Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-11-12
After the Battle.

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South Dakota independents are "out
OF sight"
1t is evident that Black Hills voters
don't think much of fusion.
1t is safe to predict hat there will be
no more fusion in Custer county.
odd SHADY" ran like a whitehead"
in the valleys as well as in the Hills.
E. B. Tuthill was elected justice of the
peace for Custer precinct, by a large
majority.
The dems will ratify tonight. We
haven't heard when the independents
expect to.
Matt Quay says the great trouble was
that we didn't have votes enough.
Guess that's right.
The last returns from Custer county
were in the hands of the auditor Thurs
day afternoon.
Already, candidates for postmaster
are putting in an appearance. Three is
the number reported so far.
Willis says he hopes the independents
elected their candidate for governor in
Texas. That he hates to think they
can't beat a Hogg.
Some of our democratic friends are
already wondering if protection is really
unconstitutional, and if the tariff will
be taken off of tin.
The Custer election board didn't com
plete its labors until nearly s o'clock
Wednesday morning. Counting the 25s
ballots was a tedious task.
There were several straight tickets
voted in Custer Tuesday. Some of them
were real nice and clean without so
much as a pencil mark on them,
attorney General Miller, when inter
rogated as to the cause of the Gland
slide" replied when a man has the
small pox he don't care much how he
got it,"
Though every republican feels the
defeat of our president, here in Custer
the keen edge Oft is very much dulled
by the great victory in the county and
state.
South Dskota's good crops and the
general prosperity of the people are the
primary causes Of that tired feeling
GOV being experienced by the calamity
howlers.
Ii would be rather unfair to the demo-
Gratis and independents of Custer county
to judge oftheir strength by the vote on
tho fusion candidate for register OF
deeds.
1t isn't nice to say Eve told you So"
but isn't it a fact now, that the only &C.
complishment Of the independents in
Custer county was the election of q
democrat?
The vote o fCu.ter precinct surprised
a good many of our people. They sup
posed that the departure Of the railroad
men would make it much lighter than il
proved TO be.
The Black Hills counties give a plural
j y Of 1922 for the republican electors,
and considerable more than that for
sheldon. The fusionists didn't do" US
much, did they2.
Exactly one half OF the Custer county
vote tor electors was cast for Harrison.
The total was 1922, and the republican
electors received 5ll. coincidence, or
something like it.
Election returns were received at the
Kleemann House until 2:30 Wednesday
morning. At that time they stopped
coming, and when the crowd broke up,
democratic stock was way above par.
Nothing worthy of note occurred in
Custer on election day. Everyone was
quite and well behaved, and though
every polisician was Saving wood"
there was no i'll feeling engendered.
The total vote of the county was 1886.
Some time ago A. L. Sprague estimated
it at $50. He was doubtless figuring
that way when he came to the con-
clusion he could be elected county
judge.
Peter Peterson was elected from the
first commissioner district of this coun-
ty, to succeed III. c. Crofford. Mr.. Pet
erson is said to be an honorable, capable
gentleman, and will make a first class
commissioner.
Cleveland's hackers were offering five
to one against Harrison Wednesday,
and though it was looking terrible dark
for the repubs at that time all the five to
IN offers were accepted, and toward
night 9 to | was the best offered.
The attempted delivery of the demo.
cratic vote to the Weaver electors had
inst the effect in the Black Hills which
the republicans hoped and believed it
would. The weak Candidates were
strengthened just a little, and the strong
ones were weakened, while the republi-
cans hal a walk away.
The defeat Of Mr.. Street is very much
regretted by his host of friends in Gus
ter county. While all we're aware that
the contest would be a close one, there
were great hopes that he would pull
through, but the change ofthe vote in
Custer precinct alone was sufficient to
elect Mr.. Tunley. The fact that the
latter gentleman had held the Office but
one term, was an advantage which could
not be overcome.
The Fire Fiend Gets in It's Work.