The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-11-15
AustroIian Law in Kansns.

TOPEKA, Nov. THE Australian bal
lot system was used in Kansas today for
the first time, and though there was
some friction in localities where the law
was not thoroughly understood, on the
whole the election passed off smoothly.
The vote for this year for various rea-
sons is not nearly so large as in 1892
when 324, $50 votes were pOlled. In the
first place it is an "off year." then it is
estimated that fully % per cent. of the
voters in the western part of the state
have emigrated on account of failure Of
crops, and besides there was a consid-
cradle exodus from all sections to the
Cherokee strip. Finally many voters,
through ignorance or timidity, would not
venture into the booths under the new
law. By common consent the vote to-
day was compared with that of two
years ago, when the same county officers
were elected. The vote of that year was
as follows:
Republican, 132, O54; populist, 114,447;
democratic. 2S,S15; total. 1884. The re-
publicans won 277 of the county offices
voted for, the populists III and the DEM
ocrats twenty.
KANSAS CITY, Nov. TN wyan-
dotte county, the most populOus locality
in the state, the entire republican ticket,
with exception of surveyor and regis
ter of deeds, is elected. The complete re
turns indicate that the poulists held
their own as compared with the vote
two years ago. No more than half the
registered vote was polled. On account
OF split in the party few democrats
voted.
KANSAS CITY, No. Nov. Frank
lin, Butler, Brown, Usage and Geary
counties in Kansas all carried by the
republicans. Reno and Sedgwick coun-
ties have gone republican. Sedgwick,
Of which Wichita is the county seat,
was carried by populists last year The
entire republican ticket is elected in
Douglass county by maJoIities ranging
from 700 to 1000.
KANSAS CITY, Nov. 7.-Meager re-
turns from Kansas indicate great fall
ing off in the pOpulist vote. Cherokee
county, which gave LOO major 7 for
the populists in 1892, and Sumner cOun-
ty, another populist stronghold, has
been carried by the republicans. Crow
ley county, in which the vote was very
close in 1892, has also gone republican.
Topeka, Nov. S.-As only county
officers and district judges were elected
in Kansas this year it will be impOs-
sible for several days yet to make COM
parsons showing party gains ard losses.
The returns indicate that the rOulists
have lost ground, but they claim that
when the rural districts are heard from
the figures will show that they have at
least held their own. The republicans
have probably elected seven judges, the
populists five and the democrats one.
The republicans claim to have secured
most of the offices in at least seventy
five Of the los counties in the state and
to have elected nine Of the thirteen
judges.
Frank l.. Brown, secretary of the
Kansas republican league, says from a
careful examination of the reports re-
ceived at his office he is convinced the
republicans have carried eighty counties
| and made a relative gain over last
ear. He thinks the populists will show
gain over 1891 on account of the de-
moralized condition Of the democratic
party Chairman Breidenthal of The
peoples party state committee claims
his party will show heavy relative gains
over 1891.