The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-11-06
VOTERS IN FAVOR
OF PROCRESSIvES
FOR STATE RULE
Seaney First Democrat to
Serve as Commissioner in
Wayne County in States
History.
STEEN COMES BACK
Old County Council Favor
ing Voting Machines De-
feated Decisively by V0t-
ers of Whole County.


feated Decisively by Vot-
ers of Whole County.
Comparison of the vote for United
States senator in Wayne county last
Tuesday with the vote cast for presi-
dent in 1912, shows a loss of 54S. In
1912 there were 1875 votes cast for
president; last Tuesday there were
1O.S27 votes cast for senator. This
vote was 1918 less than the vote reg
istered in the county last October,
which was 1000.
OF the 1O,S27 votes cast at Tuesdays
election, 5.555 were in the city Of
Richmond, more than half OF the total
vote of the county outside of Rich
mond. which was 5,272.
a failure of one-tenth of the regis
tered voters of the county to visit the
polls last Tuesday is one of the many
surprising features of the election.
Plurality Results.
The pluralities for the two heads OF
the state ticket and the candidates
on the county ticket are as follows:
Senator-Beyeridge, P, 581 over
Shively, D.
Secretary OF State-PlerSOn, p, 1S9
over Cook, D.
Treasurer-Chamness p, 231 over
Morel, r.
Auditor-Bowman. R., 66S over
Brooks. Progressive.
Clerk-Kelly, D.. 239 over Keever. P.
Joint Representative-Hoe p,
444 over Montgomery, D.
sentative-Judkins, p, q over
Boren, D.
Joint Senator-McConaha, P, 61O
over Stotelmeyer, d.
Prosecutor-Rel.er. p, 1875 over Har-
Ian. r.
( Judge-Fox, R., 1.00S. over Mason. ID.
Representative in Congress-Rus-
sell, p. ATS over Gray D.
) Commissioner, Middle District
+, Cheesman. R.. 60 over Reynolds, p.
Commissioner. Eastern District
Seaney. D., 129 over Anderson, p.
Assessor-Mathews, r.. 123 over
Darnell, P.
Sheriff-Steen R.. 226 over Bayer. p
Coroner-Morrow, P. 1855 over Bull
la. r.
Surveyor-Peacock, p. 227 over Hor-
ton. r.
Judge Fox, who received the larg-
est plurality of any candidate. and ran
| way ahead of his ticket, will this
month begin his fourth term on the
circuit bench, to serve six years.
Bowman Honored.
L. s. Bowman, e-elected for a four
year term as auditor by substantial
plurality, achieved a unique distinction
He is the first candidate TO be re-
elected for a second term as auditor
/ in thirty-five years The last official
, to attain this distinction was Elihu
! Potter
| Strangest of all sights, as a result
of the election Tuesday, will be wit
messed the first OF next year when
two Democrats. NJ. W. Kelly and VIII
liam Seaney, assume duties as county
officials. No Democrat has been elect
ed to county office in a quarter OF
a century. and Mr. Seaney will he
the first Democratic commissioner TO
I serve in Wayne county. ii is believed.
since Indiana was admitted into the
union. Next year all three of the
| leading political parties will be repre-
sented on the board of county COM
missioners. Mr.. Doddridge. the hold
over, a Progressive: Mr.. Cheesman, a
Republican, and Mr. Seaney. Demo
, crat.
Analysis Of Defeat.
Five of the county councilmen elect
ed are Progressives the other two be-
ing Democrats. The three members of
the present county council who voted
for an appropriation to purchase voting
machines, a project defeated because
, of the general opposition to ii, were
candidates for reelection. but were de-
feated They are H. r. Robinson. l..
Hampton and E. NJ. Hoover. all Re-
publicans.
An interesting story was going the
rounds today relating to the election
of Mr.. Seaney. 1t was said that Homer
Farlow. a Republican leader. was in
strumental in having Mr.. Seaney an
nounce his candidacy for the Demo
cratic nomination for the Eastern dis
trict, as Farlow knew Seaney would
make a strong candidate and would
be thorn in the side of Albert Ander-
son, the Progressive candidate, who
defeated Farlow two years ago.
seaney Shows Strength.
It is said Farlow thought Seaney
would cut into Anderson's support SO
! deeply that Farlow. the Republican
candidate. would win an easy victory.
Farlow's theory that Seaney would
make a strong candidate proved to be
absolutely correct. for he defeated
both Farlow and Anderson.
Probably the greatest surprise OF the
election was the defeat Of Jacob Bayer.
Progressive candidate for reelection
| as sheriff He was supposed to be
one of the strongest Of the Progress
sive candidates, but was defeated by
Steen, over whom Bayer triumphed
two years before. with comparative
ease. Prior to the election Judge Fox
declared Bayer to be one OF the best
sheriffs the county had ever had. No
reason is assigned to explain his de-
feat.
A careful perusal Of the vote shows
that Progressives, Republicans and