The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-11-08
DEMOS TO RULE
THRU BIG LEAD
IN FINAL RACE
c. S. StinsOn, Hold-0ver State
Senator, Only Republican
to Represent District; Ma
jOrities Range from $50 Up

Benton county residents will be
under the rule of democrats, from
president to constable, for the next
two years. The one and only break
is a hold-over. Citizens of this
county can claim a one-fourth in-
terest in a republican state SEN
ator, C. S. Stinson, Of Pasco. Ev- ,
cry other elective office contested
this year has been filled by DEM
ocrat-and all by overwhelming
majorities.
Schwellenbach defeated Reno Cd
lin for United States senator by 8
to 2; Congressman Hill defeated
j. w. Summers by more than 5000
the two joint Representatives in the
legislature, Kemp of Prosser and
Robbins Of Pasco, held the lead
over their republican opponents by
more than a thousand. .-
In the county offices, the DEM
ocratic candidates ran away from
their republican opponents in ev-
cry office. The maiorities ranged
from $50 to 100, Ben Knox, Pros
ser, defeating w. s. jenkins, also
of Prosser, for the office Of treas
urer, by the latter figure and c. Ia
Holcomb winning from G. L. Pow
ell for prosecutor by the smaller.
Bud Richter Of Kennewick de-
feated Jim Sheppard for the Of
flee of sheriff by more than 100
votes; Harley Chapman beat Lloyd
Keene for clerk by 500. Mrs. Van
SICKLE Of Richland defeated Frank
Damon Of Prosser for the office
of superintendent by nearly four
hundred votes, as did Frank Clark
beat Chef MCGEE for commission
er from the first. district. Jay Per-
ry defeated H. S. Hughes by $50
: votes.
The above figures do not include
returns from Riverside precinct,
near Prosser, where about $50 votes
were cast, showing about the same
democratic majorities as were in
! dictated in other sections of the
county, nor do they include the two
(, smaller precincts Of Carley and
Paterson.
The special ballot on the creation
of the Public Utilities district for
Benton county, carried almost two
to one, and the three commission
ers endorsed by the oranges were
all easily elected.
/ Statewide reports, while still! in
complete, indicate that Initiative
No. n carried. This is the so-callcd
fish bill. Initiative 90, the 40-mill
limit bill, also carried by a large
majority. So did the Bone Power
bill, giving Seattle and Tacoma the
privilege Of selling power outside
their city. limits.
The two amendments to the con-
stitution, the central taxing amend
ment and the one legalizing the in
come tax measure, seem still to be
in doubt, with the probabilities OF
failing.
The election was one Of the most
notable IN the last hundred years
in the history Of the country. New
er before has an "off-year" carried
such an. overwhelming endorse
ment Of the party in power. All ov-
er the country the results were the
same.
Locally the election had some
unusual features. In nearly every
precinct almost the entire regis
tered list put in an appearance at
the polls. In one precinct all but
four voted. In another precinct
there were Is or 20 perfectly blank
ballots stuffed into the big tin box.
In the city precincts an unusual
ly small number of straight tickets
for either party were counted.
Practically every ballot carried the
crosses for both parties. In the first
ward, not a single ballot was mark
ed with cross for other than one
or the other Of the two major par