Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-11-11
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ELECTION FIGURES.

1IhCSllOVS 80
The election returns show that the
state at the recent election cast
more than 10000 votes for the office
of governor, and that Burke carried
the state by a few more than 1900
votes according to unofficial figures
obtainable at this time. This was a
remarkable increase over the vote,
of two years ago, when only about
$4,000 votes were cast. There has
been large immigration to the state
in the past four or, five years and
many immigrants who were not
qualified as electors two years ago,
cast their first vote in the state at.
this election. !.
A table Of the vote cast by the
seeyral counties prepared by Secre-
tary Thomas Hall Of the Republican
state committee shows that Grand
Forks and Ward counties gave the
largest maiorities for the Democrat
ic candidate for governor, each coun-
ty giving him about LOO more votes
than cast for the Republican candi-
date. The returns compiled thus far
are unofficial, and in some counties
few precincts are missing. The
county canvassing boards will meet
within a few days and the official
returns from the several counties
viii be sent to the office Of the sec,
rotary of state where the state can
wasting board will meet in Deem
Der.
The vote on the United States san
atorship shows that Johnson's lead
over Marshall has increased and that
his majority will probably be be
tween 1000 and 5000. johnson car aa..
ried twenty three counties in the
state, and Marshall carried twenty
one counties. At the June primar-
les Marshall was the high man in
tWenty-three counties and Johnson
in eleven counties. At that election.
OF course, there were four candidates.
and with two Of them, out Of the
race in November, Johnson appears
to have made more substantial gains
of the votes cast for them than
Marshall has. The Johnson majori.
ties were heavy in the counties car
risd by him. while Marshall's major
tiles in the southern and western
part Of the state were not large
enough to offset the heavy johnson
vote up in the northern part Of the
state.
The election returns show small
or vote cast for president than for
governor in the state, because Of the
greater interest In the latter contest,
and because of the fact that good
many voters, not finding the names
Of the presidential candidates on the
ballot, failed to mark their ballots
for theS presid ential electors. The
total Of the prohibition vote In the
state for president was smaller than
was expected. No figures on the
Socialist and other independent vote
have been complied, and returns OF
these win not be available until the
publication Of the official canvass
OF the votes. a I.
That the predictions Of the Demo
Gratis regarding North Dakota,s
status in the presidential campaign
were i'll judged would appear from
the large vote cast for Taft, and the
4 fact that all the counties in the
state gave majorities for the Republi-
can electors. Bryan made some
Z gains over the Parker vote of four
Z years ago, but that was to be ex-
pected, considering that the Roose-
velt vote of 1904 included thousands
Of Democrats who this year went
/ back to their own candidate.
In South Dakota the referendum
on the divorce amendment resulted
in the approval Of the law passed at
the last session OF the legislature,
which increases the time Of residence
4 to year and does away with the
practice Of obtaining a decree In
any one Of the counties OF the dis.
trict where the action is brought.
South Dakota has a r referendum
statute, and under this the amend
ment passed BY the Legislature two
Years ago waa submitted to the peo-
pie. who have voted out the divorce