The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-04-03
CITY ELECTION.

Yesterday the city election pass
ed off quietly, The candidates were
all at the polls and worked manful-
| ly for their own election. Besides
this, each candidate had "retain.
ers" and friends that worked, and
those that worked the hardest won
the battle, The candidates that
were defeated need not feel sore
over the matter but take their de.
feat in the best humor Below we
give the vote;
City Attorney = Vaughan, 572i
Stokes, 1879.
Marshal-Edwards, 769. No op-
position.
Assessor and Collector-Estes, 592;
Buckner, 1872;
Treasurer - Watts, 495; Murray,
285.
Secretary-Burke, $50; Sabine, '2O5,
Prudehomme, 1870; Titus, (col,) rs,
ALDERMEN.
Ward Burke, 500; Wilkerson,
271.
Ward 2-Kelley, 551; Tierney, 215.
Ward 3-Beard 480 Dean, 281,
Ward 4-Walker, 6l5; Lawler, III,
FOOT MARKS.
e. M. Walker proved to be the
fastest horse on the track 1t was
Edwards first race, and he knew all
eyes were on him. and he just sim
ply punched" his feet and made
his springs that astonished every
one. If Ed will stay in his class, he
will be a hard one to beat
Prudehomme thought there was
nothing IN Bob Burke, but his mus
tache. But Bob fooled "Prude'
with his legs
Major Estes, told the boys. all
along, he was a three times win
ner," and to place their dimes on
him. The result shows that the
Major did not joke,
Billie Dean thought because
Charlie Beard had been showed a
time or two, that he could not run,
but is willing now to bet his gro
Gerry store on Maple street, that
Charles is a fast horse,
Charles Wilkerson was told that
any kind OF a scrub could beat DR..
c. G, Burke, and being a good run
ner himself and a good nag, he en-
tered himself for the race, He is
now having the dust sponged from
his eyes by an oculist,
Col, Stokes was another nag that
thought he could run, but his
shadow never fell on Horace Vau-
CHAN a single time during the day,
Tom Murray told the boys he
could beat Watts, that Watts was
an income taxpayer, that he did
not need the Office, and could not
run fast because he carried his
Doodle on the inside of his vest
pocket. But, Watts, like the other
candidates, shelled out a dime here,
and a nickle there, gave his cigars
away for a week before the cleo
tion, and unoaded his ballast, and
ran in an easy head of poor" Tom.
Tom Tierney called his running
mate "Bil" Kelley, in tact It was
known all over town that "Bill' was
aspiring to capture the aldermanic
( cup and it was said that Billie"
could not reach it; but he did, and
he is known today as alderman
William Kelley Of the second ward,
Out in the fifth ward the race
was tame, only two candidates were
on the track for alderman, George
Mcdowell and W, O, Matthews, and
they captered through all right,
The sixth ward had two candid
ates to elect and they we're voted
for and elected, The people will
call them aldermen Chas, Gala
CHER and Tom Estes,
Titus, the ebony candidate for
city secretary, did not get a vote
in ward five, and that ward has
many colored people living there
too, They knew Titus was a dunn
my, a decoy duck, put out to
catch the colored vote, in the in-
terest Of some candidate, and they
did not bite at the bait
The prettiest race of the series
would have been the Marshal's race,
but Hargett got out Of his stall and
eat too much grass just before the
race and he would not start, Stan.
ley Edwards was allowed to walk
over the track, but the time keep
ers record shows that he made sew
eral rood "spufts,