Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-05
further INCREASES
N LATER RETURNS
Republican Majorities Are Made
Larger by Vote From Miss
ing Precincts
Two PRECINCTS STILL OUT
TWO PRECINCTS STILL OUT
Judges Sealed the Envelopes and Vote
viii Not Be Known Until official
!. Canvass on Monday-cummins' Ma
4 iority in County 2,44s = Complete
Il Vote in the City.


The complete returns OF Marshall
county, for the general election on
Tuesday, will not be known until early
next week, or until after the official
canvass is made by the board of SUI
pervisors. beginning Monday. The
Judges of election in Minerva and Linn
precinct No. sealed the envelopes be-
fore returning to the auditor, and the
law will not allow them to be opened
excepting by the proper officials.
The precincts that were missing
Wednesday afternoon, including most
of the city, are now in, the Fourth
ward being the last to be reported, at
1880 today. The judges finished the
count in that ward early this morning.
The claim Of democrats in the pre-
cincts on election day, to the effect
that the ward would go 800 democrat
ic, was contradicted by the official
figures, which show it to be republic
can by fifteen votes.
Governor Cumnils' plurality. for
United States senator, according to the
complete figures. is 2,455.
Taft's Plurality 1,7S5.
Twenty-six out Of twenty -ei~ht pre-
cincts in Marshall county gle Taft.
for president, a total Of 1888, or plur-
FNof g, a
iority is 1927. Twenty-eight precincts
in 1904 gave Roosevelt 4,1S9, a plur-
atty Of 1882. Brysln's gain over Par
lser's vote in 1904 was Cos, and Taft's
loss under Roosevelt was sol, making
a total democratic gain in the county
Of 1897.
State Ticket Runs About Same.
The vote for the state ticket runs
about the SAM a little under the ma
tional. Carroll for governor, received
a total of 1922, 2T6 under Taft's
vote. CAROLS plurality over White is
1875.
Goods Vote Exceeds 1aft's.
James w. Good, for congress, pol. d
a vote larger than Taft by 262, and
472 greater than the head of the state
ticket. Goods vote in the twenty-six
precincts was 1888, and his plurality
2,O47, In 1906 Cousins plurality over
Stirton was 1,72s, showing Goods gain
in plurality in the county. to be 31e.
Van Law stanton Contest.
In the contest for state senator Van
Laws vote in the twenty-six precincts
was 1924, against 1,s14 for Stanton, a
plurality of 1890. Stanton's vote was
not up to what he expected, altho it
was the largest accorded any demo-
crat on the county ticket. Stanton
carried three precincts in the county,
the Fourth and Fifth wards and JEFF
ferson No. 2, the latter going DEM
ocratic turnout. He also made an even
break in Greencastle No. 2. Stan
toms vote was 167 ahead Of the state
ticket, and he received one vote more
than Bryan.
Arney's Plurality 1911.
With two precincts missing Arney
for representative, has plurality of
ISL. Like Stanton, Smith, the dem
ocratic candidate, carried the Fourth
and Fifth wards, receiving a total Of
1856 votes. to Arney's 1896. Smith
ran ahead OF the state ticket eight
votes.
NlCnolS0n ksoaoS III county,
For the contests for county offices
Alva A. Nicholson, for sheriff, distanced
all running mates. Nicholson received
. total Of 1856 votes. as against 1899,
or q plurality Of 1886. Nicholson car
ried the Fifth ward the only city pre-
cinct to go democratic. by forty-five
votes, and was the only candidate for
ceunty office who captured the Fifth
with the exception; Of Haradon. for
clerk of courts, who got the Fifth by
10 over Darrah. Nicholson ran ahead
of the state ticket by 1853, and received
2S7 votes more than Taft. All the
county candidates, however, ran ahead
Of the state ticket, including Cornell,
Stevens. Allen. Egermayer, and Hos
teller, and Haradon lacked only one Of
equaling Taft's vote.
The vote for supervisors and survey
or have not been placed in tabular
form.
cumnins Vote Complete.
= Governor Curnmins' vote for United
States senator is complete, showing his
majority to be 2,455 over Major Lacey.
Cummins received a total Of 3,O40,
within 55s of Taft's vote. against
Lacey's 5S5. In June Cunmins' ma
jority over Allison in this county was
1879, showing a gain of 1,176. Lacey's
vote Tuesday was 3s1 votes under AL
lison's. making total gain for Cum
minis Of 1867. The complete vote in
the county for United States senator,
together with comparison of the
same precincts at the June primary, is
IS follows:
Nov. 3. June 2.
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