The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-11-14
MAJORITY Will REACH 1900
DEMOCRATS GET ABOUT 2s OF
THE 14o MEMBERS or THE
LEGISLATURE.
sPAlDING AND MARSHALL TOO
BOTH coNGREssMEN RUN AHEAD
OF THE TICKET ABOUT
TWO THOUSAND.

Practlcally complete returns on the
election show that Gov. White, the
Republican candidate, will have
majority of about 1000. Official re-
turns may, of course, slightly change
this estimate, but it Is safe to say, on
the returns now at hand, that when
the final figures are given out the gov
ernor's majority will be found to be
above 10000.
The, returns indicate that while in
the cities there was good deal Of
scratching of ballots in the country
districts a much larger proportion of
the voters voted the straight ticket.
This condition appears to have pre-
vailed all over the state.
Spalding and Marshall, the Repub.
lican candidates for congress, will run
about two thousand votes above the
rest of the ticket.
According to the table below White
has carried every county in the state
with the exception of Walsh, possibly
Grand Forks, and perhaps one or two
of the smaller western counties.
The next legislature will be Repub-
lican by large majority, the commit
tee claiming to have elected four-fifths
of it. There were some very lively
contests, and some counties which
have been Republican failed this time
to elect Republican candidates.
Richland county has many Demo
Gratis, and the members of this party
were successful in the legislative con-
tests in both districts, the Republicans
electing but one man, George Warner,
candidate for the house.
Coming down the valley every dis
Il ~ f,,II
ticket until Cavalier is reached. There
Ole Axvig fell by the wayside Charles
l.. Plain being elected to the state SEN
ate by four majority. West to Bot
tineau all the Republican candidates
were elected. In Bottineau State
Senator Noble was defeated, but all
house were elected.
In Towner county the Democrats
elected Currie to the state senate and
Peterson and Harvey to the lower
house. They also elected the county
Judge. In Ward county the Demo
Gratis elected but one candidate on the
county ticket, Miss Flora Frost, as
county superintendent of schools, and
Rolette county broke about even on
the county ticket. Cronan is said to
ahead of his ticket in Ward and Ro-
lette counties, though definite returns
have not been received up to date.
Along the Northern Pacific main
line the election of Ramsett of Barnes
is in doubt, but all other Republican
legislative candidates were elected:
Stutsman and Morton elected Repub-
licans.
In Burleigh county, where there has
been the biggest fight in the state,
McGahan and Bostrom, Independent
candidates, were elected.
In Stark county there was close
contest, Mcclure, Republican, and
Lish, Democrat, being elected, with a
very close race between Senior and
Foley.
The legislature is reported to stand
ia Republicans and 26 Democrats,
though the returns may change the to-
tails somewhat. The Democrats claim
Walsh, Grand Forks and Towner coun-
ties by small majorities. The Repub-
licans will concede only Walsh.
The following are the majorities for
Gov. White as estimated by the Re.
publican state central committee: