The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-11-05


on joint ballot Governor Crawford
will be elected senator to succeed Kit
tredge.
Granville Jones, who made a tire.
less campaign against the republicans,
was defeated for the legislature by
Hare in Pennington county. Egan was
elected states attorney in Minnehaha
county.
Lake Andes has triumphed over
Geddes for the seat of Charles Mix
county. The fate of the county op-
tion and the various amenLme is
not yet known.
Eben w. Martin and Charles H.
Burke, republicans, are elected to con-
gress by majorities which will not
vary much from those given Taft
Republicans are greatly pleased be-
cause of the reelection of NJ. ID. Cham
ey of Clay county, who was speaker
in the lower house in the last legis-
lature. A hard fight was made upon
him.
The County.
The result of Tuesdays election in
the county was a complete victory
for the republican ticket. Reports
from twenty-five of the thirty precincts
indicate that Taft will carry the county
by about 500 majority. Vessey, for
governor, ran behind the presidential
candidate, but his majority will be well
over the 800 mark. Burke and Mar
tin, the republican nominees for CON
gress, ran a little ahead of Taft in
this county and their majorities will
be close to 500.
O. J. Bitterness, republican candi
date for county auditor, is a winner
over d. w. Reeves, independent, by
a majority of over 800. Returns from
all the precincts but Argo, Alton, Ban
gor, Lake Siani and Winsor give OF
terness ! ,027 and Reeves 7l6, and the
remaining return viii probably in
crease rather tn. diminish Bitterness
majority. Nh JJterEess carried the
city of Brookiugs by a majority of sc,
Mr. Reeves getting one ward, the
Third.
One of the surprises of the election
was the poor run made by Quincy Lee
Morrow, the prohibition candidate for
state senator. 1t was expected that
this contest would be very close, but
r. II. Williams, the republican candi-
date, a majority of $50, with the
chances that it will be increased when
the complete figures are in to 700. Mr..
Williams carried all four wards in the
city of Brookings and his majority in
the city was 129.
No figures are obtainable at this
time on the county option question,
but it is probable that it is carried
in this county. No reports were re-
ceived on the other amendments. We
understand that the Third ward re-
turned a majority against the county
option amendment
The Democratic club in this city
claimed a membership of something
over 200, but Bryan only polled 135
votes in the four wards Tuesday.
A tabulated statement of the vote
of the county, as far as the returns
re in, will be found in another column.
The republican county ticket elected
Tuesday is as follows: State senator,
r. H. Williams of Brookings; repres-
entatives, Chas. U. Arnold of Sherman,
Edward Heffernan of Elkton, F. F.
Ribstein of Bruce, Severt Simonson
of Lake Siani; treasurer, f. l.. Van
Dyke of White; auditor, 0. J. Otter
ness of Brookings; register of deeds,
o. b. Utigard of Argo; sheriff, J. G.
Miles of Brookings; clerk of courts,
Norman Hanson of Brookings; states
attorney, Olaf Eidem of Brookings;
of schools, Malcolm
Aldrich of Brookings; county Judge,
Albert Matson of Brookings; coroner,
DR.. d. F. O'Connor of Elkton; survey
or, Geo. r. Wescott of Brookings;
commissioners, Lewis Johnson
of Volga. ]. l.. Jarvis of Brookings.