Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-11-18
SOUTH DAKOTA
SURELY REPUBLICAN
Good Gains Shown in Every Precinct
Over the Vote Three
Years Ago.
FUSION VOTE WAS VERY LIGHT
Amounts 10 Comparatively Nothing
in Some Couniics---Candidates
For Supreme judge
MaJoritics Large.

Sioux Falls, 8. D., Nov. 9.-Addition-
al reports received from points in the
state make but little change In the re.
publican ma jority, increasing IL from
3,S75 TO 4,Ol7. Part OF this increase Is
shown in Bon Homme county, where
early estimates gave the republican
nominees 167 majority. Ten precincts
I'm that county increase this TO 1926,
and the county complete will show a
still further Increase. Miner county
complete gives the republican ticket
- majority. The republicans there
also elected three county commission
ers. The vote cast in that county tes-
tifes to the lack of interest on the
part of the voters. Last year the
county cast total of 1900 votes,
whereas this year only Gal ballots
were deposited, slightly less than so
per cent. Union and Dawson practic-
ally nullfy each others vote the fu-
sionists carrying the former by an av-
erage of about i05 majority, while the
republicans carried the latter by
about the same figures. Julian Ben
nett, one of the fusion nominees for
the state supreme bench, carried his
judicial district, nominally republican,
by about 900 majority, a testimonial
to iSj personal popularity.
Chairman Bowler, Of the democratic
state committee, comedies the election
of the republican judges by 1000 ma
jority.
National Committeeman Kittredge
claims tho election OF the republican
judges by a majority of 10000.
Secretary Wright, Of the union re-
form campaign committee, claims the
election OF Bennett and comedies the
defeat of Kennedy and Smith by a
majority OF 500.
From figures at hand the reptb-
licans maintain their ticket Is elected
by 10000 majority, and there is some
inclination TO raise this estimate 10
$4,000. Railroad Commissioners La
Toilette, in behalf of the fusion mana
gers, states that they have elected
Bennett of their nominees.
In the neighborhood Of $50 precincts
out of about 100 in the state which
have thus far reported republican
nominees for state supreme court
lead their opponents by 1875 votes.
Republican gains are shown in nearly
every precinct over the vote of 1896.
Memo, Hutchison county, and Dell
Rapids. Minnehaha county, are the
most solidly republican of the towns
thus far reported. Out Of l22 votes in
the former the fusonists were only
able to muster 7. In total Of 2l2
cast at Dell Rapids the republicans
have iS2.
Logan townsip, Minnehaha county,
one OF the most populous townships
i'm the state, east but 22 votes, which
were equally divided between the re-
publicnns and fusionists. In other To-
calities the vote was very light. Dan
vile township, Turner county, with n
total Of 1876 votes, cast but SO of them.
At Chancellor, Turner county, out OF
n total vote of 100 only were east,
two for the republican ticket and two
for the fusionist.
a remarkable change occurred at
LennoN, heretofore an almost solid
fusion stronghold, where Tuesday the
republicans secured 46 votes to 20 cast
for the fusionist ticket.
Three wards in Sioux Falls show n
republican increase of 43 over last
year.