receive the returns.
The old Temperance Hall was used by
the Republicans. uru
A large vote was polled throughout
the county, and in Canton especially.
The First ward gave a few over the
Presidential vote of last year.
The returns show the election of the
entire Republican county ticket, with
the exception of Meyer for Probate
Judge, and Altekruse for Sheriff.
Mr., Mat Clemens, the active Demo
cratic Central Committeeman of Beth
lehem township, brought in the returns
from there overland and good returns
they were, too.
MIR, Warwick, as we count, beats
HartshOrn for the State Senate about 25
in this county; but Carroll county gives
HartshOrn four or five hundred majority
and of course elects him.
OF course, we are always wiser after
election; and then we see that if the
work of organization had been thorough
the result might have been otherwise
AS rule, the stay at-hOmes, in close
result like that of yesterday, might
have changed matters.
Altekruse, Democrat is Reelected Sher-
iff by from 800 to 1000 majority. This
remarkable result is surprising to ev-
cry one and shows the personal popu-
larity of our Sheriff. 1t is proper to
say that his opponent was not taking
man. He ran for the same office some
ten years or more ago and was then de-
feated.
When the smoke of the contest clears
away we may be able to discourse more
understandingly as to some of the i'm
mediate causes that contributed to the
result. In county as close and vigor-
Ously contested as Stark, the canvassing
and organizing work must be attended
to in time and efficiently done, in order
that the vote may be got out in full.