The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-07-24
All Successful Contestants Win
BY a Good Majority in
Big Horn County.

tSplUS Vic IdCI GA1dI 4uSoA0y
was one of the hottest days OF
the season, more than 2,1OO ot!the
3,167 registered voters in Big Horn
county, a little better than &C. per
cent, awaited themselves of the
right to assert their choice as to
who were to hold office through
out the county and state. The
polls were open from IL o'clock,
noon, until 7 o'clock in the even
ing, and definite results of the
election in the county could not
be ascertained until the early
hours Wednesday morning, due to
the large number of candidates
on the tickets.
The Republican and Democratic
voters were more nearly equal in
number than they had been for a
number of years, however, the
Democrats can boast of having
nearly 100 more voters than the
Republicans.
The contests that drew the most
votes in the county were the race
for state senator on the Demo-
cratic ticket; that for sheriff on
both tickets; for county clerk and
recorder on the Republican ticket;
for county commissioner on the
Democratic ticket, and for assessor
on both tickets. None of the
races proved close in the final
count, however. The unofficial
vote for county candidates fol-
lows:
Republican candidate for state
senator-H. D. Kenyon, unopposed,
polled a total of 657 votes.
In the Democratic race for state
senator a stiff fight was put up,
Harry T. Mann winning over John
A. Putnam by a vote of 586 to 4l6.
There was no contest on either
ticket for the office of state rep
resentative. Arthur G.. Westwood,
Jr., Republican, polled 701 votes.
while R. j. Miller Democrat, re-
ceived 7O6.
The two candidates for county
attorney were unopposed at the
primary, Bert w. Kronmiller, Re-
publican, polled Isl votes, and c.
c. Quinn, Democrat, piled up $50
votes.
In the race for county commits
sioner, the present incumbent.
Henry E. Clifford, Republican, got
away unopposed with 705 votes.
The Democrats, however. put on a
hard-fought campaign, VIM. Lvnde
winning over his opponent, J.. L..
Herman, by a vote of SGT to 357.
In the race for county clerk and
recorder the tables were turned.
the contest being on the Repub-
lican side of the ticket, Harry E.
TNO nN,,no1npk vySo,o~~ Nvop~
Esther M. Kelley with a vote Of
TOO to 282, while Mark Kirscher.
counted up SGT votes on the Demo-
cratic ticket.
Bert Slater. Republican and only
candidate on the ballots for the
office of county treasurer pulled
down 1923 votes.
The office Of assessor was sought
by two aspirants on each ticket.
A. G. Sweeney and Harvey H. Bar
nett, Republicans, polled 561 and
315 votes resepctive'- while on
the Democratic ticket John H.
Pickard won out over David c
Jones with a vote Of 467 to 345.
No one saw fit to run for county
clerk OF court on the Republican
ticket and R. p. Ross. present in
cumbent and unopposed. on the
Democratic ticket polled 919 votes.
The same proved true as to the
county surveyor and c. A. Ran
dali. present incumbent, walked
away with IA Democratic votes.
For county superintendent Of
schools there was but one candi-
date on each ticket. Charles o.
Boyd, Republican, received SGT
votes, and Charles R. Stobaugn.
Democrat and present holder Of
the office, had 1855 crosses before
his name.
The office of sheriff was hotly
contested in both parties, how
ever it seems to have been the
keenest on the Republican side Of
the ticket as in this contest 993
Republican votes were cast to
986 for the Democratic candidates.
the only Office for which more
Republican votes were cast than
were cast bv the Democrats for
the same office. On the Republican