The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1912-11-16
ELECTION
aftermath

Canvassing Board Gives Murtha
Certificate. Socialists Made
Big Gains. Voters Un-
derstood Amendments.
Last week this paper gave the un-
official abstract of the votes in Stark
county. It was not complete and there
was no way of getting an accurate re-
port on all offices before the opening of
the poll books by the canvassing board
on Tuesday of this week, and in the
rush of furnishing readers with an early
report some errors in figures were not
detected until after the issue was out.
However. the official abstract publish
ed this week does not show any mater
ial change except in two or three places.
The official figures show that M. L. Nc
Bride, for senator, secured majority of
49 votes. Havlor Halvorson carried the
county by plurality o f rs votes. The
canvassing board found that T. F. Muir
tina, for states attorney. had 865 votes
and H. A. Burgeson 853 votes, major
ity of IL for the former. Woodrow Will
son had plurality of 81 votes in the
county and Roosevelt had plurality
of 210 over Taft. Mayor Sweet was not
taken very seriously in the county, re-
ceiving but 106 votes as compared with
976 for Hanna and 607 for Hellstrom.
E. j. Taylor, for state public instruc-
tor, had 1.224 votes against 76 for Miss
Baxter. Gilbreath had 907 votes. al
most 2 to over Morrison. Judge W.
e. Crawford had 1, SOB votes, Auditor j.
L. Hughes 1, 306 and Treasurer Geo. W.
Kilmer 1.15l. These gentlemen had no
opposition on the ticket. Thomas Hall.
for secretary of state, was given 1.04S
votes. Frank Lish, local candidate for
state treasurer. had 1.076 votes nearly
to over his successful republican op-
ponent, Gunder Olson. C. E. Ward had
1.272 votes, Miss Nolan 1,151. For JUS
tice. A. P. Folsom was high man on
the republican ticket and P. A. Horn
was high on the democratic side.
Adam Weller was high for constable
and Joseph Bleth had the democratic
lead.
There was great increase in the
socialist votes over two and four years
ago. In the presidential election of
1908 the socialist showing in Stark
county was 19 votes. This year it
was 50. For the Office of Governor
Bowen received 588 votes this year,
against Is for the socialist candidate
two years ago. lie Suer. from congress,
received IS votes.
The vote on proposed constitutional
amendments showed that our people
had been reading and were well inform
ed. For terminal elevators in Minnesota
and Wisconsin the people gave 1,14s
N(votes for and 386 against. For sale of
school land they leave 1904 votes for
and 429 against. When it came to in
creasing the term of supreme judges
from to 10 years. it was different.
There were $40 votes against the propo-
sition and SOS for it. The way the
voters of s tark county stood by Judge
A. A. Bruce for reelection was also
gratifying.
Following is list of Stark county
officials and their respective majority
or purality over their nearest opponent
to whom the canvassing board has Is.
sued certificates of election:
Senator-M. L. Mcbride 49.
Representative-C. C. Turner total
vote 1867.
Representative-FredW W. Turner total
vote 904.
Representative-Henry Klein total
vote 1876.
Auditor-J.L. Hughes (no opposition).
Treasurer-Geo w. Kilmer (no opposi-
tion). ~
Sheriff George Brown Is.
Clerk of C0urt-Valentine Koch Sc.
States Attorney-T. F. Murtha IL.
County Judge-Fred Maser ESQ.
Register of Deeds-John Leask 122.
Supt. of Schools-C. E. Ward 121.
Public Administrators Bayer.
(ne. opposition). s
County Surveyor-W. r. Veieel (nc
j opposition).
i Coronor-A.. D. Davis-492.
Commissioner LIST Dist. ID. Hughes 81.
i Commissioner 3rd Dist.-A.i F. Mis-
chell 60. ag& : TfsI esS 4
Assessor 1st Dist Charles j. Burda
(no opposition). a;1
| Assessor End Dist.-Mathias Bayer (nt
opposition). 7 tfA2
i Assessor 3rd Dist. Schliesser so.
n Justice-A. p. Folsom total vote 9O8,