The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-03-17
The Two Candidates for Surveyor
Had Neck-and-Neck Race,
klaussman Winning.
RESULTS ON ALL THE OFFICES
HARRINGTON LED IN THE RACE FOR
REPRESENTATIVE.
Candidates Nominated for Justices,
Constables and Others ON the
Township Ticket.

The official count determines that the fol-
lowing candidates were nominated.
For Representative - JESSE OVER
STREET.
Prosecutor-JOHN c. RUCKELsHAUs.
Judge of Circuit Court-HENRY CLAY
ALLEN.
Judges of Superior Court-JANfEs NJ
LEATHERS. JOHN l.. MINISTER, VIM
SON CARTER.
Judge of Criminal Court-FREMONT
Afford.
= RsRressntatiyes iosNHBE1w NEWTON BOOTH
ORAN n. MUIR, GRANVILLE S.
WRIGHT. RALPH BAMBERGER, OTTO
STECHHAN and BENJAMIN A. RICH
ARDSON.
Clerk-WILLIAM Z. DAVIS.
Auditor-CYRUS ]. CLARK.
Treasurer-oLIvER p. ENSLEY.
Recorder-SAMUEL LEWIS SHANK
Sheriff-ROBERT METZGER.
Coroner-HARRY d. TUTEwILER.
Surveyor-HENRY w. KLAUSdANN.
MGREGOR-
Commissioner Third Distrlct-THoMAs
Z. STAFFORD.
County Council, Councimen at Large
ADDISON ii. NORDYKE. CHARLES b.
ROCKWOOD and WILLIS B. BLAIR
MIN +. OSBORN.
County Council. Second District-THOS.
A. JEFFRIES.
County Council. Third District-wIL-
LIAM c. HOFFMAN.
County Council, Fourth District-FRED
c. GARDNER
Justices of the Peace-w II LAM
SMOCK, WILLIAM II. NICKhA -.
JOSEPH. II. SHEPPARD, HARVEY Il.
STOUT and JAMES MNULTY.
EDGAR e. YOUNG. FRANK L. GLASS.
GEORGE B. DAVIS and DAVID J.
SMOCK.
Township Advisory Board-JOHN c.
PERRY. GEORGE HITZ and HARLEM
w. CARTER.
Road Supervisor, First District-JAMES
ALEXANDER.
Road Supervisor. Second District-GEo.
j. YOKE.
County Chairman Charles N Elliott and
William Bogardus. after forty-eight hours
CT almost continuous toll, last night COM
pleted the tabulation and ofhcial count Of
the votes cast at Fridays primary election
for congressional, legislative. county and
township tickets A counting machine, iu
use for twelve hours steadily. facilitated
matters. but the large number of candi-
dates and the numerous places to be filed
prevented certain information in doubtful
races until late hour last night. Tho
count last night was watched with an ap-
prehensive eye by several candidates who
were hanging between defeat and victory.
Tutewiler, who defeated Brayton for coro-
ner. was among the number.
The total vote cast at the primary Friday
far exceeded even liberal estimates In
round numbers, figuring on the vote for
prosecutor, there were about 1880 ballots
cast Overstreet. for Congress. received
about 1900 less, his vote being 1892. Hav-
ing no opponent many voters did not take
the trouble to- mark his name. James NJ.
Leathers for judge OF the Superior Court.
leads the ticket with 1925. since Overstreet
and Judge Carter had no opponents.
For prosecutor John c. Ruckelshaus
made a runaway race. receiving nearly
twice as many as the rest Of the candi-
dates. Spahr made much better showing
than Pugh. who was expected 10 make a
strong race.
Henry Clay Allen was renominated for
Circuit Judge by a plurality Of 1859 over
Pritchard- his strongest opponent. Allen
had clear majority also.
For Superior Judge James NJ Leathers
ran even better than was expected. receiv-
ing l3 425, and a plurality over Vincent
clifford of SITS. John L. McMaster was
also renominated. receiving 12.l29 votes. and
a plurality OF a.ss2. Vinson Carter. the
other nominee, who had no opponent in the
race. got about /. 900 more votes than Judge
Leathers.
Fremont Afford. for Criminal Judge.
buried Franklin McCray under a plurality
OF 5.6i3. Brown cut but small figure In
the contest
Journal Bambcrgcr. Stechhan and Rich
ardson were nominated for the Legislature
along with Booth Harrington. Morgan.
Muir and Granville ;. Wright. Tarking-
ton led the legislative ticket by about 30
votes Chalmers Brown. Fred " Sheets.
willis Miner and clifford Arrick were close
10 the winners.
/ DAVIS'S VICTORY.
William r. Davis for county clerk de-
feated Clinton L. Hare by more than s.Wo.
His victory was one of the most decisive
Of the lot.
"Cy'' Clark. for auditor. distanced Fred
Shepard Clark's plurality was a little
more than 1000 r s r seguin ran a
poor third. receiving about 2loo votes
BY a neck Harry D. Tutewiler won the
race for coroner from Alembert W. Bray
ton. The official count places Tutewilers
/ plurality at six;y-Seven. Dunlavy. who
/ ran fairly good third. received 3.25e. The
/ race for coroner was one Of the hardest
/ fought and closest on the ticket
Another nip-apd-tuck race. that for sur
veyor. was won oy Klausmann by plural
/ ity OF 53l over Moore. his single opponent.
Klausmann's victory was disputed until the
/ official count
Oliver p Ensley. for treasurer. was sue
I cessful by a plurality OF , 656. His nearest
/ opponent Robson. received 6.o07. Krauss
/ was an excellent third and made showing
i that surprised the guessers.
] Lew shank defeated l.. q. Akin for the
recordershiD by 1.7s0 votes. The count