Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 263, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 November 1914 — ELECTION RESULTS IN OTHER COUNTIES [ARTICLE]

ELECTION RESULTS IN OTHER COUNTIES

Jasper County Not the Only One That Swept the Flatter Clean— Newton County Split. ** ■ ’ The, results in neighboring ebunties will be interesting: Carroll county elected the entire democratic ticket by pluralities ranging from 67 to 572. Shively beat Miller 303.- Two years ago Ralston defeated Durbin 787. Beveridge's vote fell from 896 in 1912 to 533. In White county the republicans elected the recorder, clerk, sheriff, assessor, commissioner of the second district and tw’o of the county councilmen. The democrats elected the treasurer, coroner, surveyor and five of the county councilmen. The commissioner of the third district tied with 1935 votes each. Shively carried the county by 84, Jackson beat Cook 6, Wood beat Peterson 15, Hays beat Logan Wood 1. Beveridge received 704 votes. In 1912 he received 943. In Benton county republicans landed every office except sheriff. Pluralities ranged from 85 to 452. Beveridge received 539 votes. Miller defeated Shively 81, and Jackson defeated C<sok 220. Wood defeated Peterson 123.

In Lake county the entire republican ticket was elected by majorities ranging from 2,500 to 3,000. Among the winners was Henry Whittaker, formerly a resident of Wheatfield, who was re-elected sheriff. Mat J. Brown was elected treasurer. He was formerly a county commissioner, and a mud-sling-ing campaign was carried on against him.' Lake county, with its wonderful vote, holds the key to the tenth district and gave Will R. Wood a plurality of more than 3,000. The New Era newspaper at Crown Point, which was founded to fight the progressive cause, suspended publication without getting out a paper to tell the result of the election. The Daily Courier, founded recently at East Chicago, ■is said to be about to suspend. Starke county was split up. Republicans elected the clerk, recorder and assessor; the democrats elected the sheriff, treasurer, surveyor, coroner and two commissioners. Pentecost defeated Judge Vurpillat in both*Stark6 and Pulaski counties. The Knox Republican says that many democrats voted the straight republican ticket in order to be certain that they voted for Pentecost. He carried Starke county by 109, while oth. r republicans carried it only 19 to 52. Republicans were successful in Porter county all officers being elected bv pluralities ranging from 380 to 909, f

Pulaski county also climbed into the republican column on most of the local offices. Shively, however, defeated Miller by 255. The republicans elected clerk, auditor, sheriff and two commissioners. Democrats elected treasurer, coroner, surveyor and assessor. Beveridge received 384 votes. This was Judge Vurpillat’s home and he lost 'the county by 37. James R. Guild, of Medaryville, republican candidate for joint representative, carried the county by 275. He was defeated, however, in Fulton county and his democratic opponent elected. In Newton county only two democratic candidates were elected, Rich for treasurer and McCurry for clerk.