Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-20
LOCAL ELECTIONS.
Results of the Contests in Surrounding
Towns and Cities-The Cold Weather
Causes Light Yote-Some


In the smaller towns and cities of the
State comparatively small vote was polled
at the local elections yesterday. The fol-
lowing are the results:
OIL CITY-In the municipal election Horton
c. Sweeney Republican was elected City Con-
troller. The only other officials voted Tor were
COuncilmen, school controllers and consta'
bles, the majority of those elected Delng ne
UNIoNTowN.-Much scratching of tickets
was done at the election, and over SO0 votes
polled, larger vote than usual ior sIrng o1 eleS
Reed Burgess, Amos S, Bowiey, Tax collector,
| and John r. Wilson, Justice of the Peace, ana
| Councilmen in the First and Fourth wards.
! The Democrats elect Councilman IN the
! Third ward. while the vote IN the Second ward,
where an independent candidate was running,
is close and in doubt.
ISREENyILLE-W. p. Leech was elected
Burgess: Alexander Bright, Thomas Mould, Jr.,
Councilman, and ID. G. Meyer, Constable. he
publicans elected entire ticket.
GREENsBURG.-The election passed OF
quietly here. The vote polled was small. The
Democratic ticket is elected by malor1tles rang,
ing from rs to l75. A. NJ. Sloan is Burgess and
F. Y. Chopper, Henry Coshey. Joseph Bowman
]. Johnston and Alex Eicher are the school
directors. Thomas Stimmel is Tax Collector
and Thomas Washabaugh Constable. j. j.
Johnston had the highest vote.
hAhON.-l1UCdl tlGCllOu IN
of William Wallis as Burgess. Both School
Board and Council are Republican. Vote was
the highest in years, as the thermometer was
near zero all day.
CoRRY.-At the municipal election the Dem
ocrats elected their candidate for Mayor, Al,
Jorney A f. Bole, by majority of 2O5, and
out of the II Couneilmen.
TITUsVILLE.-The municipal election took
a peculiar aspect. To meet the eXigency
caused by the failure of the Supreme Court to
declare the Wallace act constitutional, the
Republicans decided to elect officers under the
act Of 1866 providing for but one branch OF
Councils, and also to indorse and vote for pres
enJ city officials, Democrats, They have one more
year to serve of their original terms AS the
act of 1896 provides for but one years term,
they will hold office legally whether the Wal
lace act is constitutional or not. The Demo-
Gratis made nominations under the provisions
OF the latter act, and therefore only voted Tor
officers whose terms expired, which were
common councilmen. OF these the Republi-
cans lose TWO.
WASHINGToN-Jonatha Allison. Republi-
can, is elected Burgess over Ford, Democrat.
He has l66 plurality in the First, Third and
Fourth wards There is 4 dispute over votes
cast in the Second ward, and the count may not
be finished tonight. Blackhurst and Johnston,
Republican. and Clark and Duepoist, Demo-
Gratis, are elected to Council, which stands
eight Republicans to four Democrats with the
Second ward to hear from.
New BRIGHToN.-For Mayor, ]. c. Calhoun
and the entire Republican ticket was elected.
SCoTTDALE.-Republican carried the entire
township ticket except Constable r. n, Gay,
Democrat, who had a majority of l04 over Deal,
Republican The vote is very close in the
borough, Leeper is a ProhibiGionist and was
run by the Democrats. The School Board is
Republican. Porter, Republican, had 3 ma
jority over Leeper, ProhibitIonist on Demo-
cratic ticket. Sisley. Democrat, had 81 ma
jority over Mccullough, Republican. Lynch,
the other Republican candidate, was elected,
receiving Ii votes less than Sisley.
ALToONA-City election resulted in clean
sweep for the Democratic ticket on vote of
not half as large as that cast in November
From indications. John b. Cole,
Democrat, has 224 majority over
George B. Harpham. L. B. Rerfsnerder and
w. G. Douglass, Democrats, were elected
School Directors over John K. Patterson and
A. NJ. Sellers, by 30 and $40 majority respec-
lively. The Democrats elect six out
of the eight selecumen, gain of
two and the Common Council is Democratic by
that of Common Councilman Thomas j. Nc
Kiernan after Il years service in the Council.
He stood in the way of city improvements, and
this municipal election was an inning for the
citizens and for paved streets.
Recommendations election result
is: Burgess, G. NJ. Tener, Republican,
SO; ]. 2. Mcbride, Democrat, los. The
chief contest was for Constable,
resulting in Nichols, Republican, and
Scott Democrat, being tied at SO. g. w. Col
well, Republican, and Nj. w. Scott, Democrat,
ceived 100 votes Council and School Directors
are Republican.
MEADVILLE-J B. Cochran, Republican,
was elected Mayor of the city by majority of
"a A colored man named Samuel Pratt was
elected councilman.