The Redwood gazette., 1902-10-01
ONE VOTE EACH.
Prohibition and Peoples Party Tickets
In the County. ,s

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Accordingto the returns made to
the county canVassing board there
was but one prohibition vote cast at
the recent primary election, and
only one vote for the Peoples party
titket. The one Prohibition vote
for KnutrJ j Johnsonfor representative
in congress was in the second ward
of this city, and was cast by John
y. Jones, a Well-known local prohi-ss
bition leader. The one vote for the.
Peoples party candidate for con-.
gress was cast in Vesta, and was
presumably cast by Your Uncle
James Arnold, who will stick to his
party principles until the last dog.
is hung.
There were about {, 200 votes cast
at the primary election, and, as
stated above, only two OF them were
cast for candidates other than the.
Republicans. The vote for Lyndon
A. Smith. the Republican candidate
for lieutenant governor two years
ago, in this county, was only l.9zS.
It must be admitted that not all Re
publicans in Redwood county voted
at the primary election for the rea-
son that some precincts casting a
heavy vote for Lieut.. Gov Smith
two years ago cast a comparatively
light vote at the primaries thisyear
Paxton, for instance. cast only So
votes. at the primaries and at the
general election cast nearly twice
that many Republican votes.
This raises the question as to
where the heavy vote at the prima-
ries came from. Inquiry among
Republican candidates and judges Of
election at the several voting pre-
cincts, reveals the fact that a large
number of Democratic voters, not
having a ticket of their own to vote
at the primaries, called for, received
and voted a Republican ballot. It
is estimated that between 400 and
900 Of these ballots we're received
at the different precincts of the
city.
Again is the question raised as to
who received these votes. In the
race for representative in congress
| it is certain that Senator Young re-
ceived very few Of them. Demo
cratic leaders all over the county
manifested an unusual enthusiasm
| for Mr.. Bowling and a marked hos
tility forsSenator Young The lat
ter had fought many battles for the
Republican ticket, and two years
ago replied to John Lind in one of
the most caustic letters ever writ
| ten "a letter that made Gov. Van
1 SAINT many votes, and the fact that
Senator Young made votes for Van
SAINT two years ago cost him Demo
cratic votes at the primary election,
not only in this county, but wher-
ever Democrats voted the Republi-
can ballot. Mr.. Volstead is credited
with large number Of Populist
votes, but inasmuch as the Popu-
lists are returning to their old
party they may have had a right to
vote at the primaries. In this
county he received 150 votes in Bel
view, Kintire and Swedes Forest,
three precincts that cast only 140
votes for Lieut.. Gov. Smith two
years ago.
County. candidates are Offering
various explanations as to where
this vote went as to the Offices for
which they were running It was
split more or less, however, al
though some OF the candidates claim
that it was disastrous to them.
| At best. it shows that the pri-
mary law, where one party dom; :
mates the Offices of a county. is a
bad proposition, inviting outside
l 5s
interference. This might be pre-
vented by challenging, but there
are few men OF either party who de-
sire to watch and challenge at elec-
tions.
For SALE-A young fuil-blood Jer-
sey COW; also seven grade Durham
calves from one to ten weeks old
/ 7-2t w. B. KING.