The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1892-12-16

the following squib which is more than
usually and stupidity malicious and mis-
leading, even for that organ of reform:
How the Republican party is "stand-
ing up'' in South Dakota
In 1889 they polled ed............. .54 1856
In 1890 they polled. "a ,4S7
In 1894 (estimated) )...............l IA 1000
In lo9o. o........ 10000
Our best answer is contained in the
following review of the official vote,
which is just at hand from the state
canvassing board. We trust the Rur-
alist and the rest OF the Independent
retormers will study these figures care
fully.
The total vote cast for governor was
70,4l0 as against 77.607 in 1890, u net
falling off of over 1000, divided between
the three parties as follows: Republi-
cans. l,073; Independent, 2,O67: Demo.
Gratis, 4,0l2. The relative percentage
OF the total vote is as follows: Repub-
lican 47.46, a gain of 3.O2 over the per-
centage of 1890: Independent 3l.99, a
gain of 81; and Democratic 2O.55, a loss
OF 3.35.
The average Republican vote on the
nine state officers was 33,307; the aver
age Independent vote on the same Off
GERS was 22,0S0, making an average
Republican plurality of IL .226 as against
an average of about 1000 in 1890 No
fair comparison can be made on the
congressional vote for the reason that
the Independent candidates ran 5000
ahead of their candidate for governor,
because of the withdrawal of one Demo
cratic nominee.
The vote on electors shows different
result owing to the attempted fusion by
the Democrats on the Weaver eleclors.
The Harrison electors received 34,SsS
votes or l,474 more than the guberna-
torial ticket, while the Weaver electors
got 26,512, leading the Populist state
ticket by nearly 4,0U The straight
Cleveland vote was over 5000 behind
I the Democratic state ticket.
On the Republican ticket Coe L.
y Crawford leads with total of 33,77S
votes, followed closely by Picker, with
33,769, Thorson with 33,5Sl, Sheldon
with SO, ,4l4, and bringing up with Nc
Kay, who got 1854. On the Indepen-
dent ticket Kelly for congress leads
with q, 446, with Lardner next at a.
& $50, and Van Osdel with 22,524, these
three evidently getting some Demo-
cratic help, The lowest man on the
ticket was Col. Price, who got 2l 600
votes evidently as punishment for re-
fusing to enter into the combination to
fuse the two tickets.
The returns by counties on the state
ticket are interesting in themselves. In
1890 Gov. Mellette lost Ii out of the 81
counties in tho state, three OF which,
Bon Homme, Brule and McCook, were
carried by the Democrats, and IA OF
which, Butte, Chas. Mix, Clark, Day,
Deuel., Grant, Hand, Hanson, Jerauld,
Kingsbury, Marshall, Miner, Union and
Walworth taken by Loucks.
This year Sheldon captured all but
8 counties, recovering the three that
the Democrats secured before, and all
but Butte, Day, Deuel., Hand, Union
and Walworth, while the Democrats
took Hanson county awav from the In
dependents. On the other hand the
Independents took Meade county from
the Republicans by small plurality
with the aid of the Democrats. TO
summarize:
Republican counties in lS90-34; in
1923; a gain of g.
Independent counties in 1904; in
1927; a loss of Z.
Democratic counties in 1903: in
1927; a loes of 2.
OF the counties the Republicans
regained from the Independents the
most notable is Clark, which Loucks
carried by 454 and Sheldon got by I, 9
change of 46l votes. In Chas. Mix
the Independent vote fell off over 200
while the Republicans gained over so
In day county, the home of Gov. Shell
don, the Independent plurality was "a
as against 4l6 two years ago, and il
Deuel., the home of Loucks, the falling
off in plurality was from 81 to 43. Ii
Grant county there vas another nota
BILE change, Loucks having carried it ir
1890 by 275 plurality while sheldor
gets it this year by l.. The growth o
the Democratic vote in this locality
from 81 to 275 may throw some light OF
the situation, the Independent vote fall
ing off 25O while the Republicans gai1
an even 1875. In Brookings county the
Republican plurality increased from
to 2O9, and in Brown from 33 to lO4
Brule county was redeemed from th'
Democrats by plurality of 46 asagains
margin of l31 in 1890. In Hand coun
ty the Independent plurality was Gu
from 60to 40, in Jerauld an Independent
plurality of As was transposed into
Republican one of 81, in Kingsbur.
from "A to 50 on the same basis, il