White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-08
Election Day
Is Memorable
FIELD AND KENT FOR COUNTY
CLERK Is FEATURE OF MANY
POLITICAL STRUGGLES.

With the Republicans winning the
majority of the county offices, the
election in White Pine county
brought out a tremendous vote ow-
ing to the bitter fights that were
waged for several political berths.
Several fayorites who seemed to be
no more than straws in the wind
raced under the wire first, and sur
prised the voting public generally.
Interest in the contests for dis
trict attorney. clerk, assessor, JUS
tice of the peace and district Judge
overshadowed everything else on the
county ticket, and bitter battle was
waged throughout the Ely district
for the favorite standard-bearers
that did not cease until the polls
were closed.
The most spectacular fight was
between Frank E. Kent and F. d.
Oldfield for county clerk. Kent's
plurality at McGill was the largest
ever attained by any candidate in
the county, and he got out of the
smelter town with a lead of 25S
votes East Ely Increased this total
| by 4S votes Oldfield offset this big
advantage by a heavy vote in Ely
and a phenomenal showing in the
county.
With Snake Valley, Muncy and
Pleasant Valley to hear from, Kent's
majority was so votes and Oldfield's
fight looked hopeless. Snake Valley
stayed with him and gave him 81
votes while Kent received only ;.
Pleasant Valley lent additional en-
couragement In the shape of ten
votes, while Kent failed to receive
any recognition whatever in that To-
cality Muncy made Oldfield's eiec-
tion certainty. The returns show
ed that Kent had received only three
votes out of 22 cast. A tabulation of
the entire vote shows the following:
Oldheld. s65; Kent. s54.
/ The contest between f. NJ. Clark
and ]. F. Miles aroused more than
usual attention. and forecasts were
freely offered that the tide of battle
would be close. Friends of Clark
realized that their fayorite would be
compelled to poll heavy vote in the
Ely district to overcome the support
that his opponent would receive in
the rural districts. and their predic-
tions were correct. Miles led his OPP
ponent 161 votes on the outside.
Clark carried Ely by 159 votes. and
/ his majority at McGill totalled 81
The strong support that he received
in the two largest precincts in the
county insured his election by 43
votes.
/ Much interest was displayed in the
district judgeship. regardless of the
fact that two Republican candidates
were pitted against a Democrat. A.
l.. Haight, Republican candidate. re-
ceived 602 votes. carrying McGill by
a. over C.J McFadden. the winner;
]. NJ. Lockhart. as an independent,
polled 407 votes in the county, Me-
Fadden's total being us.
One of the features of the election
was the defeat of A. j. Cartwright.
who has held the position of Justice
OF Peace in Ely for eight years. II.
w. Edwards succeeded in leading the
present incumbent by 800 votes.
Cartwright failed to carry a single
precinct Edwards polled S23 votes
in the six owns included within the
Jurisdiction of the Justice court.
The close struggle between John
II. Watson and Alex B. Baird for
place in the assembly enlivened the
fight on the legislative ticket. Re-
turns from Muncy and Pleasant Val
ley gave Baird lead of three votes
with Ruby Mountain yet TO report.
cd as five out of seven voters in that
locality are reputed to be Socialists.
Before the returns at McGill were
tabulated A. r. Whitehead was rank
ed among the leaders, but a small
vote at the smelter town placed him
out of the running Watson de-
feated Baird 4S votes at McGill and
assumed a lead of three over his
nearest competitor Baird gained
seven in Snake Valley. Muncy and
Pleasant Valley.
William Goodman of McGill is
high man on the Legislative ticket.
through receiving an overwhelming
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