Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1916-11-17
A STUDY IN
ELECTION FIGURES

In another column we publish the
oficial vote of Bear Lake county as
cast on Nov. 4. The canvass OF the
returns, which was made by the COM
missioners last Tuesday, showed but
few slight changes from the totals as
published last week.
The total vote was 2S92, the lar
gest ever cast in the county. It ex-
ceeded the vote Of two years ago by
3S2 and that Of four years ago by
3O4. Montpelier showed the largest
gain of any precinct in the county.
the total being 923. which is only Al
less than one-third OF the total vote
in the county. Two years ago there
were 67S votes cast in Montpelier
and four years ago there were 500.
Paris showed gain of So over
the vote of 1912 and 35 over that of
two years ago.
In Georgetown there were 1888
votes cast in 1919 and only 1877 this
year.
In Pegram the votes jumped from.
% cast four years ago to 55 this year.
Two years ago the precinct cast 36
votes.
The vote OF Geneva was the same
as that Of four years ago-66.
Four years ago Raymond cast 80
votes, two years ago Al and this year
Sc.
In Montpelier, as In practically
every other town In the state, a large
number of votes were sworn in on
election day, the number in the two
Montpelier precincts being over 800.
The time required and the inconven-
fence caused by swearing in votes
were so great that we believe a gem
eral demand will be made upon the
forthcoming legislature to change
the law back to the old registration
system.
The socialists in Bear Lake county
have the satisfaction of knowing that
they are just about holding their
own. Four years ago the socialist
presidential electors received 80
votes and this year 81. Socialist votes
were cast In the following precincts.
West Montpelier, IS; East Montpe-
her, 8; Paris. 8; Dingle. .; and one
each in st. Charles, Bloomington,
Bennington. Liberty and Pegram.
There were three prohibition votes
cast In West Montpelier.
In comparing the vote cast for re-
publican presidential electors in 1912
with the vote of this year. we find
that there is only very slight diff
ference. In 1912 the four electors
received an average OF 1901 votes
each and this year they received an
average Of 1877 each, a decrease OF
So votes In 1908 the republican pre-
sidental electors received an average
of 1884. The decrease in the repubIi-
can vote in 1912 was due to the vote
cast for Roosevelt, the progressive
electors receiving 271 votes in the
county. The combined republican and
progressive vote In 1912 was 154l,
or 81 more than the Taft vote in
1908. So it is evident that approx
mately 81 Bear Lake democrats vot-
ed for Teddy.
In 1903 the Bryan electors receiv-
ed an average of s2s votes, while
In 1912 the Wilson electors received
an average OF only s07A votes, while
this year their vote averages 1854
a gain of 657 over 1912.
Now comes the puzzling point tc
us-from what source did they re.
ceive this gain? The total vote thii
year exceeded that of 1912 by 3O4
II we give the Wilson electors every
one OF those. the 271 votes cast fol-
Roosevelt in 1912 and the So les
votes that Hughes received thar
Taft, 1t makes only 62S. or 81 les.
than the democratic gain over 1912
But 1t is a well known fact that VII
son did not receive all OF the Roose
Welt vote that was cast In this county
which makes It ali the more mystify
ing to us where the democratic gall
this year came from. VIII some one
who is better IN "figgers" than ",
are. enlighten us on this point?
For governor D. w. Davis this yea
received 80 more votes in the count,
than John n Haines did in 1912 an,
9S more than Haines received tw
years ago.
Alexander's vote in the county thi
year Is $40 more than IL was tw
years ago and 47s more than Haw
ley's vote In 1912.
George Lewis. for auditor. reeeiy
ed the largest vote Of any eandidat
on the republican state ticket. an
Alexander leads on the democrati
state ticket.
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