The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-17
ALL DOUBTS ARE SETTLED.
CANvASSING BOARD ANNOUNCES
RESULT OF THE OFFICIAL COUNT.
Payment of Election Bets and Con-
tests by Defeated Candidates
VIII Follow-A Popuiist FAIRY
Tale Refuted by the Figures

The result Of tie recent election, 50 far
as King county IS concerned. Was SesisA-
day aaaounced By tse county canvass
Ing board. and the Post-InIeliiseiices 20
day publishes table q the complete ohf-
tai returns as shown BY The oiIctai eoaiit'
TIE table may De ,iepeaaed upon as Aceu-
rate IN every detail, having been e9Ap'1sa
direct fFon the Official t4bd4atloh Oh ta4e
canydsslng beard
While the Official count. as tae Fos~-ih-
telIsgeneer predicted would De the case, di9
not change the result in any way, II Will
have two important consequences. IA tne
frs place 4 vii give holders Oh skahes IA
election bets authority 10 pay over ~ sssS
winners money wI.ch t2sy Rave l'e1ii ho-et,
ilg pending ne count; aGd III l1e secoiit
PLACE, il WGll be the basis Tor the e.esttg1A
contests - be brought by several 1Vaeat-
ed Republican candidates.
II Is now 4 Settled fact thae " ~ rus
candidate Tor county clerk; W. r. " fiis'
for prosecuting attorney, am W. u
Hartfanil, for superintendent OF acnools,
all Republicans. will file contests lhss
viii unite in peiitioning the supeEiof :oeI.
for u recoun; of TIE ballots The SIM q
saits Will be filed by Attorneys MILO -;
Root and Frank Steele. Other counsel WIZ
probably b. employed later. The contests
must bt. flied within ten days from the
completion of the official count
one Professionally circulated Popuiistic
fabrication Of fancy viii be set at rest by
an inspection Of the table showing the re-
salt Of The o.flclai count. This is the story
that in the late campaign The Republican
county committee traded county oincers
for legislators and thereby caused the de-
feat OF the party candidates for county
clerk, treasurer. school superintendent ans
prosecuting attorney. The story Is con
s.dered 200 absurd 10 merit denial, od.
a denial seems necessary To set II a rest
Tae fact is that tne a3eetion OF The les.sIa-
tive candidates was IN great measure dlie
10 their own Individual eUOftS- secretary
LTsons. Of the committee. IN al interview
gives fgdres 10 show that tits was The
ease. lie said:
''1n thv Thirty-eighth representative dis
ttIct, which comprises the southern portion
az the county, W. IL. ClaTks plurality Is
bat a. Ia the district comprising the First
aud Second wards If the city Andrew
uemricn Is elected state senator oy a plur-
atty OF -. and Il. W. S0merindyke repre-
sentative ny plurality OF l3 while one OF
the Republican candidates is defeated Ia
the district composed OF the SIKH ana
Eighth wards Or. l.. ". Carpenter is elect
eQ by ~ votes and <. >. Gleason by %
votes. II IS apparent that these I'VE can
didates. whose average majority Is u,
would have been defeated except Tor their
Individual efforts and the personal canvass
which they Were able 10 make IN their re-
spec,iYe districts.
A glance at the returns also will show
that the greatest falling of IN the vote OF
The Republican county candidates was in
such Republican stronshoids as the Third,
Fourth and Fifth wards
BY comparison with other west side
counties il il apparent that King county Is
fully up 10 the average in the proportion
elected Of county officers 10 members of
tina legislature. The Republicans have
elected a majority of the county officers, ia
Guiding both commissioners and both the
Justice OF the peace and constable in Seat
tie. The p!urallies of some of the success
fui Republican candidates are a. high as
-. while the puraltieS OF most OF the Sue
ceSsful Populssts are less than 2V0 In
Thurston county, where both the Republi-
can candidates for Jhe legislature were
elected by nearly 30 plurality, the Popu-
GERS including one Of the commissioners.
In Pierce county. also. where the whole
Republican legislative ticket was elected,
the Popuiists occurred the four important
offices of sheriff. auditor. treasurer and
coroner
There Is one very important point which
MI. Lysons has overlooked. however. That
Is that the Populist candidates for the
county offices were almost without excep-
election They had full control OF all the
party machinery, and for months had bent
their entire energies To one eud-Fe-elec-
tion To this end they had not only de-
voted thtir own time but also the time OF
their deputies and employees.
\ silent witness 10 the fact IL that in the
very office where ittedly the most ex-
trayagauce had been countenanced. he fu-
slonist incumbent WAS reelected by the
highest majority OF AIRY candidate IN the
ticket thanks ~ the aid Of mis- small array
uf REGULAR and special deputies,
The following is the Official resnll Of the
vote foF Justice Of the peace ana Cousta bic
in the city. watch Is not shown IN the
table.