Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1920 — WINNERS IN HIGH SCHOOL VOTE [ARTICLE]

WINNERS IN HIGH SCHOOL VOTE

Defeated at Polls in Tuesday’s Primary in Jasper County. As another evidence of the unreliability of th 6 straw vote, the Renssela’er high school students at a mock primary held Tuesday morning ’/elected” Lowden for president, McCray for governor, Halleck for judge and Rich for representative for the Republicans, and McCulloch for governor and Babcock for judge for the Democrats. However, the Democrat students seemed to have made a better guess on the result as given by tfie voters in this county than did the Republican students. Of course, this was the vote of the students, showing their preference as follows: REPUBLICANS For President Frank O. Lowden 62 Leonard Wood — r ..51 Hiram Johnson .....26 Warren G. Harding.. 6 For Governor Warren T. McCray ......... 74 James W. Feeler 49 Edward Toner 21 For Judge Abraham Halleck 42 George Williams ....40 John A. Dunlap 30 Emmet Laßue 26 E. R. gummings 7 For Joint Representative Jacob Rich 71 Richard C. McCain .. 43 Alexander Tolan 18 Warren D. Simpkins ....12 DEMOCRATS For Governor McCulloch 21 Risk 15 Niblack - 6 Eisenbarger - 5 For Judge Babcock 32 Cunningham 15