The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-04-08
The Elections.

Turner; Township Clerk, Peter q.
Westrum Treasurer Charles J. johnson; |;
Highway Commissioner Ingerbregt
Dust; ;!Jnstice Of the Peace Peter Rein; {;
School Inspector Charl,s M. Turner;
Member OF Board of Education Lars
NJ. johnson 2 years and August
Gilman l year; Members of Board OF
Review Lars nj. johnson 2 years and
A. P. Anderson l year; Overseer Of
Highways Dist No. Alex Rylander,
Dist No. Lars M. johnson; Constables
John Peterson, James Carr, August
Londberg and Peterson Olesen.
BARAGA TOWNSHIP contest on
township offers in Baraga township
was distinguished by some peculiar
features and it is claimed by many that
the Office of Supervisor was captured by
the regular nominee by methods not usu-
ally laid down in the books q, fair play.
Three of the members OF the board of
election commissioners were candidates
for rejection on the nomination ticket
and as such board refused to allow the
opposition ticket to be printed upon
the official ballots, claiming that the
opposition caucus was illegal. This
left but one ticket to be votod for.
James McMahon, the opposition
candidate for supervisor, had slips
printed and determined to run anyway.
He received the entire % votes at
Newtonville precinct and was only
36 votes behind Nester in Baraga
precinct after 100 tickets had been
thrown out, most of which had Nc
Mahen slips on, on account the voter
failing to properly mark the ballot.
On the official canvas of the three
precincts Nester had about 70 majority
bu; it claimed that if the Mcmahon
slips had all been counted he woald
have had small majority. McMahon
is preparing to contest the election in
the courts. The following is the sue
cessful ticket: Supervisor Patrick
Nester; Clerk s. d. Davenport;
Treasurer Hugh Nesbitt; Highway
G Commissioner Henry H. Hollister;
Justice of the Peace Thomas Met lillian;
School Inspector John Funke; Mem
ber of Board OF Education j. F. Nester;
of Board OF Review JOS.
Overseers of Highways, Dist.
No. l, Dan Mcmillan, Dist. mo. 2, Dan
Dist. No. 3, L. w. Giddings,
Dist. No. 4. John w. Falk; Constables
And. Giddings, ]. Hugo, H. Girard.
and Joe Wise.
Since the above was put in type Mr.. |
Nester handed in the precise vote of
the township as canvasscd which shows
that he received 202 and McAIahon ]30.
The Democratic state ticket received \
286 votes while the Republican ticket !
but 63. He claims he could |
not print the opposition ticket without
his oathtof Office and that the
contest isn't keeping him
awake nights to any extent, SO there it
Is.
CovINGToN TOWNSHIP. There were
but IL votes polled in the new town
ship OF Covington and the following |
ticket was elected without opposition:
Supervisor Geo. A. Schoneweg; Clerk
Ralph Bestwick; Treasurer Edward
School Inspectors Abram
Antiel 2 years and Arthur Bucher for
year: Commissioner Of Highways
Dominick Copp; Justices of the Peace
Geo. Il. Schoneweg, Arthur Bucher,
Ralf Bestwick, Dominick Copp; Board
of Review Edward Pouckett. Joseph
Constables VIM. Erwin,
Abram Antiel and Geo. H. Schoneweg.
L'ANsE TowNsHIP.--A combina tion
Of circumstances which ought not to
have existed brought out two tickets
in this township where there should
have beeen but one, and although the
election was sharply contested on both
sides the best Of feeling prevailed be-
tween the candidates on the two tickets.
The good-natured strife brought out q
large vote--there being 263 cast in the
village and 70 at Pequaming-and
something Of sectional feeling pre-
much to the disadvantage Of
the Citizens ticket. Nevertheless MIR.
Hebard made splendid run for
supervisor and under ordinary circum-
stances would have been elected by q
handsome majority.
Personally there was not much |
choice between the candidates, both
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