The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, November 28, 1912, Page 3

VOTE COUNT SHOWS DEMOCRATS STRONG. Major's Majority 10,056, His Plurality .119, 200. The complete official returns com- piled by Secretary of State Cornelius Roach, indicate considerable increase in the strength of the Democratic party, in spite of a falling off of the total vote. Four years ago, Hadley (Rep.) ran ahead of Cowherd (Dem.) by about 15,000, practically all of which was obtained in St. Louis. That the nor- mal Republican and Democratic vote then was nearly evenly divided is in- dicated by the fact that Taft won less than 700 plurality over Bryan, while receiving the benefit of Hadley’s St. Louis popularity. A record vote for President and Governor of more than 715,000 was east. This year there was much dis- satisfaction, and thousands of Repub- lican voters remained at home be- cause they did not wish to pick be- tweena third term candidate and President Taft. The total vote for President and Governor in Missouri this year was slightly nfore than 696,000, a decrease of 19,000 from 1908. But this de- crease was not evenly. divided be- tween the Democrats on one hand and the Republicans and Bull Moos- ers on the other. Elliott W. Major, Democratic nom- inee for Governor, had a total vote of 337,019. only 3,034 less than Cowherd received four years.ago. The total Republican vote for Gov- ernor four years ago was 355,932 and the Democratic vote 340,053, a Re- publican majority of 15,879. The Democratic voje for Governor this year was 337,019. The combined Republican and Bull Moose vote for Governor was 326,963 or = : 28,969 less than the Republican vote four years ago. It also represents the conversion of a Republican ma- jority for Hadley four years ago of 15,879 into a Democratic majority for Elliot W. Major this year of 10,056. McKinley Behind Hadley. A further indication of unusua} confidence in the Democratic ticket in Missouri this year is the fact that John C. McKinley, who led the stand | pat Republican ticket polled 138,115 less votes than Hadley did four years ago, although Roosevelt, leading the the Bull Moose ticket, polled a total of only 128,111 votes and Nortoni, the Bull Moose candidate for Govern- or, polled only 109,146. Woodrow Wilson received 330,947 votes in Missouri. But his total vote is slightly greater than the combined vote for Taft and Roose- velt, although Roosevelt ran 3,639 votes farther ahead of Nortoni than Taft ran behind McKinley. McKinley led the stand-pat ticket and Taft brought up the rear, Roose- velt led the Bull Moose ticket and Nortoni was at the tail end of that ticket. This reversal of conditions is considered significant ii determin- ing whether or not the Democratic victory in Missouri is clear cut or whether -the claim of Republicans and Bull Moosers alike that the split in the Republican party is responsi- ble for that victory has any founda- tion. Although there is no question that the division of Republicans al- lowed the Democrats to roll up the largest pluralities ever given State candidates on any ticket in this state, [there also seems to be no question but that without the disaffection Mis- souri was safely back in the Demo- craticcolumn. The’ combined votes of the Bull Moosers which the Re- Wanted I will be at the following places to buy Horses, Mares and Mules. The horses from 4 to 20 years old—the aged horses must be in good flesh. Will buy good, rough-boned young geldings if thin in flesh. Mules from 3 to 8 years old (mare mules preferred) and want them in good flesh. I have a special order for nice smooth mares weighing 1000 pounds. 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A survey of the popular vote for President and Governor shows that Gov.-elect Major carried ninety-three counties over McKinley, and that while Wilson's vote was not as large as Major’s, Wilson carried ninety-six F YOU really want to sell, list your proper- ty with us. If you want to buy, we have the dirt. 10 to 400 acre tracts on easy terms at a low rate of interest. one counties carried by McKinley over Major, all of which usually cast heavy Republican majorities, several had even a larger vote for Roosevelt than for McKinley, and quite a num- ber had a larger vote for Roosevelt than for Taft. The largest plurality for McKinley was 1,100 in Gasconade county, which four years ago was Republi- can by 1,500. McKinley carried his “THE FARMERS’ LAND MEN” & Williams ow © AMORET, MO. -» Stisafones Poor Sen 3 | Bowman 332,333; Mauthe (Rep.), 214,744; Rey- boxes in cases of fraud; to take steps nolds (Prog.), 116,164; Wagner (Soc.) to indict the culprits. The fraudulent 28,211; Wager (Pro.), 5,507; Neu-, ballots and the evidence thus obtained mann (Soc.-Lab.), 1,854. 485; Hoefer (Rep.), 215,582; Ball: (Prog.), 115,494; McAllister (Soc.), cents on the $100 assessed valuation | 28,286; Woods (Pro.), 5,265; Schwitz- for public school purposes. The others | gebel (Soc.-Lab.), 1,861. sioner—Bradshaw (Dem.), 332,055; Marsh (Rep.), 216,127; McCoy (Prog.) -ers would have passed had it not been 115,518; O’Hare (Soc.), 28,355; Nel-| for amendments six and seven. Here son (Pro.), 5,214; Spalti (Soc.-Lab.), and there in anti-single-tax organiza- 1,837. Bond (Dem.), 331,391; Brown (Rep.), | initiative and referendum amendment 216,287; Dalton (Prog.), 115,310; Fox|to frustrate any future attempt to (Soc.), 28,420; Bowling (Pro.), 5,274; | again submit the single-tax question, Skagg (Soc.-Lab.), 1,834. Faris (Dem.), (Dem.), 329,561; Denton (Rep.), 214,-| fared. 571; Kennish (Rep.), 214,049; Benham (Pro.), 5,188; two to be elected. (Dem.), 128,139; Becker (Rep.), 97,-| close race for the governorship to-day 185; Carlisle (Soc.), (Prog.), 34,180. 655; Burney (Prog.), 59,787. publicans claimed were partially (Dem.), 53,571; Robertson (Dem.), 53,179; Sturgis (Dem.) 53,184; Cox Nixon (Rep.), 43,131; Morrow (Prog.), | charged that in three precincts, 46 20,905; Cunningham (Prog.), 21,019; | votes for George H. Hodges, (Dem.), Spurgeon (Prog.), 20,906. who are about to die, politically, sa- lute you.”’ ing his annual message to Congress. | Democrats Gain 3 Seats in Senate Of like tone will be the annual re- ports of those Cabinet officers who the eighteen State Senators elected have held place throughout the ad- ministration. culture, will review the sixteen years counties over Taft. Of the twenty-/of his service in the longest cabinet | Bronson of Ozark—Republican. tenure in American history. riculture at the beginning of the Mc- Kinley administration the annual ap- propriations were about $1,000,000. Now they total $23,000,000. show the administration’s trust pros- ecution record since it inherited six- teen cases from the Roosevelt admin- istration. Children 4 Must Have Good Light for- Studying A poor light strains the eyes, and the injurious effects may last for life. An oil lamp is best. The light from the Rayo Lamp is soft and mellow. You ca: iead cr work under it {or hours without hurting your eyes. = The RAYO is constructrd scien ijicolly. Itia the best lamp made--yet invapersive and economical. The = aT made of solid bra nickel plated. RX (9) Larap, Lighted witnout ving chimney or shade, Easy to clean and rewick. Made in various styles and for a!) purposes. Deslers Lverywhere STANDARD OiL COMPANY (Au Jadiana Corporation) ES home county Putnam, by 1,011 votes. | ALL AMENDMENTS This county four years ago gave | HOPELESSLY BEATEN Hadley 1,288 plurality, showing a/| loss of nearly 300 votes for the Re-| St publican ticket in the county of its Single fax Worst Defeated by Vote leader. There were 294 votes from | 508,137 Against and all sources cast for Nortoni, the Bull, 86,647 For. Moose nominee. | Jefferson City, Mo., Nov. 24.