Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-04-06
WHAT THE BALLOTS SAID
SOME FUN IN MUNICIPAL CONTESTS.
Peter McCamIey Elected Assessor in Grand
Rapids. Usual Spirited Races
in the Towns.

Will IUo ouCCtSSCS anu ulSdppDln U
ments. The weather was fine-a per-
feet spring day. The only contest in
this city was on assessor. Edward |.
PhilleO was an independent candidate
against Peter McCamley the cOnven-
tiOn nominee. 1t is the rule that the
convention nominees in this city
are usually supported and elected and
that is right-just as it should be.
The present nOn-partiSan caucus and
conventions in vogue here are repre-
sentative Of the general sentiment
and when made should be final. Phil
leo and his friends attempted to win
out with the cry that McCamley was
the candidate of the rich and large
property owners and PhilleO was the
poor mans friend" While this was
not SO it worked well with a certain
class who believe that the large prop
erty owners are always trying to evade
their share of the taxes. However,
this is wholly unjust to them. All
business men want to pay their share
of the taxes as long as they are in pro-
portion with their neighb0rS. What
defeated PhilleO was the fact that he
has held the position three terms, was
defeated in the convention where the
people expressed themselves in favor
of change, and the further fact that
he was anything but civil, courteous
and obliging in the discharge of his
public duties. Young men should
learn that it does not pay to be dis
courteous in the transactions of public
business and especially with their
SuperiorS in age.
There appears a general desire for
change in the appointiye city officers.
The city clerk, NJ. w. Mosher is
most obliging and courteous official
whom we believe should be retained
because he has proven himself such,
but the rest should be changed on
account of their long tenure in office.
A proper e preston of the people
addressed to the mayor and common
council should be presented asking for
change. Who will move in the
matter?
The newly elected are:
Mayor-H. c. Wipperman.
Treasurer-FrankS Stahl.
AsSessor-Peter McCamley.
Justices of the Peace-L. Kroner
and w. A. Keyes.
Aldermen-FirSt ward, David Lutz,
Jr.; Second ward, j. g. BraZeau;
Third ward, Geo. w. Baker; Fourth
ward, Chas. Bunde.
Superyisors-Firstw ward, E. p. Ar
pin; Second ward, Herman BOetcher;
Third ward, John Parrish; Fourth
ward, w. E. Wheelan.
IN CENTRALIA
The sun Shone down bright and
clear upon quiet election day, cheer
ing up the defeated candidates with
warmth and spreading the lesson that
nature treats every citizen the same
tho his friends and neighbors occa-
SiOnally turn the cold shoulder by
voting for the other man. There
were no bitter contests on this side,
but candidates appeared in good
natured opposition for most of the
municipal offices. The mayorship had
but one claimant. For assessor VIM.
Fl. Gets and Rufus f. Mcfarland
were entered, the latter being elected
by a majority of eighty votes. The
names of Andrew j. King and Thomas
j. Cooper were in the same line for
treasurer. The first and second wards
combined gave them a tie vote. In
the third ward Mr.. Cooper received
fOrty-siX crosses i'll excess of Mr..
King and those were the crosses that
crucitied the latter. For city marshal
ChaS. L. Duncan desired to depose the
present incumbent Jas. D. Gibson, but
he fell one hundred twenty-five votes
short of his ambition.
The ticket, as elected, in full here
with:
Mayor-Theron Lyon.
ASSessor-Rufus E. Mcfarland.
Treasurer-Thomas J. Cooper.
Marshal-JaS. d. Gibson.
Aldermen-F'irSt ward, Ira A. Bas-
sett: Second ward, Fred III. Jackson;
Third ward, VIM. III. Carey.
SuperviSorS-Firstw ward, j. WILDER
Cochran; Second ward, Lawrence NJ.
Nash: Third ward, Bernard r. Cog
gins.
Following are the results in sur
rounding cities and towns as complete
as we could obtain them to date:
SENECA.
SuperviSorS-Ma Jackson. chair
man: VIM. G. Seehagen, August Stake.
Clerk-F. Otto.
Treasurer-W. II. Bean.
Assessor-Fred RueSch.
Justices of the Peace - William
Pulitzer, Henry Stahi.
OnStables-Edward RueSch, Her.
man Eager, Henry Whitrock, Chas.
Bender
SARATOGA.
SuperyiSorS-Knute KnuteSon, chair
man; Frank Gallagher, Jr., Robert E.
Wakely.