The daily gazette., 1882-02-22
SECOND EDITION
PHILADELPMsA's ELECTION.
4 VIcToRY FOB THE PEOPLE OVER
THE RING BossEa,

THE RING BOSSES.
The election held in Philadelphia fol
fifty-four members of the City Councils
resulted in the choice of torty-four o
the candidates supported by the Citizens
committee of one hundred. The heavy
rain which prey allied throughout the day
kept many citizens from the polls, but
the vote was nevertheless large enough
70 show the deep interest felt in the con
test and to roll up q majority against the
ring candidates even In wards where the
bosses have heretofore held undisputed
control. Out OF twenty-seven wards, in
which elections for Councilman were
held, the ReformeIs carried their whole
ticket IN nineteen aud part OF their
ticket In tve more, leaving only three
wards carried by the regular party tick
sts-one Democratic and two Republi.
can.
In the general contest for Police Mag.
istrate OF Court No. 3, James L. Brown
Republican, defeated Wm. Eisenbrovn.
Democrat and reform candidate BY q
mejority Of only SS7 in total poll Of
116, 102.
Among the noted contests was the
fight for Select CouL ell in the Fourth
Ward, where the notorious "Blll" Nc
Mullen, classed as ''riDgster" Demo-
crat, who who put himself up a. the IN
dependent candidate after having failed
to receive the regular party nomination,
defeated John O'Donnell, regular Dem,
ocIat, by q majority of $50.
III the Seventh Ward, q Republican
stronghold, Alexander Coots, a negro.
aspired to seat in Common Council,
and as usual the Republicans sat down
upon him. He ran ~ an independent
candidate, however, and received 800
votes, allowing the Democrat candidate
to slip In by majority OF nearly four
hundred.
Politically The new Councils OF
philadelphia will stand rs follows
Select CoTncil, Republicans, 20; DsmO,
Gratis, IL. Common Council, Repub-
licans, 81; Democrats, 90. From the
standpoint of yesterdays electien,
however, the division will show a ma
jorily in each branch for the reform.
ers over the jobbers and ringsters.
The Ledger sums up the general result
in the following happy vein:
A grand work was done yesterday
by the independent voters who sup
ported the nominees Of the Citizens
Committees aad the Committee OF
One Hundred. 1t was ve-y bad
weather for the bosses. Councilmeu
we've voted for in twentJ J-ssvsn wards,
and Of them the candidates of the Re,
formers were successful in twenty
and carried one-half to twO>thirds ol
their ticket in four others. The bossel
carried but three out of the entire
twenty-seven. OF the twelve Select
Council vacancies to be filed, the
candidates endorsed by the Committee
of One Hundred iere successful in
sight; the bosses were beaten in two
others, and the sole trophies they have
left are McMRllin in the Fourth and
Thornton in the Thirtieth. OF all OF
the obsdient servants of the Gas
bosses in Select Council who were up
for reelection, McMullin alene got
through. There we're forty-two Com
mon Councilmen to be elected, and
thirty-sia of these are carried by the
citizens who acted in cooperation
with the Committee of Que Hundred.
Every member of Common Council
now In nee or who has been, who
sto0d up for the pubic welfare, and
was a candidate yesterday, was re-.
elected. This ID Q splendid vindica-
tion for the men who did their duty
in defiance of the bosses, and a grand
accession of strength to tho cause Of
The people.
THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
In Plttsburg the election was only for
CouncllmeD, aud the citizens tickets
we're fairly successful.
In Bradford, Mcclure, Democrat, de-
ieated Critshl w, Republican, for City
Treasurer, by Sl7 majority.
The Republicans swept Norristown,
on light vote, by majority of 500.
lin Reading the Democrats were victe-
rlous, and increased their majority In
The Councils from fifteen to nineteen on
Joint ballot, the bodies nov standing 81
Democrats to 1s Republicans.
In EasLon, Titus, Democrat, was cleo
ted Burgess, and Dsshler, Rspubli-
can, Treasurer. The Democrats Sc
cured control of the School Board, and
The Republicans OF the Borough Coun-
cit.
In POttsvllle, Seilzlnger, Democrat,
and CitiHeus candidate, was elected
Chief Burgess, the Republicans electlng
he other officers.
In AllentowD, after an exciting con-
test, the Democrats elected their candi-
dates for Mayor and City Treasurer BY
a majority of from 100 to 200.
liz Doylestown theDemocrats elected
The Chief Burgess. and nearly all the
rest of their ticket.
The Republicans elected their city
ticket in Williamsport and retained their
control of City Council.
In West Chester the Republicans
we're. as usual, successful. A small
vote only wfs pollea. Hepburn, col
ored. for Councilman, defeats Fairlamb,
Independent Republican. The ticket
as elected, is: Chief Burgess, J. B.
Wood Second Burgess, NJ. b. Hick-
man, Assistant Burgesses, Samuel Hau-
mum, ChAlles w. Roberts, Abram Ram
bo, George Hopes, Moses g. Hepburn.
rhe Democrats elected the Burgess in
Chambersburg and the Republicans the
rest OF the ticket.
| In Scranton, T. V. Powderly, Labor
Reform and Democrat, was elected
Mayor by e majority of about q thOus-
and over his Republican opponent,
George w. Bushnell. This is Mr.. Pow
derly's third term, having been elected
twice by the Labor-Reform party.
Powers, Democrat, was reelected
Burgess OF BellefoBte, but the Repub-
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