Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-12

commissioner In district No. 8, and G.
Wenzel, the fusion nominee.
Second district.
Sioux Falls, Nov. 8: Returns from the
counties comprising the Second judiciary
circuit are yet incomplete, but they indi-
cate a majority for Jones, republican, Of
|! about 600. Jones carries every county in
the circuit except Lake, which gives
Wilkes a majority of 90. jones' largest
majority Is in Minnehaha County, where
he has $50. The majorities in the other
counties range from 80 to 100. A hard
light was made this year in the First COM
missioner district of Minnehaha County
against the reelection of Commissioner
Lee. The democrats and populists COM
bined against him and before the election
were confident they had him beaten, but II
now transpires that he was elected, having
nearly $50 more than the fusion candidate.
Canton, Nov. 3: Jones, republican, car
ries Lincoln County by about 90 majority.
Nelson, populist, is elected commissioner
from the First district by 10 majority.
Elk Point, Nov. 8: Judge Jones' ma
jority in Union County is s.. Dodd, COM
missioner in the Third district, is elected
by %.
Third District.
Watcrtown, Nov. 3: Complete returns
from Clark, C%Odington, Deuel. and Brook
!ngs counties give Bennett, fusion, 600 ma
!ority over Whiting, republican. This, il
Is believed, will be reduced 100 by returns
from kingsbury and Hamlin. Party lines
were not drawn, Bennett receiving a large
republican vote because of his residence in
the most accessible city in the district.
Fourth District.
Mitchell, Nov. 8: Full reports from the
outside counties in the Fourth circuit have
not been received, but sufficient results
have come to show Frank b. Smith will.
have aplurality of between 500 and 600.
Sanborn County gives Smith a plurality of
10, Fellows receiving but 95. Nine pre-
cincts of seventeen in Miner County give
Smith 230; Goodykoontz 1O4; Fellows 1852,
Lyman County gives Smith "a; Goody.
k0ontz 49,. Hanson County, Judge Smiths
former home, gave him SO plurality.
Jerauld County's vote is said to be about
an even thing between the leading candi-
dates.
Howard, Nov. 8: A very light vote was
pollcd. Nine precincts, including How
ard, Carthage and Canova, give Smith, re-
publican, $50; GoodykOontz, populist, lO1;
Fellows, democrat, 4S. The same pre-.
cincts last year were: Republican, 4ls;
fusion, 416. Full returns from the county
will not reduce Smiths majority below
100.
Fifth District.
Aberdeen, Nov. s: Brown County
complete, with the exception Of one pre-
cinct, gives Campbell, republican candi-
date for Judge, l,ls9, and Wells, populist,
S25. The populists elect two commission
ers in this county. Returns from the cir
cult at large show Campbell will have a
majority of 1900.
Huron, Nov. 8: Campbell's (republi-
can) election as judge of the Fifth judicial
circuit is conceded.
Aberdeen, Nov. 3: Thirty-two precincts
in this the Fifth judicial circuit, give
Crmpbell, republican, a majority Of near
ly 1900. The populists concede Campbell's
reelection in this district. In this county
the republicans elect one commissioner
and the populists one.
Sixth District.
Pierre, Nov. 8: The returns, which are
coming in slowly from counties over this
circuit, show that the average vote is from
to to 10 to l for Gaffey in the different
precincts, and while the vote will be much
lighter than that of last year, Gaffey will
raise the republican majority of 500 Ia
over 1000.
Miller. Nov. 8: Out of 400 votes re-.
turned Gaffey, republican, for Judge, gets
$50; Fisk, populist, 12O. Gaffey in the
county will have 15O majority.