Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-07
MORE COMPLETE RETURNS INDl
CATE VICTORIES IN MANY
EiAx CLOSE COUNTIES.
THE REPUBLICAN GAINS
Though First Reports Tended to Show
Democratic Gains in Legislature
They Were Wrong and That Party
Lost Some Members of, Assembly.

Des Moines, Nov. 5.--(SpeciaD -
The latest returns, which, though UNI
official, give a good insight into the ac-
tual result of Tuesdays election, indi-
cate that Governor Cummins will have
a majority of over 10000, nearly as big
as that given him in 1901, when he ran
against T. j. Phillips of Ottumwa. This
result was unexpected, as much by the
republicans as by the democrats. The
results from all the counties have been
surprising. For instance, Scott and
Muscatine counties, in the second dis
trict, which is represented by Con-
gresham Martin j. Wade democrat
both went republican with majorities
bigger than for many years. At pres
ent the returns give Cummins plural
ity of 78,439.
Local Fights Have No Effect.
Contrary to expectations the local
fights in some of the counties had lit
tie or no effect on the head of the
ticket but only seemed to bring out
the vote to better advantages.
Democrats Lose in Legislature.
Not less of surprise than the big
plurality given the governor is the
fact that the democrats have lost
members of the legislature AL
though the early returns during Tues
day night gave indication that there
would be a gain for the democrats in
several Of the counties the fuller
figures show that the republicans have
gained instead.
Seven Senator'S.
Instead of democratic gain, as
seemed likely at first, an actual loss
of three members is sustained in the
senate. In the last general assembly
there were ten democrats in the SEN
ate; this time there will be only sew
en-. They are: Lewis J II Taylor of
Centerville from the Ap ianoose dis
trict, Thomas Lambert of Sabula from
the Jackson district, John F. Wade of
Greene from the Butler-Bremer dis
trict, David A. Young of Argyle of the
Lee district, Fred N Smith of Burling-
ton from The Des Moines district, and
John l.. Wilson of Almont from the
Clinton district.
Yesterdays returns showed that the
Clayton and Iowa-Johnson districts are
lost to the democrats.
Conflicts Were Unusual.
The legislative conflicts have been
marked by much OF the surprising and
OF the dramatic. The most startling
revolutions have been worked In
some quarters surprisingly heavy re-
publican votes were polled and in 9TH
ers equally heavy losses were sustain
ed M
One of the hardest fights as well as
one of the most surprising in its re-
suits, was Woodbury. county, where
John III. Jackson is declared elected
by a narrow margin of 10 over his
competitor, A. S. Garretson, the demo-
cratic candidate. and a contest is
threatened. The fight was picturesque
in the extreme
Garrettson's Economy"
A. S. Garrettson was nominated on
an economy platform He is one OF
the picturesque character of the city
by the Big Muddy having been one of
the chief promoters of the boom which
started Sioux City on the high road
to unlimited wealth and left her
stranded with burdensome municip-
al debt.
q DSNSIdi ioCdi lulClSSlS GU
tered into cutting down the majority
of Jackson to 10 as compared with l.
700 cast for Cummins among them
city politics. Sioux City cut Jackson
heavily. which might be due to the
above reason and also to secret oppo.
sition of the friends of Marlin ]. Swee.
ley, whom Mr.. Jackson defeated for
the nomination.
The Hardin Fight.
In Hardin county another contest is
threatened Mark Furry the regular
republican nominee was defeated by
slender plurality of lao as compared
with plurality for Cummins of 3.
TOO. The Furry republicans claim
fraud in some precincts and propose a
contest. William Weldon the success
full candidate is an old time republi.
can, prominent business man of
Iowa Falls and a popular gentleman,
He made no canvass for the place
but was elected and carried on with