Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1894-12-21
Official Retur7s'
Official Returns From all Coun
ties in the State Show Eyerv
Republican Has a
Majority.

have been received at the secretary of
states Office, and the canvass of the
vote shows the following result:
For Congress, NJ. N johnson has a
fetal of 81, 6l5 votes, Walter Muir Is, ESQ
votes. Budd Reeve 1,2S3 votes and l.. S.
Ellis 439 votes. Johnsen's majority
over all is 4,333 and his plurality over
Muir is 1886.
For governor, Roger Allin has 90, 723
votes, +. NJ. Kinter S, 1873 votes and E.
ID. Wallace 1854 votes. Mr.. Allin's
majority is 6,1S1 and his plurality is
IA, 369
For lieutenant governor, John H.
Worst has 2291O and l.. A Uelan6
17,5l7. Mr.. Worst's majority being
$780,
For secretary of state, c. NJ. Dahl has
23447, and &. P. Slette 16,7S3, Mr.
Dahl's majority being 6,665.
For state auditor Frank A. Briggs has
a2,96s votes, A w. Porter 1676l votes
and d. Carlton 674 votes; Mr. Briggs
| anu
over A w. Porter 6,207
For state treasurer George f. Nichols
has 23.1!9 votes, X. j. Nomland 17,0S6,
MIR. Nicol's majority being 6,O33.
For state superintendent of public in.
structiou, Emma F. Bates has 25,OS9,
Laura j. Eisenhuth 20, ,26s; Miss Bates
majority being 5,s2l.
For commissioner of insurance +. B.
Fancher has 22, S25, James Cudhie Is, 459,
MIR. Fancher's majority being 6,366.
For railroad commissers. John w.
Currie has 22.011, j.. j. Wamberg 20. .237,
George H. Keyes, 1903, L. c. Ken.
nelly has 16,172, B. B. Stevens 1897,
Peter Cameron 16, 160. f. f. Saunders,
prohibition, has s44. Average republi-
can majority; 4,657.
For commissioner of agricultu, A.
H. Laughlin has 21,621 votes, M. F
Merchant 1881, +. G. Arthur 661.
Laughlin's majority 5,O79, and plural
ity 6,740,
For judge of the supreme court, j. M.
Bartholomew has 20,895, G. F. Temple
ton 1888, and George w. Newton,
S,5o5. Bartholomew's majority 1897,
and plurality lo,5O2.
For attorney general, John F. Cowan
received 2O,S59 votes. John Burke s,27e
votes, and w. H. Standish II .O3O votes.
Cowan's majority being l,161, and
, plurality $3.50.
The highest majority on the ticket is
$685. for Dahl, the next being 6,366 fol-
Fancher, and 6, ,l81 for Aliin. The low
, est majorities are 1861 for Cowan, and
1897 for Bartholomew. Every candi
, date on the republican ticket has ma
}. |jority. Taking all candidates on the
ticket, the average republican majority
9 is 4,976. The total vote of the state OF
, governor is 41,265, on state superinten
!, dent it is 46,357, showing that 1902 la
dies voted. Two years ago only 169 la
- dies voted in the whole state. Takin,
the same figures, on gov ernor, it woult
: seem that Mrs. Eisenhuth has 2,728 la
:. dies votes, and Miss Bates 1896.
In 1892 the total vote on 60 vernon wa
: SO. e31, this year it is 41,265 an increas
of 1904. Nearly all of This increas
seems to have gone to the republican s
while the combined opposition vote ha
> decreased about 1000, being 1850 ii
1892, and 1880 this year. The fact o
fusion or non-fusion appears to hav'
;, made practically no difference in tn
opposition vote, Kinter and Wallace
!, running on separate tickets getting II,
500 while LELAND on fusion ticket hat
1857 Budd Reeves campaign agains
Nomland does not seem to have changed
more than 400 votes; No,nland havlD,
17,OS6. The democrats are now TIN
. minority party with three tickets in th'
- field, having about 5000 votes to the
populist's 11.O00.
d Splendid line of Silyerware at Whid
!. den's.