The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-07
ASPECTS OF STATE VOTE.


tween the date Of election. and the final
receipt Of the returns by the secretary 81
state being due in part 20 close vote IN
several counties and to the peculiar situa-
ton IN stevens county. where several con-
tests were made owing 20 the refusal OF
Auditor Metcaf 70 place the names Of the
nominees o. the Citizens ticket on the off,
cial ballot
The figures show some interesting results.
The total vote cast for congressman in the
state was 1854 against IS sS in issS. In
some counties, notably Whitman, the re-
turns showed about SO less votes cast for
congressman than fer the county ticket.
and in other counties the same singular
vote was noticed. Ii would. therefore. ha
safe TO place the total vote Of the Novem
Der election at roe which would show q
loss % only about 1852 from the vote Of
1856. This upsets the theories advanced by
fusion papers Immediately after the cleo
ton that the defeat of fusion was due sole
~ 10 the fact that one-thir1 of the voters
remained away from the polls. Further. it
is seen that the Republican vote in 1926 for
congressman was s. 1856 ard in 1885 IL was
1851. gain Notwithstanding the stay-at-
homes Of Less Lewis loss in ls9s from his
vote Of 1885 was Is, isa
The vote for Congressman ". c. Jones
should set at rest the cry that the silver
issue IS not dead IN Washington. Mr.. Jones
is Silver Republican and made his entire
campaign on the silver issue. His vote in
is" was BLISS In 1895 it was 3ao5S. loss
or 12, los votes. This clearly indicates that
at least 0,oo fusion voters of Washington
have cast aside the heresies Of free silver.
and II the thousands OF voters who sup
ported the fusion ticket for officehoIding
purposes only were counted in. the number
of real silver men in Washington would be
reduced 10 merely nominal figure.
The Socialist and Prohibition tickets
showed total OF 2.0es votes. Of which
the former was 929. This was much less
than was believed would be cast for that
ticket. owing to the great dissatisfaction
with fusion, and indicates that but small
percentage of the stay-at-home vote can be
figured as a Socialist vote in the future cal
Culations.
The contest for supreme judges showed
a great lack Of confidence in the fusion
nominees. owing no doubt to the influence
which the Populists attempted TO exert over
them in their expressed desires for rulings
only did the fusion candidates for supreme
judge lose nearly 1900 votes from the rec
ord of 1885, but Houston was over $50 votes
behind Lewis on the congressional ticket,
and. contrary to general expectation, God
man was over 1900 votes behind Houston.
With the lack of confidence in the fusion
judicial candidates IL is not TO be wondered
at that the Republican candidates for the
supreme bench were Go votes ahead of the
Republican congressional ticket. An inter-
esting point in the congressional vote is the
fact that Anders polled 40. 4i9 votes and Full
lerton 10. 452-a difference of only three votes
/ in the entire state.
Single tax and woman suffrage were both
showed under, and 1t Is undoubtedly true
that the latter owes its defeat largely to the
fact that single tax Was its running mate
as a proposed constitutional amendment
The danger OF constitutional amendments
on big official ballots was exemplified at
this election. Notwithstanding there was
general opposition 10 single tax, only A. $50
votes We're cast for and against out of
total vote of about 37000. The vote cast for
single tax was 10 800, and against IL SO SEC.
Had it been ordinary amendment over
which the people had been thoroughly
aroused. the opposition vote would general
~ have failed 10 vote on the proposition.
Single tax carried only in one c0unty-in
Cialiam, where All votes Were cast for and
90 against, In King county 3.5S3 votes
were in favor OF single tax and $50 against
and this heavy single tax vote was also
seen in Pierce, where 1907 for and 1921
against We're cast, and in Snohomish. where
1854 for and 1.5s3 against were recorded.
The big farming districts recorded positive
opposition. Whitman cast 4J4 votes for and
., 1870 against: Lincoln east 139 votes for and
1,1S6 against; Stevens cast l75 votes for and
So against.
Woman suffrage went down with vote
Of ~, III for and - 49- against II carried
in only two counties-Frankln. where IS
votes were cast for and q against, and in
Skamania where 70 were for and - against
The close counties were: Claliam. 3i5 for.
ISL against; Douglas. 81 for, 269 against:
Klickitat, 40 for, 4G4 against: Mason, rs
for 29s against; Snohomlsh. ITO for. ]. iqe
against; Thurston, 703 for, 80. against:
Whatcon, 1.2G6 for, 1.343 against: Whitman,
1.296 for. 1862 against. and Yakima. 80 for,
542 against. On the woman suffrage quos-
ticn over 26Wn voters failed to exercise
their franchise