The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-04
Constable

1854 1858 S75 1882 1902 1174 763
, tor. Lee county gave medium plurali-
! ties to John T. Hamilton, the democra-
tic candidate for governor, and Maur-
ice Connolly, the democratic candt-
date for senator. The total vote for
Albert Cumming for senator was p
| 974. For Maurice Connolly, 1886. Con-
nolly's plurality OF 621 in Lee county
parts of the state, where Cummins
was returned an easy victor. For gov
ernor, John T. Hamilton polled 3,944
while George w Clarke polled 1858.
| The total state vote, however. shows
Governor Clarke has been returned by
a good majority.
The progressive vote throughout
Lee county was practically not drop
! in the bucket. The gains made by the
republican party and the falling off OF
the progressive vote is gratifying to
the members of the G. o. P.
Few Democrats Left.
In the county tickets there were a
number. of happenings contrary to
| prediction dope. John c. Scott ran
at the head of the county ticket. HIS
plurality over Rogers and Eichhorn
was 1885. Edward G. Vaughan, re-
! corder, was returned with {. good plu-
rality over Burton and Peoples. john
ston's defeat of Curtis NJ. Hart, the
present Incumbent was by plurality
Of 205. Fred Korschgan. the present
coroner, will be succeeded by Walt
H. Clements, whose plurality was 644.
A. P. Meyer. E. w. McManus and
William Reimhold will be the only
| democrats left
In the supervisors race, Hosier has
narrow margin OF two votes which
may be changed on an official canvass.
! On the other hand Peter Scheffler was
buried under the avalanche OF votes
(. 1925.
Hamilton and Bank.
The results on the non-partisan
4 ticket show Judge w. S. Hamilton Of
! Fort Madison and Judge Henry Bank
4 Of Keohuk. the present district judges.
i we're returned Judge Hamilton heads
! the non-partisan ticket, and the real
fight was between Judge Bank and
John e. Craig. Judge Banks home
i ward, the fifth in Keokuk. gave he, a
/ handsome majority. He had major
! ity Of 221 over John E. Craig Judge
/ Hamilton polled $3.50 votes. Judge
| Banks total was 3,034; Craig's vote
was 2,s13, and Herminghausen's 215
! The race between Craig and Bank
! was close one. They ran close in
! Fort Madison. In the country the pre-
! cincts were well divided, and Keokuk
| gave Judge Bank majority.
McNamara 10 Returned.
] Judge w. L. Mcnamara is returned
| as judge OF the superior court over
Ralph B. Smith by majority of 370.
| Mcnamara ran strong in the second,
| fourth, sixth and seventh precincts
and cut down Smiths vote in his own
1 home ward. the third. Smith made a
great fight for the judgship but failed
/ to overcome the natural lead of Judge
! Mcnamara. McNamara's total was
/. 1880 and Smiths, 1,160.
On Supreme Bench.
A For the judges Of the supreme
court Lee county signif1ed its approval
of Justices Weaver, Withrow and
Judge Seth Thomas, new candidate.
For Justice Weaver 1904 votes were
cast. For Justice Winfield S. With
row, who is popular throughout the
entire county, there was cast total
of 1852 votes. For Judge Thomas,
2,066 is the total. Justice Ladd receiv-
ed 1,493 votes. Judge PProuty was
given a vote of 1902 and Judge Sal
linger was accorded total Of 1870.
In the Township.
Justice James Burrows and Justice
John Leindecker were returned as
justices Of the peace. The majority
of Burrows Is $40. and that Of Lem
decker is s13. Cortes Maxwell. the
only democratic candidate for Justice
received total OF s75 votes Bur
rows total was 1,554 and Leindecker's
4 1858.
4 For constables Aus Hcllowell was
returned over Peter Wolf by major
ity OF 20s ano Henry F. Reichmann
was returneI over w. J. Miller by a
majority Of 500 Leindecker was high
man in the vote for Justice and Hollo-
well ran a little ahead OF Reichman
for constable.
Ballots are Scratched
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