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tJj A ;A rJ:7 T7H: jCJ j j ,f ' j f,j jrmUBZ"" 'r-' -i " " 1 1,1 " Ji"' """ nr"n -r-r-i ---r-T-"-r7'''TO"''''''","" , K ' . v.- VOL, II, NO. 45. $1.83 A TEAR. TOPEKA, KANSAS, NOVEMBER 10, 1897. OFFICIAL VJ.-i PAPER. REPUBLICANS HAVE LOST. The Local Eections Result in Opposition Gains in County Offices. The recent election in Kansas was largely of a local character. Thirteen District Judges, two State Senators and to four Representatives were elected. The "county offices filled were Clerk, Treas urer, Register, Sheriff, Surveyor, Coro ner and Commissioner in the Second district. The Representatives and Sena tors were elected to fill vacancies. The elections for District Judge were regu lar elections for the full term of four years in every case except In the Ninth district, where there was a vacancy for a short term of two years. The returns show the election of the following Judges: Ninth district, M. P. Simpson (Rep.); Tenth, John T. Burrls (Dem.); Fifteenth, R. M. Pickler (Rep.); Seventeenth, A. C. T. Gelger (Pop.); Nineteenth, W. T. McBrlde (Dem.); Twentieth, Ansel R. Clark (Rep.); Twenty-first, R. B. Spilman (Rep.) ; Thirtieth, R. F. Thompson (Rep.); Thirty-first, F. C. Price, (Rep.); Thirty second, W. E. Hutchison (Rep.) ; Thirty third, J. E. Andrews (Pop.); Thirty fourth, C. W. Smith (Rep.); Thirty- ,: fifth, William Thomson (Rep.). The Populists had the Fifteenth district four years ago but lost it this year. To make up for this, they lost the Nineteenth four years ago, and gain it this year.- So far, therefore, as District Judges are concerned, there is neither gain nor loss for either side. In legislative matters there is little change. Senator Harris' seat in Leav enworth was vacant and was filled by the election of J. C. Stone (Pop.), while the vacant seat of Senator Wallack (Rep.) in the Atchison-Jackson district was filled by the election of R. T. An drews (Rep.). The Senate stands with - out change. Andrews defeated ex-Governor Glick, who, in spite of the fact that his home county went Republican, carried it by 75; but a Republican ma jority of 661 in Jackson defeated him. The vacant seats in the House were from Lyon, Grant, Barber and Lane counties. They were 4 held in the last Legislature by Representatives Lam bert (Rep.), Maxwell (Pop.), Patton (Pop.), and Lobdell (Rep.). No reports have been received from Grant, but in the other three" districts Republicans were elected. This was doubtless due to the fact that little Interest was taken in the fight in view of the fact that the Representatives-elect will never serve unless a special session is called. The returns now in the hands of the Advocate from the counties of Kansas are complete, except from five counties. - i; They are Cheyenne, Grant, Stanton, Stevens and Thomas. It Is impossible ' to sort over the newly-elected officers and determine the politics of each, so they will be shown in the following summary as Republican and opposition: Office. Clerks Treasurers . KeRlsters... Sheriffs Surveyors,. Coroners ... Totals . 353 235 30 In 1895 the opposition to the Republi can party elected 214 officers. In the counties not reported there were thir teen officers elected by the opposition to the Republican party. If five of the doubtfuls are lost to the Republicans and the same number are elected In the counties not reported as were elected in 1S95, the total number of opposition offi cers will be 253, a gain of thirty-nine officers compared with two years ago. The Republicans elected every officer, Including Commissioner, in twenty-two counties, and the opposition got every thing in eight. Two years ago the Re publicans elected every officer in thirty eight counties, while the opposition won in twelve counties. This shows that this year has been an off year In fact. The election shows the worst mixture ever shown in local elec tions in Kansas. Republicans claim a wonderful victory, hut a party which can elect all of the officers in but twenty-two of 105 counties cannot be said to have control of the State or to have won a great victory. The prevalence of mixed tickets indicates plainly that the fight wa3 in most cases of a personal nature rather than of a political character. Per sonal prejudices and friendships had more influence in the campaign than did political considerations. It Is gratifying under these