Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-11-04
Republicans Carry Iowa by a
Slightly Decreased Majority.
COUNTY is REPUBLICAN,
But Much of the County Ticket is Lost.
Our Rooster has Much to Grow Over
Even If it Does Feel Sick
at Times.

Iowa is still republican, and by over
10000. Audubon county contributed
IL to Shaw's majority and retains it's
place asa republican county. Ohio is re-
publican by $4,000 and the legislature is
republican by small majority. Massa-
chussetts, state more quickly affected
by the benefcent work of the Dingley
bill, goes $4,000 republican.
In nearly all the country, however,
there was much falling off in the repub-
lican vote. It seems to be almost an
inyariable rule that political party
winning hard fought contest one year
will be followed the next year by sea-
son of relaxation and indifference. Last
year we scooped the opposition. This
year most republicans thought we would
win without great effort. They relied
on the justice of their cause but forgot
the ambition of the men who have OBJ
tanned possession Of the democratic
party, and their ceaseless activity, so
we awake to find republican majorities
reduced.
In another column will be found a
table giving the unofficial report of the
election in the county. AS will be seen
by it reports are at hand on all the
county Candidates except from Audubon
township on coroner, surveyor and mem
Der of the board These reports are
nearly correct. The official count next
Monday may change the result some.
AS Mr.. Kelley has but nine majority it
may happen that enough errors will be
found to change this. The other places
are not so close. 1t will be seen the re-
publicans have carried the county on
the state ticket and elected Treasurer,
Coroner, Surveyor and Member of the
board. Without Audubon township
Koob for Coroner has 1877, Wattles for
surveyor 113, and Hoegh for member of
the board 443. Audubon township will
likely reduce the majorities in these
three few votes, but not many.
OF course republicans feel very much
disappointed over the loss of representa-
tive, if the official count proves it to be
that way, and also over the defeat of Mr..
Davis for sheriff and Mr.. Repass for
superintendent. Those gentlemen are
all most honorable men and are we'll
qualified for the places for which they
were nominated. They all made active
campaigns. As the county went repub-
lican by over one hundred it seems they
should have been elected. Mr.. Repass
had to contend against the fact that he
had already served eight years. This
should not have been disadvantage to
his candidacy, but it was. 1t is impos-
sible to do ones duty in that office and
not disappoint some. In years these
amount to enough to count several at
the ballot box. No one but an unusual
ly BILE and strong man could hold the
place as long as Mr.. Repass has held it.
Mr.. Davis had the disadvantage of
running against popular Official who
was running for second term. He
made splendid campaign winning con,
fidente and praise. We doubt if any
one else could have done any better than
Tom Davis. Mr.. Gardner also made
good campaign and only lost by little
apathy on the part of republicans who
should have worked more.
This feeling OF indifference in some
localities lost many republican votes.
v lola, Leroy, Greeley and Oakfiald town