The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-04-04
The Entire Republican City
Ticket Is Victorious.
Five Popuiist Councilmen. Only One
Water Boodler Chosen.
Republicans Carry the Municipal Eiee-
tions in Wisconsin, Illinois, Mtssouri.
Kansss aad Coiefado-ChicaSe aad
Milwaukee kepubiican..

gle Democrat was chosen At the municipal
election today. Republicans elected their
entire city ticket. and seven out of . total
Of twelve candidates. They would have
elected eight or nine but for the nomina-
tion for reelection to the city council Of
certain Republicans who were more or
less smirchei in the water and city print
ing swindles. A most striking example
of this was the emphatic turning down Of
John w. Berry In the Seventh ward.
Under the circumstances is was . signif-
cant Republican victory, 30 significant, in
fact, that when the result was announced
at midnight several fife and drum corps
were pressed into service and Republicans
paraded the streets. carrying brooms and
rejoicing vociferously.
The total vote was 6,s93. Of which I'd
ward S. Orr received 2.6y0. Dr. Goddard
2, i56 and Turkey Fawcets 2,047, thus Civ
ing Orr q plurality of 534. Considering
the fact that two years ago Huson. Rep.
was elected by only i2l majority over the
Democratic candidate. there being no Pop
uliss candidate fof mayor in the iield.
this years result is significant be-
cause. through dsmagogic promises
of work for all. the Scsndi-
navian wing of the Republican
party, numb 100 or 500. went over to
the Populists. This Scandinavian wing
alone, had il remained loyal, would have
given the Republicans q majority Of all
the votes cast. But even with this drain.
the Republicans have . large plurality.
James w. McCauley's plurality over Tur.
ner. Pop, for treasurer was l4l, and E. V.
Benham's plurality over Slaughter. Dem.
for comptroller 3ol Doc r. j. Schug,
Rep. for city physician led the Republican
plurality with over 600.
There was q little treachery in the Sec
ond precinct of the Second ward. Huson.
the present mayor resides there. Orr's
puraiity. instead of big, was only twenty.
Still, Mr.. Huson's bosom friends may
not have been the cause Of this. There
are others in that precinct who may not
take kindly to municipal reform.
While today's result indicates the wiping
out of the aggressive Democratic minority,
il is not q marker to what would follow
were there another election inside of
month. Hundreds Of nominal Democrats
have been misled for the last time. They
were told they could eject Turkey Fawcett,
but now Turkey realizes the sensation of
getting 1t in the nsrk."
Orr received the Targs hulk Of the Catho-
lie vote. but several hundred Catholics
thought by centering on Fawcett to elect
him. They are grisvously disappointed.
and they are now sorry they did not swell
Orr's majority. They fell into . trap
which was fostered by the belief that
United States Marsha Drake. and Col.
Griggs' Oatmeal club" politics would pull
them through. Another feature of the
election was the bull-headedness of the
Judge Van Fossen wing OF the A. p. A. 1t
was sure it could elect its vice presi.
dent. Goddard, mayor, and Van
Fossen and other Democrats of his follow
ing. wto were A. P. As, voted tho Popu-
list ticket They have regretted their ac-
ton. The Republican A. T. As voted
the Republican ticket as q rule, but the
Democrats did not lose any strength by
the A. p. A. detection. for the Democratic
share of the Catholic Popuiists, who re-
nounced allegiance to the party when
Goddard was indoTsed, more than over
balanced those who went over with the A.
Z. As.
There were over 100 less votes polled by
the Republicans AT the election than were
cast at the primaries. This seems to JUS
tify the claim made by the Republicans in
a few instances that Democrats crowded
themselves in at the Republican primaries
This was claimed In the Seventh ward,
where mostly Doodle delegates were sent
TO the convention and nominated Berry
for council after he was turned down as
n candidate for mayor. Berry had bolted
the Republican ticket on several occasions,
beside voting tor the Ledger printing steal
and the water steal. Today the Repub-
Iicans gave him q taste of his boiling poll
tics, and elected Populist to the city
council. 1t is Republican ward, and If
ne h ad represented the interests of the tax
payers more consistently he would have
been reelected. This will stand as . les
son 10 ali Others.
Counciimen Warner, of the Sixth, and
Cove, of the Eighth, were reelected, and
CAvender, a very strong business man. q
Republican. vas elected from the Second.
The Populist councilmen are ex-t'hief OF
Police Bill Thompson, Third: Watson.
Fourth; Hartman, Fifth Lister. Seventh.
This makes the new council eight Repub-
leans, SIX Populisis and two Democrats.
Three, Benham, Cavender and Watson,
out OF eight Endorsed By The Municipal
| League. were elected.
The registration, and the number o.
votes cast during the last few years Is IN.
teresiing;