South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-09-07
COUNTY CASTS
LIGHT VOTE ON
is AMENDMENTS
less Than 20 Percent of Quail
flied Persons Show Inter
est in Ballot.
lContlnued from - 80

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claSJs rePort5nE. The vote stood
24s7 for and 1888 against.
Give Governor Power.
The measure providing that the
salary Of county officers can not be
raised during the incumbency Of the
official during the term FOR which ne
was elected was beaten by a slight
vote This was the last amendment
on the list and showed 2525 for
with 2505 against
Amendment No. ? providing the
legislature with more power IN regu-
latng registrations was carried by
about the same margin that the
amendment providing for suffrage
was won. The figures were 1886
for and 1857 against.
Amendments three and four which
provide a new basis OF representa-
ton FOR election OF state senators
and representatives and also enabling
the governor 20 veto specific items
in appropriation bills were carried
by pluraIities Of about 500. The
measure establishing the term peri
DDS for county officers was won by
less than soc votes
Based on the vote Of this county
the term OF the prosecuting attorney
VIII be heightened from Two 10 four
years. as this proposal went over
with about 800 20 spare. on the ba-
SIS OF incomplete returns it should
be adopted as far as this county is
concerned by margin OF 500 votes.
Defeat Twelfth.
Amendment No. g. authorizing the
legislature 20 provide for the quail
hcatious OF those seeking admittance
q the bar. had a margin Of approx
nately 700. The figures on this are:
Yes, ISIS: no. 2.16O. The twelfth
amendment. permitting negroes 70
become members OF the state mill
tie. was defeated by about 500. The
vote stood: For. 2.136: against.
2.966.
Precinct A. Portage township,
which embraces Notre Dame. cast
total vote of 27S. much higher than
any OF the other outlying districts.
This was attributed by those I'm touch
with the siruation that the students
and faculty OF the educational in
atituttcr had made a study Of the
proposed amendments and were con-
siderably interested In the result
IN the first precinct OK the second
ward 237 votes were cast while in the
second precinct OF that ward just an
even hundred votes were registered.
The highest vote cast in Mishawaka
on the basis OF available returns was
50. The lightest vote cast on returns
at midnight was In the fourth pre-
cinct Of Madison township where six
souls besides the three election Off
Gals came to the polls 20 register
their choice in the matters of the
proposed amendments.
Outside OF the sixth ward. extreme
IS light bauoting marked election
day. Precincts In which there were
hundreds OF voters reported with
.ess than 10 per cent Of the vote
east. In the first precinct of the
seventh war. which has approximate
IL 1000 eligible voters only % took
sufficient interest TO vote on the pro
posed changes.
Voting i'm some OF the rural dis
tricts was heavier than expected. IL
was not anticipated that the farm
ers would take much interest i'm the
election. due 90 the lack of a polit-
zeal incentive. but i'm a number of
the country precincts fair ballotng
enliveued the election. At best how
ever the total vote cast fell oeio"
the 90 per cent mark.
How They VOted.
TIE vota i'm South Bend IN AZ out
OF SIS precincts was.