Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-12-14
COMPLETED RETURNS.
Complete Returns From All Counties
Received at the Office of the
Secretary of State.
The Republican Candidates Have an
Average Majority Of Between
5000 and 5000.
Some Interesting Comparisons and
Figures Shown by the Vote
In the State.


Figures Shown by the Vote
In the State.
What the Returns Show.
The complete state election returns
are now compiled in the office Of the
secretary of state, the last two counties
having been received on Saturday last.
The returns are now ready for the state
board of canvassers, and they will meet
tomorrow to make the official canvass of
the result.
For congress, NJ. N. johnson has a
total Of 21,615 votes; Walter Muir 1860
votes, Budd Reeve 1888 votes and l.. S.
Ellis 439 votes. Johnson's majority over
all is 1888, and his plurality over Muir
is 1856. For governor, Roger Allin has
23,723 votes, F. M. Kinter 8,1SS votes
and 3. D. Wallace 1854 votes. Mr..
Aims majority is 6,181, and his plural
ity is 1859. For lieutenant governor
John Fl. Worst has 22,91O and L. A..
LELAND 1857, Mr.. Worst's majority
being 1898. For secretary of state c..
M. Dahl has 23,447 and G. P. Slette 49,
1872, Mr.. Dahl's majority being $685..
For state auditor Frank A. Briggs has
22,968 votes, A. w. Porter 1G,76l votes
and D. Carlton 674 votes; Mr.. Briggs
majority being $3.50, and his plu-
rality over A. W. Porter 6,2O7. For
state treasurer, Geo. E. Nichols has g..
ll9 votes, X. ]. Nomland 17,O86, Mr..
Nichols majority being 6,033. For state
superintendent Of public instruction,
Emma F. Bates has 26,O89, Laura j. Els
enhuth 2O,26s, Miss Bates majority be-
ing 1921. For commissioner of insur-
ance, f. B. Fancher has 22,825, James
Cudhie 16,459, Mr.. .Fancher's majority
being 6,366. For railroad commission
ers, John W. Currie has 22,Ol1, j. J.
Wamberg 2O,237, Geo. H. Reyes 19, 1868.
I. G. Kennedy has 1912, B. B. Stevens
1887, and Peter Cameron 16,169. E. E.
Saunders, prohibition, has S44. Aver
age republican majority, 1867. For
commissioner of agriculture, A. H.
Laughlin has 2l,621 votes, M. F. Mer.
chant 1881, F. G. Arthur 661. Laugh
Inns majority 5,O79, and plurality 6,74O,
For judge of the supreme court, j.. M.
Bartholomew has 20.S95, G. F. Templeton
1888: and Geo. W. Newton 8,5O5. Bar.
tholomew's majority 1897, and plurality
lO,5O2. For attorney general, John F,
Cowan received 20,859 votes, John Burke
8,268 votes, and w. H. Standish 11,O3(
votes, Cowan's majority being 1861, and
plurality 9,829.
Some interesting conclusions and com.
parsons are drawn from the completed
returns. The total vote of the state, as
cast for governor, is 1925, and of this
total, Roger Allin received 23,7OO, or 6
majority of 5000, which may be taken
as the total republican vote of the state
This is a fair assumption, since he
was Ipitted against a representative of the
popullst party, and of the democratic
party, which two, it is certain, polled
the full populist and democratic strength
The vote for governor, therefore, proves
North Dakota a republican state, by 6
good, healthy majority, over all opposing
political parties.
or the women, 5000 appear to have
voted, for the total vote for the state su,
perintendent is that much greater than
the vote for governor. The majority OF
Miss Bates is, however, about the aver
age republican majority, showing that
the feminine vote was about equally di.
vided.
AS to the support which the repub.
lican ticket obtained from dissatisfied
democrats, if any, comparison between
the votes on fusion candidates and
straight party candidates is interesting
The total democrat and populist vote fol
governor is 17,400; the total flu.
sion vote for lieutenant governor
is 17,5l7. Allowing a change Of
800 votes to LELAND because of his
prohibition Endorsement, and this is a
large allowance, for the average straight
prohibition vote, as evidenced by Ellis
Saunders and Carlton was only about
600, the difference in the fusion vote and
the straight democratic and pop party
vote is only about 500 votes, showing
that the republican ticket was elected by
republican votes-which the combined
strength Of denis and pops could moi
overcome.
The total opposition vote to the repub
leans is again shown in the vote for con.
gresham, where the totalfusion, straight
democratic and prohibition strength az
gregates 1882 votes. Here again, allow
ing 600 difference for the prohibition
vote, it will be . 9 that this vote is but
500 less than the straight party vote 70,
governor.
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