St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-06
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Democrats May Be Pleased
With the Result of Tues
days Election.
One County Office and Two
Legislators Alone Allotted
TO Republicans.
C. H. Benedict Will, However,
Contest H. F. Stevens Seat
in the Senate.
Tuesdays Vote Neck and
Neck With That of the City
Last Spring.
j. N. Castle Simply Plays With
Sam P. Snider in Almost
Every Precinct,
And Merriam Is Showed I'm
der by Wilson in His Own
RailiWiek.

Ii was a glorious victory. There was
general JOY and gladness among Demo-
Gratis Yesterday. The triumphant sweep
of almost every county office was the
cause fel general congratulation. The
result of the election equaIed the Wild
est expeetions OF the most pronounced
Democrat.
No better rebuke to the yilliticatiOn
which has been poured upon the Demo
Gratis could be given than the handsome
way in which the county has been car
ried. For weeks charges of the most
bitter and personal character have been
leveled at the Democratic nominees,
and what is the reSult.-with one eX-
ception the Democrats carry every
county Office, and with two exceptions
the legislative contests.
The Democratic vote of last spring
has been wei! maintained. Il. L. OC0n-
nor has but eight votes more than were
cast for Mayor Smith. The figures are:
r. T. O'Connor. 1l,G29; Mayor Smith.
11,621. The absuldity of the claim that
the Republicans had polled an increased
vote is shown from the fact that W. j.
Freaney pclled but l0,2l9 votes and that
Col. Kiefer last spring captured 10,201-
difference of but eighteen. The close
vote polled by the heads of the ticke-s
this fall and the heads of the tickets
last spring is somewhat startling,
especially when tic country districts
are credited with having $500 votes. 1t
is 0 he indication of the light poll which
characterized Tuesdays election. The
Democratic vote would have been con-
5iderably larger had larger vote been
polled. A. \. Nelson secured the high
est number of votes, with 1850. The
highest number pollcd last spring was
12.517, which were credited to W. A.
Van Siyke. The differences in the
totals of the various candidates indi-
Gates large amount of Slashing in the
secrecy of the polling station. The
manner in which candidates at the bot
tom of the ballots shrink in comparison
with the votes east for the names at the
top is another surprise, and one which
is troubling politicians to account
for. While Democrats had every rea-
son to be well satisfied with
Tuesdays work. there was ageneral
iCCliIlS VI icSttl ttt LUZ ucltdL VI capt,
Hanft for sheriff The returns from
almost every precinct indicated ''cut-
ting" The First and Second wards,
which were expected to give Capt.
Hanft rouSing vote over his opponent,
did not come up to anything like what
was expected. The First ward-Capt.
HanftS own ward-was particularly
disappointing. The vote in this ward
was Bean 1.26l, Hanft $40. 1t was ex-
pected that Hanft would tie Bean, but,
failing in that, he would certainly lead
his ticket. On the contrary, Nelson
polled 1,lS1, Haas 976. O'Brien 907, Kahn
B04. 1t will be seen that the genial cap
tain of the Margaret street police re-
ceived most miserable recognition. He
led his ticket on the vote in the ward,
but. as half Of the voters in this ward
did not vote, Bean was merely 81 votes
in the rear. He should have been 500,
considering the large German vote in
this ward. The vote in the Eighth
ward for Capt. Hanft unaccountably fell
away behind the rest of the ticket
The run made by NJ. +. Kahn against c.
Il. Keller was great surprise TO many.
The popularity of Mr.. Keller had been
so persistently doomed that the opinion
had gone abroad that Auditor Kahn was
doomed. Instead of that he simply
walks away from his opponent. who,
after two defeats in one year. may very
reasonably take rest in his vain
attempts to land himself into snug
public Office. The Democrats have not
only retained their offices, but have also
cut the Republicans cut OF the register
OF deeds and judge of probate. Sheriff
Bean is the sole representative of Re
puDllcanlSm i'll the court house. The
total vote is rs follows: