Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 268, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 November 1910 — Republicans Successful in Most All County Offices in Benton. [ARTICLE]

Republicans Successful in Most All County Offices in Benton.

Benton county, normally strongly republican, but which has heen electing a number of democratic county officers for a number of years, owing to factional troubles In the republican party, got almost back into the straight republican column at this election. The democrats elected only two officers, the clerk and sheriff. The defeated republicans were Benj. F. Ladd, for clerk, and Chas. H. Staples for sherifT. Ladd was defeated only 38 votes. The county went republican on the state ticket 239 votes. Crumpacker carried it by 13 and Will It. Wood for state senator by 199. Other republicans elected to office in Benton county werer ‘ William H. Cheadle, treasurer, by 10; Don Heaton surveyor, by 184; Russell Ewbank, assessor, by 113; Zephyr Perry, commissioner 3d district, by 83. One of the very satisfactory results was the election in Benton and Warren counties of George Colvert for joint representative. He had been made the target for a very mean attack by the Benton Review. He is a cousin of George Colvert, of Rensselaer. In Carroll county the ticket was divided. The democrats elected the treasurer, surveyor, coroner, sheriff and two commissioners, while the republicans elected the auditor, assessor and joint prosecuting attorney. Pulaski county went democratic, but by only a small majority, while James R. Guild, of Medaryville, who was running for joint representative, carried the county by 39 votes. He was probably defeated, however, Jd the district. 1