The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-11-29
OFFICIAL VOTE ON
OHIO OFFICERS
Secretary of State Graves Gives
Out the FIgures-COx Led
the State Ticket.

Elected by More Than One Hundred
and Sixty Thousand over Brown
Who ovsrtops oarford by over
Fifty Thousand - Height Of the
Democratic Tidal Wave That Swept
over Ohio at the Recent Election.
Columbus, o.. Nov. 27.-secretary
of State Charles H. Graves has an
nounced the official vote for state Of
fcers at the election held Nov. last.
James NJ. Cox, leading the state
ticket, was elected by 166,s23 over
General Robert B. Brown. Governor
elect Cox's vote. 439,323, however,
was less than that polled by any Dem
ocratic candidate for governor since
Tom johnson polled 36t,74S in 1908.
While General r. b. Brown finished
at the bottom of the Republican tick
ct, Arthur L. Garford, Progressive
candidate for governor, led his ticket.
with a vote OF 217,903. Browns pln
rality over Garford was 54,597, while
Edwards plurality over C. T. Brom-
ley, Progressive, for clerk Of the su-
preme court. was los, S,05S. For con-
gressman-at-large Lawrence X. Lang
don, Republican, led Randolph w.
Walton, Progressive, by 107,556.
Attorney General Timothy s. Hogan
tho nnRNnnFnftH
ticket, both in vote and in plurality,
defeating Freeman T. Eagleson, Re-
publican, by 1,489. Secretary Of
State Graves was third in the vote he
polled. but his plurality Of 14S,315 was
exceeded by that of Lieutenant Cover
nor Hugh L. Nichols, 149.521.
Clearly traceable to there being no
Progressive nominees for state school
commissioner and members Of the
state board OF public works is the re-
suit that John w. Zeller for school
commissioner led the Republican
ticket, with 32O,343 votes, followed by
the two candidates for members of
the board of public works, Charles H.
Geidel 31S,1S9, and William Mein-
hardt, 312,994. These Offices were abol-
ished by amendment to the constitu-
ton. For Offices which would have
paid them a salary had they been
elected, the highest Of the Republican
candidates was Thomas ]. Edwards,
nominee for clerk of the supreme
court, who polled 300,365 votes.
The fact that the Progressives had
no candidates for school commission
er and members of the state board OF
public works boosted the vote Of the
Socialist candidates for these offices,
the highest Socialist vote being 81 ,268,
cast for H. w. Yost, candidate for
member Of the public works board.
Because the Socialist-Labor party had
no candidate for congressman-at-large,
the Socialist candidate for that office,
Harry D. Thomas, was second on the
Socialist ticket, with 91,201 votes.
Drew Votes From Socialists.
The vote for school commissioner
and board of public works indicates
that the Progressive party drew votes
from the Socialists, even though the
Socialist candidates polled the highest
vote they ever did in Ohio. The vote
for those offices for which the Pro
gressives made no nominations does
not bear out the claim that If there
had been no Progressive party the
Republican ticket would have been
elected.
The only candidate for a state office
to be elected who is not Democrat
is Judge r. NJ. Wanamaker of Akron,
candidate for judge Of the
supreme court, who finished first of
13 candidates for the long term on
the nonpartisan judiciary ballot. He
ran 3O,334 ahead of w. T. Schoield,
Democrat, while Judge oscar W. New
man, Democrat, who also was elected,
ran 27,121 ahead of Schofield.
The highest vote polled on the judi
cial ballot was that of Judge ]. Foster
Wilkin, Democrat, who was elected
short-term judge by vote of 232,224,
a plurality of 45,s52 over Judge Will
liam T. Spear, Republican.
The effect of the nonpartisan ballot
was clearly shown in the big vote
given the Socialist judicial candidates,
John c. Madden, Henry w. Schroeder
and Norman L. Burnet, respectively,
99.512. 96,310 and 89.96S.