The Redwood gazette., 1936-11-12
Smith-Hoover
VoteExceeded
byAbout 1000
OFFICIAL VOTES GIVEN
BY CANVASSING
BOARD

More persons voted for COVER
nor than for president in Red
wood county, canvassing board
figures show. The three guber-
material candidates received 1896
votes, 299 of the 9,295 voters
failing to ballot on the contest.
Three hundred and twenty-three
county voters failed to cast their
votes for any of the six presi-
dental candidates who received
a total of 1912.
The canvass board found 9,295
votes were cast in Redwood coun-
ty this election, about 1000 more
than in the Smith Hoover contest
which previously held the record.
Roosevelt and Garner were
given 4,965; Landon and Knox
1926; Aiken and Teichert, indus
trial candidates, 16; Lemke and
O'Brien of the National Union for
Social Justice 691; Browder and
Ford, communists, 8 and Thomas
and Nelson, socialists, IL.
Ernest Lundeen topped Theo-
dore Christianson in the senator
ial race 4,797 to $500; Guy v.
Howard led for the short term
seat with 2,421; N. ]. Holmberg
polled 2,169; Andres Devoid, 666
and John G. Alexander, 365.
Elmer A. Benson, governor ell
ect, was given 5,248 votes, Martin
Nelson 1854 and Earl Stewart,
Industrial, "a. Gottfrid Lindsten,
Farmer Labor candidate for lieu
tenant governor, failed to poll a
majority vote in the county, get
ting 1883 to Arthur Nelson's 1856
and A. G. Knudson's 1,342.
Mike Holm received 4,747 for
his office as secretary of state;
Paul Hartig, 2,873; Carl Henne-
man 1,036 and Vincent Dunno %.
Julius Schmahl carried his former
home county with 3,917 votes to
c. A. Halverson's 1858 and Ray
M. Lang's 1887. Harry Peterson
polled 3,796 votes for reelection
as attorney general; Oscar
Youngdahl received 3,305 and
Thomas Gallagher 1881. Hjalmar
Petersen was given 1899 for rail-
road and warehouse commission
er, Frank w. Matson 3,120 and
Arthur N. Cosgrove 1,158.
Supreme court candidate An
drew Holt received 3,759; Royal
A. Stone was given 3,572; William
H. Vanderburgh 2,122 and Ed
ward j. Lee 1,772.
Constitutional amendment num-
ber one on the exchange of state
and federal lands was turned
down 3,459 to 3,078 in the county
and number two exempting GER
tain property from a real estate
tax and obviously paving the way
for a sale tax was beat 4,515 to
1856.
Seventh district representative
Paul Kvale received $500 votes,
H. Carl Anderson 3,289 and c. L.
Cole 1927. John M. Zwach who
ran without opposition for a seat
in the state legislature, represent
ing Brown and Redwood counties
got 6,815 votes here.
II. M. Aune defeated Fred H
Dawson, incumbent, to represent
Redwood county in the legislature
4,766 to 1894.
Robert v. Ochs beat A. r. A
Laudon for a place on the probate
bench, polling 1856 votes while
1882 voters marked a cross after
Laudon'S name. Frank Baldwin
was the county's biggest vote get
ter, receiving 5,232 for a second
term as clerk of court. His op-
ponent, Mrs. Besse Cameron got
5000.
Running on a Sticker, j. B
Kragh defeated two opponents ir
the third district to retain his po.
sition as county commissioner
Kragh 613; Earl w. Butcher 586
Morris Skow 563. Another mem
Der returned to the board was
Herman Muetzel who received 861
votes to D. M. Tiffany's 618 in the
fifth district. In the first distric-
Phillip Raveling was returned by
1,417 voters while E. H. Mark.
received 781 votes.