—Com- Totals of Official Vote. | plete official returns on the constitu- The total official vote by offices, tional amendments, made public by nominees and parties as received Secretary of State Cornelius Roach, from Jefferson City is as follows. | reveal all were badly snowed under. For President—Wilson (Dem.) 330,-, The sixth, the single-tax proposi- 947; Taft (Rep.), 207,491; Roosevelt tion, fared worse than any of the (Prog.), 123,111; Debs (Soc.), 28,148; Others, being defeated by a vote of Chafin (P.), 5,220; Social-Labor, 1,- 508,137, against 86,647 votes for it. 861. Next in order for faring badly came For Governor—Major (Dem.), 337,- in the seventh, with only 96,911 for it 019; McKinley (Rep.), 217,819; Nor-| to 475,151 negatives. toni (Prog.), 109,148; Ward (Soc.), | The first amendment, which low- 28,145; Stokes (Pro.), 5,220; Rogers ered the school age from 6 to 5 years (Soc.-Lab.), 1,181. and removed the age limit of 20 en- Lieutenant Governor—Painter tirely, fared better than the others, (Dem.), 333,669; Lloyd (Rep.), 215,-| but it lost by a vote of 207,298 for and 476; Burrus (Prog.), 113,967; Hotham 367,032 against. (Soc.), 28,384; Hughes (Pro.), 5,292; The vote on the others was as fol- Johnson (Soc.-Lab.), 1,857. lows: Second—For, 140,611; against, Attorney General—Barker (Dem.), | 402,473. Third—For, 121,794; against, 332,875; Mason (Rep.), 215,088; Hyde | 401,918. Fourth-For, 172, 140, against, (Prog.), 115,494; Bundy (Soc.), 28,417; | 378,263. Fifth—For, 151,694; against, Wilcox (Pro.), 5,215; Bloebaum (Soc.- 385,698. Eighth-For, 197,643; against, Lab.), 1,857. | 348, 495. Ninth-For, 154,952; against, Secretary of State—Roach (Dem.), | 401,843. 833,732; Alford (Rep.), 214,782; Nied- The fifth amendment took away the ermeyer (Prog.), 114,659; Behrens: right of an alien to vote on his first (Soc.), 28,334; Guenther (Pro. ), 5,800; | papers, compelling him to wait until Holbrook (Soc.-Lab.), 1,835. jhe became acitizen. The eighth gave State Auditor—Gordon (Dem.), 2 grand jury the right to open ballot , could be used against the defendants | State Treasurer—Deal (Dem. ), 332,- | at their trial. The ninth provided for a tax of 10} {not enumerated were of minor im-, Railroad and Warehouse Commis- | portance. The general feeling is that all oth- | tions exists a feeling that steps be Supreme Court, Division No, 1—) taken to either amend or repeal the | but it has not reached any proportions Supreme Court, Division No. 2—|and may die out when it becomes , 330,608; Walker, | known how badly all the amendments Capper Goes to High Court Court of Appeals, St. Louis—Allen; Topeka. Kas., Nov. 20.—Kansas’ 15,677; Janis | reached the State Supreme Court when it issued an alternative writ of man- Kansas City—Trimble (Dem.), 152,-| damus against the County Commis- | sioners of Bourbon County to recon- Springfield Division — Farrington | vene at once and recount the ballots cast in the last election. The suit was brought in the name of Arthur Capper, (Rep.). It is Rep.), 43,756; Gray (Rep.), 43,706; | | were counted twice. ame eo Similar suits affecting other coun- Writing Last Messages. j ties are being prepared by Mr. Cap- Washington, D.C., Nov. 25.—‘‘We | per’s attorney. The official returns gave Hodges the election by but 31 votes. In this spirit President Taft is writ- Jefferson City, Mo., Nov. 22.—Of two weeks ago fifteen are Democratic STATE DEVELOPMENT HOPE OF DEMOCRATS Young, Energetic Men in Gener- al Assembly to Strive for Their Communities. | Jefferson City, Mo., Nov. 25.—In the next General Assembly, which convenes January 8, the Democrats on joint ballot will have a voting total of 138, the Republicans 36 and the Progressives 1. The Democratic majority will be’ 101. Many Republican counties, which for about fifty years, have been only one way, elected Democrats to the House and will have young, energet- ic men there who will do things for those communities, with a view of | developing and populating them. ‘The House is made up of 113 Dem- |ocrats, 28 Republicans and 1 Progres- .