Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell

THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Thirteenth Year - Number  (Missing)
Marlin, Texas, Thursday, May 22, 1902
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McLENNAN COUNTY VOTE.

       The following is the vote in detail cast in the McLennan county primaries for the candidates for congress:

THE VOTE BY BOXES.

                                                                        Henry                 Thomas
                                                            

(Waco)

lst ward-------------------------------------------     249                             237
2nd ward-----------------------------------------     485                             384
3d ward-------------------------------------------   363                             349
4th ward-------------------------------------------   428                             344
5th ward-------------------------------------------   183                             139
Daughtrey's Dairy------------------------------      64                               55
Robinson-----------------------------------------       67                               59
Rosenthal-------------------------------------------    64                               29
Hewitt------------------------------------------------    88                               32
Whitehall---------------------------------------------   18                               27
Auditorium-------------------------------------------   91                              87
Poor House-----------------------------------------   40                               40
Downsville-------------------------------------------     4                               32
Harrison----------------------------------------------   28                              13
Mart----------------------------------------------------140                               76
Battle--------------------------------------------------   91                              68
Riesel------------------------------------------------- 135                              48
Elm Mott----------------------------------------------   85                              49
Chalk Bluff--------------------------------------------  33                              35
Gohlosn----------------------------------------------- 107                             60
Ross----------------------------------------------------  97                              18
West---------------------------------------------------- 313                          370
Bosqueville-------------------------------------------   81                              23
Speegleville------------------------------------------   62                              90
Patrick-------------------------------------------------   40                             38
China Springs--------------------------------------- 101                             92
South Bosque---------------------------------------    76                            30
Coke---------------------------------------------------  100                            28
S Bosque School H  ------------------------------    86                            89
McGregor---------------------------------------------  238                            72
Lorena-------------------------------------------------  116                          104
Bruceville---------------------------------------------     68                            72
Eddy---------------------------------------------------     64                            67
Moody-------------------------------------------------   281                         236
Prairie Chappel------------------------------------      53                             3
Crawford---------------------------------------------    115                           79
Bellview-----------------------------------------------      35                           40
Patton--------------------------------------------------     29                           36
Axtell----------------------------------------------------   106                          52
Gerald--------------------------------------------------   102                          86
Elk-------------------------------------------------------     46                          70
Ryan-----------------------------------------------------    47                           15
Levi------------------------------------------------------     69                          44
Hawthorn-----------------------------------------------     38                          18
Nalley----------------------------------------------------    40                          18
Erath-----------------------------------------------------    44                          35
Waldo----------------------------------------------------    28                         30
Leroy-----------------------------------------------------    15                          31
                                                                                  ______         ______
Totals------------------------------------------------             5169                 3986

       Henry got a majority in the country boxes of 999.
       Henry beat Thomas in every ward in Waco including the one in which both reside.
       Henry carried thirty-six out of the forty-eight voting precincts in the county.
       Both candidates live in McLennan county.
       Will Falls county vote for the one who has the endorsement of his county or the one who could not get the endorsement of his county?

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by The Democrat, Marlin, Falls Co., Texas