Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-05
CKER' IS GALLERY
The Citv Hlectioo

The City Election.
The city election held last Monday
was rather spirited affair. tbouob
but 800 votes in all were polIed. The
day was a delightful one and the
women were out In force. A citizens
caucus had been held Thursday nicbt
ana q ticket nominated. The caucus
was well attended. The following
candidates were nominated by the
caucus: For 1Iayor-Frank Strain:
CounclImen-H. S. Granger, VIM.
Blssell, O. w. BickfOrd, J. Ct. Geb-
hart and Q. a. Lewis; for Police
Judge. ToWnsley. The caucus
ticket was printed and headed Cit
zens Ticket"
1t seems that some persons were
dissatisfied that their friends were de
feated IN caucus, and they went into
the field on Monday with the follow
ing ticket; For Mayor-N. B. Nc
COrmick; COuncilmen-G. W. Bick-
ford, II. S. Polling, S. @. Cummings. @.
II. Lefhngwell and VIM. BlsselI.
Early In the day it became appar-
ent that the fight was narrowed down
to contest for the Mayoraltv. Every
thing was lost sight of but that. The
question was: ''Are you a STRAIN man
or a Mccormick man % The battle
ragged warmly all day When the
votes were counted out it was found
that the Strain ticket was ahead. MIR.
Strain receiving 80 majority. The
following IS the result of the vote
polled:
FOR MAYOR
liHlh ,ar;,,ic 2l4
FOR COUNCILNEE
VIM. BisseH ION both tickets ........ 369
e. W BickfOrd con both tickets ....,....... 81
II. . Granger 1856
n : pCIi go 1890 .''--''''.- '.''..... lo3
a p Eolllg 2l5
y Il, LeAhsWell .....- zee. PIP
FOR POLICE JUDGE
P TOwnsley Con both tickets} &C.. ......... 3Tf
MIR. Strain will make a good Mayor
and the Council is composed of prom
inent business men, well qualified for
the position
ELECTION NOTES.
7 1t is claimed that some girls, aged
about Is years, voted and were adj
vlsed to do so. No one has a legal
right to vote unless q years old.
Their advisers did them a great wrong.
as they influenced the girls to commit
a violation of the law, for which they
could be prosecuted.
We have heard the remark by men
who were heretofore advocates of
WOman's suffrage that this election
had turned them against it, because
of the action Of a few women who
violently opposed a candidate on the
ground that he did not belong to
''Our church, and for other insuffic-
lent reasons. We have no personal
knowledge as to the truthfuIness or
falsity Of this report about the action
Of the ladies referred to- Even If thew
were over jealous and fought the bat
tie largely on church grounds, that is
no sufficient reason why women should
not exercise the right of suffrage.
Men often resort to improper means
to secure votes. Those men who
carefully post themselves as to the
issues, and vote ntelligently, are not
to be deprived Of their rights because
some other male voter improperly
discharges his duty as an electOr.
The same rule should apply to
women. Voting is new business for
them. They will learn IN due time to
avoid dragging church affairs into
politics and support a ticket and the
cause it represents on its merits. They
should learn not to be too emotional,
and not to believe many Of the cleo
tiOnerlng roorbacks set afoat about
candidates election day.
Some of the things put in circula-
ton concerning Mr.. Frank Strain
were simply outrageous. His
friends feel indignant at the shame
less stories told about him and
promise to pay back with interest the
people who so misrepresented him.
The HERALD is a Peace-maker and our
! advise is: drop the matter, heal up
all differences and let bygones be by
cones.
Goods Cheaper Than Ever.
4 lbs. of package coffee 81 90
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