Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-12-22
A VERY SHORT VOTE
FALLING OFF OF 10000 AT THE
LATE ELECTION.
PROHi6lTiOkiSTS ARE LOYAL
Some 5000 OF Them Continue to Stand
by Their Ticket Year After Year
Dodge County Apparently Shows
Big S0ay-at-Home German
Vote.

A comparison OF the vote cast in
wisconsin at the recent election and
that Of TWO years ago shows drop
ping of in the total vote of nearly
10000. 1t also reveals that the loss
was not entirely republican but that
apparently an equal proportion of dem
ocrats stayed away from the polls. The
prohibition vote remains nearly he
same, about 5000, being, however, a
little less this year. The social demo-
Gratis polled some $500 votes this year
and the social labor party about 1900.
The total vote on the two leading can
didates for governor this year was
| 30S,472, Of which Gov. Scofield received
1913 and Judge Sawyer, his demo
cratic opponent, 135,3S5, making Gov.
Scofield's plurality 1892. In 1896 the
total republican and democratic vote
was 1929 of which Gov. Scofield re-
ceived 264,9S and Judge w. G. Silver
thorn 169,257 giving Gov. Scoield
majority of 1924.
| The official returns were this year
awaited with considerable interest to
see how much Gov. Scofield fell behind
| the rest of the republican ticket as a
result of the factional fight in his par
| ty. The difference between his vote
and that for lieutenant governor is
| found to be only 6,906. 1t fell behind
! the average vote on the republican
! ticket, except that for governor, 1921.
and 6,231 behind that average, includ-
| ing that on governor. AS was ex-
pected the greatest cut on the govern
orship came from Dane and Milwaukee
counties, where the La. Toilette ele
ment is the strongest. Thus two years
ago Gov. Scoheld received a plurality
of 1,943 in Dane county, getting STAT
votes to 6,S04 for Judge Silverthorn;
while this year he lost the county by
SIS, receiving 5,461 votes to 6,276 for
Judge Sawyer. This year Gov. SEQ
field ran 2,102 votes behind the rest of
his ticket in Dane county. All the rest
Of the republican candidates carried
the county, their average plurality be-
ing 1887, Davidson, for state treasurer,
having the largest, LAT. The cut,
while largest in Dane county, ex-
tended throughout the second congress
sional district, in which H. B. Dahle,
the La Toilette republican, received
1892 votes and Gov. Scofield 1921
difference of 1921.
A reference to the figures from
Dodge county shows that the demo
Gratis held their own. Two years ago
Judge Silverthorn, for governor, re-
, ceived 5,019 votes, while this year the
: vote for P. V. Deuster, which may be
taken as most nearly normal, was ex-
actly the same. The republican vote,
however, fell off nearly 1000. Dodge
county being largely inhabited by Ger
man democrats who supported the gold
!, standard two years ago, the results are
taken to indicate that these voters, by
their silence, show that they stand yir-
, tually where they did in 1896 on the
money issue. In Douglas county, the
! most northwestern, and in one sense
, the farthest removed from the faction
, al hotbeds, the apathy was quite
marked. In 1896 Gov. Scofield received
Ala votes in that county and Judge
Silverthorn 2,767. This year ScOtield
received 2,767 votes to lab for Judge
Sawyer.
The official count on the head of the
! ticket stands: Scofeld, rep, 173. 1877;
Sawyer, dem, 1888; Worsley, pop.
8,517; Chain, pro-, SOS; futile, Soc,
DEM, 2,544; Riese, soc.-labor, 1,473;
scattering, 1872. Two years ago the
vote was: Scofield, rep, 264,9S1; Silver
thorn, dem, 169,257; Berkey, pro-, s.
40; Tuttrup, soc.-labor, 1906; Hender-
son, national, 407
The total vote on the rest of the re-
publican state candidates this year
, was:
Stone, lieut.. governor, ........ 180,043
Froehlich, sec. Of state, ....... l8O,438
! Davidson, treasurer, ........n. 1922
, Hicks, attorney general, ...... 180,O73
Harvey, state supt., ........ 180,339
Rice, railroad comr., ......... $50, LOG
. Giljohann, ms. conn.,, ......... 180,019
The total democratic vote on the
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