Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-05-07
CITY TICKET.
BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Third Ward. d.......................DW w TRACY
Fourth Ward ............S, X, SHANKLAND
fllth Nafu. s.s.''..,.s.......M NJ. y. BAILEY
In Justice TO Ii. G.. Butterfield and w.
w. Olds, it should be understood that
both of them absolutely refused to con-
sent to the use Of their names, and
would not have qualified had they been
elected. S. r. Shankland and n. S.
Tubbs also declined to accept the nomi-
nations as member Of the board of edu-
cation from the 4th ward. but both
names were used.
The CHRONICLE predicted the result Of
this election and has been criticised for
it by few, but our position was sound,
and it perhaps will be better understood
now that election is over. The gentle
men whose names were on ticket No 2
have no reason 10 feel bad over defeat,
and we do not believe that they do
The result of the election does not sig
nifty that they were incapable or un-
popular. They were simply on the
wrong ticket. 1t is all right to have two
tickets in the field. No one has in the
past, or will in the future question that,
but there is right way and a wrong
way to get them before the people. 1t
does not, however, necessarily follow
that our citizens must be considered
cold grannies" should they at any future
time unite upon one man or upon one
set Of men, and elect them unanimously
to one or number OF offices.
Election is over and we feel confident
that no one feels hurt by anything that
was said or done during the brief cam
paign, with the exception perhaps of
one or two soreheads who are still kick
ing because there was no place for them
on either of the tickets. The offices of
the city and school district have been
filled with one lady and a number of
gentlemen whose ability TO conduct the
business in an honorable and altogether
satisfactory manner cannot be question
ed. Now, let us forget personalities and
unite in continuous effort to build up
our beautiful city and advance her in
terests along every line. The results
will repay us, and any other course
will be entirely unsatisfactory.
ELECTION NOTES.
The Australian ballot system beats
them all, and our people are rapidly ac-
quainting themselves with it in all its
details.
Very few of the electors of the school
district knew anything about the new
school law. and less than half of them
voted either way.
One lady who Disseminated in favor
of the candidates who were known TO
be good Christians found 1t a hard mat
ter TO decide between S. X. Shankland
and n. S. Tubbs.
The ladies who so fearlessly braved
the storm taught some Of the gentlemen
lesson.
1t was good day for the liverymen.
1t was the largest vote ever polled by
the fair sex at any place in the Hills.
Only one vote was challenged during
the entire day, and the polls were care
fully watched to.
Some Of the ladies didn't seem TO be
very favorable impressed with the in
dividual booth arrangement. They en-
JOY discussing their tickets with each
other as they prepare them.
The election board found only few
tickets which did not plainly express
the voters intention. There will be less
of them when the new system of voting
has been in use little longer.
When the hour for opening the polls
came. the election board found that
very little preparation had been made
for them, and the different members
were compelled to build their own fire,
hunt up fuel, chairs. etc. There seems
to be some doubt as to whose duty it is
to attend to these things.