Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1908 — CORRECTED VOTE OF JASPER COUNTY. [ARTICLE]

CORRECTED VOTE OF JASPER COUNTY.

In the hurry of getting up the' figures of the vote of this county j for Wednesday’s Democrat there were errors in the vote for Watson, as published, in, practically every precinct, caused 'by copying “Ihe wrong column of figures. The vote as published was correct otherwise, except, as stated, Keener and Wheatfield townships did not report in time to publish in that table. The correct offieiafi vote of all twenty precincts appear today, together with the totals and pluralities received by each candidate, except the prohibition candidates, which was about the same all through as that cast for president, which is giVen. Wednesday morning it was thought Halleck had carried this county by 110, but on getting in the other two townships and comparing the figures carefully it was found that he had carried it by •nly 5 votes, running 457 behind the head of the ticket. In White, the republicans carried the county by >7, but Senator Law carried the county by I vote. In Newton Halleck had a majority of 70. Compared with fotfr years ago the democrats made substantial gains all along the line in Jasper county. Then the republican plurality on the national ticket was 795, er 333 more than this year, and the total vote polled in the county was about 200 more than in 1904. The prohibition vote in 1904 was 151, but this- yearH was only 70, a falling off of more than one-half. Hanlr for governor in 1904 re-

celved 783 plurality, against 327 thia year for Watson, who run 135’ behind the state ticket. Crumpacker’s plurality of 518 four years ago was cut to 255, or more than half in two. The highest plurality on the county ticket four years ago was 576 for Price for Surveyor,* and this year Allman for treasurer lead the ticket with a plurality of only 453. z The democrats elect township trustees in Jasper-county in five townships, as stated Wednesday— Newton, Jordan,Gillam, Union and Wheatfield—and seven assessors, we understand —Jordan, Newton, Hanging Grove, Milroy Union, Wheatfield and Walker. The assessor vote was a tie in Barkley, and in casting lots Charles Reed, republican, won out. The plurality for Abraham Halleck in the four counties composing this senatorial district is 111— 5 in Jasper, 79 in Newton, 28 In Starke—White county giving Law a plurality of 1.