Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-11-08
EVERY OFFICE IN
COUNTY REPUBLICAN
Bull Moose Boosted Strength Fiz.
zles-Hay Far Behind
Ticket.

F, After putting up the hardest fight
they had waged for several years, the
Democratic candidates for Thurston
county Offices were defeated by their
Republican opponents by varying ma
jorities in Tuesdays election. though
the election of at least three of them
had seemed practically assured.
Not until the returns from every
precinct had been received, however,
was the successful candidate in one
Office. that of county superintendent,
assured. The unofficial figures, given
on page four of this issue of the
STANDARD. gives the present incumbent.
l.. A. Kibbe, Republican, 1928 votes in
the final count as against zoos for the
Democratic candidate, B. r. McClel-
land.
DIR. George v. LYDIA made the best
race of any Democratic nominee. los
ing to his Republican opponent by
only IS votes.
The only complete table of Thurston
county returns, SO far as the principal
state Offices and the county tickets are
concerned, is published in the STAND
ARD this week. While these cannot be
OulCl0k UcC6uSC SuC COulIuloSlOuCiS
have NOT made their official count, they
are as accurate as can be made at this
time and are taken directly from the
reports made by the different election
boards to the county auditor.
This table indicates that, as a gen.
eral rule, the Bull Moosers ran third
throughout the county, and polled q
sizable vote in but few scattering
precincts. 1t will be seen, also that
the Republican vote is largely station
airy throughout, indicating that the
standpatters mainly voted straight
tickets.
According to these figures, President
Taft carried the county by 453 votes.
Some insight into the much-vaunted
popularity of Hay in this county is in
dictated by the fact that he gained q
majority of but 2S5 over Ernest Lister
in county that gave the worst-defeat-
ed candidate for the presidency nearly
twice as many votes. Hodges vote
was 592 less than Hays and 307 below
Lister. This last fact, coupled with
the other that not single Bull Moose
candidate in the county came within
striking distance of election, Illus
trates the real strength of that party
in Thurston county and the extent Of
the "hot air" that was INDUCED in
prior to last Tuesday.
The weakness of that party together
with the detection of many of its fol-
lowers to the Republican ranks and
their persistent scratching of the
county ticket, is largely responsible
for the defeat of the Democratic
ticket. Where reports from different
sections of the county prior to the ell
ectiOn seemed to indicate the Bull
Moosers would make a decided split
in the old Republican majority here,
the election showed it was far from
that.
DR.. P. H. Carlyon won the senator
ial election by majority of 653,
which, though not the largest on the
ticket, was considerably above the
average. His election has caused
general rejoicing throughout the coun-
ty, for, though he has succeeded in
making some enemies, the fact that he
has been the leader in many Of the i'm
provements that have made for the
progress of the city and county is
widely recognized.
The striking feature Of the election
is the remarkably large Socialist vote
polled, which was confined not only
to the city but was expressed in a
greater or less degree in every pre-
cinct and decidedly in Chambers
Prairie, Gate, Grand Mound, Little
Rock, Rochester, South Bay, Tenino,
TOno and Tumwater. Debs, that
party's candidate for president, car
ried five precincts, Grand Mound.
Rochester, South Bay, Tono and Gate,
while to these Anna Maley, the guber-
Material candidate, added Black Lake,
Little Rock and TeninO.