The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1892-11-18
THE COUNTY RESULT.

The official canvass OF the votes of
Dawson county, just completed, affords
an interesting study as compared with
the vot. of two years ago, although the
differer ,e in the existing conditions
then and now makes a sure basis OF
comparison difficult to fix In the first
place the total vote of the county shows
a slight falling Off since $780, though
the great variation on different parts
OF the ticket shows that the decrease is
only apparent, due to the intricacies of
the new system which caused q number
of votes to be void. The relative vote
of the three parties on the state tick
ct is about the same. the Repubh-
cans falling off 81 little, and the Inde-
pendents gaining, especially in the town
by drawing from the Democratic vote
through the fusion channel, which
seemed to have been applied in a meas
ure to the congress and state ticket.
The exact figures are as follows on
Governor: Republican loss 81: Demo
cratic loss 81; Independent gain Al, en-
tirely in town where the fusion pro-
gram was thoroughly understood. On
Congressman the result is also mixed,
the withdrawal of one Democratic can
didate without instructions to the faith
full as to whom to transfer their vote
causing it to be divided between both
Independent candidates, giving both of
them pluralities over Major Picl1ler,
who ran little behind the party vote.
The highest vote received by any Re
publican candidate on the state ticket
was 500 for Geo. A. Silsby as elector,
while Capt. Lucas comes next to the
highest electors with 5s3, and Sheldon
is close after him with 5I5. Herreid
for lieut.-governor leads the Republi-
can state ticket in plurality, owing to
the Independent knife being most cruel
ly applied to Col. Price by the prohi-
bition Independents. Coe 1. Crawford,
whose mastery speech opened the
campaign in this county, follows Shell
don with total vote of 572, while the
remainder of the ticket varies for no
particular cause aside from the individ-
ual preference OF the voter. Cortez
Salmon has the closest call with plu-
rality of but . votes over his woman
competition, Mrs. Hassell. whose friends
evidently made a special plea in her be-
half. In the country the vote shows no
significant change either way. the Re
publicans gaining and the Independents
losing in some localities and vice versa
in others, the Democrats holding their
feeble own throughout.
In the legislative fight the three
tickets in the field again upset all com,
parison with two years ago, when the
Democratic vote was divided between
the Republicans and Independents.
The net result, however, is u clean
victory for the Republicans, especially
when the complications surrounding
the resubmission question are taken
into account, together with the deal o1
the local Independent bosses in theil
county convention with one wing of the
Democracy. The vigorous canvass made
bv Messrs. Kindelan and Greene, how
ever. defeated his latter scheme anC
Senator Raymond wins by snug plu
rality. while Representative Watson
scratches through with just one vote
An analysis Of the figures develops the
intere: ing facts that more Democrats
voted II Kiudelan than did for Greene
while ne same 6 must have voted fol
Warne. ash has just that many more
votes than johnson. Watson runs jus
10 votes behind Raymond, showing tina
that many Republicans must have Gu
him without voting for any one else, TO
the total vote on representative is i
votes less than the total vote for sena
tor.
On the county ticket the result i
mixed as usual, although the Indeper
dents on the face OF it do little bette
than two years ago. To offset thei
loss of representative they have gair