The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-19
Recall Carried While Tax Was
Defeated.
FIGURES ON DISTRICT JOBS
Congressional Returns Show
No ~Maj0rity Men,"
Dyer, Walker and Ward Led for
Irrigation Board.

ment by a majority Of nearly 105.0 600
votes. hut rejected the proposed tax
amendment by nearly 10000. according
to official returns from the Office OF
Charles Sessions. secretary Of state.
! The fate of the two amendments was
hidden until the official returns came
from the secretary of states Office. In
the effort to secure returns from cleo
cal workers. very little thought was
given to the two amendments. The
vote shows that more than 225. 900 men
and women who went to the polls Mo-
vember 3, failed to register choice
/. concerning the adoption or rejection Of
for the recall provision was 240.240 for
and 135, $50 against: while the tax
, amendment vote was 156.969 for and
166. 800 against.
Returns from the light on irrigation
commissioner show the, election of d.
B. Dyer. B. p. Walker and George E.
Ward, Republicans. with Walker lead
ing the field. Dyer polled 1925 votes.
Walker 1913. 227, Ward 159. 420. Votes for
other candidates were: Democrats. J..
6s2. L. J. Wilson 143.7so: Progressives.
Furnam A. Cook 1860, H. B. Firestone
69.oS7. s. c. Price 1926.
! The congressional contests showed
the following votes for candidates in
I the eight districts:
R.). 81 $50: ]. b. Chapman Cd. 2O,279:
/ Sheffield ingalls, (Prog), 9,259. An
thongs plurality. 1910.
! Second district-John II. Order (R.).
24.732; Joseph Taggart CD. 2S,12; 8.
H. Wallace (Prohib). 2,71s; J. L. Brady
Prcg.), 1921. Taggart's plurality. s.
$50.
Third district-P. p. Campbell (R).
1854: F. ]. Mckinley Cd, 21.4s2:
| L. F. FULLER tsoc:). 11.s7s; F. w; Gro
(Prog.). 1871. campbelrs plurality,
| Fourth district-H F. Martindale
(R). 1881; Dudley Doolittle CD.
2s.sS4; E; B. Green tPs rob o s11;
ties tie - plurality. 1853.
Fifth district-W. A. Calderhead
(R). 22.756; 6. T. Helvering CD. 25:-
vering's plurality. 1855.
$50: J. r. Connolly tD). 1855; J. S.
Lovelace (Soc.). 1851; Eva NJ. MUIR
ply (Prog.). e.s47. Connelly's plu-
rality. 5000.
Seventh district-John s. Simmons
(R). 26.181; Jouett 6house Cd. 81
T, 74O; H. r. Ross ePtohib.1. 1898: o.
w. Dawson fProE.), n2.iSs. Shouse's
plurality, 1859.
Eighth district-Ezra Branine (R).
1880; w. A. Ayers cd, 21.512: II.
Davidson (Prog.). 11,s07. Ayres' plu-
rality, 9.6O5.
Total for eight Republican candi-
, dates, 1896; total for eight Demo
eight Progressive candidates. 74,017;
total for two Socialist candidates, IA,
| DOL; total for five Prohibition candi-
! dates, 1885.
A total Of 1929 votes were cast
for all congressional candidates, as
Sxof fol ~ ho :
+, 900 for United States senatorial can
didates.
| In the returns from contests for dis
trict judgeships, Is shown the defeat
| general. in the contest in the Thirty
fourth district. Charles 1. Sparks OF
| Goodland, won the election. Judge
| Charles w. Smith, who has presided
over the district for "a years. refused
| a denomination and sought a place on
the supreme bench only to meet de-
/! feat in the August primaries.
Contests in judicial contests in the
various districts resulted as follows:
Tenth judicial district johnson and
I Miami)-J. o. Rankin, 7,035; Alpheus
Lane. 4,73S.
i Eleventh judicial district Cherokee
county,. NJ. Dunbar. 1866; Edward
E. Sapp, 3.439.
Fourteenth judicial district Mont
gomery coun.y)-Thomas ]. Flannelly
6,129; Joseph p. Rossiter. 1872.
Fifteenth judicial district Jewell
/ Mitchell. Osborne and Smith)-Richard
M. Pickler, 1906.
Seventeenth judicial district (Chey-
enne, Decatur, Norton, Phillips and
Rawlins)-William s. Langmade, 1880;
A. C. r. Geiger, 1907.
/ Nineteenth judicial district (Cowley
and Sumner)-O. p. Fuller, 7,724; Car
roll J. Swarts, 7.143.
Twentieth district (Barton, Rice and
j Stafford)-Daniel A. Banta. $3.50.
j Twenty-first district (Clay. Marshall
and Riley)-Fred r. Smith. 8,493; r. G.
Miller 1852
! Twenty-second district Drown, Doni.
phan and Nemaha)-Wiliam l. Stuart
9,O26; W. F. Means, 6,657.
! Twenty-third district ellis. Cove Lo-
! gan, Trego, Russell and Wallace)-J
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