White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-09-21
THE POLITICAL COLUMN

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the vote of the winners of the pri-
mares tour years ago with the vote
such candidates received in the SUD-
sequent general election. Governor
f1aruey went up from 58,7O5 primary
e 1<O.ioz in the finals. Secretary of
state Hinkle, unopposed got 1921 75
IN the primaries and 244,9Se in the
general election with three cons,eti-
tors IN the tield. Auditor Clausen
won the primary nomination over
Dirkes by a vote of l28.385 and
swelled this to 235 ,673 in November
IN the four party race. John Dunbar
unopposed in the party primaries got
ls6,l22 votes and defeated the demo-
cratic, State and Farmer Labor can
didates in the November finals with
a vote of 235,702. Land Commissioner
Savidge was unopposed in the pri-
maries and got 1919 votes and in
creased this to 243, Cos in the general
Insurance Commissioner H. o. Fish
back also alone in the primary race.
got 153,765 and was elected by 1884,
ass votes. DR.. Josephine Corliss Pres
ton, State Superintendent won the
nomination in 1924 with 1O1 ,237 to
64,288 for c. E. Beach and was
elected by a vote of z22,611. There
was a field of four democratic candi-
dates for governor four years ago
and Ben F. Hill won the nomination
with 7,753 votes and swelled this to
l26,447 in the following November.
William r. Lee unopposed was the
democratic nominee for lieutenant
governor with 1905 votes and got
away with 93,318 at the finals. Roy
Erford, democrat, unopposed for Sec
rotary of State went from 16. o14 nri.
mary to 66,869 finals. Arthur A.
Lewis won the democratic nomination
for treasurer that year with o,755 to
s,o3z for George N. Adams. a Mason
County Indian, and got away with
oo,eI3 in November. He is the demo.
cratic candidate. this year. The I'm.
opposed democratic candidates in the
primary, Kinsey for auditor, Parr for
attorney general, Beggs for land com.
missioner, Dean for superintendent of
schools and Douglas for insurance
commissioner, each polled about
1900 votes IN the primaries and from
e4,ooO to $4,000 in the general cleo
j, The ten candidates for the Repub-
lcan nomination for governor four
years ago polled an aggregate of but
z5z,/o3 according to the official pri-
mary returns, although the same re.
cords showed that 244,141 republican
ballots had been called for. more
than 11,ooo voters, according to these
figures, were apparently unwilling to
vote Tor any of the ten candidates.
For Lieutenant governor, five in the
race rae the primary vote dropped to
zz3, The aggregate for the two
candidates for treasurer was 177,oo4,
LOT auditor was 177,514, school sup-
was 185,525. For un-
opposed candidates the primary votes
were Secretary of State 162,075. at
torney general 156,122. land commits.
soner 1919 and insurance commits
1926. The total democratic
vote was approximately $4,000, two
n not reporting the number of
ballots called for so estimates are
made of these. Here also the aeere-
gate vote for governor, 22,355. showed
a considerable proportion had no
choice, and did not vote. OF that nos;.
ton. The vote dropped down the
ire from 1877 for treasurer. 1905
tor lieutenant governor, to 1870 for
commissioners of public lands. Bit
wnei It came to the November een-
eral election the lowest man on the
Republican ticket, Roland H. Hart
ley, got 220,162 and the vote stennad
~ 90 14z,ooo for Clark Savidge and
to 244.e5o for Grant HinkIe and the
democratic vote ran from 81, $50 for
beggs, candidate for land COMMITS.
sioner up to 126,447 for Ben Hill
Tor governor. And at this same gen
era election. 1924, the highest Vote
tor any Republican presidential e1ector
was but 22o,224 for Mrs. Coseroye.
The Dem ocratic electors had votes
ranging from 1929 to 42,842. The
progressive" party electors hadoas
nigh as l50,727 votes, the American
1891 the Socialist-Labor Marty
l,oo4, and the Workers PARTY of
76l. The aggregate electoral
vote was 42o,e46. To express i an
other way: the presidential vote so,,r
years ago in this state was 22o.224
Republican and 2oO,722 in the oppos-
ing parties.
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