Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-12-02
ELECTION FIGURES.
Some Figures from the Nearly Com
plete Returns Of the Eelection in
the State Nov. 8.
Fancher's Majority Below that of Spald-
ing Because of the Detection in
Grand Forks.
Halland Has About 1900 Majority ii
the State with But Two Counties
to Hear From.
Election Figures.

AASSSlOAA llSulCSs
The official figures have not all been
received from the recent election but
only a few counties are lacking and in
all but two of. these unofficial figures
have been received which are very
nearly if not quite correct. The two
counties missing from the list, either of.
fetal or unofficial, are Towncr and Mer-
Ger, and as the vote in these counties is
small, it will not greatly affect the result
either way. The votes on the different
state candidates varies, owing to local
influences. Thus, in Grand Forks coun-
ty, Holmes raj nearly 1900 votes ahead
of Creel, Fancher running the same
number behind Spalding, owing to the
great home vote cast for Holmes for
governor. But the total vote shows that
Fancher received through the state
nearly as great a vote IS Spaldinr, ths
vote for governor being heavier than
that cast for congressman.
The size OF the total vote is also a
surprise, as it Vas thought that it would
hardly reach the figures of the election
two years ago, a presidential election
But the total vote on governor so far
registered, with the exception of two
counties is 45,861 and the vote yet to be
received will increase this total to nearly
$1,000, making the detection because of
the fact that the election occurred in an
off year, exceedingly light.
The vote for governor upon the vote re-
ceived stands 26,658 for Fancher to 19, 0
for Holmes. 1t will be seen by compar-
ing this with the congressional vote pub
lished yesterday, 27,15l for Spalding to
1854 for Creel, that while Fanchcr has
only about 500 votes fewer than Spalding
on the total vote, Creel runs about LOO
hshind Holmes. Fancher's majority,
upon the nearly complete vote, is 1856.
Had it not been for the detection of
Grand Forks county to Holmes, Fanch-
er's majority would have exceeded
10000.
The vote for state superintendent is
another in which especial interest has
been taken because of the nature of the
fight that was made on the republican
candidate. The returns from all but
two counties, three or four of them be-
ing unofficial, show a total vote of a
little over $1,000, of which Halland re-
ceived a few over $1,000 and Shafer be-
tween 25,OOO and $4,000, Halland's ma
jority upon the face of the returns re-
ceived so far being 1,7O5.
These figures may be changed slightly
by the two counties yet to be received
and by the correction of several coun-
ties reported unoficially by the official
figures, but the change will not be great
and the figures here given are accurate
enough for purposes of comparison
The state board of canvassers does moi
meet until December ID, the secone
Tuesday in December, instead Of OH tn,
second day of December, as has beer
stated.
In analyzing the result, it will be no
ticed that the increased republican ma
j%orities are due to the gathering into thu
republican fold of counties that have
heretofore been populist. Cavalier, fol
example, gave a republican majority, a:
did Pembina, Sargent, and various othel
counties that were conceded, practically
to the fusionists by small majcrities.-
Had these counties gone to the iusionist:
as was expected, the republican major
ity would have been about 5000 or 6,GOO
as was expected upon the size Of the
vote cast.
The following is the vote on state