Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-11-09
VOTERS BROKE ALL
SOLID PARTY LINES
Queer Things Happened AT
The Recent General Elec-
ton---Perce Runs Coed


When it to gathering il the
votes of Marion county, Senator Ne
Nary with a total of 6102 ran highest
in the recent election. Laehmund is
next to high man with votes totaiing
32S7 and Pierce, candidate for govern
or, is third with 1865 votes. Pierce
beat Governor Withyconlbe in the
county by 10 votes.
The city of Salem divided even, Civ
ing Pierce nine precincts and Witty.
combe. nine. Pierce went especially,
strong in precinct l, the northwest
limits of the city, with 1872 against So
for the governor.
Precinct 7 up in the Highland dis
trict on the north limits of the city
was also strong for Pierce with l13
compared to % votes for Withycombe.
Precinct is, in south Salem voting at
the Friends church was another Pierce
stronghold with 1872 and only 102 for
the governor,
In fact, as the precincts voted the
governor lost in the outlying districts
of the city, while down town precincts
gave him a majority. In precinct II,
which includes the central official dis
trict between Center and Ferry and
High and the S.. P. railroad, the vote
stood 76 for Pierce and III for the
governor. Precinct 16, the business dis
triet of the. city supported the gov
ernor with a vote of A for Pierce and
81 for Withycombe. The only outlying
precinct that supported the governor
was No. 8 out towards the penitentiary.
1t was the old stand pat republican
precincts in the center Of the city that
stuck with the decentralization.
Salem Heights precinct was strong
for Pierce with 112, casting only ~
ballots for the governor. In East Mt.
Angel the voters saw nothing but the
governor as 139 voted for W~ithycombe
while only 30 votes were cast for
Pierce. At Sublimity conditions were
just reversed as in this precinct they
voted solid for Pierce, giving him IA
votes while the governor only polled
five. 1t West Mt. Angel the governor
got IS votes while Pierce received IL.
Down towards Jefferson the voters
weren t very partial to any candidate
as Pierce polled 1872 and the governor
1875. The governor does not stand very
high in the estimation Of the Liberty
people as in this precint he received
only IL votes while Pierce was given
46.
Oswald West is a poor runner in
Marion county compared to Senator
MeNary. In Salem he carried but one
precinct and that was No. T known as
the Highland school district in the ex-
treme north part of the city. The vote
there stood MeNary So, West 70. In
the official residence district, precinct
II, McNary vas given 202 votes COM
pared to AZ for West. In precinct IS,
the south part Of the city along Com
mereial street the vote was McNary
lS5, West 81.
Outside of Salem, McNary carried
every precinct in the county excepting
and these were small voting pre-
cincts. Riverview gave West one ma
Marion eight, Horeb "a, Brett
enbush two, West Stayton seven. Scots
did little better for West giving
him % majority. Scotland was eight
majority for West and Mill City four.
For state senator Lachmund has the
satisfaction of knowing that he carried
MS own precipct, No. IL. The sote in
This precinct was Lacnmund 1859, La
1903 and Brown 125. The only
,ity precinct that did not give Lach-
nund a majority vote was No. II, in
south Salem between Ferry and Miller,
street and the river, voting at
he Marion hotel. The vote there ass
Lachmund 1856, LaFollett 142 and
80.
LaFollett led the ticket for senator
vt Turner and walked away with the
vote at Sublimity with 1876, while Lach-
nund received 80 and Brown 20. West
Angel was strong for LaFollett I,
while East Mt. Angel went for Lach-
nund. East Stayton wa also strong
FOR LaFollett.
Sam Brown, whose name had TO be
on the ballot received a larg-
n vote than either of the other two
candidates at East Gervais, Chemawa,
West Hubbard and Brooks. In Salem a.
precinct two voting at the Bungalow
Christian church, Brown received only
votes while Laehmund got l4l and
LaFollett l20. The stand pat republi-
IAN precinct No. IL Of Salem also lin
ID up with the two straight republi-
,an candidates, giving LaFollett the
minority vote. At East Woodburn, the
republicans voted straight giving Laeh'
nund ZIG, Brown 1l3 and LaFollett IS
In the race for supreme judge of
Oregon, the county turned down the
governors candidate Conrad Olson,
md gave a democrat the heaviest vote.
Bennett received 93l in the county,
'oke 736 and Olson 5Sl.