Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-12-07
Quiet and Uneventful BallOting in
Fairhaven
sLADE MAYOR OF wHATCoM
Edmund CosRrove's Rousing Majority
For Counoilman-at-Large in
New Whatcom

The municipal election yesterday |
was much the tamest that has ever oc-
CURED or is ever likely to occur in Fair
haven, the only contests being for coun-
Gilman in the Fourth ward and for
health officer, except the contest pre-
eipitated in the Second ward i'm the |
afternoon by the sneaking attempt of
Councilman Kinghorn and his satel- |
lites to secure his reelection by putting
pastors with Kinghorn's name on
them over the name of Mr.. MCGOWAN.
The schemers had evidently been le-
gally advised that if they could secure
for the ringmaster a majority of the
votes of the ward he would be entitled
to qualify, Notwithstanding the failure
to file any certificate of candidacy with
the city clerk. They thought they
saw an opportunity by resorting to
trickery, an art in which they have all
taken the masters degree, to continue
their corrupt administration of munich
pal affairs. But fortune decreed other
wise. The manipularors were very sly
in their distribution of pastors and gave
them only to men whom they thought
they could use as tools to accomplish
their designs. But they miscalcuiated
in more than one instance. The scheme
was worked under the pretense Of Civ
| ing Kinghorn Complimentary vOten
in recognition Of the fact that he had
always "stood in with the boys
! 1t was about o'clock in the after
noon when some one let the cat out Of
the bag and Mr.. McGowan first became
aware Of the plot. The discovery
aroused great Indignation among repu-
table citizens who were informed Of it
and MIR. McGowan had all the assist
ance he needed in canvassing the ward.
Nothing more than a statement of the
facts was necessary to induce opponents
of the Kinghorn gang who live in that
ward to go to the polls aud vote.
; Prompt action saved the city from the
disgrace which would have resulted
from the fellows reelection. Mr.. Nc.
Gowan is successful by majority oI
| twenty-fOur.
For mayor, Mr.. Mckenzie, being the
( only candidate, received nearly all the
: votes east. There having been no efi0r
/ previous to election to organize the op
| position against him he had walk
, over. There were a few widely scatter
; ing votes for several well-known citi
zens and for John McGraw, Of Seattle
Spero Smoto, Of Whatcom, the dis
3 tinguished dispenser of oyster cocktails
, who was badly wrecked In his race fol
, wreckmaster at the recent genera
election, and last, but not least, Don
; nelly's big dog "Sancho." But the
) mayors majority over all he must Ger
tainly regard as very flattering.
; There was no opposition to the re
election of Treasurer Henderson anC
d. Assessor Merrill, and Mr.. Donovan hai
a worthy successor as councilman-at
large in the person Of Percy f. Smith
, whom nobody, so far as known, haC
a any disposition to oppose. E. A. Scot
succeeds Peter Ahern as councilman
from the First ward, and 5. j. Knigh
is Mr.. Aubrey's successor in the Fourth
his majority over Mr.. Bourn beinJ
] fifty-twO. For health officer DIR
$ Thomas is defeated by DIR. Streeter b,
. "a majority Of foFty-seveB votes ii tn
returns reported last night are correct
If they are DR.. Thomas carried tn
: Third ward by eleven votes and tn,
I Sixth by one, while DIR. Streeter has
/, fourteen majority in the First and ais
j. in the Fourth ward, twenty-five in tn
Second and Nineteen in the Fifth. Tn
t library tax carries by an overwhelming
majority. Altogether the result Is yer,
] gratifying to the friends Of progres
and honest government.