The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-04-24
PRIMARY ELECTION

What the Benton" FIGURES
Were-Dr. Withycombe for
$50 Governor r~E ~
The primaries Saturday, resulted
in TIE domination on the repUhli-
can ticket of Cake for senator. Dr..
W.thycombe for governor, H4wiey
for congless in thlt' 's' riet ,s9isensen
for sa,r ,tary Of state, D1ni ey FIR
or nter and probably Steel foftreas-
urer. O. the Benton county Iepub-
lican ticket, the bslloting resulted
in the nomination Of Johnton for
senator, Carter for Representatives,
Wood ward, judge; Smith commis-
sione'; Vincent, clerk; Psil, sheriff;
and H ,rton for treasurer. One of
the frmarkabl incidents of the voi-
ing is that B ,urns CARED Benton
county with handsome maj ority.
Another surpri.e is that George
Sm;t1 bat William jolly for COM
missioner. Comment over both
propositions is very fee among the
rupubl cane. Jolly and his col
lesgues in the county have given
Beuton one of the best administra-
tlons IN her history. Under the cir
cumstsnces, the turning down cf
NJ. Jolly apd the friends who urp-
ed his candidacy is as big a surprise
as the giving of the county to
Bourne. Iu ths comment on the
fact, it is freely declared shat:it was
the result of a combination among
some of the candidates, aid their
friends. Wnetherstrue5 or not, they
declare tbas Wood ward sndsSmith,
and probably other candidates po9-
ed issues for the purpose Of throw.
ing down their opponents. Smith,
it is emberedz1was Wood war Psj
road dmaster in the latter's former
term as county Judge. Smith had
a good draw down in the job, and
Woodward perpetuated him in it.
AS soon as jolly went into Office,
Smith was let out and the roadmas.
tership brought to a speedy and
perpetual end. How far the job af-
fecsed the. vote for Belknap and Ed
wards, if at ali, is not YET kno WI, !
but 1t is freely declsred by leading
repu ublicans that Hawl y lost many
votes by r.ason of the secret agree
ment aud the setting up Of the vote
that resulted. There was big b
in Joily's defeat said a we'll
known republican yesterday. ''The
voters had no idea what it was un.
til it was too late. Many of them
voted without an understanding of
the situation. II ths democrats will
Eame good man TOR commissioner,
he vii. be el.c ed, for ex-Rosdmaster
S nth is not the man for, ,he pIacs."
On the state ticket. the demoor-
named Galloway for congressmau
over G 1chran, that being ths only
office in which there was a contest.
On the county ticket there were no
contests aud the men hitherto an
noun eed ara the candidates. The
fff ,rs cow among the unterrified is
to fill out ticket. The ,epubii-
can. ars dissatisfied with several
nominations and are anxious for
the vacant places on the democ,as-
let ticket to he filled out. Oae Incl
dent OF the voting is that E. E.
Wilson, though declining the place,
was honored with the votes of more
than one-third of the democrats
for county judge. An enormous
amount Of pressure is being brought
on him by members of both parties
of the county, urging him to accept
tbs pl zee. -
The republican vots in the prim.
aries was:
U. S. senator, Melkey 500.
u. S. senator, Bourne 251, Cake
173, Lowell 206, Smith II, Wat
son 81.
Congressman, Hawley 346, -Hus.
ton 312, Tooze 139.
Governor, Brown -2e, Geer 81,
Johns 35, Sahlbrede S, Witbycombe
600. -..-... --..........
Secre tary Of state, Benson 247,
Catch 43S, Pearce 43, Wrightman
46.
State treasurer, Al kin SO, Carter
314, Hoyt 1o6, jennings IS, Ryan
81, Steele 145. FOO >a:sr
Supreme judge, Eakin 675.
Attorney-general, Crawford 553,
Durham 174. !
Supt. instruction, Alderman 689.
State printer, Clarke los, Duni-
way 44o, Whitney 214. u /
Labor commissioners, Hof $50. !
Circuit judge. Harris SIS.
State senator, Belknap 2e6, John
son 443. I
State Representative, Carter $40,
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