The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-06-11
THE OREGON ELECTION
Returns on the Legislative
Ticket About Complete.
THE JOINT BALLOT REPUBLICAN
trict and q Close Race Between
Quinn and Ellis in Second.

Quinn and Ellis in Second.
The indications are, from incomplete
returns in the first congressional dis
trict in Oregon, that Tongue has beef
beaten by small plurality, probabl,
200 or 800.
Standing of the Legislature.
The subjoined list of members of tn
next Legislature is believed to be prac
tically correct, though complete re
turns may alter it somewhat. On thu
joint ballot the legislature stands: Re
publicans, 56; Populists, IL; Demo
Gratis. 6; Union Bimetallic, 8; Nit
chell Republicans, 8.
Clackamas county-The full cleo
ton returns show the result to have
been more complete Populist victory
than was at first claimed. Vanderbere
received 558 plurality over Thomas
Tongue for congress, and CASTOR leo
Bean 351 votes for the supreme judge.
ship. The three Populist candidates
for the legislature were elected by
pluralities of about 500 each.
Marion county-Returns from sc
precincts are all in, but the vote has
not been canvassed. There is variance
in the unofficial estimates in some pre-.
cincts, but it is settled that Vanderbere
has carried the county by about 70
plurality. The Republicans have lost
the treasurer to the Populists by 1856,
and the Republican sheriff and clerk
got in with small plurality. The
Republican legislative ticket is elected.
Yamhill county-The Union Bimet.
allie ticket is elected. The lowest ma.
jority is 1873 for sheriff. For congress
Vanderberg leads Tongue by 105, and
Bean is 200 ahead of CASTOR for su.
preme Judge.
Benton county-Unoficial returns
from all precincts give Tongue plur.
ality of 270. Lake, Republican nomi-
nee for joint representative for Benton
and Lincoln counties, is elected by 275
majority. Logan, candidate for
representative on the Benton county
Republican ticket, is defeated by about
20 plurality by Whitaker, Populis t
the first one ever elected in the count y
Coos county-Returns from "a out of
26 precincts in the county give the fol-
lowing results: Congress - Tongue,
923; Vanderberg, 1174. Supreme
judge-Bean 1910; CASTOR, 900.
Nosler, Populist nominee for joint
representative, has carried the county
by $50 plurality.
Polk county-Complete returns are
in, but the official count has not yet
been made. The vote of Independence,
Dallas and three other precints give
Bean 900 majority over Burnett,
Tongue majority of 401 over Myers.
and Hayden for prosecuting attorney
ITO over Carson, Republican.
jackson county-Complete returns
from all but two small precincts give
Republicans one representative and
school superintendent, and the Demo
Gratis county judge, and everything
else goes to the Populists by small ma
jorities. jackson county has three
representatives, two of whom will be
Populists, and she will also have a
PopulIst senator.
Josephine county-Complete returns
give Tongue, 1888; Vanderberg, 1853;
Myers, 206. Supreme judge-Bean,
1874; Burnett, 1874; CASTOR, 756. State
senator - Edwards, Populist, 8S2;
Harmon, Republican, 983.
Washington county-The official
count of Washington county shows:
Bean, 1854; Burnett, 583: CASTOR,
11O8. Congress-Myers, SIC; Tongue,
1910; Vanderberg, 1903. Joint sena.
tor-Dillard, DEM, 400; Hansen,
Pop, 1879; Patterson. Rep. 1850.
The Republicans elected all the rest OF
the ticket.
Klamath county-Returns from nine
out of eleven precincts in Klamath
county give the following vote: Bean,
1877; Burnett, 201; CASTOR, 222. Con.
gress-Tongue, 343; Myers, 1874; Van.
derberg, as. State senator
gate, Rep leads by 1879. The Popu-
lists the sheriff, the Republicans the
clerk, treasurer and commissioner and
the Democrats the assessor, superin.
tendent and Surveyor.
Linn county-The total vote of Linn
county's % precincts gives: Bean,
1857; Burnett, ia; CASTOR, 1878.
Congress-ToDgue, 1880; Myers, 454;
Vanderburg, 1867. The election was
landslide for Populists. The Re-
publicans elect recorder, treasurer, as.
SCISSOR and surveyor. The remainder Of
the county ticket is Populist.
Tillamook county-The returns from
all precincts in the county give the fol-
lowing: Bean, go; Burnett, 1874
CASTOR, 346. Congress, Tongue, 548
Myers, 1879; Vanderburg, S87. Joint
senator sixteenth district-Patterson
$50; billiard, ali; Hansen, 396. AL
the county officers are Republican, ex
cept Edwards, DEM. and Miller, Pop
Lane county - The plurality o.
Tongue in Lane county will probably
be about 700. Bean will have abou
500 plurality. The offices of county
Judge, sheriff and clerk are in doubt
Twenty three out Of forty-two pre-
cincts give: Myers, 904; Tongue
1880; Vanderberg, $50. Board O
equalization-Upton, 154; Yates, 1865
State senator-Baker, Pop. 1155
Driver. Rep. 1898; Skipworth, Dem.
1860.
Second Congressional District
The returns from Baker, Clatsor
Columbia, Gillian, Morrow, Multno
nah, Umatilla, Union, Wallewa an