The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-11-12
THE OFFICIAL ceUNr.

Made Thursday-Many did not 60 to
the Polls But Little Change in
Figures.
The official vote of Benton in I
the late election was canvassed
Thursday forenoon. The canvass
ing board was, County Clerk Mos
es. Justice Holgate and Justice
Waltz of Bellfountain. The total
vote on the republican electors was,
Dimick, 1,1o6; Fee, 10y: Hart,
1,1o3; Howe, 1,oos; democratic, |
43e; billiard. 442; Hamilton. 443;I
jeffrey, 436; prohibition, Amos,
1911; Butler, 1856; Gilmore, I34; Nc
Daniel, 135; socialist, Baizee, II;
Beard, "a; Harrington, "a; Holt, II
populist. Hill, Is; McMahan, 12:
Phelps, I3; Schmitlein, IL.
The official canvass made but
little change in the vote on prohi-
bition from that reported in We'd
nesday's Times. The totals were:
for prohibition. e31; against, 665;
majority, 2oo. The majority for
prohibition in the four Corvallis
precincts was 156 as follows: num-
Der I, 81; number 2, az; number 3.
1o; number a, 28. The majority
in Philomath precinct for prohibit
ton was I21. The other precincts
that went dry, and the majorities
they gave, are: Soap Greek, 7: Al
sea, 1S; Be1lfountain, 21; Monroe,
IS.
Six precincts went wet. They
and their majorities against prohi-
bition are, Fairmount, 7; VILLAIN
cite. 10; Summit, 10; Kings Valley,
10; B1odgett, 8; Wren, 18. AS re-
ported by the canvassing board,
for the first time in four years,
every detail of the returns came in
from each precinct perfectly correct.
Roosevelt's majority in Benton
is about Cos. The Unexpectedly
large figures do not so much repre-
sent a republican gain, as an apa-
thy on the part of the. democrats.
The ordinary republican vote is
about 1000, and that of the demo-
Gratis about 200 less. Demo Gratis in
large numbers, convinced that
their votes would make no differ
enee in the final result, not only in
the county but in the state and ma
ton, remained at home in all the
precincts. It has been ascertained
that IS of them in Monroe precinct
alone did not go to the polls. A
phone message from a well known
republican in Bellfountain says that
Il5 or 20 democrats there, were at
the polls at various times during
the day, went home without
voting In the Corvallis precincts,
the same conditions prevailed, a
number of well known democrats
not voting at all. Local democrats
are not disturbed by the result
throughout the county. or in Ben
ton. Many of them are figuring
that panic is about due. and they
want the other fellow to be in the
saddle when it comes. Even the
fact that Missouri went republican
is regarded as pretty fair joke,
and Jesse Spencer. the foremost
representative in the county of old
fashioned Missouri democracy is
full of good cheer over the result.
1t is estimated that 900 persons
or upwards in the county did not
vote at all. Only 1866 votes were
cast, and of these large number
were college students who voted
only on the presidency. This also
swelled the republican vote. as
effort was made by the leaders to get
out the full vote all over the coun-
ty, students included, while the
democrats made no effort whatever.
The student vote accounts in a
large measure for the fact that so
many voters did not express their
preference for and against prohibi-
ton. Between the maximum vote
as expressed on the presidential
candidates, and the vote on the
question of local prohibition, there
is difference of / 166. It is known
that a large per cent of this differ
ence was students and others voting
state tickets only, not being per-
mitted to vote on the prohibition
question because of the local charac-
ter of the latter. In one Corvallis
precinct, where nearly 200 votes
were cast, bnt six county voters
failed to express a preference on
the prohibition question.