The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1912-11-07
WILSON ELECTED
By Large Plurality. Roosevelt good
Second, and Taft bad Third.
Washington State Is Strongly Progressive So Whacom
County. Hodge Is Probably Defeated.7 Shagren
and Legoe Elected County Commissioners
Kellogg Defeated by Pemberton.

1875; Debs. SO; Wilson "A; Chafin
II; Socialist-Labor candidate 2.
| On governor the vote was Hodge
100; Maley 1O4; Lister 49, Hay
81: Stivers 10. For state senator
Sampley received 1871; Baker 1874;
Brown "a. r he vote for judges of
the superior court was: Hardin 23f;
Pemberton 157; Kellogg II. For
justice of the peace, Lynden:, Elder
149; Ramsdell 81; Shoemaker 1O1.
Lynden Township, north pre-
cinct, gave Roosevelt 1872; Wilson
62 Debs 5S; Taft 18; Socialist-La-
Dor 4; Chafin 8.
| Lynden Township, south precinct,
gives Roosevelt 70; Taft Al; Wilson
The town of Ferndale gave Roose-
welt % votes; Wilson 81; Taft SO;
Debs So Chafin "a
Following are the returns in
WhatcOm county. 1t must be re-
| membered that the republican can
didates for county clerk, county au-
ditOr and county superintendent of
| schools had no opposition by the
Progressive party, these positions
being left blank on their ticket, and
the larger part of the Progressive
vote was given the republican can
didates for these places:
Henry Shagren, Progressive.
county commissioner;
c. B. Legoe. Progressive, coun-
| ty commissioner;
Frank w. Bixby, Progressive,
county attorney;
J. J. Falkner, Progressive, rep
resentative;
Guy E. Dunning. Progressive,
representative;
Sherd J. Noble. Progressive.
county engineer;
Mrs. Frances C. Axtell, Republi-
can, Representatives;
w. J. Hughes, Democrat, repre-
sentative;
Will d. Wallace. Republican, au-
ditor;
Samuel E. Leitch, Republican
county clerk;
Nellie c. Rogers, Democrat, coun-
lty treasurer;
l.. A. Thomas. Democrat, sheriff.
(probable.)
Henry Thompson. Republican
coroner;
Della l.. Keeler. Republican, su-
perintendent of schools;
Superior judges: E. E. Hardin
and w. H. Pemberton.
Walter Elder defeated B. p.
Shoemaker as justice of the peace
In LINDEN precinct by majority
of AZ.
At the time The Tribune goes to
press additional returns indicate the
Did you notice those mislead-
ing headlines and reports in the dali
twins of Bellingham yesterday and
today? Might as web own up, old
man; you are up against it-beaten
to fraZzle.
A young man by the name of
Hills and another young man nam-
ed Rupp have demonstrated their
eligibility for places of Importance
in the Ananias club. Hills had
inside proof that Taft would be
elected, and Rupp assured us that
there were no Bull Moosers worth
bOthering about in the state of
Washington. Latest reports are
to the effect that Rupp has crawled
into his hole at Aberdeen and pull
ed the hole in after him, while Mr..
Hills will resume his duties as pri-
vate secretary to the president-un-
til next March.
How about those reports sent
out by the Bellingham dailies be-
fore and after election. about the
republicans sweeping the state and
county? The republicans have
been swept off the map by the peO-
ple's ballots. State and county have
gone Progressive and Sammy Per-
kins loses his job as political die
tatOr to the governor. and gener-
al all-round republican party ma
nipulator.
Two years ago Bellingham went
"dry" by majority of 80. Last
Tuesday it decided by nearly 400
majority to remain dry.
In Everett, after period of
two years without saloons. the
'wets" carried the election by
nearly 1000 majority.
Olympia voted to remain wet by
a majority of GIG.
Centralia and Snohomish both
went wet, while EdmOnds voted dry
by 100 majority.
Wenatchee voted dry to 1.
Death of John l.. Wilson.