failed to carry, so they were elected to offices that did not exist.

The county ticket was only for commissioner and attorney and the fusion forces were successful. T. M. Morrow won over W. J. Richardson by 33 votes or 246 to 213 ; and T. D. Deutsch won over John A. Orr by 28 or 116 to 88. This was the election in which the Courier intimated that trading was practiced but the delivery on one side. Perhaps Morrow did receive some support from Orr partisans, and perhaps they expected return support ; and perhaps some of Richardson's supporters were for Deutsch, anticipating that Deutsch's friends were for Richardson. Perhaps such votes were cast, but in any event both the democrats won. This was about the last of democratic dominance in Scotts Bluff county politics. Occasionally a democratic candidate will win out, but in the main the republicans have had the upper hand in the county for the past nearly quarter of a century.

The election of 1897 was a republican landslide. Every candidate of that party for state or county offices were elected. In this county majorities from 14 to 232 prevailed. E. von Forell, now of our county, but then of Kearney, was a candidate for regent of the state university but was not elected. C. W. Ford was elected clerk; Geo. W. King for judge; C. B. Whipple for treasurer; L. L. Raymond for superintendent ; E. T. Westervelt for sheriff; Georgia A. Fix for coroner; Thos. Preston for surveyor; and E. S. DeLaMatter for commissioner.