Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-03-27


ent officers are expected. and the pres
ent police force will be allowed to re-
main as at present.
ELECTIONS IN THE COUNTY.
McReynolds Elected Mayor of State
Center by Three Majority = Other
Elections.
The most excitement in a municipal I
election that State Center has ever ex-
perienced was the result of the fight |
Monday over a citizens and peoples
ticket. Two hundred fifty-eight votes
We're polled, the heaviest on record.
Thirty one of these, however, were
thrown out on account of bad marking.
The citizens ticket was the only COM
| plete. ticket in the field and it was elect
| ed in its entirety. A. G. McReynolds for
mayor receiving 1877 votes to Burt Mer-
rll's 124. The fight was bitter one,
/ and almost to the last vote was counted
| it was an even bet as to the winner.
| The other spirited contest was over
/ treasurer. NJ j. Rohwedder, the citi-
zens' candidate, being pitted against
/ w, n. Gilbert, the only other candidate
4 with Merrill appearing on the peoples
4 ticket Rohwedder received majority
of II. getting 1913 votes TO Gilberts IFS
I The remainder Of the ticket elected
was: For councilmen. r. G. Swift and
a. b. Robinson; clerk. w. j. Whitehill;
assessor. w. ID. Bower.
4 Mr.. McReynolds will make State Cen
4 tel. a good mayor and his business in
4 terests are such as to allow him to de-
4 vote considerable portion of his time
to municipal affairs. He has always
y, fay of
1 improvements.
d RHODES.
a For small town Rhodes election
4 was about as warm as any of them. a
great deal of i'll feeling having been en-
gendered over the recent arrests in that
{ place over liquor matters. One ticket
81 was styled Citizens" and the ether the
Flaw and order, With a platform which
was claimed to be against the sale of
! liquor in that town. II. NJ. Weeks head
ed the citizens ticket as mayor. with e.
Il Il. Francis, recorder; j. II. Duming,
Treasurer; j. II Perry, assessor; II. h.
Miller. n. NJ. Cromley and w. +. Mills,
councilmen. The law and order ticket
= was headed by Thomas Watts for may
{ or, George III. Steiner, recorder; Charles
A. Weeks treasurer; w. S. Girtou. as-
! SCISSOR; Harrison White, Louis Phillips
= and Simon S. Rapp. councimen. The
8 citizens ticket entire. was elected
ALBION.
The only contest in Albion was over
: the mayoralty, all of the candidates APP
2 pearing on the citizens ticker excepting
e lone. c. n. Durham for mayor, who ran
g on an independent ticket. Mr.. Durham
was elected, receiving fifty-tive out OF
4 the TO- votes cast, against forty-three
+ for j. w Modlin, the citizens candi-
: date The other officers. on the citizens
$ ticket elected, We're: Councilmen. James
: l.oucks and f. ii. Houghton; recorder
8 j. Marsh Howell; treasurer b. F.
+ Brown; assessor, b. B. Warning.
Ii, GRAND.
F.ighty-six votes We're cast in the mu-
$ nicipal election of LeGrand, and two
ttckets-peoples and citizens'-were in
g the field Edward L. Condor. the peo-
{ pies candidate, was successful in the
e mayoralty fight, winning b. tifty-fvt
y votes over L. Il. Sharp's thirty-one
Joseph Reed and j. ID. Mills peoples.
(. We're elected .councilmen; Eli Hine tpeo
% ple's), recorder; G. W. Dobson fciti-
treasurer; G.. p. Adair tcitizensD
g assessor Will Durham and William
90 Mekerral We're the defeated candidate
= for councilmen. ON the citizens ticket
Al T. G. Gibson for recorder: Anderson
l. Hines the peoples defeated candidat
" for treasurer, and ". j. Reed for asses
sor.
II GILMAN.
II The Gilman election was a very tam
g affair, there being only one ticket in tn
"a field. The officers elected We're as fol
ii lows: Mayor, ID. Graves; recorder, w
= D. Fanton; treasurer, j. a. Ward; as
% SCISSOR. r. c. Miller; councilmen. A. 9
"a Pence and w. F.. Suit.
LISCOMB.
4 There was no contest in Liscomb an
Al the ticket elected includes the following
% Mayor, j. r.. Sherman: recorder, j. i
Sweet treasurer. j. G. Myers; council
.ol men, w. B. Meyers and II. f. Boyd
al MELBOURNE.
n Two citizens tickets We're before tn
!, voters of Melbourne and the one head
, ted by o. S. Ketchum for mayor wa
!, elected by safe majority. Messrs
Halter and Glover We're elected council
= men for three-year terms and w. +
Mason for one year TO fill vacanc,
Charles Wensel. for assessor. had n
opposition, neither did Mr.. Retz fc
treasurer In the clerkship race G..
=. Manwarring was elected By small ma
- jority over DR. +. A. Hunt.