Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1866-04-13
EFRon LEayENwoRrR, KANSAS.
The City ~EleCtiOn-The Issues and the
FiEht-An Exciting Tlmc-Thc Boats
The Weather.

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EDS. CRETE: There was much ex-
element here during last week in re-
gard to the city election which was held
on Monday of this week. The candi-
dates were all Republicans. The regu-
lar ticket was headed by the present
i Mayor as candidate for re-election.--
Upon him were hurled all the invec-
tives of tic opposing party. He was
charged with misrepresentation of :. :: q
public funds, with pecSlation, with
fraudulently securing the nomination
by importing illegal voters into the pri-
mary meetings, with open bribery, and
so on through the catalogue of political
misdemeanors. The candidates of the
other party were accused Of being bolt
ers" from the regular Republican NOM
nations, Of desire to get control of the
city and use the power thus obtained
for their own personal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
and for furthering their own ambitious
schemes. SEQ
On Thursday evening the "bolters"
held a mass meeting; a more disorderly
assemblage it would be difficult to inn
agine. Those in attendance were about
equally divided between the two par
ties, and there seemed to be a mutual
agreement that each party should make
all the noise possible.
On Saturday evening the boilers ac-
companied by band of music, held a
meeting in one of the public halls of the
city. The other party also attended by
a band, held meeting in the street.
The meeting in the hall was orderly un-
til one of the candidates-who, by the
way, did not choose to commit himself
to either party-had finished his speech.
He had no sooner taken his seat than
rough looking German mounted the
platform. Holding up his hands he
said in broken English: "You see my
hands, am a working man. 1 am
poor man. A year ago that man."
pointing to the man who had just taken
his seat, "that man cheated me out of
four hundred dollars" That was the
end of all order for the evening. From
all parts of the house came cries of APP
prevail and disapproval. The chairman
attempted to restore order but could not
make himself heard. The band struck
up;and the discord and tumult gave way
to harmony. When the band ceased
playing the chairman announced that
a motion to adjourn had been made and
seconded. Nobody heard the motion,
but everybody voted, aye.
About this time the other meeting re-
solved itself into procession which
paraded the streets to late hour, cheer
ing the regular ticket and groaning for
the other ta. .e.......
Monday, election day, each party had
its band, the wagon and horses properly
going up and down the prin-
cipal streets discussing sweet music to
cheer the faint hearted and arouse the
to duty. The result of all
this was majority for the regular tick
ct of about 1900; the whole number of
votes cast was $40. .a." .....
The river is low and occasionally q
boat gets aground, but as general
thing boatmen experience no difficulty
in running. Boats bound for the noun
tains pass here as frequently as two or
three times week. They appear to
have all the passengers they can accom-
modate.. a-.t -a=...sn ss.
The weather for three days past has
been quite warm. In moist and shell
tered spots grass is beginning to grow.
To-day a fire is very comfortable.
G.