circumstances to know that Popullst3 have held their own so well. The result should have been more un favorable to the opposition, but it 13 a notorious fact that in off years large numbers of Populists do not vote. The vote in the cities Is usually normal, but in the country It is almost invariably very light, which of course afreets the total Populist vote much more than that of any other party. This is accounted for in many strong Populist counties by a feeling of security, or rather over confidence, which leads the voter to stay at home and husk corn. In the case of many Populists the stay-at-home dispo sition is accounted for by the fact that in off years they see nothing In the elec tion but the filling of local offices, and feeling that no principle is Involved, they refrain from voting. These voters make a mistake, for the election of local officers belonging to an opposite party means a powerful weapon in the hands of the opposition in years when fights involving principle are on. Another ele ment in the party gets in a very non partisan humor in off years and are led to vote for opposition candidates on ac count of personal friendship or such considerations, but these voters fall ap parently to observe that Republicans never do anything of the sort. Taken all in all, the Republican party of Kan sas Is not In aB good condition a3 it was at this time in 1895. NOTES OF THE ELECTION. Jefferson county gave a majority for the hedge and weed law enforcement. The Ottawa Times says that the vote in that county is 1,600 less than last year. In Montgomery county the Republi cans elected but three out oT twelve Trustees. Moore, the Populist nominee for Pro bate Judge In Rooks county to fill a va cancy, was elected. Stone, the Populist nominee for Sena tor in Leavenworth county, was elected by a plurality of 623. In Osage county the very light vote accounts in a measure for the election of two Republican officers. John R. Hamilton, who was beaten for Judge by Judge Gelger, publishes a card thanking everybody who voted for (Continued on page 9.) LATE ELECTION RETURNS Show Somo Surprising Results-New York DemocraticOhio in Doubt. Below we give the returns of last week's eleotlon, and while they are not official, they are substantially correct: NEW YORK STATE. Returns from all the counties in the State indicate a plurality of more than 58,000 for Alton B.-Parker, Democratic candidate for Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals. His plurality in Greater New York la 133,058. The State Legislature remains Republi can. The Senators hold over and the new House of Assembly stands 85 Re publicans to 68 Democrats. Ten of the newly-elected Republican Assemblymen are said to be antl-Platt. In the present Senate the Republican majority is 30; in the House, 78. GREATER NEW YORK (city). Van Wyck, Tammany candidate for Mayor of New York, has 81,548 plurality over Seth Low, and 118,401 over Gen. Tracy. SMALLER CITIES OF NEW YORK. The following cities have elected Dem ocratic Mayors: New York, Albany, Syr acuse, Blnghamton, Buffalo, Rochester, Amsterdam, Schenectady, Kingston, Jamestown. The Republicans carried these cities on the Mayoralty: Cohoes, Rensselaer, Yonkers, Newburgh, Glo vcrsville, Oswego, Utica, In Albany the regular Republican candidate polled five more vote3 than did the Independent Republican candidate. NEW JERSEY. The New Jersey As sembly will have a Republican majority of 21 on Joint ballot. The latest figures from the different counties show that the Democrats have elected Senators in Bur lington, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Passaic and Sussex counties, and that Robert S. Hand, Republican, is elected Senator from Cape May by about 150 majority. With the hold-over Senators this will make the Senate stand 14 Republicans to 7 Democrats. MASSACHUSETTS. Roger Wolcott, the Republican candidate, Is re-elected as Governor of Massachusetts by a plu rality of nearly 80,000. Revised returns show a total vote of 165,313 for Wolcott; 79,395 for George Fred Williams, regular Democratic candidate, and 14,129 for William Everett, the nominee of the Na tional Democrats. Wolcott's plurality was 154,523 last year, nearly 11,000 less than his total vote this year. This year's political complexion of the General As sembly will be as follows: Senate Re publicans, 34; Democrats, 6. House Republicans, 182; Democrats, 