Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-11-17
WEST IS GOVERNOR
Lafferty and HaWIGy Win For Rep
PGsGRtatiVeS in Congress.
Prohibition is Defeated and Home
Rule Carries SmalI-Woman's
Suffrage Is Swamped.

Rule Carries Small-Woman's
Suffrage Is Swamped.
The winners in Oregon:
Congressman, First district-W. C
Hawley, Marion county, Rep.
Congressman, Second district = A.
w. Lafferty, Multnomah county, Rep
Governor - Oswald West, ClatsoE
county, Dem.
Secretary of state-F. w. Benson,
Douglas county, Rep.
State treasurer - Thomas B. Kay,
Marion county, Rep.
Justices of Supreme court, four-year
term-Henry ]. Bean, Umatilla coun-
ty, Rep; Thomas A. Mcbride, Clacka-
mas county, Rep, DEM, non-political
judiciary.
Justices of Supreme court, six-year
year term-George H. Burnett, Marion
county, Rep; Frank A. Moore, Colum-
bia county, Rep, DEM, non-political
judiciary.
Attorney geperal-A. M. Crawford,
Douglas county, Rep.
Superintendent of public instruction
Il. R. Alderman, Lane county, Rep.
State printer = Willis S. Duniway,
Multnomah county, Rep.
Commissioner of labor and inspector
of factories and workshops - o. P.
Hoff, Multnomah county, Rep.
Railroad commissioner - Frank ].
Miller. Linn county, Rep.
State engineer = John H. Lewis,
Marion county, Rep.
With more than half the vote in the
state counted, Oswald West leads Jay
Rowerman in the contest for governor
by more than 1900, and apparently the
estimate made at first indications that
West had been elected by a plurality
of 5000 to 1900 will be borne out by
the final count.
The expectations aroused by the
early count as to Vests plurality in
Multnomah county have not been full |
filled. Later returns partly closed the
gap between the two, but Bowerman
apparently has no hope of carrying the
county. West will have about l, 900
plurality in Multnomah. The figures
given include 129 Of the 1872 precincts
of the county, where the count has
been completed, and fair percentages
of the vote cast in all other counties
but Columbia, Curry, Josephine, Kla-
math, Lake, Sherman and Wheeler.
With returns in covering fully 80
per cent of the vote cast on the home
rule liquor amendment to the constitu-
tion, the measure has a majority in
the state of 1886. The remaining re-
turns will cut this majority down con-
siderably and the amendment, if car
ried, will have a small majority, pos
sibly not more than 1000.
The state at large, outside of Multi
nomah county. has given substantial
vote against the amendment, but Multi
nomah's majority for it of s, 200 seems
to have turned back the tide.
Elections under the local option law
were held in Is counties in Oregon at
the time of the general election and
the reports received therefrom indicate
that FIVE, and possibly six, counties
now dry have gone over to the "wet"
column.
The "dry" counties known to have
voted "wet" are Morrow, Klamath,
Umatilla, Malheur and Polk, and re-
ports indicate that Tillamook, now
"dry" county, has also voted to restore
the sale of liquor.
1t is known that Douglas county has
again voted against the saloons and
Linn remains dry by a majority of :
more than 500. Clackamas, now !
"wet" has refused to change its pol :
icy. Josephine county, now "dry," !
has given a majority of only IL against !
the sale of liquor, but it is reported a
contest will be entered in the effort to
throw out the vote in one dry precinct s
on account of alleged Irregularities.
Coos, now "wet, it is reported, has
voted to oust the liquor dealers, but
the report could not be confirmed.
Lake county remains "wet" by
majority Of about go. l
The home rule bill may reasonably u
be expected to have passed, although
the majority for the bill is not as great c
as the majority against prohibition. v
The vote so far as reported, including s
county, is yes, S,l57; no, n
2,271.
Very meager returns on other r
are in from the state A
outside of Portland, but in that city 81
suffrage has been defeated d
.wo to one and a like majority has a
)een rolled up against the separate
district measure. PORTLAND has given
itrong approval to the Eastern Wash
ngton asylum bill, has voted against CT
constitutional convention and all tu
hree tax amendments have been fav- tt
red. The employers liability bill has ly
strong lead in Portland, all county fo
ivision bills have been disapproved, to
,ut the normal school bills seem to 8
ave carried in the city. to
McAlnnville Republican and Wet. 81
McMinnville e. A partial count in CT
We precincts up to II 80 p. m. of
lection day gave Hawley 10, Smith,
0, Bowerman 80, West 7s, Bean 81,
IcBride 72, Slater 81, Burnett Sc, W
ling 80, Moore 81. For woman's suf- 81