Free press., 1906-11-10
SWEEPSTAKES FOR DEMOCRATS.
Ellis County once more gives the Re-
publicans the little end of the stick.

The democrats have elected their
nominees to all but two offices on the
county ticket, Geo. H. Brown for Sher-
iff and j. R. Mueller for County Com
missioner First District carrying the
county by small majorities. Brown
worsted Dome by only 55 votes and
Mueller's majority was 81. The demo-
cratic pluralities ranged anywhere from
83 for Gross to 882 for Oshant. We give
above table showing the exact num-
ber of votes cast in each township for
the respective candidates.
The contest for Judge of the 23rd
Judicial District between Reeder and
Ruppenthal is very close and is still un-
decided, though the last report gave the
democrat majority of something over
q hundred The rumor that was circu-
lating Thursday evening to the effect
that Reeder was elected by 16 votes is
entirely unauthentic.
The TOWNSHIP ELECTION.
The election in Big Creek Township
was a game of snip-and-tuck with odds
favoring the democrats as usual. AS
will be seen by the accompanying table
the voting was unusually close and none
of the candidates have majorities to
crow over:
REP. Dem.
Simon Motz LAG VIM. Levick 26O
TREASURER
Fred Haffamier 203 John Basgall 1919
CLERK
A. w. Noble 1877 VIM. Richmond 207
JUSTICES OF PEACE
M. M. Bannister 1876 G. M. Cox POP
e. R. Cole 155 Geo. Schoendaller 227
CoNsTABLEs
Geo. Spencer 124 Chas. Rupp 258
VIM Wagner 179 Stephen Joy 218
THE AMENDMENTS
AS far as Big Creek township is con-
cerned the four amendments were all
adopted No. l, can amendment to the
constitution relating to the laws and
their construction by the courts, re-
CGlNGo ZOO 1OI anu on dSdlIlSl.
No. 2, "An amendment to the con-
stitution relating to the individual
stockholders, received 189 for and 90
against.
No. 8, ''The Probate Judge amend
ment to the constitution, received 1876
for and 79 against.
No. 4, 'May the provisions of the
high school act of 1905 apply in this
county, received IT'S for and 135
against. Not nearly all the votes were
cast on the Amendments, some not
marking their amendment ballots at all
and many only partially so. The legis-
lature should provide some better way
of explaining amendments to the voters
as the present method is certainly very
insufficient
THE VOTING.
Voting commenced in Hays promptly
at o'clock, a. m. Tuesday ard con-
tinued until 6 p. M, the first vote
being cast by Chas. Reeder, and the
last, No. 43O, by Tom Reed. The fol-
lowing clerks and judges were appoint
ed by Trustee Robinson to have charge
of the polling and the returns: Judges,
Nickles, Haffamier and Brumitt
Clerks, Harry Mills and Joe Meier.
Four hundred thirty votes were cast
in Big Creek township and about 1000
in the county. There were three sep
crate ballots this year and it was after
2 p. m. Wednesday when the last
Amendment ballot was counted in this
township. To say that the judges and
clerks and candidates were ''an in" is
putting it mildly. A phone was placed
in the polls and as fast as the surround
ing townships were counted the re-
suits were phoned in, saving much val
liable time. Pleasant Hill was the first
and Big Greek the last report to come
in. Only u out of 43O voters in Big
Creek township were unable to make
out their own ballots, and only a few
ballots were thrown out as Illegal