12; Inde pendents, 6; Prohibitionists, 1. PENNSYLVANIA. The complete vote of Pennsylvania is as follows: For State Treasurer, Beacom, Republican, 364,597; Brown, Democrat, 240,216; Swal low, Prohibition, 116,153; Thompson, In dependent, 13,293. Beacom's plurality, 124,381. For Auditor General McCau ley, Republican, 400,695; Rietter, Demo crat, 280,164; Lathrope, Prohibition, 55, 882. McCauley's plurality, 140,531. The total vote for State Treasurer is 734,259, as compared with 767,087 in 1895, and 1,194,355 in 1896 . Dr. Swallow, the Pro hibition candidate, has a plurality In ten of the sixty-seven counties. IOWA. The complete unofficial re turns of Tuesday's vote are: For Gov ernor, Shaw .Republican, 224,555; White, Democrat, 193,567; Populist, middle-of-the-road, 5,950; gold Democrats, 5,434; Prohibition, 10,692. Total, 440,198. Shaw's plurality, 30,988. Shaw's total vote la the largest ever cast for a Repub lican candidate for Governor, being 16,000 higher than the highest before. It is also higher than the vote cast for any Republican candidate for President in this State, except the vote for Mc Kinley last year. The Democrats have only once polled ft bigger vote, when Bolse was a candidate in 1891. OHIO. While the Republican plural ity on the State ticket exceeds 28,000, the vote on the legislative ticket Is al most as close as it could be. For this reason there is still unusual anxiety at the State headquarters of both parties. The courts will he resorted to for the purpose of preventing boards of election from Issuing certificates to the Republi can candidates in certain counties. The cases will bo brought In the lower courts and then to the Supreme court as soon as possible. The Republican State com mittee aleady has lawyers preparing cases of contests. Both sides are prepar ing for contests, first in the courts and afterward in the Legislature. As each branch of the Legislature is the tribunal of last resort In Judging of the qualifica tions of its own members, the Republi cans have an advantage in their con trol of the House over the Democrats, who control the Senate. There are 36 Senators, with only two or three contests possible in that body. In the House there are 109 members, with a dozen or more scats that can be contested, and the Republicans claim a 'majority of neven In that body, so that more Demo crats could be unseated in the House than Republicans in the Senate. NEBRASKA. Returns by counties have served to slightly reduce previous estimates of fusion pluralities. They also show that the Republicans made galn3 in county offices. Sixty-seven out of eighty-eight counties in the State give Sullivan, fusion, for Supreme Judge, 73, 858; Post, Republican, 66,708. The re maining counties will not materially change this result. MARYLAND. An official count of the ballots cast on Tuesday last, made in most of the counties to-day, leaves no further room for doubt that the Repub-, licans have control of both branches of the Legislature, and that a Republican will succeed Arthur P. Gorman in the United States Senate. Five members of the Assembly and one Senator were taken from the Democratic list of proba bilities and added to that of the Republi cans. VIRGINIA. The latest returns giviB the Democrats all the Senators elected, and 94 and perhaps 95 members of the House. The Republicans get 4, perhaps 5, members of the House, and the Inde pendents 1 member. The Democrats made heavy gains in the southwest and in the valley. ' COLORADO. The Rocky Mountain News has specials, giving complete re turns of all but six counties. The miss ing counties are alf far from railroads and are but sparsely populated. Esti mates have been made o. their vote and the result gives Gabbert 3,300 plurality over Hayt, Republican. The Republican leaders, while admitting the present re turns are unfavorable, do not concede Gabbert's election, maintaining that only the official canvass will decide who has won. KENTUCKY. There is little interest in the size of Schakleford's majority, as it Is conceded to be somewhere in the neighborhood of 15,000. The Democrats have won or Increased their vote every where. The efforts at fusion between the Republican and gold standard Dem ocrats in local contests failed signally, chiefly because the negroes would not support the fusion tickets, a large por tion of them selling their votes to the (Continued on pase 9.)