The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-11-14
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The Pioneer Express.
..JUD LAMoURE's COUNTY" FIGURES
We present below some election fig
ures, covering the time since North Da-
kota became state.
The figures selected are those cast for
either Congressman or governor, accord
ing to whichever vote best represented
the respective strength of the political
parties in the different years.
YEAR REP. DEM. POP. MAJ. cENv OF
VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE
1890. .1Ooe. ]. 923. 1925. ..542 dem. SO
1892. 1913. 9Ol. !. .697. .585 dem. 80
1894. 1882. 1856. ..920. .274 dem. .45
1885,. 1855. -. 1900. !. .2l5 dem. .48
1898. .l549. .. 1927. -. .3l2 rep. .55
1900. 1874. !. 1922. 80. .252 rep. Sd
1902. 1898. 9M. .... {. 674 rep. >. .63
There are some peculiar things in the
above table. One is, that the democratic
vote Of 1890 and 1902 copes within one
vote Of being identical, while the total
votes OF 1890 and 1902 are respectively
1854 and 2522-practically the same
and just looking at the figures of these
two years it would look as if the 625 pop
ulists of 1890 had just bodily come over
to the republicans, except 33 who stayed
at home.
However, our democratic friends will
say, with probable truth, as shown by
the total figures Of previous years, that
good many democrats stayed at home.
We will let them account for the short
age as best they may. The decline in
the fusion opposition is painfully appar-
ent.
On the other hand, we ask attention
to the figures in the republican column.
There is no denying the steady regular
ity of the biennial increase. Some years
the vote has been larger or smaller ac-
cording to the amount of political ex.
element, and if this is taken into con.
sideration-the reader will note that the
republicans have gained with almost an
unvarying average per cent. in each OF
the six elections since the first.
A Arecapitulation OF the representation
of this county in the legislature and in
the court house staff, while voters are
much more independent Of party in
these officials, will show comparatively
the same results.
We want to congratulate the republi-
can party on the grand progressive
march shown by these figures.
1t has been a hard, uphill battle
against we'll organized, hard-6ghting
foe. led by men whose abilities we have
had to acknowledge in our own defeats
and who Still stubbornly dispute every
inch of ground we gain.
The republican party of this county
went just as enthusiastically to battle in
the earlier elections. when not a county
office was in sight, as they do now with
certain majority on their side.
Some influences that have brought
these changes are worthy Of note.
"A good deal is in the natural intelli-
gence of our people. Twelve, or four.
teen years ago our large, Canadian popu-
lation was just beginning to take an in.
kterest in American politics. The phe-
nomenal boom Of the populist party
which posed as farmers party -natur-
ally caught most of them. The silver
dollar question with its fallacies, and
particularly that "the price Of silver was
always the measure of a bushel Of wheat
also deceived them. u.
But their own good sense, and the dis
cussion Of these questions by the six or
seven local republican papers, and the
course Of political history has brought
many Of these people back where they
naturally belonged in the first place
andin the last election not q few. Who
were already wavering, had no further
trouble in deciding to come over to us
when they read the resubmission resolu-.
tions of}the democratic state platform. y
"a fnrther reason tor this change is the
united front which the republicans have
always shown g the opposition. De
.mocracy and populism fused but fused
sto their own final confusion. The re-.
I publ have differed with each other,
e, i,,f flnere s1A,n ~.