The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-01-14
CITY ELECTION.
= r.. NJ ELECTED OR.
a Very Light Vote POlled, O~ Ing
10 the Windstorm-Review OF
the Campaign-Onicini
Figures. etc.


The lightest vote that was ever polled
at a city election in Cheyenne, was that
cast yesterday for mayor and members
of council. One cause Of the light vote
was the strong and incessant wind
storm that ragged all day, causing the
dust and pebbles to fly thick and heavy
and making all out-of-doors as disa-
greeabie as inferno itself. This was
the main cause, but another was a
conviction on the part of the people
that Mr.. Addoms and the excellent
council ticket which he headed would
be elected without question. And then
the partisan democrats didn't take
much interest in the election for the
reason that they had no candidate in
the field for mayor. They were there
fore dissatisfied, and RETAINED from
voting. Still, a number Of democrats
voted for Mr.. Addoms.
The history of the city campaign is
brief and interesting. On the Sd
inst, the workingmen of the city met
in mass convention at city hall and
nominated Joseph Granger for mayor.
For council: First ward full term),
J. II. Kimball; ..,unexpired term, Geo.
w. Hoyt; second ward, n. Robertson;
third ward, Milton Taylor. 1,dl
The democrats were next in the field.
On Friday evening, the 9th inst, those
Of the third ward met early in an ante
room of city hall and nominated T.
Dyer for council. The city mass meet
ing of democrats was held afterwards
in the large hall. Here the names of
r. +. Glover and ID. Fisk were sug-
gested for mayor. Although Mr..
Glover had peremptorally declined to.
become a candidate, his friends insist
ed upon running him anyhow. q Then
another faction desired TO defeat Fisk
for the nomination, and worked Glover
to that end. The result was largely in
favor of Mr.. Glover. AS that gentle
man was nnalterably opposed to being
a candidate, he promptly declined the
nomination.
On the same evening friday, the
republicans ofths several wards of the
city met and nominated the same men
for council who were put up in the
workingmen's convention. Delegates
to o city convention to nominate a
republican candidate for mayor, were
also elected at the same time.
On Saturday evening, the 10th inst,
the delegates to the republican conven-
ton met and placed innomination, F.
E. Addoms. ~ 81 -
Onlthe same evening the democrats
of the first and second wards met to
nominate candidates for council. In
the first, Herman Kimme and q. II.
Spoor were nominated. while in the
second it was concluded to make no
nominations. Mr.. Leibey's name was
not presented in this ward until the
night before election. In justice to
Mr.. Leibey, it should be stated that he
knew nothing of his mann being used
as a candidate until late on the morn
ing of election, and then caused his
name to be dropped. Ioie eq4UFmq
On Monday evening a meeting Of
some democrats was held in city hall
to nominate a candidate for mayor, all
though no call had been issued. At
this meeting d. Fisk was nominated.
Soon after the meeting adjourned the
friends of Messrs. Granger and Fisk
compared notes, and finally agreed to
submit their case to a board of arbitra-
tors, to determine which should with
draw and assist the other on election
day. They selected as arbitrators,
Messrs. Col. Murrin, Judge w. II.
Miller and I. Dyer. This board de-
cided for Mr.. Granger. Accordingly,
Fisk declined in favor of Mr.. Grain
ger, and accordingly Mr.. Grainger's
name headed the democratic tickets in
the three wards. IN DTf0
1t win be observed that the original
workingmen's ticket was run in three
sections, viz, the straight ticket;
their council nominees were taken up
by the republicans; and their mayor
atty candidate was adopted by a wing
of the democracy.
The polls were not troubled with
many voters on election day, as will be
noticed by the tabulated statement be-
low.
The following is the full vote as
given by the official figures: