The daily sentinel., 1912-11-23
HOW MESA COUNTY VOTED.

As study the official on vote cast in Mesa
county at the general election published The
last night we find that the has great many interesting,
number of unique and than few remarkable features
ne Roosevelt crowd only lost the county far the
national ticket was concerned but failed plurality
single senatorial or congressional candidate and also lost
the and all other Officers except general
auditor secretary of state and regent They carried county
for auditor and attorney general simply because their candidates
lived here and for secretary because the partc
uar vicious fight made Mr. Parce the candidate
ne socialist presidential ticket candidate for governor and
majority of the other socialist candidates larger
ceved had predicted five years ago that 1912 the
regular republican party would not poll as many votes Mesa
been adjudgcd as mentally wrong.
Outside of Denver county this county poled the largest
ca any of the 81 counties of Colorado
county poed 7o9 for the socialist presidential ticket and
this county poed II3o Monose county poled and Delta
Congressman Taylor got the biggest plurality OF any demo-
cratic national candidate His plurality I5 How
ever Sharoth for senator only vote lower than Taylor
in his plurality.
The election demonstrated that there mighty members
OF the socialist labor party IN Mesa countyan even DOZEN
ceved the largest given republican candidate polling
6I9 but Mrs Bradford emocraD carried the county
Ben Griffith whose home is in this city, received handsome
endorsement from his home county for attorney general His pu
In spite the efforts carry the county for W. G. knight
progressive candidate for auditor because this county his home
he got plurality of only 63 votes.
The prohbtionsts made pretty fair showing for their
tona ticket polling presidential Denver poed only
Cliff Parks republican candidate governor did not carry
single precinct IN Mesa county.
Judge Shackeford home county gave him a handsome
dorscment, his plurality being 65S.
Judge Sullivan repubcanprogreSsive candidate for
Judge received the highest received by candidate voted
for IN the election receiving 1902
Benton Canon for received the highest
for any democratic candidate polling 1904 He carried II
of the precincts in Mesa county In the that this
strongly republican county Benton Canon made the
markabe and the sweeping victory made and
by ANY candidate on ANY ticket.
Wcser for district attorney Shrader for sheriff and Canon
led all other democratic candidates this
total votes and pluraitieS.
S. B. Hutchinson for sheriff polled the largest
poed far by socialist who
for county office Colorado outside of the Denver
lutchnsonS total vote Certainly support of which
Mr. Hutchinson may well be proud
The closest contested county for representative be-
Porter democra and Newton (repubican), the latter
winning by majority of 327 Porter carried precincts and
Newton carried 9.
Statewide prohibition carried the county by 1896. The city
precincts small majority against but every
side of the city dry.
he search and seizure carried precinct but
in Mesa county, and the majority for it 1903.
and won by majority of $3.50
The public service commission lost by majority of 1877,
and the public utilities court lost by 2S9.
Mesa county turned down the fair proposition by
joriy of 1881.
The Editorial Association legal publicity bill for which The
Sentinel made fight carried the county by 1917 At the
the pamphlet legal publication by These
directly opposed each oher but both very striking
demonstration of the confusing of the initiative and refer
endum.
The home rule bill carried nearly all of the county precincts