La Junta tribune., 1914-11-07
ELECTION ECnoEs.

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ELECTION ECHOES.
Wonder how Patterson liked his
birthday present-that $4,000 najor.
ity for Carlson. What!
Keating carried fifteen out OF tho
twenty-eight precincts In Otero coun-
". but Mclean carried the county ~
majority Of 157.
Rhoady Kenehan carrier ten pre-
cincts In Otero county. this including
six precincts in La Junta-all Of them
with the exception Of No. 12.
Ed Brake for secretary of state.
carried eight out OF the twenty y-eight
precincts In Otero county-six Of
them being In La Junta. one in Swink
and last but not least-Higbee.
Two years ago Yant had a majori-
ty in seventeen of the twenty-eight
precincts. This time he came very
near making It unanimous by carry
ing all but four Of the twenty-eisht
precincts.
Every precinct in Otero county.
with the exception Of Higbee and
Omer gave majority for state wide
prohibition. In Higbee II was two
to one asainst-17 for and 80 against
and in Omer II for and - against.
DR.. X. c. Sapero. eye. ear. nose
and throat specialist. Of Denver. WIN
again be In La Junta for two days.
Tuesday and Wednesday. November
l7th and 18th. at the Sherman House
Consultation and examination for
glasses free. Call early.
Even the saloon precinct In ewlnk
vent dry by . majority Of ls. TAs
main strsst Of that burg divides ths
two Drseincts Of swink and botA
Ysat dry ~ . combined majority e;
u. Evidently there was not nueA
colonisins In swink this pear.
On ths day bssors election ths Isvo
| Of . canAi1nAs fee NJ fellow mas -
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Aslp . total stfIagse iato " 49,
coat. but on the day after eisctjoa
ex-candidatss do not average over
two frisnds apiece and they are sus-
picious Of thess. :.
Patterson had = majority In only
one precinct In Otcro county-Hig.
bee. He ought 10 be proud Of it.
That precinct Is rock ribbed and -
ancient NJ the sun In its democracy,
and probably always will be ~ long
~ tho Mexican population remains In
the ascendancy.
A newly wed made the remark 70
his wife At tho supper table wednss-
day night. ''It sure beats the dsvil
that Colorado went dry" 10 which OBJ
ssrvation bis wife came back like .
flash. 'It sure does-in more ways
than one. Il will put his Satanic
Majesty out Of business altogether"
FarraF for attorney general carried
ninstesa prscintts out Of the twenty-
eight In Otero county. Goblin CARR.
ID Timpas. Grand Valley. West iic'.
brook. East Swint. south Of llocky
Ford. three precincts In Rocky Ford
aud weitssr. Ths three precincts Of
Fowler were ~ strong for Farfar -
they wore against Patterson.
Tho day after election IL tho only
day In the year that In entirely FREE
from politics. On the day before
election any loyal party man would
stop four hours on his way home 70
supper 10 let little light Into the
dusty garret Of . member Of another
party. On the day after election 10
wouldn't 90 across the street 10 co...
vert . whole county.
Olnsy Springs had two prohltltloa
propositions 70 vote o. slsetioa lay
-oas un1sr the local oDtloa lav -
make that burg asy tsssitssy 80 ~
eehee the seats wi1e DseAl1oo1oa
aaee10eae. Un1se ~ Deeal eDe1oa
DesDes1olea 'ths lsas DeeSoe 6eo11o1
y nate olssy 0Dsiass ~ ut OoVo
. nAjeslty aoalnse soa1e vi1e Dso11.
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