Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-11-12
.CUMM|Ns HAS A
BIG PLURALITY
Complete Unofficial Returns
Indicate That 1t Will Be
Nearly 10000.
i19 REPUBLICAN LEGISLATORS
Democrats Win Have Eight Sena-
tors and Twenty-three Representa-
tves-Warm Contests in Several
Districts.

Des Moines, Nov. 5.-Unoficial re-
turns from all the counties in Iowa
show that Governor Cummins' plu-
rality will fen little short of his plur-
atty two years ago, wheel he was
elected by a plurality OF S3,119. The
returns received up to late hour
last night gave him a plurality OF
7S,439. This figure is made up from
returns from all counties with the
exception of a few details, which may
change the vote slightly but not ma
terially.
The incomplete returns received
yesterday show that Cummins re-
ceived 237854 votes and Sullivan 1884,
AIS. The vote of three unimportant
counties was estimated to secure
totals.
The results from all quarters have
been extremely surprising. Counties
which went democratic on representa-
tive and senatorial selections, and in
many cases where they elected an en-
tire opposition county ticket, gave the
governor a handsome majority.
Scott county, which has been sup
posedly a democratic county, went for
the governor, and many other dis
tricts throughout the state did the
same.
The local factional fights, Of which
there have been so many in this
campaign, did not cut INTO the plur-
atty for the head of the ticket. but
only seemed to bring out the vote.
NJ or IN,
Hardin, where Cummins received a
plurality of 200, while Mark Furry,
the regular republican nominee, was
defeated by 140. In Black Hawk coun-
ty, Cummins carried the county by
over 1000, while the entire demo
cratic county ticket was elected.
In the legislature the democrats
make gains in the houses, where they
will have 81 members, but they lose
in the senate, where they will only
have seven members.
Several reasons are alleged for the
difference in the vote on the head
Of the ticket and the slump in the
republican embership n the house.
There is first the personal popularity
Of the governor, then the factional
fights that have been in progress and
thirdly, but not least in importance
the unpopularity of the road law pass
ed by the last legislature. This is
supposed to have caused the republi.
can defeat in Chickasaw and repub-
lican managers ascribe to it much Of
the opposition to certain members of
the legislature who voted for this
measure.
OF the three parties on the ticket,
besides the republican and democratic
the socialist party seems to be the
only one which made any approx
mate gains. The prohibition vote for
Bennett Mitchell will approximate
$4,000, which compared with vote
OF 1868 for Coates, two years ago
shows a falling off
On the other hand, the socialists
show a market gain. Two years ago
they cast vote of 3,463 for Baxter,
This year they will poll about 5000
for Work.
Two years ago the peoples party
polled for Weller 7S2 votes. For the
same candidate this year they have
pClled about 700.
Des Moines, Nov. Sin the last
general assembly there were ten dem.
ocratS in the senate; this time there
viii! be only seven.
In the house, the democrats will
probably have twenty-one members.
This number seems to be final, unless
the unexpected occurs.
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-
puDilcan votes were polled and in
others equally heavy losses were sus-
tanned
One of the hardest fights. as well
as one OF the most surprising in it's
results, was Woodbury. county, where
John H. Jackson is declared elected
by narrow margin of 10 over his
competitor, A. S. Garretson, the DEM
ocratic candidate, and a contest is
threatened. The fight was picturesque
in the extreme.
In Hardin county another contest is
threatened, Mark Furry, the regular
republican nominee, was defeated by
a slender plurality CT $40, as compared
with plurality for Cummins of 1000.
The Furry republicans claim fraud in
some precincts and propose a contest.
VIM. Weldon, the successful candidate,
is an old-time republican, a promi,
nent business man of Iowa Falls, and
popular gentleman. He made no
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 out of
the tax ferret scandal
Extremely interesting has been the
contest in the Iowa-Johnson district
which the latest returns of last night
indicated had gone for Hughes by over
800 majority. 1t was a close fight
from start to finish. Hughes attained
fame while in the house as the advo-
| cate for 2-cent railroad fare and an
| anti-pass statesman. He has a warm
following of friends among the pol
| iticians throughout the state.
The Butler-Bremer senatorial fight
| seems to have been merciless slaugh'
ter of Soesbe. John Wade, the elect
ed candidate, is brother of Martin j
Wade of the Second district Butler
| showed Soesbe under by about SOC
votes, while Bremen about doubled it
Washington county witnessed a pc
cuiar fight. Logan was a member OF
a law and order league which tran
sacted considerable business with the
people who persisted in drinking toe
much. The league arrested everybody
who drank to excess without respect
to conditions Among the victims OF
its raids, were number of prominent
young people, who attended swell
function and found themselves. as q
result, under arrest for intoxication
This developed a feeling of consider
able hostility. 1t festered so that
when the vote was counted, it was dis
| covered that l.. l.. DeLano. the demo