Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1867-03-08

CORPORATION MEETING, ELECTION, &C. &C.
On the evening Of the End inst, some Of thu
.itsen. Of Toledo met at the Court House 70
he purpose Of putting in nomination, persons
% fill the several Offices within and for the
corporation limits Of the city Of Toledo, Tama
county, Iowa. Quite novel time was had,
and the result Of the cogitations Of these men
is seen by reference to their proceedings as re-
ported in this issue. Sometime, however . ter on
or before the morning Of tho 4th, a new ticket
in part, was made up, and in very good sea.
son in the morning We were presented with
list Of the candidates. and ordered tickets
printed We of course went to work in
s,anter to perform the behests Of our employ
er. We had not, however, printed all of these
tickets. before some one who represented the
Saturday night side Of the arrangement, came
to us also, and ordered lot of tickets prin
ted, asking US when We got that "bogus
ticke.?" We replied, that By some "hocus
pocns or other it had come into our hands.
and We were now printing tickets for pay,
and If there were any more of any other kind
v were ready to 60 in ION our nerve and
! print them. However, the election went on
with good deal Of interest and 50 ne consid>
cradle excitement, the largest strike being a
Mayor. The opposing candidates were, as
each side claimed, good and tried men, Tcy
were on the one si.le, Major L. Clark, the other
7. Is Mccullough. There was too, some ex.
ctement on the election of Trustees. All day
it was continued elimination and re imina>
ton on both sides, so We are informed VIC
w>re not out much Of the time, and paid but
little attention. The principal issues seemed
to be sidewalks and saloon taxation; but VIC
were unable in all our inquiries, and we made
several, to find one man who was oppos. .
to taxing the saloon, nor yet one who oppose.
the building of sidewalks, yet it seemed tina
the candidates, some Of them, were opposed I,
both, and now that election is over no doub
the facts will he known Ga some of the can
didates tnere was but little or no opposition
and they were Of course elected by ha"dsoa,,
majorities. On Treasurer Assessor and cit,
Attorney i; seems there appeared TO be bu
little opposition, perhaps ten or twelve vo,e
either way. A fight like unto tempest il
teapot was the order of the day, and Cap
tains, Majors and Generals, were in great de-
mand to marshal the contestants in battl
array. At it they went, and the result is q
follows:
For Mayor, +. B. Mccullough.
. Recorder, T. Free
Trustees, c. G. Bu,tkereit. E. Gallon
$. Moore, J. N. Springer, G. W. Free, j,
attorney, J. T. Rice.
Assessor, g. IL. Graham
Treasurer, J. Il. Struble.
Marshal, $. o. Bishop.
For Mayor, there were several votes cas-
for 7. d. NJ ullough and one for McCulloug 81
counting these ballots separate, Major L. Char
would have been elected. but the Board {
Canvassers taking into consideration all til
lac,s and from these, believing that it was I'll
intention Of those voting for +. b. McCulloug
and Mccullough intended to vote for L.
Mccullough gave him the benefit OF the sam
and ne was elected by one majority, Mayor
II was about the same with +. GALLON an
, c. &. Bu,tkercit Under the oircumst nee
We believe the Board did right and acted yer
generously. We hope that those elected wi
act up to their professions on election day.