Arizona republican., 1894-11-21
Wickenberg Precinct
 Gets in Easily.
George for Supervisor Has a
 Majority of Seven.
A Contest Bringing Out a Recount Is More Than Fossil
 bility.

The vote or Marlcopa county and III cidentally that ot the territory of Ar
 zona, has been officially counted. Il confirmed the popular impression that there had been an overturning of things and great Repu blican victory. The victory was not quite so complete as good Repub blicans desired but It was SC much more overwhelming than the Democrats expected 1t would be that there is no good ground for complaint.
 The struggle which ended the night before at the adjournment of the can. vassing board was not resumed until the returns from all the precincts had been counted. Then the Wickenberg affair was introduced.
 Supervisor Standage moved that the vote be counted. An oppressive silence unbroken by the needful second fol- lowed. Finally President Priest said the motion would be considered until the board reconvened at 80.
 The Democrats were morally certain, and wrong as they had been all through the campaign that the consideration would be unfavorable. They therefore prepared papers In mandamus pro- ceeding. As soon as the board met again Supervisor Kirkland moved the counting of the Wickenberg vote. The first objection to the motion was by MT. Standage. His similar motion he believed should be made the motive power for landing the vote of the disputed pre- m Iod o4 onded the motion.
 President Priest spoke briefly against it, saying that he pre- ferlei that the matter should be settled in the courts. He had not doubted the correctness of the returns from Wickenberg. His acquaintance with Henry Wickenberg extending, over quarter of century, was to his mind guarantee against any inten- ional ire guarity. The lawyers. though, who were now pressing the admission of the returns, had said at the beginning that they were illegal. The judgment of the board, clear enough at the beginning, had become clouded and the mist could be removed only by a judicial proceed ing.
 The motion, however, prevailed, Wickenberg was counted and the strug- gle betT cen George and Parker for the office of supervisor was over, so far at least as the official count could de- termine.
 Without Wicken berg the vote was tie and here developed a phase of the case which reflects credit upon the | 7nf ha ofO visor Kirkland. who made the motion to admit that precinct. Had he de. cided against it there would certainly have been contest, as there probably will be, anyhow. There was an even cha nee that the case would have been decided against the contestant, in which event there would have been no election and MT. Kirkland would still have been supervisor.
 That is, he would have been the chief beneficiary if he had voted the other way.
 The official count which appears else- where in tabulated form dlscloses for convenient inspection several things. Among them is that though Gen. O'Neiil, the Popolist candidate for dele gate to congress, led his ticket his vote fell short by 500 votes of Populistic claims. The next highest Populist vote was D. H. Goodin's, candidate for sheriff, who was expected by all Popu- lists and some Democrats and Republi- cans, to divide honors with the other candidates.
 Winthrop Sears for recorder, led the Republican ticket, receiving a majority of 500.
 Henry E. Kemp for the council, came next with a majority of 4O6.
 The total vote in the county was 3,2S4, an increase of 1000 over the vote two years ago. It shows that about the | same percentage of the registered vote | was cast.
 The prediction claims of the Repub- licans that the new vote was largely Re-