The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-05
|FkS CITY OFFICIALS.
i Elections Held Throughout the
State.
4 GENERAL THING IT wAsA QUIET DAY
N r~r.tee Matter still Agitatinn
Y ,,.o,rc OF Recommendations
4 from the Towns.

:. ~ -R. II. King, mayor; ]. r. KIM
r. Griffin and N. NJ. King alder
.srnop. Marshal, J. +. Nash; secre-
A. organ; aldermen, Albert
.ss, p o. Elmer, A. u. Reynolds as
W ]. nd collector, II. G. Schaefer The
81. and ''auti- grass" elements had
4 - ,ickets designated as good gov
P1t-~,,, and "citizen" tickets. Thv good
q t5 sn or ,ani-grass," won the day.
4 y aeon. --There were two tickets in
e baLn osa ono favorng incorporation and
\ ~ l.,,on and the other opposed both
+ l1ess ~ s A. Martin. favoring the
sAsu '.es defeated Dr. Jesse Thompson,
p 'sssed them, by large majority.
,,rxuAM.--The city election today
pnp cuiet one and without particular in
'.ss,, The chief race was that for mar
i All n which four candidates contested.
WI IN Importance was the mayoralty,
~ which James A. wilkins ior years the
!o ..s,hent and Edward Amsler were the
:szrdidates. 1t was clear IRON the nrst
ss1s wilkins had walkover. The fol-
r,,s were elected without opposition:
S',~ slerk. Z. H. Eversberg; for city at
~ r Z. Pennington; city collector
s s.a assessor, g. L. Salley; city treasurer.
Is Hohmann; city engineer, A. Jefries,
- Tta successful ones, where there Was
srroeltion. we're; Mayor, Wilkins. major
US ~ s2l. Sails, plurality "a; Farmer, ma
,or;ty 5Ss. scbmid, majority $50; Brennan,
majority 10.
oWNWOOD.-Mayor, Tom Bell; mar
shsl. j. NJ. Perry; attorney, /. j Rice;
ssSretary. Frank Cordell; treasurer. C. D..
nayis; aldermen, j. E. Smith, A. d. Moss.
In. Grant, j. II. Grove, w. T. Hoskin-
mi Walter Tabor; school trustees, NJ. w.
pyuum. John McMinn, Henry Ford.
BRYAN.---H. G. Rhodes. city secretary;
IMP Boyett marshal; w. w. Harris. w
s. Howell tre-elected) and w. Wipprecht,
aldermen.
CALDwELL.-Marsh NJ. D. Rogers;
attorney j. r. Heslep, aldermen, A. F.
Grsbow, j. NJ. Philip, j. H. Alexander.
cOLUMBUS.-W. r. Walker, marshal;
/ c. Ramsey. tax collector; r. H. Walthers,
clerk; J. W. Munson, attorney; G. Shaw,
treasurer; L. G. Thornton, Joe Juenger
and H. 5, Williams. aldermen. To in
crease school tax, lost.
CORPUS CHRISTI.-Niland reelected
city marshal; Thompson, secretary; Civ
ems, attorney; besides board OF alder
men.
c0RsIcANA.- L. W. Cole; tax
assessor D. J. Johnston; aldermen-Alf
Tph A
| Benton; secretary. j. D. Clark attorney,
EJ. Gibson; engineer, William Elliott.
| CROCKETT. C. Lay, marshal; G. p.
Lundey, George w. Crook and Charles
| Long aldermen.
/ DENToN.--Joe S. Gamble, attorney; w.
;. Fry, marshal w. H. Cleveland, asses
sor and collector; B. H. Davenport, treas
ureri John H. Cleveland, secretary; alder
men, J. +. Edwards, John Holiday j. S.
Terry. R. H. Garrison and C. T. NJ. Crow
der.
FORT WoRTH.--Wiliam Rea, chief of
police; W. B. Harrison, treasurer; G. H..
Day, assessor and collectors the lightest
vote ever cast in this city was polled.
GONZALES. School trustees-W p.
Fischer, B. R. Abernethy. NJ. Eastland,
n'elected; 'ermen-Ward No. /, l.. II.
,,lscner, re-s.ected; ward No. 2, j. d.
Moore, reelected; attorney and secretary,
u Atkinson marshal and collector,
!, W Finsley; treasurer and assessor, j.
NJ Murphy.
HALLETSV1LLE.-T A. Hester mayor;
saM SehWartz attorney; Ferd Hillje, Eu-
| men N'
~ nEARNE.-P S. Brady, mayor T. r.
ut n, marshal; ]. F. Peel, assessor and
rsneVtor, aldermen-J c. Lumpkin, Fl. L.
3 sherwood, r. Martin. W. w. Biving, W.
s ~ nauey. NO one had announced as can
swan LOT city attorney, hence no election.
JEFFERSON -The city election passed
N quietly. R. W. vinson, mayor; L. b
. svIu city secretary; r. A. Figures, mar
VA, y. Nstenmacher. Sr., Ed Meyer, J.
= a0weli' sr j. J. seigle, aldermen.
,sr ~ ShANGE.-R. Sample, mayor; Will
ss- ,qchlhney l. Rosenthal, a. G.. Hun
ss, '. N. Byrnes and f. II. Wagner, al
Pa Ia Stuedemann, treasurer; Frank
'orney. 1'N'''''S' sam - Lo"rey' at
vsnpo.-ln the municipal election A.
a., ssaurri, progressive Mexican. was
bssSssss mayor. Mayor l. j. Chrlsten
;ss, u lne other ticket in the field The
t,sts,M was That the present city admiais-
t,ea,,uonnau not used sufficient vigor in the
Il led ~ =! OF the smallpox epidemic which
hg oi,,v !" the recent riots and the exist
~
alderman elected arc. + O. sichoi.
II y Z. Follett, Julian slaughter Bon
"a ssgsedeekeF and j. o. Buenz. Nicholson
a. ~ nuenz had no opposition. The result
y Of Inc Woh is credited to the employe:
Il shons Menlcan National railroad machine
|iekst 'us.ne almost solid for the citizens
solid H. "heh they have heretofore beer
'"' the independents.
dsrmsns ViEW-A light vote polled Cor al
cools u w Little. C. l.. Taylor.
HI. az and j. W. Eckman were elect
shsI Mayor, Charles E. cloy: mar
= A. Roos; aldermen. A. Poulson
d, reese, G. A. Hodges. j. II. Jor
"A ssgnL l,G,s NJ. Nixon, John P. Walker
Va S az. Gregg, aldermen. The stock Law
sssirss, 'eAled by vote of 81 for to II!
vsr su q. Txas. April 2.-The following
sss,sr6" yea trustees for this district a
ri oAy s election. W Davis q N