The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-11-09
TIE TRIUMPH OF The SULUS!|
Pennington County Re
turns to the Repub-
lican Fold.
TITLE SAVED FRoal TINE WRECK
Allen May Pull Through.-Au Other
Republicans Win 0nt.-Story of a
Sulu landslide.

oeelileq. IL is going back to the
good old days" of republican rule,
5O-cent warrants and increasing
debt. The voters Of the county
don t want the debt decreased nor
do they desire the county to pay its
bills in cash as it goes along. Their
vote Mt the polls last Tuesday dem
onstrates these facts and The UNION
bows gracefully to the will of the
majority. Their will is the law.
But return to the old policy means
the same fruits that it yielded be.
tore, with the taxpayer to foot the
bill and carry the burden. III they
vote this condition upon themselvs
we'll and good.
Tuesday was a republican day
in bennington county and The
UNION is BY no means surprised at
the result. For two weeks past the
writer asserted to local fusionists
that the county would be very close
and was liable to go republican.
Election returns prove the sound
ness OF this prediction. The repub-
llcan party of Pennington county
made the fight OF its life this year
and it won. 1t has won, not by it's
own votes, but with the aid OF scores
OF voters who have been masquerade
ing as fusionists. The returns show
that the republicans stood by their
ticket almost toa a man, voting it
straight, while fusionists scratched
their tickets right and left, scatter
Yea their strength and transferred
much Of il to the republicans. This
faction by fusionists tells the tale.
| they should take their medicine
gracefully,
Following are the returns in Rapid
City:
| Republican presidential electors,
3O9; fusion 222; republican congress
men, Burke, 31l; Martin, ,3l3; fusion,
Moore, ZIG, Lee, ,2ls, republican gov.
ernor, Herreid, 3l3; fusion, Lein,
2l3; republican senator, Bennett,
299; Smith, fusion, 230; republican
Representatives, Hamilton, 3O9; Ma
oil, 3lO; fusion, Morris, 224; Griggs,
222; clerk Of conrts, Baken, republi-
can, 3l5; easier, fusion, 2l7; treas
urer, Morris. republican, 273; little.
fusion, 246; register Of deeds, HALEY,
republican, $50; Smith, fusion, 1o5;
sheriff, Leedy, republican, 332; In
gersol, fusion, pol; auditor, Trow-
bridge, republican, 3l9; Mcmahon,
fusion, ZIG; states attorney, Buell.,
republican, 300; Wood, fusion, 2o4;
county Judge, Boyd, republican, 1873; 1873
Bangs, fusion, 1913; superintendent
Of schools, Fall, republican, BIG;
rrissler, fusion, 200; assessor, Ma
that's, repub, lean, 29S; Allen, fusioa,
233; coroner, Paxson, republican,
352; Cbitty, fusion, 2o3; surveyor.
Cation, republican, 3l2; Garvey, fu.
sion, ZIG.
Pactola gave republican vote Of
%; fusion II.
Rockerville gave fusion, vote OF
81, republican IA
Hill City, No Republican vote
32, fusion 40.
Hill City No 2-Republican 80.
fusion A.
Dennis-Republican 4, fusion /.
Big Bend-Fusion %, republican
f13.
Cross Mine precinct cast a heavy
vote, giving the fusion county ticket
an average majority of 20 votes.
| Silver City wives a republican vote
OF 20 to fusion vote OF l2.
Lebanon was an even break on
most OF the ticket, little {iusion) for
county treasurer running ahead and
receiving a majority. A slight ma
lority was given one or two other
fusion candidates, but for the most
part the precinct broke even.
Center gave fusion majority OF
three on electors and kept up the
ratio all the way down the ticket.
4 Only seven votes were cast.
HammerYille is true to name as
| itsvote hammered fusion and ham
mered it hard, going republican By
IL majority. Some fusion capdi.
dates ran ahead OF the electors, bui
the precinct returned Sulu ma
jority all along the line.
There are several precincts still
unreturned, but they arc republican
and will add to the republican ma
4 Eiority, Pennington couAty's Sui.
{ majority will probably reach l25 t,
! 14o. Title (iusion) for county treas
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