The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-07
BY Ellis SearIes.

Indianapolis, Ind, Nov. And still
there is no definite information as to
The actual results of the election on
the state ticket.
Up to noon today all but nine of the
ninety-two counties in the state had
sent in their official returns to the sec
Jetary of state, but the work of tabu-
lating these returns has not been COM
pleted and no figures has as yet been
given out.
The remaining nine counties are ex-
pected to report during the day. Re-
publican state candidates have made
their own tabulations of the vote in
seventy-six counties and they have
also received from three different
sources semi-official figures. on the vote
in the remaining sixteen counties, and
they say the figures they received from
these sources were alike.
On the official returns from the sew
enty-six counties and the other returns
received from three different sources
on the vote in the remaining sixteen
counties, the republican state head
quarters makes the statement that
they have elected the following state
officers:
Fred Sims, secretary of state: J. c.
Billheimer. state auditor; James Bing-
ham, attorney general; Oscar Hadley.
state treasurer: J. L. Peetz, state statis-
tician; George Pelt, reporter supreme
court; J. A. Myers. judge of supreme
court, and David Myers, Judge of ap-
pellate court.
The republican state headquarters.
of course, admits the defeat of James
e. Watson for governor, ana said that
i. c. Goodwine, for lieutenant COVER
nor. and Lawrence McT,lrnan. for
state superintendent of public instruc-
tion, have probably been defeated, but
that there was still hopes of election
for them.
Democrats Claim Four.
The state democratic headquarters
has official figures from sixty-six of
the ninety-two counties and unofficial
returns from the remaining twenty-six
counties which were sent in by the
county chairmen. On the face of these
figures the democratic headquarters
claims the election of the following
state officers:
Thomas r. Marshall, for governor:
Frank Hail. for lieutenant governor:
Marion Bailey for state auditor, and
R. ]. Alley, for state superintendent of
public instruction. The only differ
ence in this list and the republican list
is on the state auditor. The republi-
cans claim the election of Billheimer
while the democrats claim the election
of Bailey.
Sims Narrow Margin.
On the face of the returns received
at the democratic headquarters f. A.
Sims. republican candidate for secre-
tary OF state. only had lead of thir-
teen votes over j. F. Fox and the DEM
ocrats insist that the complete returns
will wipe out this narrow margin.
At the state democratic headquart-
ers. it was said that the official re-
turns received by the secretary of state
from Newton county, gives Cox. DEM
ocrat. one hundred more votes than he
really received. They say the official
returns sent them and which, they as
sert, are correct, show that Cox receiv-
cd l .23 votes in the county. while the
Official returns filed with the secretary
of state give him only s,135 votes.
They state this matter will be investi-
gated.
Il is stated at democratic headquart-
ers that an error of - votes on the of
6cial returns of one of the precincts of
the Tenth ward. Indianapolis, has been
discovered. The official returns of this
precinct as filed with the secretary of
state gives Cox a0S votes Democratic
headquarters claims that in that pre-
cinct $50 votes were cast for Cox. and
that the error resulted from transpos-
Ing figures when the tally sheet was
prepared. This matter will also be
Investigated.