The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-02-10
NUMBER OF VOTERS
MARK BALLOTS FOR
MORE THAN | Man
Brooks, Judkins, Morrow
and Reynolds Sure of
Nomination.
TOTAL VOTE CAST
AMOUNTS TO 1885
Chairman Price Says Show
ing Was Excellent, Con-
sidering Weather.

Progressive primary voters to follow
instructions given by party leaders
has necessitated a recounting in sew
eral precincts and the result of the
race for the county clerkship may not
be known until tomorrow. The re-
counting may result in the nomination
of Gipe keever or Potter, as these
three candidates for that office are
well punched. The remainder of the
Progressive county ticket is known.
Totals as corrected by county CEN
trail committee officers with the tally
sheets OF inspectors follow:
Judge-W. A. Bond .....1, 1,555
Prosecutor-W w. Keller. .1,7OO
Representative
John w. Judkins 1,166
Cecil l.. Clark 461
Senator-Walter McConaha Isis
Sheriff-Jacob Bayer. 1859
Clerk-Ciarence d. Mote BIB
Claude S. Keever $40
Park r. Gipe .53S
Lucius c. Harrison ...16S
Charles Potter .519
Auditor-E. S. Martindale ..7SS
w. Howard Brooks .......1,165
treasurer
Albert Chamness ......... 1853
County Assessor
John G.. Darnell ......1,467
Coroner-Dr r. D. Morrow. 924
DIR. S. Edgar Bond S33
Surveyor-Levi Peacock. L 572
Commissioner Eastern District
Albert Anderson ....-... ,501
Commissioner Middle District
NJ. d. L. Reynolds ......972
John F. Dynes ....69 696
In order to determine the exact vote
and whether any ballots were not
counted where the voter had marked
cross behind more than one name
for the same Office, the county cen
trail committee has decided to go over
the ballots in New Garden township,
Dalton township and Whitewater. Pre-
cinct No. 2. In these three it is known
that some ballots were not credited
to any candidate on the ticket because
in some of the races more than one
man had been voted for. In New
Garden twenty-nine such votes were
cast; in Whitewater, one and in Dali
ton, three.
In Greene township, Webster. No
/; the Sixth ward, city, and the north
half of the Fifth ward. city, il is be-
lieved that such ballots will be found
These ballots also will be gone over
and an official tally made of them. In
all other voting places the vote is cor
rect. according to the committee
The two leading candidates for
clerk Gipe and Keever, have consent
ed to the decision of the central COM
mittee. to follow a rule of previous
primaries. taekn from the general
election laws on protested ballots. -
which eads as follows:
ANY or part thereof from which it
is impossible to determine the voters
choice of candidates, shall not be
counted as to the candidate affected
thereby
Method Of Counting.
This means that the remainder of
the ballot shall be counted regularly.
but that where more than one man Is
voted for for the same Office that that
particular part of the ballot shall not
be counted
The total vote cast in the county
primary was 1886, which was above
the expectation of County Chairman
Clifford Price. Chairman Price de-
clares that considering the inclement
weather, the primary vote was ex-
cellent and predicts a victory for every
Progressive nominee at the polls in
November.
Weather conditions kept a large
number of Progressives from visiting
the polls" said Chairman Price. In
addition to this there was no opposi-
tion on several Of the township tickets
and farmers did not turn out as they
no doubt would have done had there
been more than one candidate for
, nomination for trustee and assessor.
I'VE had vote of 1,127 in the city
Of Richmond on yesterdays primary
and on the last city primary a vote of
1,400. But at the previous primary
weather conditions were ideal. l am
thoroughly satisfied with the showing
made yesterday. In the last election
2.200 votes were polled by the Progress
sives in the city. so it can be seen
, that the city vote will run about the
same as at the last election"
New Garden Vote.
Unlike conditions in most OF the
| townships, New Garden polled a vote
| of ESQ This is thirty-nine more votes
than were given Roosevelt in the last
general election, the Progressive can
didate for president getting 211. Chair
man. Price says that twenty-five first
voters in New Garden township voted
in yesterdays primary.
The unusually heavy vote yesterday
| was accredited to the intense interest
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