Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-11-08
INDEPENDENT
TICKET LOSES
IN COUNTY
Biggest Vote Ever Cast In Sheridan
County, Elects Whole New Set of
County Officers.

Splitting the solid South wide open,
Herbert Hoover and Curtis were
elected president and vice president
of the United States last Tuesday by
the biggest majority ever given can
in the United States.
The result of the national election
shows Herbert Hoover with 444 cleo
toral votes tucked away and Alfred
E. Smith forced to be content with
81. Hoover carried the union with
the exception of Alabama, Arkansas,
Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Mas
sachusetts, Rhode Island and South
Carolina.
Contrary to the predictions Of
many, Herbert Hoover carried the
home state of Governor Alfred f..
Smith, and with it the rich prize of
45 electoral votes in Tuesdays cleo
tion.
With only 275 districts missing at
3 A. M. Wednesday, Hoovers major
ity was $4,000 and there was every
indication that it would mount much
higher, because the missing districts
were normally overwhelmingly repub-
lican.
Florida Forsakes Solid South
With the returns from over half the
precincts in Florida tabulated, Hoover
has n majority of 14,827 votes over
Smith. This is the first time that
state has ever gone republican in
presidential election.
Hoover Carries Montana
The returns received up to one
o'clock Thursday gave Hoover a lead
of approximately 25,000 over Smith.
The vote was: Herbert Hoover,
los, ,637; Alfred f. Smith, 1883
Wheeler and Erickson Win
John f. Erickson, democratic NOM
snee for Governor of this state, won
over Wellington ID. Rankin with a
bout the same margin as Hoover had
over Smith. The vote for this office
was: Erickson, 107, 7,126; Rankin
1928.
All the rest of the republican can
ddates for state offices were elected
by substantial majorities.
For Congressman, Scott Leavitt re-
ceived 66,815 to B. A. Taylor's 3O,579.
Other republican majorities were
as follows
Z Chief Justice of the Supreme Court,
+. l.. Galloway, 100000; s. G. Ford,
Justice of the Supreme Court, 15,OUO;
Albert H. Angstman, Justice OF the
Supreme Court, 5000; Frank A. Haz-
elbaker, Lieut. Governor, 10000; l..
A. Foot, Atty. General, 5000; ". r..
lyarmon, Sec. of State, 5000; +. b.
, Williams, State Treasurer, $4,000;
Geo. P. Porter, State Auditor, $4,000;
Elizabeth Ireland, Supt. of Public
instruction, 100000; Daniel Boyle,
Railroad and Public Service Commits
sioner. $4,000; and John Ward Crosby
Clerk of the Supreme Court, 10000.
The constitutional amendment IN
regard to Commissioner Districts
carried by approximately 1900 and
Initiative No. 80 lost by approximate
(y 5000 /,
Whole independent Ticket Defeated
The defeat of the entire lndepen-
dent ticket in Sheridan county was
SO overwhelming that people are still
gasping for joy, that at last they
nave succeeded III removing tne
growth that had fastened itself at the
throat of the taxpayers.
Hundreds OF voters VINO were ou-
.stinately opposed to the present. m
cumbents in most of the county offlc'
es declared it wasn't possible to defeat
them as they had such strongly for
tilted position here. :,
State politicians who have famll-
iarized themselves with local condi-
tions have been skeptical about the
possibility of defeating more than
POSSIBLY one or two, and we are frank
in stating it was our opinion also.
However, the voters of the county
without ballyhooing their intentions o ns
yent quietly to the polls and voted
70 defeat the entire Independent
ticket and elected clean ticket that
IS second to none in Montana. mat
people no longer follow the old rule OF
voting straight ticket was thor
oughiy exemplifed here, when botf
Democrats and Republicans were
ekt.ted with majorities running a.
high as 1000 in the case of the State
Representatives. The low man elected
was Albert ]. HOLMAN, who received