Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-03-20
CITY CAUCUS.

ed with those eager to put in nomination good
men and candidates DESTROYS Of honoring the PEG
pie.
At7k o'clock the house was called to order By
E. W. Miller whom Mayor sheafs was elected
chairman and N. A. Kirk secretary, AFTER which
the following candidates were put In nomination
for Mayor, to-wit: n. Hoffman. \. Hughes, G. F.
Mallahan, WIN. Hodges, and j. A. Wallace.
Two of the first three named declined to run and
the third--wss absent. On motion ar informal
ballot was taken which resulted ~ follows, towit:
VIM. e. Hodges q and j. A. Wallace Is votes
with Ii or 20 votes scattering.
r. W. Miller then moved to make the nomina-
ton Of Mr.. Wallace unanimous which was siren
uously opposed by MIR. Hodges friends and final
the motion was defeated by . small majority.
1t was then suggested that the candidates each
express their views on the temperance question,
| on licenseing saloons, hogs and cattle running at
large in the streets, opening up alleys, vacating
| pig pens and slaughter houses, and the best way
to restrain snd curb the impudence Of Lieut..
| Woods goat. Mr.. Hodge being loudly called for
came forward and said he was in favor Of temper
ance ,Ibut did not know much about our city laws
or In fact any laws but II elected would look into
them ana see what licenses were needed; that
he thought the best plan would be to find out
first how much money was needed to run the
expenses of the city, il very much then he would
raise the licenses, II not much then he wonld
lower them. at any ratehe would make the H.
censes raise or fall TO suit the city's demand. He
repeated that he did not know what the city laws
was. whether there was any or not. He rather
thought not, or they never had been put in exc
cltion. Mr. Hodge rather tried 10 dodge the
license question no doubt fer the reason that
there were several saloon men PRESENT. So too
the alleys, he was In favor Of opening them all
up and espe cially those closed up by Murphy,
Sheafe, and Talcott, Eddy aud Strobel. He said
II elected he would throw Flemming's pig pen,
hogs and all, into the slew: that he would put a
head on the other end Of Woods goat TO prevent
his butting, 1t being the nature of all goats to
butt. both heads would want to butt at the same
time and being in opposite directions wonld de-
stroy the force, or perhaps pull the goat In twain
He said it seemed to him a little sprising that
the people should think Of placing in nomina
ton one of the most obscure persons in town. as
he was certainly one OF the obscurest, but that
the people were right in selecting one from among
themselves, one of their own kind, a man Who
was not partial and was no specter oi persons
and who would ~fearfully discharge his duty IL
elected. Mr.. Hodge took his seat amid ~vocifer- |
Gus CnecFinS. CldpplnS VI MINUS III blaHiplHs VI
feet enough TO convince his most strenuous OPP |
posers that he was the undoubted choice Of the
meeting for Mayor. Next followed Mr.. Wallace,
who seeing the warm reception given his oppo-
nent, and fearing defeat, made a ten minutes
speech in favor Of temperance intending to hood
wink the TEN perance men into believing that h.
was with THEM, whilst every man was satisfied
that he then had 4 $50 fee in his pocket from the !
aelonn n IN lefoat II nOasihla Mr. Hadpp whom |
they have reason to fear. Wallace lodged out OF
the alleys and pig styes and whipped around the
goat, talked ABOUT compelling poor blacksmiths, |
failors, shoemakers and Wood Sawyers to pay a
license, but never once dared to place our rich
Merchants, Hotel keepers, Lawyers and Preach
ers on an equal footing with the others, the fact
IL, 40 | understand, Mr.. Wallace is backed by all
these men including the saloon keepers and one
of the churches. His talk about saloon keepers
IL all bosh. They.know that he would not raise
tie license II he could. Let the people be on
their gusrd.
Afer Wallacc's speech another informal ballot
WAS taken which resulted in Mr.. Wallace getting
only IS votes and Mr.. Hodge s. with Is scatter
ing, whercupon e. ". Miller who had all the
time been Wallace's hacker arose and moved TO
nominate MIR. Hodge by reclamation, whice was
bitterly opposed by Wallace and his friends and
which would have burst up the caucus had Wal
lsce's friends been strong enough 10 do this but
finally the motion was put and carried. ! would
say unanimously, as ifthere wa. any opposition
they did not have courage 10 express 1t. 1t being
late, and some feeling manifested, no further
nominations were made but the caucut on mo-
tion adjourned 10 meet at call of chairman. Be
fore this last motion was put Mr.. Hodge was call
ed out, and in a neat and appropriate speech
thanked the audience for the unauimity and
carnestness with which they had stood by him.
and said that If elected and he had no doubt but
that he would be, that under his wise and wstch-
fal administration he should make this The most
prosperous as we'll as the most peaceful city in
the territory. The crowd then dispersed after
giving three rousing cheers for the next Mayor
Of the city Of Elk Point, and Mr. Hodge, - we'll
he might, struck . bee line for home TO acqualnt
Mrs. Hodge OF his and her good fortune. just
think Of her delight. she embr aces him as she
has not done since the first days Of the honey
moon His children gather around him and each
look up into the faces Of this lovely pair. They
know something has TRANSFERRED. something good.
but they cant understand it, all they know IL
that papa lie to be Mayor. One of the liitle limo
cents looks up into the sweet face Of it's mother
and says. mama are we all Mayors now; no you
iihtAc atii@C yVu, II ~ iSPtiCe, hpuO Sub 1
me aud your papa.
The happy pair had inst retired to rest, when
10 another agreeable surprise greets their ears.
Our Silver Comet Band have turned out to sere-
made the nominee for Mayor. Over 100 of our
citizens, men women and children. are present
too, each vie,ng with each other to do honor to
him who is to be the next chief magistrate of our
city. 1he moon hanging overhead, almost a full
orb, was shining in brilliancy, the air was balmy
and calm, everywhere, above, around, beneath,
seemed TO be peace, not a rifle stirred the air,
not a dog barked, not q sound was heard except
the sweet strains of music that filed the air and
the hearts OF Him and Her who are the rccipi-
ents Of such high honor. Not only they but all
seemed to rejoice. and as l stood and gazed on
that throng. and on our candidate as he had
crawsed from his pleasant couch, and emerged
from his mansion to acknowledge in appropriate
remarks the high compliment rendered him. 1
imagined that even then the angels were rejoice
ing over ours and our candidates bliss. In
the few remarks he made he told us of his birth,
and how his mother rejoiced that as he grew
and grew and grew, his parents each day becam
fond sr and fonder Of him and oft predicted that
he would some day fiji an important place in the
councils of the nation, They pointed him to
Franklin, jackson, Newton and a host of great
men, some of whom and among them Roger Sher
man sprang from obscuri,y and poverty. and
that even at that early day he determined that
someday he would make his mark in the world,
and behold even now my fond dreams of my
youth are about 20 be realized, yes, ! shall be
elected, this vast concoursc of citizens and friends
who are before me to night and who came at this
late hour to do honor 10 the candidate Of their
choice, tell me plainly and surely, that on the let
Monday Of April next l shall be elected to fill
the highest Office in the gift Of the people. l
khow you expect great things at my hands and
only hope you may not expect too much, but you
may rest assured that l shall not disgrace the
high office. that I shall in no way be rccreant to
the trast placed in my h~ands-thst l should rath.
er die than betray your confidence. RENE mber
that he who has been faithful to his country in
her hour OF need, cannot, will not. dare not be
unfaithful TO you. When the first iocsin of the
war Of the RehalliOn snnnaed I huckIaa m INV