The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1904-11-10
CASS CAST LESS VOTES !.
THAN FOUR YEARS AGO

The total vote OF Cass County, based
on the vote for electors, last Tuesday,
minus Dows Township with a vote of
about 20 which had not reached the
county auditor late this afternoon, was
4,7o5 distributed among the several par
ties as follows: Republican, 3,77s;
democratic, Goo; socialist, 1so; prohi-
bitionist, I55; populist, 10; about GOO
less than in 1900. The total vote for
Sarles was 1888. a#
When the Cass County democratic
leaders begin analyzing the vote OF last
Tuesday they will soon be plunged into
spirit OF wonderment and speculation
as to what has become Of the party
in this county. They will view with
alarm stupendous falling off of votes
all along the line of from SO I-3 per
cent to upwards of so per cent. To
quote one instance, which is an av-
eragc, in Leonard Township this year
the vote for democratic congressman
was Id, for the same Office four years
ago the vote was II. In the second
precinct of the Sixth Ward, Fargo, the
democratic vote for the same Office was
85, four years ago; this year IA votes
were cast and there was but little
difference in the total vote of the ward.
The total vote in Durbin this year
was SO; four years ago 70 votes were
cast.
1t devolves upon party managers to
select men to have charge of election
returns men who possess some degree
of intelligence and thought for public
convenience One election officer in
this city was urged to deliver his re-
turns to the county auditor as they
were required to complete the state
mert of the city vote--when he deliv-
cred them at the courthouse and found
reporter waiting for them he declared
that If he had known they were for
the use of the damned newspapers" he
wolud have kept them the three days
allowed by law.
Thirteen precincts in the Fifth Conn
missioner District gave Boyle 422 and
BroWnIIIo.
Eight precincts in the Third Com
missioner District gave Hodgson 25o
votes and Button So.
AolittSdi iihhGeSNlS VIII #Iiiiu SDitN lti-
|teresting analyses when they come to
sift the vote OF last Tuesday and begin
to make comparisons with the general
election of 1902 and the presidential
campaign Of 1900.
The total vote in the city of Fargo
last Tuesday was 1860, distributed
among the several political parties as
follows: Republican, 1886; democra-
tic, 2o3; socialist, Io3; prohibitionist,
33: populist, a.
The republican vote for Mckinley,
four years ago, was I,Io8; democrat,
572; socialist, Sc.
The official ballots for the first ward
Of the city of Fargo did not reach the
courthouse until today at III a, m.
Election officers generally seemed
disposed to follow closely ali provisions
Of the election law, but some OF the re-
turns show that that some were very
technical, especially In the filing out of
the summary OF the vote which was
supplied in duplicate so that the county
auditor could supply the public with the
sefni-oficial figures and not obligc them
to wait for returns until after the of
fetal canvass by the cariyassiiig board.
There were instances iii the city where
the summary sheet was only filed OUT
with the national and state figures
county Offices were left blank.