The San Francisco call., 1899-04-11
CONRAD CHOSEN MARSHAL
SCHOOL TRUSTEES LANKTREE
AND TIsDALE BEATEN.
Through the Victory Of One Candi-
date Harmonic Hall Gains Con-
troll Of the Board Of City
Trustees.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

ALAMEDA, April. 1O-The election to-
day resulted in victory for the Municipal
League. 1t elected two of it's candidates
members of the Board Of City Trustees,
all of its candidates for the Board of Edu-
cation and City Attorney and City AS
SCISSOR. Harmonic Hall elected one mem
Der Of the Board of City Trustees. John
Conrad, Independent candidate for City
Marshal won by vote exceeding
the combined vote of Gum and MacRae,
Roswell G. Wheeler, also an independent,
defeated Lubbock and Johnson for the
Office of City Treasurer. The successful
candidates are as follows:
Members of the Board of Trustees-Jo-
seph F. Forderer, Municipal League;
Alexander Mackie, Harmonic Hall; George
r. Miller, Municipal League.
Members of the Board of Education
z. NJ Keys, Frank Otis and ]. r, Sloan,
all Municipal League nominees.
City Clerk-Ben f. Lamborn (no oppo-
sition).
City Attorney-E. K. Taylor Municipal
League).
City Assessor-E. Minor Smith (Munici-
pal League).
City Recorder-A. F. St. Sure (no oppo-
sition).
City Marshal-John Conrad Qndepend-
enD,
City Treasurer-Roswen G. Wheeler Qn-
Library Trustees-P. W. Barton CHar-
monte HalD, Z. w. Maslin (MunicipaI
League), William NJ. Bowers (Harmonie
HalD.
A large vote was polled and unusual in
terest taken. The total vote was 2517, as
compared with 2136 at the election two
years ago. There were no disturbances of
were made. The forces of the Municipal
League were well organized and ably
handled. while the Harmonic Hall people
lacked unity Of action. The Young Mems
Republican Club, which took an active
part In the campaign, cut no figure in the
election on the face of the returns.
The principal fight was for control of
the Board of Education. Early in the cam
paign the Municipal League trained its
guns on Trustees j. B. Lanktree and G. l..
T1sdale, who were candidates for re-elec-
ton, charging that the gentlemen were
using the department, in connection with
superintendent Sullivan, as political
machine. The controversy led to the cele-
brated telephone interview between B. c..
charges, and Trustee Tisdale. Lanktree
and Tisdale made desperate efforts to Sc
cure reelection, calling to their assistance
County Clerk Jordan and many Oakland
politicians. The result of to-day's ballot
ing, however, was their complete down
fall. This means that Superintendent Sui
livan's official head will fall in the basket.
The outcome of the MarShalship and
TreaSurer'S fight was q surprise. The
poor showing of Gum, the Harmonic can
didate, and MacRae, the nominee OF the
Municipal League, cannot be accounted
for In any other way than that it was due
to the extreme popularity of John Con-
rad. who has been connected with the
police force for thirteen years and was
appointed to succeed Marshal Rogers
when the latter was elected Sheriff.
Strange as IT may appear, while Har-
monte Hall lost tO-days election 1t has
gained control of the Board of City Trus-
tees by the victory of Alexander Mackie.
Trustees Schultz and Brick, holdovers,
were elected by Harmonic Hall two years
ago, and by the addition of Mackie the
party will have majority of one vote in
the board Forderer, who is reelected,
Will lose the craftsmanship and will prob
ably be succeeded in that position by
Brick.
The total vote received by all the candi-
dates follows:
City Trustees-Albert Arents 961, Joseph F.
Forderer 1244, Frank w. Hopps 1885, Alexander
Mackie 1888, G. r. Miller 1878. Martin H. Owens
962 B. J. Smith 373.
Board of Education-E. NJ. Keyes 1892 ]. B.
Lanktree 114l, Frank Otis 1907, J. r. Stern 1928,
Charles L. Tsdale 1892.
Library Trustees-Phineas w. Barton 1928,
William NJ. Brewers 1135, Percy H. Evans 1881,
W. B. Kollmyer 1898, E. W. Maslin iii. James
NJ Shanly 1014
city CIerk-Ben F. Lamborn POSI-
City Attorney-M. W. Simpson 1017. E. K.
Taylor 1919.
City Assessor-Arthur G. Burns 1888. E.
Minor Smith 1924.
City Marshal-John Conrad 1850. William A.
Gum 607, George n. MacRae 6l2.
City Treasurer-Elmer z. Johnson 672, Os-
wald Lubbock 6Ss. Roswell G. Wheeler SS7.