Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-12-08
The City Election.

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,.,,t,I Throughout, tie result ,how>
t;.a' ,ucr, wa not much margin lett
t'.r candidate ior Mayor and for
lIra.th officer; half and = quarter
hunLred yo',s changed, -pectiFcly,
wog.d hay" given success TO their op-
uuncnt-. Til, was a remarkably good
race fur either Of these gentlemen,
when It ! taken into con-il,ratio
tina; the Non-Par,i>an candidates had
all the old campaigncr, OF both par
t. To- couduct their canvass, while
NJ. Swan and Dr. Newell were sup
i':'od 10y a party whose organization
i ~ ;rai! IL Il rope OF sand, and
whether Justly or not, whose support
i handicap when used as il was 10y
the Non-Partisan leaders.
An analysis OF the vote shows that
the Populi>ta' strength was considera-
bly, less than 200 votes. Probably the
best Indication Of relative strength be-
tween the Populis,s and the combined
parties was in the vote for Messrs
Gilmore and Dent, for Councilman-at-
Large. Both gentlemen stand high in
the community, and not having filled
positions heretofore, and being OF COM
parativc short residence in the com.
munitv, they have not aroused the
antagonisms which positive natures ii
they possess them) might have engen-
dered. The relative vote stands, Gil
more 4SS; Dent III, or majority Of
81 for the former gentlemen-nearly
three to one. This is the maximum
Populist vote. Take, for the other
extreme, the contest for Clerk. While
r. A. Graham received 500 votes, Leon
Dobrin received III, or 40S majority
more than three to one. Take the
mean between these two Populist
scores, and we find that lag votes
would, under ordinary circumstances,
be considered fair indication OF Pop
ulist's strength, and this is but few
votes less than the vote cast for Mr..
Price, who received I54 votes, and was
well pitted against ]. S. Dobbins, the
NonPartisan candidate for Treasurer.
1t will be seen from these figures
that Mr.. Swan drew quite as large an
additional vote as his party possessed,
and DIR. Newell polled vote 1l5 per
cent. larger than his party cast, and
came within 43 votes OF election over
DIR. Newcomb, the gentleman receiv-
ing the united support OF "the two old
parties"
There must be some extraordinary
reason for this sacrifice OF past party
affiliations for particular candidates.
1t is found in the fact that
the people want reform and they
believed that explicit pledges
were better than vague promises,
when the candidates were unexcep-
tiona3le and their duties would make
them important factors in a general
system of reform. But no matter
how the result goes, under our form of
government, there is but one duty
open to true citizenship, and that is to
cheerfully support the administration
in all efforts for promoting the public |
welfare. Though we may differ in
the means employed for attaining that
result, those charged with the duty |
should be accorded fair trial and be
judged by results.
The STANDARD is by no means cap
tious. What it said and did in the |
city campaign was prompted by a
sense of duty alone. Under the same
it could pursue no other
course, and it has. therefore, nothing
to apologize for or regret. Most of the
fusion ticket was cordially approved,
but we honestly thought that John M.
Swan was better qualified by exper-
fence, education and natural adapta-
ton for the onerous duties of Mayor
than his opponent. Let us hope, for |
the city's good, we were mistaken.
The vote is as follows: