Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-11-12
LOYAL TO DEMOCRACY.

LOYAL TO DEMOCRACY.
Missouri Rolls Up the Usual Majority for
the state and Congressional Tickets
Legislature safely Democratic.
ST. Louis, Nov 10.-The Missouri
delegation In the next congress will
stand Just rs II did in the last, y DEM
ocrats and republicans, and there
will be no change Us to the districts.
The democrats, as before, have carried
all the districts outside Of St Louis,
and the republicans carried the Tenth,
Eleventh and Twelfth districts, re-
electing Congressman JOY, Pierce and
Bartholdt The Eleventh and Twelfth
districts are solely within the city OF
St. Louis and the Tenth district con.
sists OF south St Louis, st. Louis and
Franklin counties The vote in the
Tenth was Bartholdt 1854; Gill,
s.0l9 In the Eleventh the vote was
Noonan, dem., IS, 7s6; Joy, rep, 2l.S65
In the Twelfth the vote was Kern,
dem, 1891; Pierce, rep, 1880.
In the First district Lloyd, dem., has
q majority Of about 5000. In the Sec
ond Rucker, dem, has d majority of
$500. In the Third Doughcrty has a
majority OF 5000, and Cochran In the
Fourth will have about the same. The
state committee places Cowherd's ma
jority in the Fifth ut 5000. De
Almond in the Sixth is elected by g.
500. Benton's majority in the Fiji
tenth was reduced, but he is
elected by something near 5000
Champ Clark in the Ninth will
have over :, 900 majority and Bland in
the Eighth ut least =, 800 Robb in the
Thirteenth district is elected by over
1000, and Vandiver, in the Fourteenth
will have at least 1000 majority.
Cooney Is elected in the Seventh by
over 5000.
In the Ninth congressional district
Clark carried Audrain by 1854, Pike
by 1880, Montgomery by $50, Rails by
400 and Lincoln by 1850. Shackel-
ford (rep) carried st. Charles by 600,
Warren by 925 Gasconade by 1,bj0 and
Crawford by 40.
In the Sixth district DeArmond, DEM,
had the following majorities: Bates,
700; Cass, 1000; Henry, 100; johnson,
$50; ST. Clair, 300. His republican OPP
poneut, S. w. Jurden. received 300 ma
jority in Dade and 200 in Cedar.
In the Twcnty-ninth judicial dis
trict W. W. Graves (dem.) has q ma
iority of S37 over C. A. Denton.
In the First congressional district
Lloyd (dem.) carried Clark, Knox.
Lewis. Marion, Macon, Schuyler, Scot
land and Shelby counties. Seaber car
ried Adair and Putnam.
In the Fourth congressional district
Congressman Cochran's majority over
brewster is about 1000. This is 40 per
cent. less than his majority OF two
years ago, but it is accounted for by
the popularity Of the republican can
didatc.
Emert A. Dowell (dem.) was elected
to state senate, Twelfth district, to
succeed Powers (rep.,) by plurality OF
about 1000. Dowcll carries every
county in the district, except Clark
and Putnam.
In Pettis county the democrats made
n clean sweep. Vernon county gives
the democratic ticket q plurality of
over 1000.
Marion county shows average demo"
cratic majorities OF about l,2O0.
In Caldwell county the entire repub-
lean ticket was elected by majorities
ranging from IS to 500
Saline county rolled up 1900 major
ity for the democratic state, congress
sional and county tickets. In Clark
county the county ticket is divided be-
tween republicans and democrats. In
Miller county the republicans have a
majority of ISL. The republican tick
ct is also elected in Carroll county.
Greene county, which gave fusion
majority in 1896, this year elects the
entire republican ticket. Robertson
(rep.) for congress has n majority OF
$50 over Cooney. Ramp (rep.) for
Twentieth district senator in Greene,
Polk, Dallas and Dade counties is
elected by 400 over Hamlin (dem).
In Boone county the republican
county ticket had been ruled off the
ballot and the democratic ticket was
elected without opposition. On the
state ticket democrats had majority
OF about 400.
James I. Neville (rep.) defeated A.
II. Wear for circuit Judge by l, 400 in
the district composed OF Greene, Chris
tian and fancy counties. In 1896 these
counties gave Bryan n majority. In
Wright county republicans elected
their ticket except county clerk.
James Goodrich, republican candi-
date for congress in the Third district,
ran about 200 votes ahead OF his ticket
in Clinton, his home county.
Complete returns from Monroe coun-
ty show democratic majority of 81
100 in the county.