The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-11-10
COUNTY ELECTION.

COUNTY ELECTION.
The election Tuesday was the quiet
est and most orderly ever held IN the
county. The Australian ballot law
proved a complete success. It pnt q
stop to the old practice of running
voters to the polls and voting them as
dummies with fixed tickets. OF course
some argument and persuasion was
used on doubtful voters, at the 100
foot limit line, but with little effect.
Every voter, when he got into the lit
tie booth, voted for the men of his
choice. Notwithstanding all the talk
of the republican papers of the difficult
ties that would beset the voters under
the new law, the voters had no trouble
in marking their ballots and we have
not heard of a single ballot being
thrown out on account of mistakes.
The counting of the ballots disclosed
an unusual number of scratched tickets
even for an off year, but not more than
was expected by those familiar with
the situation. 1t was known for a
certainty that large number of repub-
licans voters would not vote for several
of the republican candidates, and it
was also expected that some of the re-
publican candidates would get num-
Der of populist votes. The scratching,
however, seems to have been more even
than was expected, except on sheriff
and surveyor. The republican candi-
dates for those two offices evidently
got very few populist votes and lost a
great many republican votes. The re-
publican candidate for county clerk lost
many republican votes but gained many
more populist and democratic votes
than what he lost in his own party.
The same remark is equally true with
respect to the judicial candidate.
Judge Vandivert undoubtedly lost not
less than sixty republican votes in this
county, but he gained enough popullst
votes to more than counterbalance the
loss. In Kinsley, where the average
republican majority is about sixty, he
only got thirty-fve, while in the pop
list townships he made large gains
over the usual republican vote: If
Hatch had received the full populist
vote he would have carried this county
by fifty majority. 1t also seems from
the returns that he fell considerably
short of the full populist vote of the
country precincts in Pawnee county.
At least sixty republicans voted
against Judge Vandlvert in Larned, as
the returns show, and if Hatch had
carried the usual populist vote in the
country precincts he would have
received $50 majority in Pawnee
county and been elected.
On the wholelit is impossible to de-
termlne from the count which politi-
cal party has gained in strength during
the last year. While the populists |
have elected every county officer but |
one, every man elected received a great |
many republican votes. 1t was a go-as-
race, every man for himself,
and the people voted for the men they |
wanted for the respective offices regard
less of politics.
The following are the majorities in |
this county of the successful candi-
dates, as shown by the official count |
to-day: s. w. Vandivert, R, judge,
49,; F. H. Hanson, R, county clerk,
So; Z. II. Evans, p, register, z; D. L.
Heath, p, sheriff, IA; S. G. Clark, P,
II; Fred Eckert. P, sur
veyor, 165; r. G. Kirke, p, coroner,
SO; J. G. ROenbaugh, z, commissioner
LIST district.
The following are the majoritles in
this township for township officers:
Alex Montgomery, r, trustee, 8; Jacob |
Rapp, P, clerk, IA; Al Swaney, R,
25; G. H. Alexander. r,
Is; Chas. Skillington, R,
1.
Mr.. Moore. the postmaster ut Brad. |