The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-04-09
THE ELECTION.

The election Tuesday called out Il larg-
,r vote by over three hundred than any
other that has ever been cast In the
city. Ifthe vote was legitimate, 1t gives
Mankato population of ten thousand
in round numbers. /
The result of the contest is not what
the best element of our populace hau
hoped for, nor what the business anu
interests can look upon with
the degree of satisfaction that they could
had it resulted otherwise. When Mr..
Jno. A. Willard consented to allow his
name to be used in the canvass, 1t was
only because he desired To do that which
he was urged to do by those who had
every interest i'm the success and ad-
vancement of the city. His interests, OF
course, are pre-eminently greater than
those of any other man here, and as II
natural consequence he feels quite as
deep an interest as any one else in see
ing the city forge ahead, and to that
himself to be used in connection with
the Mayoralty. From the outset-after
the Democratic conventional was APP
parent that nothing would be left un-
done by the saloon element TO defeat
him, and all sorts of stories were put i'm
circulation by some unprincipled parties
whom we do not know-to injure his
reputation and defeat his election. Sew
eral of those falselioods were nailed, but
that they were made good use of among
some of the ignorant who took no pains
to ascertain the facts, cannot, we believe,
be truthfully denied. For instance it
was peddled from one end of the city to
the other that Mr.. Willard paid az city
personal property tax from 1880 to 1885
sums ranging from So TO $40. The truth
| of the matter Is that Mr.. Willard i'm 1880
paid over $500 personal property tax i'm
the city, and each year the sum increas-
ed until In t8s5 ha paid nearly $1,000.
| This was only one of the many despic-
able falschoods circulated to defeat him,
! but II is enough to show the means used
| to accomplish the end sought by the OPP
| position. Then in comes the labor aad
Temperance element, both of which
| initiated against him, because those who
| voted that combination we're, almost en-
tire. Republicans. But these after-eieG-
ton explanations amount to little.
One thing is certain; Mr.. Willard is
more highly thought of and appreciated
by our people than ever before. lie has
shown his interest in our city affairs in
way chat speaks louder than his vast
manufacturing interests can possibly do,
and his defeat by so mcagre a majority
is in no wise discreditable. That por-
ton of the community which lie might
feel proud to claim supported him al
most unanimously and with cordially
never before exhibited ut a city cleo
ton.
| As for Mr.. Carney, the Mayor-elect,
we have 10 words of reproach nor GEN.
sure. He was not our choice for the Of
flee to which he has been elected, and
our efforts to defeat him, while not sue
cessful, were honorable and outspOken
to say the least. Mr.. Carney was elect
ed on what is familiarity understood as
the "wide open" policy, but whether or
not he will disappoint some of his
adherentG in this particular, time
| al Loft Il rot,
ton will be watched carefully, and he
should be accorded the earnest support
and good wishes Of our people as long
as he proves himself worthy of it. There
is no reason to doubt his good intentions,
and he should not be condemned with
out fair trial. Reasonable men will
| take this view of the matter.
The election of Mr.. Henry Mohr for
City Treasurer is gratifying result. For
two years past he has conducted the af-
fairs of his position in manner entire
ly satisfactory, as his election proves.
Mr.. Carney will have the support OF
the best lot Of aldermen which it has
been our fortune to secure for many
years. Mr.. Kron, who was elected in
the First ward is No. business man
Mr.. Hoerr, reelected in the Second has
made good member of the council ;
Messrs. Patterson and Walters in the
Third and Alberger IN the Fourth are
all gentlemen of especial business quail
| lications and will give much strength To
| the practical workings ofthe city govern
| ment.
The following is the vote by wards:
| OFFICIAL FIGURES.
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