The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-11-17

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ECHOES OF THE ELECTION.
Reno county one year ago was car
ried by the Populists by 800 majority.
This year it went Republican by 900.
The official returns for Allen county
will be found ON our last page togeth-
er with list OF all the township Off
GERS elected. This is good thing to
put away in your scrap book.
From the way they piled up his
majority it looks as if the people OF
Elsmore township had just been wait
ing for a chance to vote for Newt.
Ard. He ought to be proud of the
verdict of his neighbors.
The Republican county Central
Committee will meet at the Court
House at one o'clock next Thursday
afternoon, Nov. %, to audit claims
and close up the business of the cam
paign. NJ. p. JACoBY, Chairman,
Cottage Grove township is not very
hospitable to the third party Prohi-
bitionists. Neither precinct cast a
single vote for any candidate on that
ticket except Miss Gerall, for whom
one vote was cast in each precinct.
John Bale says he doesn't mind
being defeated so much, but he does
hate to have SO many men lie to him
"My Republican friends stuck to me
all right, he told one of them, "but
the blanked Pops went back on me ~
Last year the opposition elected
five township trustees. This year
they elected but two. One of these
Clay Adams, Deer Creek-had only
seven majority. The other-Billy An
drews, Humboldt-was elected be-
cause every body down there just nat
urally votes for him.
Considering that the opposition
dropped everybody else and concen-
trated their whole fight on him, Char
lie Ausherman is to be congratulated
on his handsome majority. 1t is
about 300 more than good many
people thought it would be-to their
sorrow and loss.
Observe the change that a year has
brought: The average vote on the six
county officers last year was, Republi-
can 1882, Populist, 15O3,-Republican
majority %. The average vote on the
six county officers this year was, Re-
publican 1431, Populist 1858, Prohi-
bition 6S,-Republican majority over
all 3O5! Is there any other county in
Kansas that multiplied its Republic
can majority by ten this year?
A whole lot of Republicans did val
liant work for the party in Allen county
this year. But it is no disparagement
to any of them to say that the one
man who did harder and more effect
i've work than any other was C. Kreu.
ter. AS chairman of the executive
committee the burden ofthe campaign
fell largely on Mr.. Kreuter, and he
proved himself abundantly able to
carry it. He was ably seconded by
the secretary of the committee
Mr.. Bennett, and these two are en-
titled to the cordial thanks of all Re-
publicans.
The county canvassing board had to
decide five ties in this county. They
were all on the office of road overseer,
and tour out Of the five were in lola
township. as follows: District 8,
George Ellis tied H. Crook; decided in
favor of Ellis. In District 8, Ralph
Drake tied Chas Barth; decided in
favor of Drake In District 8, G. l..
Arnold tied n. Crook; decided in fav-
or of Arnold. In District Z, Jas.
Townsend tied George Hilderbrant;
decided in favor of Townsend. In
Carlyle township, VIM Green tied J.
f. Ryker, decided in favor of Ryker.
Official returns from all the counties
in the State show that of the $50 Of
ficers chosen the Republicans elected
45l, the Populists 153 and the Demo-
Grass twenty-four, ties two. In this
summary the Populists are credited
with all the Democrats elected on fu-
sion tickets, Notwithstanding which
the Republicans made a gain of fifty
three county officers. The Populists
lost fifteen officers, the Democrats
thirty-four and the Prohibitionists
four. The total vote of 80 counties
shows that out of 2l5,77i votes the Re-
publicans cast IL, 945; the Populists,
sO,0SS, and the Democrats, % 1891, CIV
ing a Republican majority in these
counties of 1915, and a plurality of
81, 307 over the Populists. The Popu-