Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-06
The COUNTY RETURNS
Almost Complete Vote OF the
County Shows No Changes
In Announced Results.
Cummings For Representative
Has a Plurality Over Daily
OF About 500.
Arney for Supervisor Also Has
Good Lead..Balance OF Tick.
ct About 1850.

tire county have been received and dc
not change the results as announced In
the Times Republican special election
i edition issued this morning, except that
| The republican state and county ticket
/ will have pluraiities ranging from 1900
to 1000. with the exception of b. f.
i Cummings for representative and c. L.
Arney for supervisor for the short term,
/ Mr.. Cummings plurality will be close to
| 500, while that of Mr.. Arney will be
| somewhat less.
| An especially vigorous fight was made
| against Mr.. Cummings, the opposition
candidate making an aggressive per-
sonal campaign, supported, of course,
by the democrats, and also by a clique
of sorehead republicans that has been
turned out of office and power because
they deserved to be. Added to this was
MIR. Days persona, popularity in this
city among the fraterna orders, in
which he is an active worker, which
fact gained him many votes in the city.
Mr.. Cummings lost the city, however,
by only LAT votes, and was not scratched
extensively in the country precincts.
The fight against Mr.. Cummings was of
the still-hunt kind until within a few
days of the election, when it became
apparent that the worst kind of politics
would be resorted to to encompass his
defeat and various campaign stories
which had no sembance of truth were
circulated
The campaign against Mr.. Arney was
conducted on different lines. the demo-
Gratis depending largely on the POPULAR
ity of their candidate and the objections
the republicans had to Mr.. Arney be-
cause Of his record in the award of the
school book contract. Aside from this
Mr.. Arney has made an excellent super
visor, and as he will be in good COM
pany after the LIST of January the re-
publicans will feel disposed to uphold
and support him as long as he does his
duty Well
RECEIVING THE RETURNS.
The lack of interest in the election
was again manifest after the polls had
closed the crowd at republican head
quarters being smaller than usual and
there being very few at democratic
headquarters. The republicans received
returns at the east court room, where
eco people assembled. The democrats
received the bulletins at the Reflector
office. which was amply able to accom- |
modate the crowd. By midnight, when
1t became apparent that Tammany had
been showed under in New York, Ohio
was all right, Iowa had rolled up an 4
unusually large plurality and that the |
entire county ticket was safe, the re-
publican headquarters were closed and
the crowd went home satisfied. The
democrats dispersed still earlier, but
with less satisfaction.
Complete returns from the city were
not reported until 1880 a. M, the task of |
counting the ballots being a huge one
because of the number of split votes
Never in the history of city politics
We're so many scratched ballots cast as
on Tuesday. Some ballots were marked
for one or more candidates on each OF
the five tickets. In instances the voter
would start with the prohibition state
ticket and wind up with a vote for
Carl Schmitz and Johnny Herbert on
the democratic township ticket In
every HdTu III TIC city there were NUM-
bers of votes cast for the democratic
ticket with the exception that Cum
Minis was supported for governor In
other instances votes We're cast for the
candidates for representative and su-
pervisor alone.
VOTE IN DETAIL.
Complete returns had been made to
County Auditor Hargrave late this AT
ternoon. with the exception of Logan
precinct No. 2, which is a small pre-
,inct and will not change the result ma
.erially on eany candidate. County
Chairman Devine's estimate of plu-
'ality OF 1900 has been proven correct
md the republican plurality for COVER
nor and On the greater portion OF the
county ticket exceeds that figure. Miss
Iostetler for superintendent leads the
county ticket slightly, and also Cum
nins. while I. ]. Shoemaker for sheriff
:. H. Smith for treasurer, Will Jones
or supervisor for the long term. DIR.
4ierle for coroner and William Brem-
Ter for surveyor run about even with
he state ticket.
For governor, representative and SUI
,ervisor for the short term the vote of
he county, and the pluralities of the re-
publican candidates, with Logan No. 2
are as follows:
GOVERNOR.
Cummins. Phillips. Coates.
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