Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 275, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1916 — W. L. Wood’s Majority in Three Counties Was 1447. [ARTICLE]

W. L. Wood’s Majority in Three Counties Was 1447.

Robert Hamilton, sheriff of Benton county, and Egbert Hess, Sheriff of Newton county, were in Rensselaer Wedensday and aided by Sheriff McColly of Jasper county, made a canvass of the vote of the three counties of the joint representative candidates in the recent -election, W. L. Wood and Carl Lamb. In the case of the vote on joint representative the sherof the counties represented are required to make a canvass and the official vote is sent to state headquarters. The vote of Wood and Lamb was found to be as follows:

Wood’s Wood Lamb. Plu. Jasper 1967 1384 583 Benton 1810 1050 760 Newton ' 1382 1278 104 Total 5159 3712 1447 Following the canvass -the commission for Mr. Wood was drawn up and will be given to him by Sheriff McColly on next Saturday. ;