Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-04-09
MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.
The Result of Mondays Contests In
Various Dakota Cities.

The Result of Mondays Contests In
Various Dakota Cities.
Elk Point, April 6-The city election
yesterday was "galourious" triumph
for the temperance people. The prohi-
bition ticket was elected by majorities
ranging from forty. eight to sixty, with
the exception of George B. Freeman,
who received a majority of over 100 over
j. Nj, Talcott for the office OF mayor
One hundred and nlnety-seven votes
were cast. Hance Murphy, Michael
Hoffman and Alexander Bovee were
elected councilmen.
Ashton, April 6-The CITY election to-.
day was close and hotly contested, the
issue being between high license and
prohibition. The ladies of the city
turned out and eleotioneered at the polls,
but their influence was not sufficient to
change the sentiment. The high license
ticket was elected by tkirty-nine major
| ity. @. B. Billinghurst was elected
| mayor.
Madison, April 6-The city election
held here to-day resulted in the entirc
high license ticket being elected over
| the prohibition ticket, with the excep-
tian OF Justice. Two hundred and thirty
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votes were polied.
Howard, April 6--The straight tenn.
perance ticket was elected to-day by a
small majority over the peoples ticket,
| who favored license, with the exception
of assessor, there being tie vote be.
tween S.. IL. 'Brien and j. ii. Chase.
The following is the ticket: President
OF the council, s. Ell. Bronson; member
of the council three years, s H. Frank
lin; recorder, f. N. Walker; treasurer. j
Il. Terry; village Justice, Henry Wianor;
assessor, Samuel O'Brien; marshal,
Frank Fox.
Mitchell, April 6-The citizens election
| to-day resulted in the defeat of Letcher
by Taylor for mayor. The rest of the
regular ticket was elected without op.
position.
Pierre, April 6-The following city
ticket was elected: Mayor, G. +. Nc
| Clure, who had no opposition; treasurer,
! H. G. Hollenbeck; city clerk, A. w
johnson; police justice, @. O. Bennett
| city Justice, Judge Bronte; aldermen
first ward, Eugene Cutting; second
q. d. Meade; third, @. L. w. Probost
las. A. Ward is member OF the demo
Icratic territorial committee.
Huron, April 6-'Hhe municipal cleo
ton was held today. Rice was unani
mously reelected mayor. Tho same witt
| Wilson for clerk and Dunning for treas
urer. Rowley is chosen alderman in the
frat ward, Faysnt in the second, Bartlet
in the third and Hazen in the fourth
4 The artesian well project carried anc
i King is elected assessor and Ellison police
Justice.
| Redfeld, April 6-The ilicense tIcke
carried today at our municipal eleutior
by majority of sixty out of a total vote
of 174. light vote being polled. /
was caused by the fact that the tenn
perance element here is in the minority
consequently no work Was done at the
polls. The following were elected. There
was no fight on the head OF the ticket
u. r. Miller, mayor; j. j. Myers, recor
der; w. r. Dawes. treasurer. For th'
council, d. T. Brown, a. Kemmerer
Geo. Burns, w. w. Taylor and w. d
Beede wers elected, and X. L.. Hasse
was chosen for marshal. 1t was tn
most quiet election ever held in tn
city.