The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-09-09
EXCEEDING TWO HUNDRED AND
EIGHTY THOUSAND VOTERS
WENT TO THE POLLS.
SHORTAGE IN BALLOTS CLAIMED
Complaints Were Received From Var
ous Places in the State-The
Grandfather Cause Created Some
Trouble.

Guthrie, Okla, Sept. 9.-Politically
there were 2lS,35S votes cast in the
primary election of Aug. ., of them
l25,SiS being democratic, 1865 re-
publican, 1864 socialist and SIS pro-
hibitionist. Three years ago, in the
first primary election, the democratic
vote was los, ,702. All other parties
that year made their nominations by
conventions. This year but fifty-two
counties reported any vote for tie
prohibition ticket.
In each case the vo;e here give"
was that cast for 20 'c.nu", being i'll
the aggregate the highest for any
office. There were cast for and
against the grandfather clause 240,07S
or y ,720 more than We're cast for the
ten candidates for governor on the
four political tickets. This may be
accounted for in that the law permit
ted no escape from voting on the
amendment. Every ballot cast had to
be either for or against the grand
father clause and, accepting the rec
ord of the state election board as au-
thentic, it means there were 2l,72O
voters who paid attention to neither
race nor candidate. but voted only for
or against the suffrage proposition.
Socialists and republicans, both of
whom We're opposed to the clause,
claim there was a shortage in their
precincts of ballots. Applied to many
precincts democrats make similar
complaint. 1t is asserted that social
lists and republicans secured demo
cratic ballots because there We're none
of their own and voted against the
grandfather clause without regard to
remainder of the ticket. The same
was also true to some degree when
voting their party ticket, which had
a tendency TO increase the grandfather
vote over that cast for heads of the
tickets.
Democratic Vote for Governor.
Records of the state election board
show the following vote for democrat
ic candidates for governor: Cruce,
56,051: Kirk. 2,O1O;; Murray, 40,7O0;
and Ross, 27,OS7. Cruce led Murray
1851. The highest individual demo-
cratic vote was 1852 for Kate Bar
nard, commissioner of charities ana
correes ions, and her plurality over
Baker wss 3S,074 The next highest
individual vote was for Charles Taylor
state examiner and jhspector, who
received 64.531, %ith plurality over
Landrum OF 1885, Bill Cross, de-
ceased, nominated for state auditor,
received third place with 5S,99S votes.
Next to the office for governor the
largest vote was for attorney genera
with total of 1OS,S45, the third being
lieutenant governor, los, S,599, and the
lowest was for president of the state
board of agriculture, the total being
94,377. The following was the vote
,ast for candidates on the democratic
ticket:
Lieutenant governor-Davis 23,416,
Duffy 1888, Ellis 1852, McAlester 49,
64, Notson 3,S9S, Postelle 1851,
ieager 1854.
Secretary of state-Harrison 56,OO1,
'Ieyer 1880.
State auditor-Blair 1898, Cross
S,99S, Gilmer 1863, Tucker 15,49S.
Attorney general-Graham 1856,
ley 3O,3S3, West 1895.
State treasurer-Dunlop 56,259,
'rapp 46,273.
State superintendent Cameron Al
o., Wilson 57,321.
State examiner and nspector-Lan-
rum 80, 1856, Taylor 64,S31.
Chief mine spector-Boyle 1898,
Ianraty 47,622.
Commissioner of labor-Daueherty
0 239 (no opposition.)
Commission of charities and correc-
ons-Baker 34,5SO. Barnard 1887.
Insurance commissioner-Ballard .
1876, Calvert 12,159. Gordon 13,6Oi, =