The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-02-17

The battle oe the ballots has ended. We
have met the enemy and wo are theirs II
was one Of the most hotly contested cam
paigns in the history of the party, and as a
result the Democrats have been successful h
carrying the town, eloctiug Adoph p. Tabor
Chief Burgess by Isl majority and Edward
Burke Receiver Of Taxes by q majority OF
253 votes over Charles II. Hagenbuch and
Augustus ID. Gable, the Citizens nominees.
They also carried the First, Fourth and
Fifth wards, which gives them control of the
School Board from June next Each party
elects ono Borough Justice, the successful
candidates being W. II. Shoemaker, Citizens,
and jeremiah Toomey, Democrat. The
Citizens party carried the Second and Third
wards, thus retaining cont ol Of the Council
The maiorities ON the Democratic side are
not such that the yictors can be particularly
proud of, however, and the voters who sup
ported the Citizens ticket are to be con-
graduated upon the gallant fight they made
against combined influences that rendered
the prospects of victory rather doubtful.
Last year. in q contest that was not char
acterized by the same feeling as this one was.
the High Constable had a majority Of 2l3
and it is not discounging to have less ma
jority in a contest where such powerful
influences were brought into play as in the
one just closed.
The normal Democratic majority in the
borough is estimated to be in the neighbor-
hood of 35O to 400. The First, Fourth and
Fifth wards are Democratic, and as a CON
sequence the latter should control the execu-
tive and legislative branches Of the borough
government But they have been unable to
do this in the past, and it was only by the
aid Of desperate means that our friends the
enemy could carry two of the Democratic
wards. Every trick known to the ward
heeler was resorted to, especially in the
Fourth ward. The destruction Of the over
seers' certificates by Mr.. Hanna, secretary OF
the School Board thus preventing Tie
Citizens overseer from serving, gave the
Democrats am opportunity they quickly
grusped. Men with bogus tax ryceipts, de.
clared 20 be such hy Tax Collector ScauHn
were marshaled TO the polls and voted oven
the protests of the Citizens watchers. The
same tactics were resorted to iu the Fifth
ward Those Of our own party who manned
these polls have the names of any number
who voted ON these illegal tax receipts. In
the latter ward they voted one young man
twice
The Citizens victory in the Second ward j.
81 thorn in the side OF the Democratic leaders
The latter spent money layishly theii
leaders from every portion Of the town were
at the polls In this ward, and bogus tax re-
ccipts were plentiful but those presenting
them were not allowed 10 vote. Notwith
standing all this Marshall Baugh, against
whom the darts Of the enemy were hurled
was reelected by a handsome majority, to-
1gether with his ruuningmate, Harry KEEPER
The election of the Citizens candidate fol
Council, Martin Shoemaker, only adds tC
the discomforture of the opposition
on review Of the field after the smoke oI
battle has cleared away, we find much in the
result encouraging to the leaders Of the
Citizens party They had their forces well
in hand, and the party was never in better
shape TO enter a contest as that in which
they were engaged yesterday And they