The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-06
RESULTS IN
The COUNTY
MANY PRECINCTS HAVE NOT
BEEN HEARD FROM AND RE-
suit Is IN DOUBT.
OFFICIAL CANVASS OF RETURNS
WILL BE MADE ON THURS
DAY, NOVEMBER 12.

While number of the precincts
Of Pennington county have been
heard from yet nothing official has
been received and the result of the
county election will not be defin-
itely known until the official can
vas is made on November 18th.
Enough has been learned to warrant
the statement that the following re-
publicans have been elected: John
HALEY, for register Of deeds by
about 400 plurality; John E. Hall,
for county auditor by about 500;
George Flavin, for treasurer by
about 400; Clarence L. Lewis, for
county judge by about 400; John d.
Patton and W.. E. G. Mccain, for
representatives; DR.. Jackson, for cor
oner; E. R. Hall, w. H. Jones and
j. G. Hendrickson, for county COM
missioners. The representatives and
commissioners have safe lead and
are running with the ticket.
Jacob S. Gantz, present clerk of
courts. has been reelected to that
Office by plurality estimated at from
200 to ESQ over Joseph Matthias, pre-
sent register of deeds. In the race
for states attorney Chauhcey 4+
Wood is slightly leading his repub-
lican opponent George Williams.
Tom Hewett, republican candidate
for sheriff, and Joseph Hare, repub-
,lican candidate for state senator.
have small leads over their demo-
cratic opponents. Peter Lemley and
Granville Jones.
Heretofore it has been the GUS
tom to open the returns as soon as
brought in from the precincts. but
this year the attention of the coun-
ty auditor was called to the fact that
the la wrequires that he deliver the
returns to the canvassing board in
the same condition that he received
them. He consulted number of the
city's leading attorneys Wednesday
and they all agreed that he should
not open the poll books or ballot
boxes until they are turned over to
the canvassing board.
The Law on Election Returns.
Section 1898. Political Code of
this state, reads as follows: ut
shall be the duty of the auditor or
city officer respectively to keep in
the same condition the envelope con-
tanning the poll book and the key
Mt tn hn IN
board; and it shall be the duty of
the chairman of the board of coun-
ty commissioners and other officers
respectively to safely keep in the
same condition the sealed ballot
box SO delivered until turned over
to the canvassing board"
Section 1941, Political Code Of
this state, reads as follows: ION
or before the tenth day after the
close of any election or as soon there
after as all the returns are receiv-
ed, the county auditor shall take to
MS assistance a majority of the
county commissioners of the coun-
W, or the county treasurer, judge Of
the county court and one county COM
missioner, none of which persons so
called shall be candidates for Office,
unless there is not sufficient of said
officers who are not candidates, and
shall proceed to open the returns
from the various precincts in said
county and make abstracts of the
votes in the following manner: The
abstracts of the votes cast for gov
ernor, lieutenant governor, secretary
Of state, auditor of state, treasurer Of
state. attorney general, judges Of
the supreme court, judges of the
circuit court, and all other state
officers shall be on one sheet; the
abstracts of the votes for members of
congress and electors of president
and vice president OF the United
States shall be made on one sheet;
the abstracts for members OF the
Legislature and of county and pre-
cinct officers shall be on one sheet;
| and it shall be the duty Of the coun-
y auditor to make out a certificate
Of election to each of the persons
| having the highest NUMBER or votes
for members of the legislature, where
said county constitutes one legisla-
tive district, and for county and pre-.
cinct officers respectively, and to de-
liver said certificate to the person
entitled to it on his making applica.
ton for the same.
The canvassing board will be com.
posed -of Commissioners Boland
Feigel, and Miller, and Auditor Rude
1 sill, who were not candidates fol
reelection and will meet at the
court house on Tuesday of mex
week.
/ The Stay-at-Home Vote.
| The percentage Of the voters. Wit
stayed at home Tuesday and did no