River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-04-08
THE SPRING ELECTION.
In the City and Town of River Falls.


Tuesday was an ideal day for cleo.
ton; the sky was clear and the sun
beat down in the first warm glow OF
April. In consequence the voters
turned out in full mum bers, to cast
their ballots at the polling places OF
hobnob with their neighbor along the
sunny streets. Though there was nc
opposition, to speak Of, to the regular
Republican nominations printed on
the ticket, there was a wholesome and
lively interest in the outcome of the
vote. The chief question at issue was,
of course, that of license, and the
total vote registered, 1876 to 10, gave
a majority of 26 for license.
The total of votes cast in the city
was 81, distributed in the several
wards as follows: LIST, "a; End, 1877;
Sd, 20; 4th, 81. The vote given each
of the city and ward officers ran in
each ward very close TO these totals,
varying at the utmost by about nine
points. The scattering votes, of
which John VIM as candidate for
Alderman Of I'd ward, received the
largest number eight were incon-
siderable. The officers elected, then,
were these: for Mayor, George w.
Chinook. for Assessor, William H..
Tozer, for Treasurer, Alonzo w.
Kaler, for Justice of the Peace at
Large, Frank ID. Ensign.
The ward officers elected for the
four separate wards were as follows:
FIRST WARD.
For Alderman, Fred w. Williams,
for Supervisor, E. L. Follansbee, for
Justice of the Peace, Sam Hoffman,
fo- Constable. Robert Taylor.
SECOND WARD.
For Alderman, Cyrus c. Glass, for
Supervisor, Oril w. Newcomb, for
Justice of the Peace, Richard n.
Begans, for Constable, Albert II Lord.
THIRD WARD.
For Alderman, Horace w. Thomp-
son, for Supervisor, Milo G. Pierce, for
Justice of the Peace, James Preston
Carroll, for Constable, Isaac NJ. Beers.
FOURTH WARD.
For Alderman, Frank NJ. Ulrich,
for Supervisor, Calvin r. Morse, for
Justice of the Peace, Loren S. Rounse-
veil, for Constable, William A. Fisher
On the Judiciary ballot Roujet d.
Marshall as candidate for Justice OF
the State Supreme Court received l2C
votes, Allen p Weld as candidate fol-
County Judge, received exclusive OF
LIST ward, in st. Croix CO.. 247 votes. In
lst ward Arnquist as candidate fOl
Judge of st. Croix county, receiving p
votes, G.. o. Graham, 4. On the
amendment to the constitution the
vote throughout the city stood So to
50 in its favor.
TOWN OF RIVER FALLS.
The election of the Town of River
Falls was held at Opera Hall and de-
veloped into something more like a
contest than the city election. Six
tickets were in the field, all of which
had some points in common, but diff
fered in essential particulars. This
is the ticket that received the largest
vote and therefore the election:
Supervisors
Martin Murphy, Chr,
J0nn FINN, observation-disclosures. 10y
,. HalV0rSen, ..................I S2
Clerk
W II. Lowell, ..................l 100
Treasure -
w. VI. Chinook, ..............10 100
Assessor
o. T. Bergseng,................114
Justice of the Peace
p. f. Lowell, ...................l94
Constables-
l.. j. Kinney,..................19l
Morris Healy ............. .lS6
As competing candidates for Super
visors Ezra Healy received 26 votes,
Vino. Johnson Al. and Tom Hanson s.
p. F. Lowell, as competing candidate
for Clerk, received II votes, and L. j.
Kinney, as candidate for Treasurer,
drew SO. As rival candidates for As
SCISSOR, j. III. Lawrence was given 81
votes, while j. p. Adams received
votes for the same office.
On the amendment to the constitu.
ton, 13 ballots were in its favor and
80 against. For County Judge Allen
P. Weld was given IS votes, 9 ballots
were blank, 2 scattering. For Justice
of the Supreme Court Roujet d. Mar
shall received 43 votes, and As ballots
were blank. The total vote Of the
town was POP.
An appropriation Of 81, 900 was voted
for general expenses, including the
purchase OF a pile driver.