Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-11-06

Complies linpMpial Returns
Indicate That II will BE
Nearly 10000.
a22 REPUBLICAN, LEGISLATORS
Democrats ANiil Have Sasen Sena-
tprs and T~snts-one Reprsssf,ta-
tixas MARIN Contests iin Several
pistriris.

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\ fixss Marin Contests 10 Seward
\ pisMiris.
Des Aiuines. Nov. 6.--lincnicial RS
/ turns from all this counties In iowa
show lti,at Governor Gnmmins I,il''
I rality viii faii little shprt of his pinr.
4 atty tMc years ago, when he was
1 elected by plurality of 88.iis. The
sreturns received mp 10 q late hour
last night gave him . plurality 81
1 7S.ass. This figure is made up from
retnrns from al counties with the
exception 81 g sew details, which may
| Change the vote slightly but NOT ma
| terialiy.
4 The incomplete RETURNS reesssea
yesterday shpw that Gnmuans re-
| ,eeissd asT 1874 votes and sullivan lfs,-
/ as. The vote of three uDimportait
counties was estimated ~ secure
| totals
The results from all quarters have
| been extremely surprising Counties
! which went democratic on representa-
tive and senatorial selections, and ~
many cases where they eisGtsd I'm er.
tire opposition county ;Eicilet, gaze The
governor q handsome anajorify.
Sepst county. which has been sup
pnsstiiy a democratic county went for
the governor, and many other dis
tricts Throughout the stase did the
Satne.
The local faetiis,isa hgirts, Of winch
there have been SO many in this
campaign. did not cut INTO the piur-
asity for the heat o the ticlss, hut
only seemed ~ bring out the vote.
Such examples are insitanced IN
Hardin, where Gnmmins received y
plurality OF Z,Spp. while Mark Furry.
the regular republican HoHinee, was
defeated by 40. fn Black Hawk ccnn-
ty, Gnmnins carried the county by
over 1900, xsisiie the ssntre demo
cratic county Eieket Was elected.
In the Legislature the democrats
make gains liz the houses, where they
viii have "a members. but they lose
in the senate. where they will euly
have seven members.
Several reasons are alleged for the
CT the ticket and the slump in the
There is first the personal popularity
81 the governor, then the faetionaf
fights 5asat have been in progress ant
Thirdly. Dat not least in Importance
the appropriately of the road law pass.
ed by the last legislature. This is
supposed 50 have caused the repus,I-
can defeat In Gshiekasaw and aepstb-
aican managers asefibe 10 it much of
The opposition TO certain members OF
the Legislature who Nossd for this
measure.
OF the three parties On the ticket,
besides the republican and democratic
the socialist party seams to he tbs
DUTY one which made any approx
anats gains. The prohibition vote for
Bennett Mitchell Will approximate
lS 900. which compared with a vote
ef 15SoS for Coates, TWO years ago
shows q Ealing on
Or The other hand, the socialists
chow market gain, TWO years ago
they cast q vote OF 1865 for Baxter.
THIS year they viii pon about 5000
Tor Work,
Two years ago the peoples party
poilsa for Weller I82 votes. For the
same candidate this year they have
poiied abous 100
Dies Moines, koy 5.--In the last
general assembly there were ten dem
oenats in the senate; this time there
viii be oniy seven.
In the house, the democrats viii
probably have tTentyone members.
This sasisa5t-f seems 80 BIZ Gaai. unless
the unexpected occurs.
The legislative conflicts hare Seen
marked by aaach 81 the surprising and
Of the dramatic. The most startling
revolutions have been worked. ia
SOME quarters surprisingly heavy re
pu3stean votes were pollea and i'll
others equally weary losses were sasr
tanned.
OAe of the hardest fights, as well
as one G the most sasprassng In its
results, was Woodbury. county, where
JohH H. Jackson IL declared elected
by q narrow margin of ~ oyer his
competitor. A. g. Garsetson, the dem
0efasse eaEaaaats, and a contest 10
threatened. The fight was picturesque
In the extreme.
In Hardin county another contest lis
Threatened, Mark Farry. the regular
republican nominee. WAS defeated by
a slender plurality OF 40. as compared
with 4 plurality for CDBasnins OF 1000.
Tire Tire Furry rsDuiiicans ciaina frand IN
sesas precincts and propose contest.
Vim, Weldon, the successful candidate.
is AZ 0ldtiAe republican, q pSomf-
neat business man Of Iowa Fails. and
d popular gentleman. He made 10
canvass for the place, but WAS elected
and carried on with the tide which
swept the citizens ticket into Office,
on the Issue Of charges growing ont 81
the tax ferret scandal.
Extremely interesting has been the
contest In the ToWaJ0hnsop district
Indicated had gone for Hughes by over
900 majority, II was 2 close fight
from start TO Gnfsh. Hughes attained
fame while In the house as the adyo~
cate for 4 z-cent railroad fare and an
Antl-Dass statesman. He has a, warm
E0jIowipg Of friends among the pol
ftteians throughout the state.
The Butter Bremen senatorial fight
seems TO haye been i merciless kiaugh.
Ter OF EOcsbe. John Wade, the elect
"a candidate. isa brother OF Martin J.
Wade az the 6eeond district. Butter
showed HoeSbe under by about 500
votes. wtsije Bremen shout doubled u.
Washington county Witnessed . ne,
Guitar light Logan Vas member Of
i lav and order league which tran.
saeted considerable business With the
people who persisted In drinking too
much THE league ArEeStAd eyerybOdy