{sive, J. H. Somerville of Mercer county. The Democratic majority there is 85. The Senate is made up 25 Democrats and 9 Republicans, a working majority of 16, one of the largest on record, Among the former Republican counties which have sent Democrats to the House are: Adair, Butler, Caldwell, Cape Girardeau, Cooper, Grundy, Howell, Lawrence, one from St. Louis county, and thirteen out of sixteen from the city of St. Louis. The candidates for Speaker of the House besides James H. Hull of Platte county, who says he has enough promises of support to have the position nailed down, are said to be Frank G. Harris of Boone county, |P. L. Lyles of Shannon, Sterling H. McCarty of Pemiscott and James P. Boyd of Monroe. | Among those being boomed for jclerk are R. L. Daniels of Reynolds, Robert L. Mars of Carterville and D. | A. Sharp of Clay county. L. M. Wil- json of Nevada is mentioned for doorkeeper of the House. The return from Green county failed to give the politics of Repre- sentative-elect William Green of the Second District, but residents of that place who are here say he is a Repu- lican. He was first classed as a Dem- ocrat. CONGRESS MEETS | ON MONDAY NEXT. Session Under Republican Control Has Much to Accomplish. Washington, Nov. 25.—Congress v will reconvene next Monday for the last short session of Republican con- trol in national legislature. Compar- atively few senators and representa- tives had reached Washington today; but discussion has been active during the last week among those early on the scene over plans for the winter’s work and the prospects for the spe- cial tariff session next spring, when all branches of the government pass into the hands of the Democrats. While the vexing question of the tariff is not scheduled for considera- tion this winter, the three months of the short session will be crowded with legislative work. In addition to the annual grist of appropriation bills congress will be forced to dispose of a quantity and special legislative mat- ter left pending with the adjourn- ment of the long session in August. During the early part of the ses- sion the house will be busy shaping appropriation bills while the senate is disposing of the impeachment trial of Judge Robert W. Archbald of the commerce court set to begin Decem- ber 3. Several important measures will be pushed for early action in the senate, among them the resolution of Senator Works of California to limit the pres- ident toa single six-year term; the Sheppard-Kenyon bill, prohibiting the shipment of liquor into prohibition states, and the vocational education bill of Senator Page of Vermont. The bill of Senator Borah creating a de- partment of labor is also scheduled for early consideration. Suffrage “Officially Carried in Kansas Topeka, Kas., Nov. 22.—Official figures given out to-day on the vote on suffrage show that the amendment , {and the other three—Frank B. War- James Wilson, Secretary of Agri- When he became Secretary of Ag- tricts. In the Thirtieth Maurice J. Cassidy of St. Louis, a Democrat, was Attorney General Wickersham will of ill health. shoeing.—Advertisement. 52-tf carried by a majority of 16,079. There ner of St. Louis, A. E. L. Gardner of | Were seventy-four counties for it and St. Louis County and Solomon E. | thirty against it, anda tie in Brown County. Of the voters taking part in The Democrats gained a senator in the last election, 31,000 failed to vote the First, Fifteenth and Thirtieth dis-| either way on the amendment. Barn on Risk Place Burned elected over Robert Paulus to fill the ‘ The barn on the David Risk farm in unexpired term of Adolph E. Methdy, |SY™mit township was destroyed by Z : fire Friday afternoon, the origin of : ed rigin of a Republican, who resigned because Which is uhlenWn. 4 ‘A considees! CAO ee Reet quantity of hay and grain were con- Go to Cagley & Turk for horse+|sumed. The loss was partially cove ered by insurance.