The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-11-20
THE WEATHER.
a STUDY IN FIGURES.

lDere WAS COnSlueTaDie studying uOHe
over the official returns of this county
as they appeared in yesterday mornings
INDEPENDENT. Candidates who had
depended upon the official count to de-
termlne their election or defeat we're at
least satisfied in the certainty to be had
by the official announcements. "Dick"
Barden was congratulated upon his plu-
rality Of fo%rty-three, while Straub,
democrat, for public administrator,
changed Barden's figures and finds
himself with the significant plu-
rality of %thirty-four. Massena Billiard,
prohibition candidate for presidential
e~lector, came out with an even n hun
dred votes in the county, while Piatt,
peoples party candidate for clerk of the
district court, rounds up his vote with
an even one thousand.
The registered vote of the county was
over six thousand, but the actual vote
cast for president was $3.50. The
shrinkage between the vote counted for
president and the registered vote was,
therefore, twelve per cent? this county.
The vote for president and governor ex-
ceeded the vote for congressman, while
the vote upon the capital question ex-
ceeded the vote for any candidates upon
any of the tickets. This is doubtless
due to the fact that there we're very few
mutilated or uncertain ballots cast upon
the capital question, while there must
1-.. H. o-x.la-.lle :.
voting for officers.
1t was a { great race. There were 130
starters, with Cooper, as a Cleveland
e~lector, at the head of the entries, and
constable, at the tail end. Pemberton's
name appeared twice and had the undue
advantage of the start of one thousand
votes of the peoples party certain to
follow him; he kept a lead to the finish,
polling, as a democrat, $3.50 votes and
as a peoples party candidate G0i votes.
During the race, however, he lost about
400 peoples party votes, but gained
about $50 on his fellow democrats. AT
the finish it appears that he polled 1884
votes.
The highest vote polled by any candi
date on either the democratic, repubIi
can, or peoples party ticket, from presi
cent down, was Judge Hunts, whose to
tai is 2,G27 votes. This is Glib more
votes than tine highest Harrison ~elector
and gives to Judge Hunt a plurality o.
220 votes over Judge Buck, 1873 votes
over Crutcher, 1928 votes over kinsley
and 80 votes over Davies. and the vote
of Judge Hunt exceeds the combined
vote OF Davies and Kinsley. Tho next
highest vote in tho county was Miss
Reifenrath's. who polled 1904 votes, o
only tWenty-thrce votes less than Judge
Hunt. Tho third place in the great
race Is awarded to Col. Curtis, demo
cratic sherltf-elect, who came under tn,
wire with 2,4II totes, followed by thu
following Candidates in the order named
Buck, democrat; French, republican
Iool5er. republican, botkn, republican
and Beckett, Democrat. All these candi
dates are punched together, Botkin lead
ing the state ticket with ii poll of 2,24I
votes, followed Ivy Blake and Steere. re
publicans, and Beckett, democrat.
Anthony, peoples PARTY candidate 70
county auditor, leads the peoples part
ticket, polling l,l5l votes; DR.. Parson
and Ward, peoples party candidates 70
coroner and public administrator, re
epectiveiy, follow close upon his heels.
Waters, the prohibition candidate fo
governor, scarcely commenced to ru
when all others had finished, us his tot;
vote in this county Was seventy-eight.
j. ". Kinsiey received the lowest vot
cast for IL republican, while Quirl
democrat, for constable, polls the ligh'
est vote of any candidate on the demo
cratic ticket, and Smith, peoples part
candidate for justice of the peace, pol
the llghtest vote of any candidate
that party.
The average falling off between tn