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Taft Leads Lake Chelan Amid Far-Reaching Balloting In 1908
In Lake Chelan and surrounding counties voters split heavily for Taft with margins over Bryan in county and district totals. Complete returns show Taft carrying multiple counties including Leavenworth and Chelan with Taft leading by wide margins. Cosgrove and Pattison divide the rest in governor and other state races. Minor party tallies include socialists and prohibition, with Hearst stands at five votes.
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Lake Chelan
Taft
Bryan
Cosgrove
Pattison
Prohibition
Independence Or
Hearst Party
Leavenworth
Poindexter
Goodyear
Hay
Edwards
Nichols
Johnson
Lewis
Schram
Clausen
Carson
Bell
Holzheimer
Ross
Schooley
Dewey
Wheeler
Schively
Masterson
Smithson
Stevens
Holm
W. J. Long
Ferguson
Simmons
Campbell
Brooks
Spencer
Godfrey
Battles
Kemp
Starr
Osborn
Payton
Bowersox
Anvil
Saunders
Culp
Pitcher
Grant
Otis
Kinney
Trow
Cashmere
Shively
Helm
Long
Merritt
Commission of Public Lands
Lake Wenatchee
Brooks County
Chiwaukum
Holme
Columbia
Congress
Chelan
Sheri
Emp
Lakeside
Ernest G. Spencer
John Godfrey
Alex Pitcher
W. A. Grant
Darnell
Colockum
Ean Hools
Auvil
Triet
Ingersoll
Cook
Peshastin
Chelan Falls
John H. Smithson
O. M. Brooks
Ripley
Barrier
Malaga