Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-05
LIGHT VOTE CAST IN IOWA
Republicans Will Have Only About 10000
Plurality in State,
UNCLE HoD BoIEs BEATEN FOR CONGRESS
D~emOcracy's Old War Horse Made 9
Game Fight, but Couldn't Lana
the Place He was Look
ing For.
CFrom a star correspondent.N

DIES MONIES, Nov. Especial Tele-
gram.)-Meager, returns from the state have
been received up to midnight by the com
mittees, but enough has been received to
Indicate that the republican plurality In
the state is about 10000. This is due to
the unusually light vote, as the republicans
have suffered more than the democrats.
Chairman Spence said at midnight: ut
looks like our plurality would 60 above
the 65, 900 mark, which we set a few days
ago. The returns show that Il has not
been possible to get the voters interested
in the campaign. The falling off has been
general all over the state and of course
we have suffered more than the democrats
as compared with two years ago."
The republicans are claiming all the
member OF congress. The Second dis
trict is close and the precincts reporting
show a loss Of about ten to the precinct,
which would cause the district to be about
even, but Senator Hayward telegrsphs from
Davenport conceding the election of Wade
(dem.) by AGO. The returns from the Third
district indicate that Boies has made a
great race and has carried Dubuque by
$500 and made a deep cut in the repub-
lican vote in B~lackhawk, but not enough to
elect him. Major Lacey telephoned late
tonight that he has the Sixth district by
1000 plurality, Nothing has been heard
from the First district.
Light Vote Anticipated.
Before the day had been finished reports
from all over the state confirmed the fears
Of the party managers that there would
be a very light vote in Iowa. Two years
ago the vote in Iowa reached a total OF
$50, 900, but last year despite an interesting
contest for state officers It fell to 800, 900.
1t was hoped by the party managers that
this would be slightly increased but the
result of the balloting in the cities lndi-
Gates that the vote will not quite reach
that total. Two years ago W.. B. Martin for
secretary OF state had a plurality OF sc, 176.
Last year A. b. Cummins for governor had
a plurality of SO, 900 over Phillips, and Her
riott for lieutenant governor had a little
larger plurality. 1t was expected that the
chief falling of in the vote this year would
be with the republicans. which would re-
duce the pluralities slightly.
congressional Contests.
The republican pluralities two years ago
in most of the districts OF Iowa were so
large as to discourage the democrats. They
we're as follows: First district, $500; Sec
ond, 1,400; Third. 1900; Fourth, IL, 900;
Fifth, 5000; Sixth, 5000; Seventh, IL 1000;
Eighth, $500; Ninth, 5000; Tenth, 5000;
Eleventh. 10000. But the democrats set
out to make a campaign in the first four
districts and the Sixth. The chief inter-
est, however, .centered in the Second dis
trict, where AL conceded the result to be
in doubt. Reports from that district are
to the effeetsthat the election day was an
exciting one, especially in Davenport, Mus
%catine, Clinton, Iowa City and other cities
Of the district. There was a great deal OF
hard work done in the Third district and
the forces lined up for Gov. Boies made
a great deal OF noise, In the First and
, Sixth there were many places where the
contest was fierce.
Local Contests.
The only contest in Des Moines was over
a Justice of the peace on whom a fight had
been made because of an unpopular decision
in a criminal case. Otherwise the vote was
! without interest, The county in which Des
Moines is situated is now so overwhelm-
lngly republican that but little pains have
been taken to get the returns and the