The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-20
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state candidates below governor. The
vote this year was more than rs per
cent below those of two years ago
when slightly more than $4,000 votes
We're cast. The state canvaSslng
board, which, meets Thursday, may
make slight changes in the present
figures, but addition of the soldier
vote-now incomplete-will be the
only material correction.
Both constitutional amendments
carried overwhelmingly. The perma-
nent school tax amendment won by
1871, while the alien suffrage
amendment was adopted with a ma
jority of 145,783.
Shawnee county gave the biggest
Republican vote in the state. and also
gave Allen his biggest majority. Allen
ran ahead of Capper in Shawnee,
while in sedgwick-Allen's home
Capper ran ahead Of Allen. Against
Aliens plurality of S.196 in Shawnee
was a plurality of 6,1O5 for Capper in
Capper a plurality of 1884. while
Allen carried his home county by
1877. Comparison of the two counties
shows Capper's Sedgwick plurality to
have been II greater than Aliens,
while in Shawnee Allen won by 2,091
more than did Capper.
Huffman Ran Strong.
Below governor. Charles 8. Huff
man. for lieutenant governor. headed
the ticket with plurality of 23.61e.
while L. ]. Pettijohn was next with
114,607. Just two Republican candi-
dates-Justice Rousseau A. Burch and
Frank L. Travis, superintendent of ina
surance elect, won by less than 10O,
600. Justice Bnrch received a ma
jority of 96,55s, while Travis held a
plurality of 96961. Travis is lieu
tenant colonel of the Kansas ammuni-
ton train with the Rainbow division
in France.
Following is the official vote from
the los counties for state candidates
and constitutional amendments, with
pluralities and majorities:
The Official Vote.
For Governor:
Henry Allen, Rep. .2s6 424
". C: Lansdon. Dem. .1s y 40 40
Aliens lie A' p1nrsiity, o 15ssso: i-'0'
Justice Of Supreme Court:
W. A. Johnston, Rep. .............. POI III
Il. F. COughlin, Dem. .149 $50
Johnston's majority. 105O75.
Justice of the Supreme Court:
r. A, Burch, Rep. .243, 773
Burchs majority. 9655s. "
Lieutenant Governor:
HUFFMAN nrnn aIe 2 2Ss 16i
J. A. Rightmire, Soc. ............... 14766
fHuffman's plurality, 1856.
I. J. Petition, Rep. .o54 300
Sarah e Scoville, Soc. 1870
Pettijohn's plurality. 114,6O7.
Auditor:
F. W. Knapp, Rep o5sae7
stance zee, Myers Dem. .13s 9t3
Knapp's plurality, 113,364.
Treasurer:
Walter L. Payne. Rep. 252 4Oo
Mrs. Caroline Dreaming, Dem. 1877 800
Mrs. L. G. Michels. Soc. 1857
Payne's plurality. 114,4S2.
Attorney General: D
r. J. Hopkins, Rep....,.,o4 aO79
b. s. Gaitskill. Dem. 139.17S
Harry sullivan, Soc. Observation-Disclosures. 14,744
Hopkins's plurality. 109,9O1.
Superintendent Public Instruction:
Lizzie Z. Wooster. Rep. .253 S21
Elizabeth Warning, Dem. .139. $40
Ella Baldwin Stokes. Soc. ........... 14,7TS
Wooster's plurality. 114,0O1.
Superintendent of Insurance:
Frank l.. Travis. Rep..........24 1 665
" a. DeHSou, lem .l4i, fOf
T. A. Beloof, Soc. Observation-Disclosures. 13,774
Traviss plurality, 96361.
State Printer:
W. K. Smith, Rep. .24S, 705
Harry Fish, Dem. Observation-Disclosures 5. 419
Z. H. Harmon, Soc. Observation-Disclosures. 14,S27
Smiths plurality, 1925
Constitutional Amendment:
For state school Observation-Disclosures. 232 12S
Against state school tax. ,..... 90. 957
Majority for amendment. 132,772.
Constitutional Amendment:
Fon alien suffrage amendment. 1916. 0S2
Against alien suffrage change. ...... 0,2J9
Majority for amendment, las, 1913.