The Russellville Democrat., 1892-09-08
SAFE, SOUND
AID UN-FLEXIBLE
The Democratic Majority Ma.
teriGily Increased.
POPE STILL CARRIES TIE BANNER

POPE STILL CARRIES THE BANNER
Illinois Township Shows Under All op
position by more ased
Majorities
THE great battle Of ballots for the
selection of state, county and town
ship officers which took place Mon
day was the most quiet election seer
in this county for years, notwith
standing there we're three sets Of
candidates in the field and each tick
ct had eager and persistent cham
pions working faithfully for their ia
yorites throughout the day. 1t was
the first practical test of the new
election law, and candor compels
the admission that it was not the
glittering success its friends had
claimed for it. Many persons unac.
customed to waiting at an election
became dissatisfied and left without
voting, these we're divided among all
parties, most Of them being demo
Gratis who thought the ticket would
be safe without their vote. In few
townships the law gave satisfaction
and no complaint was heard but in
a majority of them serious objections
are urged against it, not alone by
republicans and populites, but by
democrats as well. A great many
negroes refrained from voting be-
cause of their lack of familiarity
with the intricacies of the law and
their unwillingness to expose the
fact that they could not read.
The peoples party vote falls far
below the expections of the leaders
on that side, and is a crushing blow
to their hopes and aspirations. The
republican vote is also light, being
accounted for ON the ground that no
canvass was made and no special eff
tort was put forth to bring about a
full vote.
The total vote in the county will
approximate 5000, falling off of
200 as compared with the last state
election, while the democratic major
ity in the county is increased nearly
200. This result was brought about
by a greater ratio of falling off on
the part of the opposition than on
the democratic side.
The vote on the license question
was uncomfortably close, but it is
confidently believed by the friends
of temperance that the official
count will disclose sa e majority
against license
Amendment No 2 is adopted in
the county by several hundred ma
jority.
1t is impossible to give full re-
turns this week, but the following
synopsis and analysis of the vote so
far as heard from up to the hour of
going to press is the best we can do:
There are twenty-five townships
in the county, eighteen of which
have been heard from. Out of these
the democrats have majorities on
the state ticket over all opposition
as follows Bayliss 46, Burnett So,
Convenience 40, Clark 63, Center 50,
Dover 126, Griffin rs, Gala Creek
IA, Holly Bend "a, Illinois l6l, Lib
erty LA, Marion SO, Wilson 1873,
total OBS; the opposition, p, p's and
republicans combined, have major
tiles as follows Gum Log As, Jack
son 2, Lee AS, Moreland A, Valley
Is. total 113. The same townships
in 1890 gave democratic majoritiesof
GIT, opposition III, being a net dem
ocratic gain of 1lS in Ii townships
and net opposition loss
of So in townships. In the
same townships in 1890 Eagle re-
ceived 1850 votes and Fizer ll05,
democratic majority of TAO. This
year these townships give Fishback
1859, Carnahan 453, Whipple 1913,
Opposition combined 1917, demo
cratic majority over all 90S. The
remaining townships, Allen,G G. Rock,
Independence, North Fork, Sand
Spring and Smyrna will not be apt
to change the democratic majority
appreciably, If anything it will be
increased little, perhaps so votes.
The majorities for the county ticket
are slightly in excess of those for the
State ticket.
Full report by townships next
week,
VOTE IN ILLINoIs TOWNSHIP,
For governor Fishbaok a6s, Whipple
50, Carnahan 50, Nelson 3.
For representatives. Russell 279, Buch-
anan 265, Cleland Al, Black 40, Brooks
SO, Morton g.
For circuit clerk: Bullock 200, Sny-
der So, Battenfield As.
For county clerk: Howard 293, Gar
rison so, Hollabaugh 81.
For sheriff: Johnson 1903, Harkey SO,
Kinder 40.
For county Judge: Bergman 2s2, Bur
ris 80, Ashmore ca,
For treasurer; Young $50, Allen "a,
Haney 4d,
For assessor simpson $50, sherman
70.
For surveyor: Hale 1884.
For coroner: Grant 284, Linderman
GO.
For Amendment 1873, against SO.
For license "a, against 206.
For Justices of the Peace; Meade 272,
Vance 257, Steltz 249, Harvill 102.
For Constable: Pickett 1893.
Total vote cast 400, sixty-eight less
than In 1890.