The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-04-06
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~ Exceedingly quiet Day and Peaceful
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~ Exceedingly umet Day and Peaceful
fne-4fhefe IL hat little Excitement ana
Consequently not ruiI Vote folied
Yesterday the municipal election took
place. There were an assessor and col
lector Of taxes n city marshal and an alder
man In each Of the four wards to bo
elected. For the former Office there were
three candidates, Mr.. Charles j. Green, the
democratic nominee; Mr.. Julius G. Bogel,
independent democrat, and Mr.. William
Jones' independent republican
There had been in the earlier part OF the
canvass an effort to get up citizens ticket
and to that end few democrats, lew
greenbackers and a few republicans had
met at the city hall and nominated can
didates for all the positions enumer-
ated above, Mr.. Jones being the
choice for assessor and collector over Mr..
Bogel, Mr. Arnold for city marshal, and an
alderman for each ward, not one, however,
of whom would accept, except Mr.. w. +.
Cottman, OF the Fourth ward. This meet
ing appointed also an executive committee,
with power TO
FILL VACANCIES.
But for some reason it did not
do so in the case of the nominees for alder
men who had declined. In fact, this citi-
aen's, or peoples, movement seemed to
have suffered sadly from inanition from Its
birth and it died after q feeble effort at the
polls yesterday.
Subsequently the executive committee OF
the Republican party held meeting and
endorsed Mr.. Jones for assessor and col
lector, and an effort was made to
concentrate the republican vote on him,
but this seems to have failed.
1t is not the province of our reporter,
even if he felt so Inclined to attempt an
ANALYSIS of the why's and wherctores of the
vote of yesterday. 1t is no indication of
THE POLITICAL SENT IMENT
that prevails, in this city, for nc
one can look at the hgures
and tell whether the democrat, the repub'
lican or the greenback party is in the ma
iority in Dallas. 1t seems 10 be sugges-
ton that the people are not welded to par
ty nominations for municipal offices, but on
the contrary, wear but lightly the yoke OF
party fealty when the selections of city
officers are to be made. MeH and not
measures seems to be the preference terence
city officer is to be chosen.
There was very little interest, indeed
manifested in the
! SCHOOL TAX
sueston. The proposition, to be voted on
only by property owners, was to levy tax
of one.fourth of one per cent on the
taxable property OF the city TOR two
wears. The amount realized the
first year was to be devoted to the erection
of school-houses, and that of the second
year to the support of the public schools,
1t was urged against the proposition that
the fullest amount that could be expected
to be collected was $4,000 per annum, and
that it was an injury to the cause
to appropriate only 10000 to the purchase
of lots and the construction of school
houses, hence it seems that many who
would have voted for the proposition ii the
sum for the erection of school houses had
been greater did not vote at all.
Below is given the result of the vote cas1
by wards: