Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 November 1908 — MARSHALL’S OFFICIAL PLURALITY IS 13,669 [ARTICLE]

MARSHALL’S OFFICIAL PLURALITY IS 13,669

Republicans Elect All But Three State Officers, and Democrats Prepare to Contest Elections.

The result of the election In Indiana last week shows that the republicans won all offices but governor, lieutenant-governor and attorney general. The complete returns from all counties wei e compiled Sunday in the ofiice of the secretary of state.

George W. Self led the Republican can ticket, defeating Bert N.w for reporter of the Supreme Court by 1,277. ' :

While many of the Republican candidates won by small pluralities, the complete and official returns set at rest the doubt which existed as to the offices of attorney general and

superintendent of instruction. James Bingham, Republican candidate for attorney general, was defeated by Walter Lotz by a plurality of 901. Lawrence McTurnan (Rep.), won over Robert J. Aley for superintendent of public instruction by a plura l y of 211. John C. Bill! eimer’s plurality for auditor of state over Mnrion Bailey, Democrat, was only 228. The races for the offices of auditor, treasurer, state statistician and superintendent of public ins! ruf tion were very close. Oscar Hadley’s plurality over laenbarger (D m.), for treasurer is 838. J. L. Peetz won the office of state statistic! n over P. J. Kelleher( Dem.) by a plurali.y of 316.

The Republican victory in the races for the Supreme and Appellate Courts was more clearly dcf.cei. Q. A. Myers (Rep.) has a plurality cf 1,041 over M. B. Lairy (Lem.) for judge of the Supreme C>u t, FI tn District. David Mye s (Re;).) _. defeated E. W. Felt (D m.) by 1,165. Marshall’s plurality over W;t‘on was 13,660, Maisnall ;eceivi; g 318 496 votes. The vote for Watson was 334,483.

Frank J. Hall (D m.) won over Freemont Goodwine (Rep.) for lieutenant Governor by a plurality of 154. Fred Sims (Rep) dfaated James F. Cox (Dem.) for se ret ary of state by 997. When the vote was tabulated in the secretary of stale's office it was done in the presence of representatives from, the Democratic state committee, and when it was finished Democratic representatives said that they were satisfied irith the count as it had been tabulated. Concerning the content wlich the Democratic candidates decla e w.il be. instituted the Republicans say

that even with an additional canvass of the vote the majorities are sufficiently substantial to show a victory for them. “If a contest is instituted,” said Mr. Bims, “I believe it will result in uncovering- some irregularities la Democratic strongholds. I believe that a contest would result in showing that the Republicans have won their offices.” Frank J. Hall of Rushville, elected Lieutenant Governor, was in the e'ty yesterday. He attended the me t- ■ ing of the candidates, and said that Jhe believed that the vote ought o show that the majority of the Demo-

cratic- ticket had been successful. The Democraict candidates who were defeated at the election, according to official figures in the offl e of the secretary of state, announced after a conference in Democratic headquarters yesterday that In all probability a contest will be instituted with the Legislature in order to determine the result* of the vote Veiled charges of iri egularlties in the count in the various counties we e made by lame of the candidates, but they all declined to go into detail of the grounds their contest will be based.

Members of the Democratic state committee worked all day tabulating figures that - have been seat iu from various counties and those th t had been received from the secretary of state. T hey had re e’ved only, a small portion of he offici i figures, however.

The question of the probable effe t of the election of Thomes_R. Marshall on the return to Kentucky of W. S. Taylor and Charles Fin’ey', who have been in this state for eight, years, has been raised amorg t’ e friends of both men. Mr. Taylcr, when seen at his home, declined to l>e interviewed oh the subject, but close' friends of both men have declared that the election of Mr. Marshall will not in any way effe t them.

It has been explained that the e can be no action taken by the Governor of Indiana until some actl n is taken by the Go e nor of Ke - tucky. 11 is generally understood, also that Governor Willson will n t issue a requisition for the return cf the two men unless he can get a promise for a fair trial from fh* prosecution, and this, friends of Taylor and Finley say, can not be done.