Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-12-22
A VERY SHORT VOTE
FALLING OFF OF 10000 AT THE
LATE ELECTION.
PRoHlBlTlONlSTS ARE LOYAL
Some 5000 OF Them Continue TO Stand
by Their Ticket Year After Year
Dodge County Apparently Shows
Big Stay at-Home German
Vote

A comparison of the vote cast in
Wisconsin at the recent election and
that OF two years ago shows a 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 the
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. Scofeld received
173,137 and Judge Sawyer, his demo-
cratic opponent, 135,335, making Gov.
Scofield's plurality 1882 In 1896 the
total republican and democratic vote
was 43523S, Of which Gov. Scofeld re-
ceived 264,9S1 and Judge W. C. Silver
thorn 169,257, giving Gov Seofield q
majority of 95,724.
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 $685. II 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. Scoiield received plurality
of 1913 in Dane county, getting S,747
votes to 6,S0l for Judge Silverthorn;
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 ,2S7, Davidson, for state treasurer,
having the largest, LAY, 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 Silyerthorn, 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-
aetly 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 vir-
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
lilo NOteS III 'lHdl touuts ulu JuuSc
Silverthorn 2,767. This year Seofield
received 2,767 votes to 1,47S for Judge
Sawyer.
The official count on the head of the
ticket stands Scofield, rep, 1879;
Sawyer, dem, 1888; Worsley, pop,
SSH; Chain, pro-, S,07S; futile, soc.
dem, 2,544; REESE, soc.-labor, lab;
scattering. 1872. Two years ago the
vote was: Scofield, rep, 264,9S1; Silver
thorn, dem, 169,257; Berkey, pro, g.
140 Tuttrup, oc.-labor, 1906; Hender-
son, national, 401.
The teal vote on the rest OF the re-
publican state candidates this year
was:
Stone, lieut.. governor, ........ S0,043
Froehlich, sec. of state, ....... lS0,43S
Davidson, treasurer, ........... lS0,792
Hicks, attorney general, ....., 1S0,013
Harvey, state supt., .....,..... 1908
Rice, railroad comr., .....-.... $50, l06
Giljohann, ms. comr., ....,,. lS0,0l9
The total democratic vote on the
state ticket below governor this year
was.
Deuster, lieut.. gov, ........... 126,
Stromme. sec. of state, ..... 125, 536
Malek, treasurer, ........... 125,115
Grace, attorney general, ...... 125,425
SCHNEIDER. ms comr., ........ 124,729
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