The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-06-13
PRIMARY RETURNS
OF THE COUNTY
COUNTY CANVASSlNG BOARD
MAKES THE OFFICIAL COUNT
ON SATURDAY.
REPUBLICANS POLL A GOOD VOTE
But Vote in Democratic, Prohibition
list and Socialist Primaries is
Lisht.-The Official Figures

sisting of the county auditor, county
Judge and clerk OF courts, met at the
court house Saturday and canvassed
the vote of the recent primary. AS
predicted by the Register last week,
their canvass did o change the re-
suit of any contest. The totals for the
different parties as shown by the of.
fetal count are as follows:
Republican
United States Senator-Richards,
$40; Sterling, 713; Gamble, 422;
Grigsby, 1872. Richards majority, loo.
Member Congress, End District
Burke, 1,120; Curtiss, 757; Glass, 226.
Burke's majority, 1868.
Judges Supreme Court, list District
Policy, LBS; Corson, 672. Polley's
majority, 4S6.
Judges Supreme Court, End District
-Haney, 961; Gates, S34. Haney's
majority, 127.
Judges Supreme Court, Bird District
Whiting, 1907.
National Committeeman-Thorson,
1926; Halliday, 65S; Thorson's ma
jority, 56S.
Governor-Egan, 1,O24; Byrne, l.
00S; Gull, 173. Egan's majority, 16.
Lieutenant Governor-Van Osdel,
975; Abel, SOC. Van Osdel's majority,
1863.
Secretary Of State-Pay, S55; Hep
perle, 547; Glasner, 265; Platts, 222.
Pays majority, 30S.
Attorney General--Johnson, 1,7O5.
State Authorization, 1,642.
State Treasurer-Ewert, 1862;
%Pinckney, S53. Ewert's majority, 2O9.
Commissioner Public Lands
Brinker, 1857.
State Observation-Disclosures,
1915.
railroad Commissioner-Murphy,
S15; Eye, 3S7; LeCOcq, 374; Mueller,
224; Lavender, rs. Murphy's ma
jority, 42S.
State Senator-Miller, 1,755.
REORGANIZATION, 1862; Olson,
1856; Schulz, 1869; Meilke, 900;
%Simonson, 8O5.
County Treasurer-Gullick, 1,160;
Martinson. CAT; Reeves, 427. Gullick's
majority, 513.
Auditor-Ripley, 1,241; Stearns, 915.
Ripley's majority, 326.
Sheriff-Halvorson, 1880.
Register of Deeds-Bagley, 1871.
Clerk of COurts-Lunden, 1918;
Hanson, 1,012. Lunden's majority, 2O6.
superintendent of Schools-Miss
Stedman, 1910.
States Attorney-Matson, 1888.
County Judge-Hall, 1,766.
Coroner-Rood, 994; Woodwork,
765. RoOd's majority, 229.
Member state Central Committee
Youngburg, 1862; Nyman, 513.
Youngburg's majority, $40.
County Commissioner, Ind District
Jarvis, 366; Fox, 256. Jarvis ma
iority, 40.
County Commissioner, 4th District
-Halvorson, 227; Johnson, 2O6. Hal
vorson's majority, q.
Delegates to National Convention
Roosevelt, 1851; La Toilette, 739;
Taft, 208. R~oosevelt's majority, SIS.
Delegates to State Convention
Progressive, 1886; Stalwart, 36S. Pro-
gressive majority, 1,11S.
Democrat
Approximately sixty votes were
cast in the democratic primary in the
county. There was but one candidate
for each county Office, with two for
the state offices. The vote on dele
gates to the national convention was
as follows: Wilson-C lark-Bryan Dem
ocracy, %; Wilson-Bryan Progressive
Democracy, %; Champ Clark for
President, II.
Socialist
The socialist party primary record
ed % votes, and there a no contest
on for either state or county Offices.
They elected no delegates to state or
national convention.
Prohibition
Sixty-nine voters cast their ballots
in the prohibition primary, and there
Twas but n candidate for each once.