Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-26
WON SINGLE-HANDED
DIR. Charles C. Carter Elected School
Director.
The saw mill Combination Beaten
AFTER q Hard Fight---Durham Gets
the Largest Vote.
There were wheels Within wheelsl

There were wheels within wheels
The small wheels revolved inside the
larger ones with amazing rapidity, but
they all stopped at 2 o'clock last night
when the polls closed at the annual school
election.
II was hard to discover what actuated
q voter In his choice of candidates.
While politics might have influenced a
few, it did not enter actively into the
contest, which as the day wore on,
seemed to bristle with personalities. But
through 1t all the sentiment for DIR. Car
ter won. He and his friends fought
against big odds-sgainst combination
that il seemed almost impossible to de-
feat.
There were three kinds of tickets in
circulation, viz: Durham. Sears and
Knowlton; Durham, Carter and Knowl-
ton, and one with DIR. Carter alone.
When the polls were opened in the morns
ing. ticket peddlers were on hand, and
every indication pointed to a spirited
battle. Capt. Durham
BoBBED UP sERENELY
with tickets bullying out of every pocket
He had almost sure thing of being
elected, as his name was on two tickets,
but nevertheless, he worked the COM
binstion ticket for all it was worth. For
some time the Carterites kept showing
in tickets. with Durham, Carter and
Sears, but along about noon different
tactics were adopted. 1t then became
clearly apparent that it was the field
against Carter; that Durham and Knowl-
ton were doing all in their power for
Sears, and the only way for Garter to
win was to go it alone. So the word
was sent forth to vote for Carter. At
i've o'clock Carter was beaten; then the
gravel train, band wagon and calliope
were let loose, the Carter stock went up
with an Indian rubber bound.
For several years back at general cleo
tons, vehicles to haul voters to the
polls have been dispensed with, bu,
yesterday the established rule was ig-
nored, and the livery stables did good
business. In fact, it was
WIDE OPEN
election, even the saloons forget
ting to close their doors. and be-
fore dark some of the thirsty enthus.
lasts became little boisterous. Consid
cradle feeling cropped out during the day
between some of the political bosses who
run things in the republican camp.
Boss Reimers worked like Trojan and
wagons hauling his ''sawdust" voters
made beaten path from the mills to the
polls. Although not a candidate, when
the result was declared last night. prob
ably MIR. Reimers was the most disap-
pointed man In town.
Three years ago when j. j. Reimers
and Capt. c. w. Durham ran for menu
bers of the board of education against
Capt. Ransom and David Fitzgerald,
1894 votes were polled, probably the
largest number ever cast at a school cleo
ton up to that time. But yesterdays
election
ECLIPsED THAT RECORD,
a total of 1890 having been cast. OF
this number DIR. Carter received S72-
500 being straight tickets with his name
on alone. This vote of sec was decid-
eddy complimentary to DR.. Carter. and
expressed preference for him against
all others.
1t was about ten o'clock when the
final result was made known. The to-
tai is as follows: Capt. W. Durham.
1,099; DR.. G. w. Carter, S72; ID. j
Sears, s37; W. s. Knowlton (shor
term, 1,123. Capt. Durham received
the greatest number of votes, and DR.
Csrter's majority over Mr.. Sears was So