Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-11-10

forty minority in the assembly and two
majority in the senate. Pennsylvania will
send 10 Republicans and s Democrats to
congress: Indiana Democrats and 4 Re-
pubIicans. North Carolina n sold Democrat
ic delegation, Missouri IA Democrats, this
state probably one, while all the Southern
states will return their fall number of
Democrats.
The result of the election In Barbour
was surprise, to say the least. The coun-
~ has been close for several years, and up
10 the time the vote in this township was
announced, late in the night, there could
not be found Republican who would say
that the entire Democratic ticket would not
be elected. The main fight was made for
the offices of Representative and County
! Attorney, and OF the Democratic candidates
hard fight was made. 1t was generally
thought that Mr.. Orner would secure ma
jOrity of GO or 20 votes over Mr.. Payne in
Medicine Lodge and that this would be
overcome in the outside Townships; bit
the count showed that he had surprised
even his most sangine supporters and re-
ceived 10 more votes than Mr.. Payne.
That settled it and the Democrats gave up
allthopes. The returns from the townships
only reduced the majority to 2S and Mr..
Orner was electsd.
Judge Shepler was elected Probate Judge
by good majority, and 10 one ever doubt
ed that lie would be, for the Republicans
only nominated Mr.. Saunders to keep him
from fighting Orrer and Sample, which he
| threatened TO do But even then neither
he nor they were mistaken in their men,
for they made no effort to elect him, per-
uniting his name scratched and he not even
voting the ticket, preferring Blanton and
Jenkins to Orner and Sample.
BY hard work Mr.. Sample defeated both
of his opponents for County Attorney. lie
could not have defeated either in single
handed contest, but managed to slip in as
il was. lie will take his Office. there being
nothing in the argument that becarse his
present office is vacant by reason of his
refusal to prosecute violations of the pro-
hibtion law, therefore he will be ineligible
to the Office again.
The Democrats can attribute their defeat
to the action of few of the unprlncipled
in their own party-men VINO could be and
were bought with few drinks of whiskey
and to few of the "rag-tag-and-bob
tail" element, who are opposed to stock.
men and their interests. All good Demo
CT Is and the better class of stockmcn voteC
for Payne but the ''rabble" opposed him.
In Medicine Lodge the Republicans open
ly gave away whskcy; drug store was
converted into free liquor dispensary ant
candidates claiming to be prohibitionists
and pledged to the enforcement of the law
were the most prominent in encouraging
violations Of it. The sanctimonious, long
faced, moral element, stood by and wnket
ut the violations Of their pet prohibition
law and voted for the bead man among TIN
viOlatorS.
And Brother Blanton, the Greenbacker
was also beaten. He was badly beaten an,
so was his party. No one appeared to hav
heard of the party or the ticket and the en-
, tire ticket was showed under. Brothe
, BEnton was born under an unlucly politi
3 c.Il star and some one should tell him so.
, Following is the o;:.cial vote in Barbou
county, ascanvassed to day:
For Governor,
= st. John n
Click 90
l. Robinson a
f Clicks majority "a
n For Auditor Of State,
] McCabe 1.-THE negro) 26
/ Brown Do
b. GarretSon 2
: Browns majority Is
= For Representatives in Congress from tn
State at Large,
We only give the vote of one candidate O
!, each party. Woods was on both the Dem
> oentic and Greenback tickets:
=, Peters 90
O'Fmnnigan d.
& Woods DO
For Representative Of Ninety-Fifth Distric,
i Orner 90
! Payne 9G
Blanton ,
Orner's majority 10
For Probate Judge,
saunders Of
!, Shepler "a
Hill e
Shepler's majority 40
e For County Attorney,
: Sample o.
, Ayers 10
Jenkins 10
: Samples majority SO
For District Clerk,
Talliaferro 90
r McCanless al
For County Supt Public Instruction,
: Axline %.
4 Yant 06
Morris y
Axllne's majority 80
(,otnYnfcsiopor o. NAL.