Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 December 1885 — ELECTION ECHOES. [ARTICLE]

ELECTION ECHOES.

The Official Figures in New Fork. The complete official vote of the State o{ New York for the State officers voted for at the election held Nov. 3 has been published. The vote of Davenport, Republican, for Governor, was 489,727; for Hill, Democrat, 501,418; for Jones, Greenbacker, 2,127; for Bascom, Prohibitionist, 30,866. In 1884 Blaine’s vote in New York was 562,001, Cleveland’s 563,048, Butler’s 16,955, St. John’s 24,999. In a total vote of 1,171,263 Cleveland had a plurality of 1,047. The total vote at the last election was 1,024,138, or only 147,125 below the very heavy vote of 1884. There was a falling off in the Republican vote of 72,274, and a falling off in the Democratic vote of 61,630. There was a falling off in the Greenback vote of 14,828, and an increase in the Prohibition vote of nearly 6,000. Official Count in Dakota. The official canvass of the vote cast in Dakota at -the election held Nov. 3 shows the following results: . For the Constitution 25,138 Against the Constitution...., ?.... 6,527 For Prohibition i. 15,572 Against Prohibition. .Vjr..™ ...... 15,218 Following is vote on the location of the State capital: Huron, 12,695; Pierre, I 10,574; Chamberlain, 3,170; Sioux Falls, 3,338; Alexandria, 1,374; scattering, 602; total vote, 31,815; Huron’s plurality, 2,121. Following is the vote on the State ticket, there being no opposition: Governor —A. C. Mellette, 28,994; scattering, 226. Lieutenant Governor—A, E. Frank, 28,726; scattering, 200. Secretary of State—H. S. Murphy, 28,417; scattering 156: Auditor—Frank Alexander, 27,323; scattering, 47. Treasurer —A. W. Diggs, 29,170; scattering, 47. Attorney General—Robert Dollard, 29,067; scattering 152. Superintendent of Public Instruction— A. S. Jones, 28,406; scattering, 161. Commissioner of Schools and Public Lands —W. H. H. Beadle, 28,311; scattering, 127. Following was the vote for Justices of the Supreme Court: First District—D. Carson, 28,661; scattering, 115, Second District— A. G. Kellam, 29,149; scattering, 122. Third District—John E. Bennett, 28,130; scattering, 120. Following is the vote for members of Congress: O. S. Kanouse, 28,750; scattering, 184. The following were elected Judges of the Circuit Court: First District, E. G. Smith; Second District, H. H. Keith; Third District, D. C. Thomas; Fourth District, C.H. •Dillon; Fifth District, Seward Smith; Sixth District, J. W. Newlan. The counties of Butte, Dickey, Richland, Sargent and Walworth are all sparsely settled, and where elections would be expensive and hard to hold, held no elections.